Joylin Namie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Behavioral Science Department
Education
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Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, University of
California ,
San Diego (UCSD), 2001
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Dissertation (Good Intentions: Women, Diet and Food Choice in America's "Finest" City) was an ethnographic study of food-related behavior, including eating, cooking and shopping habits, among 66 southern California women of different ages, ethnicities, and life circumstances.
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M.A., Department of Anthropology, UCSD, 1998
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Thesis explored issues in women’s health from an evolutionary perspective. Included a cross-cultural comparison of reproduction and an investigation of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in women and nonhuman primates.
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B.A. [Anthropology], University Without Walls,
Skidmore
College , 1996
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Thesis traced the movement of Athabaskan peoples from Paleolithic Siberia to the modern American southwest using genetic, biological, linguistic, historical, literary, and mythological evidence.
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Courses I Teach
ANTH1010: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
ANTH3130: Gender and Biomedicine
ANTH3150: Culture, Ecology and Health
ANTH3200: Anthropology of Food
ANTH3220: Women, Food and the Body
ANTH3700: Psychological Anthropology
ANTH4160: History of Anthropological Thought
ANTH4850: Ethnographic Project
Academic Presentations
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“The Melting Pot Melts: The Un-Ethnification of American Family Eating”
Invited Session of the American Anthropological Association,
San Jose , November, 2006.
“The Rumble From Down Under: Kids, Food and the
Battle for the American Table” Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings,
Vancouver, BC , March, 2006.
Utah Cultural
Celebration
Center ,
Salt Lake City, UT , February 12, 2004.
American Anthropological Association annual meetings,
Chicago, IL , November, 2003.
"Deviant Gumbo: Culture Clash and Urban Renewal in Post-Katrina New
Orleans "
UVSC Ethics Awareness Week, September, 2006.
“Cancer, Culture and Estrogen: An Evolutionary Perspective (Invited Speaker)
Total Health Institute,
Lindon, UT , March 19, 2003.
“Good Intentions: Women, Food and Public Health in America's Finest City ”
American Anthropological Association annual meetings,
New Orleans , November, 2002.
“Obsession with Body Image: The New American Religion?” (Guest Lecture),
Food and Religion, Dep’t. of Philosophy & Religion,
Skidmore
College , Fall, 2001.
“Mirror, Mirror: The Anthropologist’s Own Perspective on Body Image and Eating Disorders
among American Women” (Guest Speaker),
Panel and Open Forum,
Davis Auditorium,
Skidmore
College , Fall, 2001.
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"Good Intentions: Women, Diet, and Food Choice in 's Finest City"
Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings,
San Diego , April 12, 2001.
"Ideology and Disease Causation" (Guest Lecture),
Anthropology of Medicine,
UCSD
School of Medicine, Spring, 2001 (Prof. Lola Romanucci-Ross)
“¿Pura Vida? Beliefs about Cancer and Implications for Cancer Prevention:
Case Studies of Costa Rican Women"
Society for Cross-Cultural Research annual meetings,
San Diego, CA , February 23, 2001.
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Research Interests
The intersection of biology, culture, and environment with regard to health-related issues. Past projects have addressed beliefs about cancer and their relationship to cancer prevention behaviors in , dietary choices, ethnicity and health-related behavior among American women, and the power of American children over household food consumption.
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