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PRISCILLA MAGRATH, PH.D.

Department of Health Promotion Sciences Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Drachman Hall 1295 N. Martin Ave. P.O. Box 245209 Tucson, AZ, 85724-5209 Tel: 1 520 549 3138 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

2009 - 2016 Ph.D., Anthropology (socio-cultural, minor in medical anthropology) School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, USA Dissertation: Moral Landscapes of Health Governance in Indonesia

1988 - 1999 M.Sc., Agricultural Economics (with Distinction) School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK Thesis: Integration of the Rice Market in Indonesia

1982 - 1985 B.A., Social Anthropology King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK Thesis: Potential for Agricultural Development among the Kalash of Pakistan

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018 - Lecturer, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona. Courses: Qualitative Methods (graduate seminar); Global Health (upper- undergraduate level); Health Systems in Global Health (upper-undergraduate level).

2015 Teaching Assistant, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Course: Anthropology and Development (upper-undergraduate level)

2012 Teaching Assistant, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona Course: Many Ways of Being Human (introductory undergraduate level)

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

2012 Magrath, Priscilla and Mark Nichter. “Paying for Performance and the Social Relations of Health Care Provision: An Anthropological Perspective.” Social Science and Medicine 75(10):1778-1785.

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2010 Magrath, Priscilla. “Beyond Governmentality: Building Theory for Weak and Fragile States,” Anthropology Matters Journal 12(2):1-18.

1997 Magrath, Priscilla, Julia Compton, Anthony Ofosu and Felix Motte. “Cost-benefit Analysis of Client Participation in Agricultural Research: A Case Study from Ghana,” Agricultural Research and Extension Network Paper No.74b, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1999 Magrath, Priscilla. “Studying the Rice Market in Indonesia,” in Agricultural Markets from Theory to Practice, edited by Barbara Harris-White. Macmillan, London.

BOOK REVIEWS

2017 Magrath, Priscilla. Review of Unmanageable Care: an Ethnography of Health Care Privatization in Puerto Rico, by Jessica Mulligan. Transforming Anthropology, April 2017, 25:71-72.

2011 Magrath, Priscilla. Review of Ethnographies of Neoliberalism, edited by Caroline Greenhouse, Transforming Anthropology 19(2):205-207.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

Magrath, Priscilla. 2019. “Right to Health: A for Health Policy in Indonesia,” accepted for Medical Anthropology for a Special Issue on Right to Health.

Magrath, Priscilla and Mark Nichter. “Moral Framing in Health Promotion in Indonesia,” in preparation for submission to Medical Anthropology Theory.

Magrath, Priscilla. “The Art of Persuasion: The Making of a District Regulation on Partnership for Maternal Health in West Java, Indonesia.” Invited chapter for Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health: From Policy Spaces to Sites of Practice. Co-edited by Lauren Wallace, Margaret MacDonald and Katerini Storeng. Magrath, Priscilla. “The Emergence of a Decentralization Ethic in Indonesia,” in preparation for submission to Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI).

Magrath, Priscilla. “Paternalistic Neoliberalism in Development Projects in Indonesia,” in preparation for submission to Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies.

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EMPLOYMENT

2018 - Lecturer, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona. Provision of academic support to the Department of Health Promotion Sciences’ education programs in Family and Child Health (FCH) and Health Behavior/Health Promotion (HBHP) including: teaching graduate and undergraduate classes; mentoring students; supervising internship projects; coordinating development of certificate, on-line and regular course offerings; and participation in Department and College meetings.

Jan–Sep 2017 Behavior Change Formative Research for IUWASH PLUS. Management of mixed methods research to understand perspectives of the urban poor on water, sanitation and hygiene issues. Design and piloting of innovative observation case studies, a sample survey, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews; training of project staff in data collection and enumerator management; data analysis, report writing and dissemination of results. Assist with development of a Behavior Change Strategy aimed at expanding access to improved sanitation and water for the urban poor and shifting normative hygiene practices. Reported to Louis O’Brien.

2016 - 2017 Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona, USA. Research and publications on health policy and programming in Indonesia including health governance and decentralization; inter-cultural approaches to maternal health; and health insurance for childbirth. Reported to Mark Nichter.

2005 – 2008 Research Adviser, WaterAid, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Researched water and sanitation access issues for people living with HIV/AIDS and people with disabilities. Results supported WaterAid’s advocacy work and development of inclusive sanitation and water facilities. Trained the WaterAid Research officer and supported her participation at three international WASH conferences. Reports are available at www.wateraidethiopia.org. Reported to Helen Pankhurst.

2005 – 2005 Social Development Consultant, CARE, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Evaluated CARE’s Civil Society Capacity Building Project.

2002 – 2004 Research Manager, CARE, Maseru, Lesotho-South Africa. Managed a Research Program for the Livelihoods Recovery through Agriculture Program (LRAP), Lesotho to understand increasing livelihood vulnerability, the impact of HIV/AIDS, and changing gender and generational relations. Hired, trained and mentored the Research Officer, managed local consultants, produced and disseminated synthesis papers. Results were integrated into LRAP livelihood and nutrition programs. Reported to Jo Abbot.

2000 – 2001 Social Anthropologist, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia. Research, implementation and monitoring for the Provincial Health Project (PHP), Indonesia, that piloted decentralized health services. Facilitated and 3

monitored implementation of public health accountability mechanisms in coordination with local governments and NGOs in Yogyakarta and Lampung provinces. Monitored the Social Safety Net Program in Health (JPSPK). Conducted research in West Java on perceptions and utilization of health services and on perspectives of different stakeholders on public accountability in health service delivery. Reported to Samuel Lieberman.

1999 Social Development Consultant, LTS International, Jakarta, Indonesia. Team member, Review of the DFID funded ITFMP Forestry Project.

1998 – 1999 Social Development Adviser, Mott MacDonald, Jakarta, Indonesia. Team member, Indonesia Health Sector Financing Review for the World Bank.

1998 Social Development Adviser, Department for International Development (DFID), Jakarta, Indonesia. Team member, Indonesia Forest Sector Review.

1998 Social Development Consultant, CARE, Jakarta, Indonesia. Conducted assessments of food security and emergency food programs.

1997 Social Anthropologist, DFID, Lima, Peru. Team member, Annual Review of San Martin Development Project.

1996 – 1997 Social Anthropologist, Practical Action (then ITDG), Lima, Peru. Reviewed Practical Action’s activities in the Cajamarca region and identified new projects. Researched gender based access to agricultural information. Trained government officials in participatory planning Reported to Gonzalo La Cruz.

1996 Social Development Adviser, DFID, Podocarpus, Ecuador. Team member for Monitoring Mission of Podocarpus Agro-Ecological Project.

1992 -1995 Senior Research Officer, DFID, Ho, Ghana. Co-managed the Larger Grain Borer (LGB) Project. Managed a program of inter- disciplinary, community based action research with small farmers and traders in Ghana’s Volta Region to develop a range of cost-effective and popular technologies for control of the LGB, an insect pest of stored maize. Trained local staff in participatory approaches. Engaged farmers and traders in designing and evaluating on-farm and on-station trials. Worked with extension staff to develop extension materials. Reported to Robin Boxall.

1992 Research Office, DFID, London, UK. Conducted an evaluation of Rural Development Project II, Bangladesh. Reported to Rosalind Eyben.

1991 – 1992 Consultant Socio-economist, DFID, Calcutta, India.

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Documented experience of training male extension workers to work with women farmers under Indo-British Fertilizer Education Project. Reported to Rosalind Eyben.

1989 – 1991 Senior Research Officer, DFID, Jakarta, Indonesia. Coordinated a sample survey for the BULOG/NRI Rice Marketing Study in Indonesia including training of enumerators from three universities, analysis and report writing. Conducted complementary qualitative research with farmers, traders and millers. Reported to Frank Ellis.

1988 Research Assistant, DFID, London, UK. Developed a methodology for accounting for gender in the evaluation of natural resources projects. Reported to Rosalind Eyben.

1986 – 1987 Consultant, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP), Gilgit, Pakistan. Conducted baseline ethnographic studies in Gilgit and Baltistan districts; evaluated the AKRSP Women’s Program; assessed role of women in forestry for AKRSP/IUCN forestry program. Reported to Tariq Hussein.

1986 Assistant Sociologist, IFAD, Chitral, Pakistan. Team member, design of the Chitral Area Development Project.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2017 Magrath, P. “Final Report: Behavior Change Formative Research, IUWASH PLUS, USAID, Jakarta, Indonesia.

2017 Magrath, P. “Moral Pluralism in Health Governance in West Java, Indonesia.” International Indonesia Forum, 2017 Working Paper Series 1 (2017).

2009 Magrath, Priscilla. “A Dearth of Aid Ethnographies?” Anthropology News 50(3).

2007 Magrath, Priscilla. “The Locked Taps,” Oasis WaterAid Journal Spring/Summer

2005 Magrath, Priscilla. “Changing Household Structures and Gender Relations in Lesotho,” LRAP Discussion Paper 7: CARE Lesotho – South Africa, Maseru.

2003 Magrath, Priscilla, Setia Gumbira and Laurel Hatt. “Accountability in Health Service Delivery in Indonesia,” World Bank, Jakarta.

1997 Magrath, Priscilla, Felix Motte, Julia Compton and Samuel Addo. “Participation of Farmers and Traders in Agricultural Research: Lessons from the Larger Grain Borer Project, Ghana,” NRI, UK.

1992 Magrath, Priscilla. “Methodologies for Studying Agricultural Markets in Developing Countries,” NRI Marketing Series Volume 2, NRI, UK. 5

1991 Ellis, Frank, Priscilla Magrath and Bruce Trotter. “Indonesia Rice Marketing Study,” BULOG, Jakarta.

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2010 - 2016 Graduate Tuition Scholarship, The University of Arizona.

2012 - 2016 Traditions, Transitions and Treasures Fund, Travel Scholarship, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.

2015 William and Nancy Sullivan Scholarship Fund, Travel Scholarship, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.

2012, 2015 Diebold Award, Travel and Research Scholarships, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona.

2013 Travel Scholarship, Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA)

2011 Dozier Award for best graduate paper in anthropology, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona

2010, 2011 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Panels Organized

2016 “Engaging with the Right to Health Part 1: Primary Health Care, Evidence Based Policy and the Millennium Development Goals,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, USA, Nov. 16 - 20.

2016 “Engaging with the Right to Health Part 2: Individualization, Commodification and Judicialization,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, USA Nov. 16 - 20.

Papers Presented

2017 “Right to Health as Duty to Partner for Improved Maternal Health,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 29 – Dec. 3.

2017 “Moral Pluralism in Health Governance in West Java, Indonesia,” 10th International Indonesia Forum Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 25 – 26 July.

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2017 “ in Public Health Policy,” Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Mar. 28 – Apr. 1.

2016 “Paternalistic Neoliberalism in Indonesia,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, USA, Nov. 16 - 20.

2016 “In Policy’s Shadow: Right to Reproductive Health in Indonesia” (with Vanessa Hildebrand), American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Minneapolis, USA, Nov. 16 - 20.

2016 “Rhetorical Intersections: The Use of Global Buzz Words and Local Key Words in the Healthy Village Program in Indonesia,” Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada, Mar. 29 – Apr. 2.

2015 “Moral Landscapes of Health Governance in West Java, Indonesia,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, Nov.18 - 22.

2015 Invited roundtable participant: “The Right to Health in Practice: Lessons and Challenges for Ethnographic Engagement,” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA, Nov. 18 - 22.

2015 “The Old in the New: Co-Existence of Centralization and Decentralization in Indonesia’s Health Insurance for the Poor,” Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, USA, Mar. 24 - 28.

2013 “Right to Health: A Flexible Friend?” American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 20 - 24.

2013 “Desentralisasi dan Hak Kesehatan.” KONAS/IAKMI 12th Conference in Kupang, NTT, Indonesia, September 5 - 7.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Peer reviewer for: Social Science and Medicine PLOS ONE Journal of Health Diplomacy and Health

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

Indonesia, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Peru, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Pakistan.

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LANGUAGES

English: Native fluency in speaking, reading and writing Indonesian: Fluent speaking, reading and writing French, Spanish: Good speaking, reading and writing

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Health Systems Global American Anthropological Association Society for Medical Anthropology Association for the Anthropology of Policy Society for Applied Anthropology National Association for the Practice of Anthropology

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