Bradd Shore Curriculum Vitae September, 2012 PERMANENT ADDRESS: Department Anthropology Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 (404) 727-4200
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Bradd Shore Curriculum Vitae September, 2012 PERMANENT ADDRESS: Department Anthropology Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 (404) 727-4200 EDUCATION 1967 B.A. (English Literature, Summa Cum Laud). University of California, Berkeley. 1971 M.A. (Anthropology). Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. 1977 Ph.D. (Anthropology). Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. THESES, DISSERTATIONS, ADVISORS B.A. Honors Thesis (Berkeley). The Winters Tale: Shakespeare's Pastoral Care. John Anson, Advisor. 1967. M.A. Thesis (Chicago). Adoption, Alliance and Political Mobility in Samoa. David M. Schneider, Advisor. 1971. Ph.D. Dissertation (Chicago). A Samoan Theory of Action: Social Control and Social Order in a Polynesian Paradox. Raymond Fogelson, Marshall D. Sahlins, David M. Schneider, Advisors. 1977. MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST IN ANTHROPOLOGY Cultural Anthropology; Cognitive Anthropology; Culture Theory; Myth, Ritual, Religion; Language and Culture; Kinship and Social Organization; Primitive Religion; Symbolic Processes; Samoa; Polynesia; Australian Aborigines, Anthropology and Literature; Psychological Anthropology; Culture and Technology; American Popular Culture. Ritual and Myth in American Family Life AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS 1963-4 Full Scholarship, Union College 1965-6 Alfred J. Sloan Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley 1966 Election to Senior Honor Society, University of California, Berkeley 1967 Election to Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley 1970-1 Awarded Unendowed University Fellowship, University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology 2 1971-4 National Science Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Study 1972-4 National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant 1976 Grant for Research on Aging in Western Samoa, Center for Field Research 1981 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for publication subsidy for book 1981 National Science Foundation Grant to support publication of book 1981 Mellon Foundation Faculty Development Grant (Sarah Lawrence College) to support reading project on relations between child-play and ritual 1987 Winner of the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award, Emory University. 1988-9 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto. 1991 First Prize for feature article awarded by the Association of Association Publications for "Loading the Bases" The Sciences, April 1990. 1993 Nominated to be Editor-in-Chief of the American Anthropologist (declined nomination) 1997-8 Heinz Werner Lecturer, Heinz Werner Lectures, Clark University, Worcester, MA 1-2002 President, Society for Psychological Anthropology 1999 Officer Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, reading Project on American Families, $30,000 2000 Center Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Establishment of Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, $3.1 million (plus overhead). 2002- Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology, Emory University 1998-2003 Emory College Distinguished Teaching Chair in the Sciences and Social Sciences 2002 Nominated: President, American Anthropological Association 2004 Emory University Campus Life Award for Service: Friends in Faculty Award 2004 Center Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Continuation of Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, $3 million (plus overhead). 2007 Renewal Center Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Continuation of Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, $1.8 million FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE June-September 1971: Fieldwork in Western Samoa under the supervision of Professor David M. Schneider, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago. Supported by grants from National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. Research Topics: Adoption practices in light of Western Samoan kinship categories; Incest prohibitions and brother-sister avoidance, both part of larger comparative studies within Oceania conducted by members of the Association for the Social Anthropology of Oceania.. (see publications) 3 September, 1972- August, 1974: Fieldwork undertaken in Western Samoa and in Auckland/Wellington, New Zealand as part of requirements leading to the degree of Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. This research was supervised by Professor Raymond Fogelson, Professor Marshall Sahlins, and Professor David M. Schneider. Topics investigated were political and legal systems, conflict and social control, and Samoan ethics. Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation Fellowship and Research Grants. June, 1976: Field study in medical and cultural aspects of aging in Western Samoa sponsored by The Center for Field Research, Belmont, Massachusetts. July-August, 1978: Brief trip to Western Samoa to revisit field site and to check-up on details remaining unclear after initial fieldwork. June 2000-Present: Fieldwork in Covington, GA on Cycles of Life: Family Ritual. Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. August, 2002, 2003, 2004 Documentary Film Project, Salem Camp Meeting, Salem, GA EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: ACADEMIA 2002-7 Director Center for International Living. Emory University Faculty- in -Residence Program 2002 Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology 1999-2010 Director, Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL Center): A Sloan Center on Working Families 1998- Emory College Distinguished Teaching Chair in the Sciences and Social Sciences 1994-7 Chair, Anthropology Department, Emory University 1991- Professor, Anthropology Department, Emory University 1988-9 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 1982-91 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Emory University. 1979-80 Faculty, Center for Continuing Education, Sarah Lawrence College. 1977-82 Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y. 1975-77 Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Anthropology Board of Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. 1975-77 Pacific Specialist, Center for South Pacific Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: MARKET RESEARCH 1996-7 Consultant for The Doblin Group, Chicago, IL, Responsibilities: 1. In-house training for teams comprising social science researchers, business analysts and industrial designers, on how to study everyday culture 2. Organizer of a series of workshops on “Authenticity in the Modern World.” 3. Research analyst for numerous particular projects. 1998-2003 Consultant and “Luminary” for BrightHouse, Atlanta, GA. Responsibilities: 4 Participant in numerous “Ideations” with clients and BrightHouse staff analyzing market trends, cultural trends in relation to development of new products and services. Research/Analysis of companies’ products, services, and culture. 2003-5 Luminary-in-Residence at BrightHouse 2006- Consultant. BrightHouse. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Advisory Board, Consortium of Aquariums (NGOCCI) Editorial Board Studies in Religion Editorial Board, Ethos Editorial Board, Pacific Studies Fellow, American Anthropological Association Fellow, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania Fellow, Society for Psychological Anthropology Executive Board, Society for Psychological Anthropology Program Chair, American Anthropological Meetings (1992), SPA Selection Committee, Staley Prize (School for American Research) Board of Directors, Society for Psychological Anthropology (1997-) President, Society for Psychological Anthropology Director, Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL Center): A Sloan Center on Working Families Editorial Board: .Religion in Contemporary Culture Scientific Review Panel for the Great Apes Trust Manuscript Reviewer for: Ethos, American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Pacific Studies, Culture and Medicine, Cultural Anthropology, Man, American Ethnologist, Current Anthropology. University of California Press, Princeton University Press, Columbia University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, Cambridge University Press, University of Chicago Press, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, Palgrave Press, Stanford University Press Grant Application Reviewer for: National Science Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Emory University Research Committee, Harry Guggenheim Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Panelist: NEH Media Grants, International Panel External Examiner (First Opponent) for Ph.D., University of Oslo, Oslo Norway (1995, 1997); 5 University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (1994, 2005); University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway (2003) INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, CONSULTANCIES ETC. 2012-2013 2012 Conference on Visitor Education on Global Warming and the Sea. New England Aquarium. Boston, Mass. October 4, 2012. 2012 Fair Trade in the Pacific: Exchange, Reciprocity and Fairness in Pacific Island Ritual Exchange. Fairness Conference, Emory University, October 15, 2012. 2012 Egocentric and Allocentric Models in Spatial Cognition. Panel on Spatial Cognition. American Anthropological Association annual meetings. San Francisco. November, 2012 2012 Discussant: Panel on "Rethinking Mana." American Anthropological Association annual meetings. San Francisco. November, 2012. 2011-2012 2012 Ritual, Myth and the American Family, The Clay Street Project: Cincinnati, Ohio (April 25-6, 2012) Invited Paper 2012 Just for Play: Unmasquing a Midsummer Night's Dream, Emory Scholars: Emory Scholar's Coffee Talks, February, 2012 2011 Samoan Shore Lines: Reflections on Forty Years in Samoa, Samoa Conference II: National