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LINDA L. BARNES, PhD, MA, MTS Associate Professor of Family Medicine Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project Director, Masters Program in Medical Anthropology & Cross-Cultural Practice in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Boston University School of Medicine Associate Professor, Division of Religious and Theological Studies Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Building S, 801 Albany Street, #319 Boston, Massachusetts 02119 Office: (617) 414-4534 Fax: (617) 414-5511 E-Mail: [email protected] Academic Training 1970-74 B.A., Smith College, Northampton, MA (American Studies) 1977-78 University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (Curriculum in Latin American Literature) 1978-80 Smith College (Courses in English literature and world religions) 1980-83 M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 1983-85 M.A. Harvard University (Committee on the Study of Religion) 1985-96 Ph.D. Harvard University (World Religions and Medical Anthropology: Area of Focus— Social History and Anthropology of Chinese Healing Traditions in the United States) 1994-96 Kantor Family Institute, Cambridge, MA (Group systems theory and family therapy practice) Dissertation Alternative Pursuits: A History of Chinese Healing Practices in the Context of American Religions and Medicines with an Ethnographic Focus on the City of Boston Academic Appointments 1996 Visiting Lecturer: Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University 1996-97 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University 1997 Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School 1997-98 Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University 1998-99 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Brown University 1999 Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School 1999-2004 Senior Thesis Advisor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University 1999-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) 1999- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School 2000- Faculty, National Science Foundation Chatauqua Courses for College Faculty 2002- Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) 2005- Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, BUSM 2005- Associate Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, BUSM Sept. 28-30, 2004 Visiting Professor, Wake Forest University, North Carolina Fall 2005 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Religion, B.U. Spring 2006- Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, BUSM Spring 2008- Visiting Core Faculty, Tri-State College of Acupuncture Fall 2008- Role in Family Medicine expanded to include directing and teaching in new Masters Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, BUSM Fall 2009- Affiliated Faculty in the Division of Religious and Theological Studies, Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in Track 3 (Religion & Society) and Track 4 (Religion & Science) Other Work Experience 1974-77 Community Organizer, Ministerio Ecuménico de Trabajadores Agrícolas (Ecumenical Ministry of Farm Workers), Springfield, MA 1986-92 Editor, Rudra Press, Cambridge, MA Program Direction 1998-99 Director, Regional monthly faculty and graduate student seminar on Religions, Medicines, and Healing, sponsored by New England/Maritimes American Academy of Religion and Boston Theological Institute 1999- Director, Spirituality and Child Health Initiative, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center 1999- Director, Field Site Placements of Harvard Divinity School Students in the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center 2000- Director, The Boston Healing Landscape Project, Department of Pediatrics, BUSM 2008- Founder and Director, Masters Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, BUSM Membership, Professional Societies 1992- American Academy of Religion (AAR) 2000- Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2001- American Anthropology Association 2002- Society for the Anthropology of Religion 2007- Society for Acupuncture Research Offices, Professional Societies 1997-98 Program Liaison, New England/Maritimes Region, AAR 1998-2003 Founder and Steering Committee Chair, “Religions, Medicines, and Healing” Consultation, national AAR 1998-1999 Vice President, New England/Maritimes Region, AAR 1999-2002 President, New England/Maritimes Region, AAR 2002-2008 Regional Director, New England/Maritimes Region, AAR 2002-2008 Member, Board of Directors, AAR 2002- Member, Regions Sub-Committee, Board of Directors, AAR 2003- Co-Chair, “Religions, Medicines, and Healing” Group, national AAR Advisory Experience 1999-2003 Member, Advisory Board, The Integrative Medicine Alliance of Boston 1998-2008 Member, Advisory Board, Haitian Multi-Service Center, Dorchester 2001-2004 Member, Advisory Board, “Religion, Health, and Healing Initiative,” Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University 2004-2008 Member, Executive Committee of the Advisory Board, Haitian Multi-Service Center, Dorchester, MA 2005-2007 Member, Steering Committee, Global Health Initiative, Boston University. 2006- Member, Board of Directors, Tri-State College of Acupuncture, New York Consulting Experience 1992-2001 Ethnographer and consultant for the AAR Workshops on Teaching in the Study of Religion, a faculty development program funded by the Lilly Endowment and the National Endowment for the Humanities (Eight series, each one for three weeks spread across the academic year) 1998-2001 Faculty Advisor to student group on Religions, Spiritualities, and Medicine, Harvard Medical School 1999-2002 Consultant, Creative Theatre Unlimited Research Project on the Current State of Hmong Shamanism in the Twin Cities, Minnesota (Funded UCare Minnesota, Recipient of 2003 Community Leadership Award from the American Association of Health Plans for its innovative Hmong Outreach Program, based on the work of the research project) 2003 Member, Expert Review Panel, National Institutes of Health (NIH)—National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), reviewing proposals on 2 understandings of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by racial and ethnic minorities 2004 Consultant, National Office of Minority Health, authoring a Concept Paper for the Culturally Competent Nursing Modules Project, that will serve as a foundation for developing the priorities and focus areas of an OMH cultural competency curriculum for nurses throughout the United States 2004 Member, Expert Review Panel, National Institutes of Health—Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes Study Section. 2004 Member, Expert Review Panel, Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Instituts de recherché en santé du Canada 2004-2005 Member, Curriculum Review Committee, Cultural Competence Subcommittee, BUSM 2004-2007 Member, Culturally Competent Care Education Committee, Harvard Medical School 2005- Member, Expert Review Panel, NIH—NCCAM, reviewing proposals on understandings of the use of complementary and alternative medicine by racial and ethnic minorities 2005- Scientific Advisor, Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence, Minneapolis MN. 2007- 2009 Member, Acupuncture and Insurance Coverage Task Force, Massachusetts Society for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Past Other Support 2000 Alden Trust: One-year grant to support community based research on services and resources provided by local churches for children and families, as part of an online resource directory in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center: Principal Investigator 2000-03 Family Medicine: Three-year grant, BUSM: Member of team developing family medicine teaching cases for cultural competence curriculum 2000-05 NIH/NCCAM R25: Five-year grant for Educational Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center: Member of Central Planning Committee and of team writing curriculum for resident education. Co- PI for Boston Medical Center 2001-03 Ford Foundation: Three-year grant to support the Boston Healing Landscape Project in the Department of Pediatrics at BUSM: Principal Investigator (2001-03) 2003 Lee Foundation, Singapore: Grant to fund extensive illustrations from collections around the world, for Barnes, Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts (Harvard University Press, see below) 2004-06 Ford Foundation: Three-year renewal grant to support the Boston Healing Landscape Project in the Department of Pediatrics at BUSM: Principal Investigator (2004-06) 2006- National Library of Medicine: Three-year grant to support archival and ethnographic project studying the social and cultural history of Chinese healing practices in the United States from 1849 to 2004 2006-2007 American Academy of Religion: One-year grant to support fieldwork related to the study of Chinese healing practices in the U.S. 2006-08 Ford Foundation: Two-year tie-off grant to support the Boston Healing Landscape Project in the Departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics at BUSM, as the BHLP transitions over to institutional support: Principal Investigator (2007-08) 2006-09 National Library of Medicine: Three-year grant to support archival and ethnographic project studying the social and cultural history of Chinese healing practices in the United States from 1849 to 2004 2009- National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research: Two-year grant through the School of Dental
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