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Daniel H. Lende Associate Professor Department of Anthropology University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Ave, SOC 107 Tampa, FL 33620-8100 813-974-2138 (ofc), 813-974-2668 (fax) [email protected] http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology Education Ph.D. in Anthropology, Emory University, August 2003 Dissertation: “Pattern and Paradox: Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse in Bogotá, Colombia” Committee: Euclid O. Smith (chair), Claire Sterk, Carol Worthman, Robert Paul, Jean-Paul Roussaux A.B. in Anthropology, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1991 Positions Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620. August 2010-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. August 2004-June 2010 Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. August 2007-June 2010 Visiting Professor, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia. August 2004-December 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. September 2003-August 2004 Research Director, San Gregorio Therapeutic Community, Bogotá, Colombia. January 1995-January 1996. Freelance Journalist, Bogotá, Colombia. January 1994-January 1996. Counselor, San Gregorio Therapeutic Community, Bogotá, Colombia. July 1993-January 1996. Co-Supervisor, Pandrillus: Drill Rehabilitation and Breeding Center, Calabar, Nigeria. June 1991-June 1992. Grants & Fellowships Lemelson/Society for Psychological Anthropology Research Conference Award, 2009 J. William Fulbright Foreign Lecturing/Research Scholarship, Fall 2004 Lende CV, March 2015, Page 1 National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2000-2003. J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation Research, 1999-2000 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1999 Mellon Foundation Grant for Predoctoral Research, Summer 1998 Emory University Graduate Fellowship, 1996-1999 Distinctions, Honors, Awards Faculty Mentor Award, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2013 Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, 2009 - present Neuroanthropology PLOS, 2nd place in “Best Anthropology Blogs.” Chosen from 120 active anthropology blogs, http://anthropologyreport.com/survey-10-best- anthropology-blogs/, 2011. Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, 2009. Video accompanying Ganey Award available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qTEBtvlVw Neuroanthropology blog, Award for Online Anthropology, Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology, 2008 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2004 Additional Grants “Exercise and Applied Neuroanthropology.” Creative Scholarship Grant, USF Research and Innovation Internal Awards Program, University of South Florida, $8500, Spring 2014 “Exercise and Applied Neuroanthropology.” College of Arts and Sciences Internal Awards, University of South Florida, $1500, Spring 2014 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Research and Creative Work Grant, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2009 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Conference Grant, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2009 Kellogg Institute Conference Grant, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2009 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Travel to International Conferences Grant, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2008 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Research Needs Grant, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005 Lende CV, March 2015, Page 2 Kobayashi Travel Fund, Faculty Research Program, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2006, Summer 2005. Center for Social Concerns Course Development Grant, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2006 Ganey Collaborative Community-Based Research Mini-Grant, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2005. Burke Nicholson Interdisciplinary Forum Award, Emory University, Fall 2002. For March 2003 symposium “Building Biocultural Anthropology” Department of Anthropology Symposium Series Award, Emory University, Spring 2002. For March 2003 symposium “Building Biocultural Anthropology” Books Lende, Daniel H. (in prep). Addiction: A Search for Understanding. Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg, editors (2012). The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Comprehensive description available at: http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/the-encultured-brain/ Refereed Articles Kilpatrick, Marcus W., Martinez, Nic, Little, Jon, Jung, Mary, Jones, Andrew M., Price, Nick, and Lende, Daniel H. (2014). Impact of high-intensity interval duration on perceived exertion. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise epub ahead of print. Lende, Daniel H. (2013). The Newtown massacre and anthropology's public response. American Anthropologist 115(3): 466-469. Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Poverty poisons the brain. Annals of Anthropological Practice 36(1): 183-201. Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). Neuroanthropology and its applications. Annals of Anthropological Practice 36(1): 1-25. Collura, Gino & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). On neuroanthropology and posttraumatic stress disorder: Preventing PTSD before it begins. Annals of Anthropological Practice 36(1): 131-148. Lende, Daniel H. & Lachiondo, Alicia. (2009). Embodiment and breast cancer among African-American women. Qualitative Health Research 19: 216-228. Towle, Megan S. & Lende, Daniel H. (2008). Community approaches to prevention of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission: Perspectives from rural Lesotho. African Journal of AIDS Research 7(2): 219-228. Lende, Daniel H., Leonard Terri, Sterk, Claire E. & Elifson, Kirk (2007). Functional methamphetamine use: The insiders’ perspective. Addiction Research and Theory 15(5): 465-477. Lende CV, March 2015, Page 3 Bruehl, Alexanda M., Lende, Daniel H., Schwartz, Melissa, Sterk, Claire E. & Elifson, Kirk (2006). Craving and control: Methamphetamine users’ narratives. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 38(4: SARC Supplement 3): 385-392. Lende, Daniel H. (2005). Wanting and drug use: A biocultural analysis of addiction. Ethos 33(1): 100-124. Hruschka, Daniel J., Lende, Daniel H., & Worthman, Carol M. (2005). Biocultural dialogues: Biology and culture in psychological anthropology. Ethos 33(1): 1-19. Lende, Daniel H. (2005). Colombia y la prevención sociocultural del uso de droga. (Colombia and the sociocultural prevention of drug use) Humanidades 8(11-12): 9-30. Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2002). Evolution meets biopsychosociality: An analysis of addictive behavior. Addiction 97(4):447-458. Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2001). Evolution and substance abuse. Medicina delle Tossicodipendenze (Italian Journal of Addiction) 31:19-29. Refereed Book Chapters Lende, Daniel H. (2013). Biocultural anthropology. Oxford Bibliographies in Anthropology, John L. Jackson, Jr., editor-in-chief. Oxford University Press. Electronic version available at: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo- 9780199766567-0095.xml Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). The encultured brain: Development, case studies, and methods. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 3-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Neuroanthropology and the encultured brain. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 23-66. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Evolution and the brain. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 103-138. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Addiction and neuroanthropology. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 339-362. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). The encultured brain: Towards the future. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 391-419. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Panter-Brick, Catherine, Lende, Daniel H. & Kohrt, Brandon A. (2012). Children in global adversity: Physical, mental, behavioral, and symbolic dimensions in health. In: Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development, Valerie Maholmes & Rosalind B. King, editors. Pp. 603-621. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lende CV, March 2015, Page 4 Lende, Daniel H. (2007). Evolution and modern behavioral problems: The case of addiction. In: Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives, Wenda Trevathan, E.O. Smith & James J. McKenna, editors. Pp. 277-290. New York: Oxford University Press. Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2004). Evoluzione, uso di sostanze e dipendenza. (Evolution, substance use and addiction) In: Medicina Darwiniana (Darwinian Medicine), Gilberto Corbellini & Stefano Canali, editors. Pp. 187-221. Bologna: Apeiron. Lende, Daniel H. (1996). “El viaje de un muchacho—caso particular” (The voyage of one boy—a case study). In: Adolescencia y Toxicomania: Hacia Un Proceso de Reinsercion (Adolescence and Addiction: Towards a Process of Reinsertion), Jose Antonio Lopez & Gloria Guzman, editors. Pp. 157-179. Bogotá: El Greco Impresores. Peer-Reviewed Commentaries Lende,
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