VITA MERRILL CHARLES SINGER AFFILIATION Professor, Departments of Anthropology and Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Email: [email protected] Additional Institutional Affiliations: -- Senior Research Scientist, Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut -- Affiliated Scientist, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University PERSONAL Home Address: Date of Birth: October 6, 1950 33 Holly Dr. Storrs, CT 06268-2226 Place of Birth: McKeesport, PA (860) 593-5249 EDUCATION 1982-3 National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship. Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, Connecticut and Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT. 1979-80 National Institute of Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse Postdoctoral Fellowship. Center for Family Research, Department of Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, D.C. 1979 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City Dissertation Title: Saints of the Kingdom: Group Emergence, Individual Affiliation, and Social Change among the Black Hebrews of Israel. 1975 Master of Arts, Anthropology. California State University, Northridge Thesis Title: The Lubavitcher Chassidim: God's Messengers of Return. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1 2008- Professor Department of Anthropology (Department of Community Medicine, 2010- ) University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 2007- Senior Research Scientist Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 1991-07 Associate Director (9/93--9/94 Acting Executive Director, 2/01- 4/02, Administrative Team during Executive Director Search) Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT 1982-07 Director of Research (1987-2007, Research Scientist 1982-1987) Hispanic Health Council. Hartford, Connecticut HONORS and ACHIEVEMENTS 2012 Awarded the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group’s Distinguished Service Award. 2012 Appointed to the American Anthropological Association 2013 Annual Meeting Executive Program Committee. 2011 Elected to the Committee on Public Policy of the American Anthropological Association. 2010 Recipient of the Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology, American Anthropological Association. 2010 Awarded Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship, academic year 2010-2011, Office of Service-Learning and Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Connecticut. 2008 Invited Presenter, The Anthropologist as Social Critic: Working Towards a More Engaged Anthropology. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Conference, New York City, New York, organized by Setha Low and Sally Merry. 2007 Appointed by the Society for Medical Anthropology as a judge for the 2007 George Foster Memorial Award in Practicing Medical Anthropology. 2007 Invited Member, International Programme Advisory Group, International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) Conference, Barcelona, 2008. 2 2007 Invited Participant, Plagues: Models and Metaphors in the Human ‘Struggle’ with Disease, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Conference, Tucson, AZ, organized by Alan Swedlun and Ann Herring. 2006-08 Elected, Board of Directors, Society for Applied Anthropology. 2006 Invited Participant, School of American Research Seminar: Global Health in the Time of Violence, Sante Fe, NM, organized by Paul Farmer, Barbara Rylko-Bauer, and Linda Whiteford. 2006 Appointed by the Society for Medical Anthropology as a judge for the 2006 George Foster Memorial Award in Practicing Medical Anthropology. 2006-09 Appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal Medical Anthropology. 2005 Appointed by the City Council of Hartford, CT to the Mayor’s Commission on AIDS. 2005 Recipient of the Society for the Anthropology of North America Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America. 2004 Recipient of the George Foster Memorial Award in Practicing Medical Anthropology, Society for Medical Anthropology. 2004-06 Elected to the Ethics Committee, American Anthropological Association. 2004- Appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Drug Policy 2003-4 Selected to Chair the Margaret Mead Award Committee. Society for Applied Anthropology and American Anthropological Association. 2003- Appointed to serve on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ethnicity and Substance Abuse. 2003-05 Selected as Book Review Editor. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2001-03 Elected President, AIDS & Anthropology Research Group, Society for Medical Anthropology (2-year term). 1995-98 Elected to the Executive Board, Society for Medical Anthropology. 1993 Elected to the Governing Council, National Association of Practicing Anthropologists. 1991 Awarded the AIDS and Anthropology Clark Taylor Professional Paper Prize for "AIDS and the Health Crisis of the U.S. Urban Poor." Society for Medical Anthropology. 3 1991 Awarded the Rudolph Virchow Prize, Professional Category. Society for Medical Anthropology 1990-92 Elected to the American Anthropological Association Task Force on AIDS; 1991 elected Chairperson of the Task Force. GRANTS and CONTRACTS 2012 Co-Investigator. Disparities in HPV Vaccination: Identifying and Quantifying Barriers. National Institutes of Health. ($456,135, 2 years). 2011 General Education Course Enhancement Grant. Office of Provost, University of Connecticut. Course title: Global Climate Change and Society ($10,000, 2 Years). 2011 Principal Investigator. Community Research Partnership Program pilot grant. Risk Patterns of Latino/a Emergent Adult Sexual Networks. ($5,000, 1 year) Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University. 2010 Principal Investigator (one of three). Community-based HIV Education Research Program for Diverse Racial, Ethnic and Disadvantaged Groups ($1.3 million, 5 years). National Institute of Mental Health. 2010 Principal Investigator. University of Connecticut Faculty Small Grant ($1,352). Down Cancer Alley Study, Donaldsonville, LA. 2008 Principal Investigator. Work and Learn Evaluation Study. ($75,000). State of Connecticut. 2007 Awarded U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant, Bureau of International Information Program (IIP), Strategies for Utilizing Social Science Methodologies in Haiti ($1,900 Travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti and honorarium). 2006 Principal Investigator. Second-hand Smoke and Health Risk among Puerto Rican Children Grant ($15,000, 2 years). Center for Health Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut. 2005 Core Director. Community Liaison Core. Center for Excellence in Health Disparities Research. Awarded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Full center grant: $8.5 million, 5 years 2005 Co-Principal Investigator. Ethical Issues in the Study of Drug Users. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ($850,000, 3 years). 4 2003-4 Principal Investigator. Rapid Assessment of Teen Pregnancy. Awarded by the Connecticut Department of Public Health ($15,000, 1 year). 2003- Co-Principal Investigator. Barriers to Condom Use among African American and Latino Young Adults. Awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ($1.8 million, 5 years.) 2003 Principal Investigator. Project RARE Hartford. Awarded by the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, Department of Health and Human Services ($38,000, 1 year). 2002 Principal Investigator. Building Community Response to Risks of Emergent Drug Use. Awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($1.2 million, 4 years). 2001-04 Co-Principal Investigator. Drinking and Health among Farm Workers. Awarded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism ($1.25 million, 3 years) 2001-03 Co-Principal Investigator. Sociocultural Factors in Syringe Sharing and HIV Risk among IDUs in China. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ($100,000, 2 years). 2001-04 Director. Communication Coordination and Publicity. Awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving ($280,000, 3 years). 2000-04 Principal Investigator. Partner Violence, Substance Abuse and HIV Risk. Awarded by the National Institute on Drub Abuse ($1.6 million, 3 years). 1999 Principal Investigator. Syringe Access, Use and Discard among Drug Users. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ($2.3 million, 4 years). 1998 Principal Investigator. Longitudinal Study of AIDS Risk among Drug Users. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. ($1.8, 3 years). 1998 Co-Principal Investigator. Pathways to Drug Abuse among Adolescents. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ($1.2 million, 3 years). 1997 Co-Principal Investigator. Diffusion of Benefits from Syringe Exchange. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse & National Institute on Mental Health ($2 million, 4 years). 1997 Co-Principal Investigator. HIV Prevention and High Risk Sites. Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse & National Institute on Mental Health ($1 million, 3 years). 5 1997 Principal Investigator. Intertwined Epidemics among Puerto Rican Drug Users Awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ($1.1 million, 3 years). COURSES TAUGHT (Undergraduate & Graduate) American Society and Culture General Anthropology (Four field introduction) Anthropology of Middle Eastern Societies Anthropology of Religion Climate Change and Human Communities Applied Anthropology Drugs and Society Field School in Medical Anthropology Health, Culture and Community in the Middle East Individual and Society Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Introduction to Global Health Introduction to Physical Anthropology