Anthropological Niche
of Douglas W. Hume
Curriculum Vitae - Douglas William Hume, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Northern Kentucky University
Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Philosophy
238 Landrum Academic Center
Highland Heights, KY 41099

Phone: (859) 572-5702
FAX: (859) 572-6086

NKU Email Address
GMail Email Address

Education

Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, Anthropology. Dissertation: Agriculture in Madagascar: Conservation and Cultural Meanings of Rice. Committee: James Boster (Chair), Roy D'Andrade, Robert Dewar and Richard Sosis. 2005.
M.A.
California State University, Fullerton, Anthropology. Thesis: Towards a Synthesis of Ethnoscience and Symbolic Anthropology: An Ethnography of Surgical Culture. Committee: Susan Parman (Chair), Jacob Pandian and Lorie Sheeran. 1999.
B.A.
California State University, Fullerton, Anthropology. 1994.
A.A.
Orange Coast College, General Education. 1992.

Research Interests

Cultural anthropology; applied anthropology; ethnoecology; analysis of inter- and intracultural variation; cultural models; ritual; conservation; agriculture; linguistics; Internet culture; Madagascar; North America.

Teaching Positions

2007-date 
Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University.
2007
Lecturer, Southern Connecticut State University.
2006
Lecturer, Quinebaug Valley Community College.
2006-2007 
Lecturer, University of Connecticut.

Graduate Assistant/Teaching Positions at the University of Connecticut

2001-2005 
Instructor (Graduate Assistant).
2001
Graduate Assistant - Integration of Audio/Video for Teaching Anthropology.
2000-2003 
Anthropology Computer Lab Technician/Webmaster.
1999-2001 
Teaching Assistant (Graduate Assistant).

Research Experience

2007-date 
Student Identification of "Racial Types", Kentucky.
2004
Dissertation Research, Madagascar.
2004
Risk Taking and Environmental Beliefs, Connecticut.
2003-2007 
Student Identification of "Racial Types", Connecticut.
2003
Age and Environmental Beliefs, Connecticut and Internet.
2003
Dissertation Research, Madagascar.
2002
Cultural Models of the Environment, Connecticut and Internet.
2001
Pre-Dissertation Research, Madagascar.
1999-2000 
The Internet and Birders, Internet.
1998-1999 
Master's Thesis Research, Hospital Operating Room, California.
1995-1997 
Assistant Archæology Laboratory Director, California.
1994-1997 
Assistant Archæology Field Director, California.
1994
Groundstone/Inversion Analysis, California.
1993-1994 
Hospital Operating Room Ethnography, California.
1993
Projectile Point Analysis, California.

Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals
2006
Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems. Conservation and Society 4(2):287-303.
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Submitted 
Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems. Current Conservation.
2006
Tanim-Bary Rituals Among the Betsimisaraka in Andasibe. Taloha 16-17.
2006
Rituels des Tanim-bary Chez Les Bestsimisaraka D'Andasibe. Translated by L. Modeste Rakotondrasoa. Taloha 16-17.
Articles or Chapters in Books
Submitted 
Madagascar. In Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. George Philander, ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
2007
Mode of Production. In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Volume 3. Paul Robbins, ed. Pp. 1154-5. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
2007
Game Theory. In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Volume 2. Paul Robbins, ed. Pp. 721-2. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
2007
Prisoner’s Dilemma. In Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, Volume 4. Paul Robbins, ed. Pp. 1427-9. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
2007
Geographic Overviews, Africa (East): Madagascar and Surrounding Islands, Volume ?. In Encyclopedia of Archaeology. Deborah M. Pearsall, ed. Pp. ???-?. Elsevier.
Brief Communications
2007
with Sharlotte Neely. Public and Applied Anthropology at Northern Kentucky University. Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 18(4):34-37.
Dissertation/Thesis
2005
Agriculture in Madagascar: Conservation and Cultural Meanings of Rice. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut.
1999
Towards a Synthesis of Ethnoscience and Symbolic Anthropology: An Ethnography of Surgical Culture. M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton.
Reports/Student Journals/Museum Brochures
1995
Um Hapi Qaa'öniwti (You Really Have Become Corn): The Hopi Concept of Self. Anthropological Perspectives 3:15-20.
1994
Projectile Points. In Glimpses of Prehistoric America. Constance Cameron, ed. Pp. 18-9. Fullerton: Museum of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton.
1994
Picking a Case: An Ethnography of a Surgical Nurse. Anthropological Perspectives 2:42-46.
1994
Inversion Method: Groundstone Analysis of CA-ORA-35, The Los Piños Site. California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.
1993
Beringia: Controversies Arise. in Anthropological Perspectives 1:35-51.
1993
Projectile Point Analysis: CA-ORA-35, The Los Piños Site. California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.
Works in Progress
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Malagasy Swidden Agriculture: The Influence of Conservation Organizations on Indigenous Knowledge (previously submitted to American Anthropologist, now revising for resubmission).
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Medicinal Plants as Conservation Capital in Andasibe, Madagascar (poster presented at the American Anthropological Association meetings, now being written for either the Journal of Ethnobotany or Ethos).
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Restoring Balance: Gift Giving from Physicians to Patients, with David Krassner, MD. (a partial draft has been completed, now being revised for publication in Practicing Anthropology).
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Rice Varieties in Madagascar: Merchants’ and Farmers’ Schemas (previously submitted to Culture and Agriculture, now being revised for submission to Human Organization).

Papers and Posters Presented

submitted 
Farmer’s Categories of "Wet" and "Dry": Implications for Agricultural Development in Madagascar. Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, Tennessee, March 25-29, 2008.
accepted 
Medicinal Plants as Conservation Capital in Andasibe, Madagascar. Poster. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 29, 2007.
2007
Malagasy Healers as Conservationists. Session Chair. Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky Annual Meeting at Northern Kentucky University, September 22, 2007.
2007
Rice Preferences in Madagascar: Obstacles in the Sustainable Development of Agriculture. Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Tampa, Florida, March 30.
2006
Obstacles in the Agricultural Development of Eastern Madagascar: Variation in Cultural Models of Rice Types by Scientists, Consumers and Farmers. Poster Session Chair. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Jose, California, November 18.
2006
Agriculture in Madagascar: Comparison of the Rituals of Swidden and Irrigated Farming. Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 1.
2005
Swidden and Irrigated Farming Rituals in Andasibe, Madagascar. Poster. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., December 2.
2005
Malagasy Swidden Agriculture: The Influence of Conservation Organizations on Indigenous Knowledge. Poster. Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 9.
2004
Swidden Agriculture: The Influence of Conservation Organizations on Indigenous Knowledge. Roy Rappaport Panel. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 17-21 (Atlanta, December 18).
2004
Agricultural Change in Eastern Madagacar. Session Chair. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, April 3.
2003
Swidden Farming in Madagascar: Cultural Models versus Actual Behavior. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, November 20.
2002
Discounting, Human Effects and Place: Relationships Between Cultural Models of the Environment. Poster Session Chair. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 22.
2002
Conservation and Cultural Models in Madagascar. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, March 9.
2001
Community as 'Place': The Tragedy of the Commons, Cooperation and Community-Based Conservation in Madagascar. Part of organized panel, Ecology, Culture and the Transformation of Values: Place-based Analyses and Globalization, to the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., November 28.
2000
Birder Identity and Environmental Conservation: Is Knowledge Enough? American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 19.
1998
North American Culture Areas: Uses and Limitations of Population Patterning. Poster. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5.
1996
Projectile Points and Groundstone Artifacts from CA-ORA-35: A Preliminary Analysis. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting at Loyola Marymount University, California, May 4.
1996
Investigations at the Nichols Institute Site (CA-ORA-840a): An Early Occupation at the "Miling Stone Culture". with L. Joesink-Mandeville and C. Cameron. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting at Loyola Marymount University, California, May 4.
1995
Using the Inversion Method in a California Archæological Site. Poster Session Chair. Archæological Institute of America Annual Meeting at San Diego, California, December 27.
1995
Environmental Archæology: The Use of Biology, Geology, and Geography in Archæological Interpretation. Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting at California State University, Fullerton, California, May 6.
1995
The Inversion Method: Understanding Vertical Distribution Within Archæological Sites. Southwestern Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, April 8.
1995
Environmental Archæology: The Use of Biology, Geology, and Geography in Archæological Interpretation. Sacramento Anthropological Society Symposium "Anthropology at Work: Show and Tell in the Four Fields", Sacramento, California, March 18.

Grants and Fellowships

submitted 
Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Northern Kentucky.
2004
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Connecticut.
2004
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (BCS-0349981, James Boster PI).
2004
Extraordinary Expense Award, Graduate School, University of Connecticut.
2002
Travel Grant, University of Connecticut, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
2001
Summer Research Grant, University of Connecticut Anthropology Department, Preliminary Dissertation Research, Madagascar.
2001
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Connecticut Anthropology Department, Preliminary Dissertation Research, Madagascar.
2000
Travel Grant, University of Connecticut, American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, California.
2000
Summer Research Grant, University of Connecticut Anthropology Department, Intensive French Language Course, Paris, France.
1994
Departmental Associations Council, CSU Fullerton, publication grant for program of 1st Annual Anthropology Student Symposium, Anthropological Perspectives, Volume 3, and 1st Annual Anthropology Students Symposium.

Honors and Awards

2004
Sixth Annual Rappaport Panel, Anthropology and Environment Section, American Anthropological Association.
2002
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Connecticut.
1999
Professional Achievement Award, Anthropology Department, CSU Fullerton.
1995
Special Project Award, Anthropology Department, CSU, Fullerton.
1995
Organizational Excellence Award, Anthropology Department, CSU, Fullerton.
1994
Lambda Alpha, Eta Chapter, Honors, Anthropology Department, CSU, Fullerton.
1994
Distinguished Service Award, Anthropology Department, CSU, Fullerton.
1994
Organizational Excellence Award, Anthropology Department, CSU, Fullerton.

Professional Memberships

2007-date 
Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky.
2007-date 
Kentucky Academy of Science.
2000-date 
Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow).
1993-date 
American Anthropological Association (Environmental Anthropology Section, Evolutionary Anthropology Section, and National Association for the Practice of Anthropology).

Professional Activities

2002
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Ecological Anthropology.
1994-1995 
Editor, Anthropological Perspectives, CSU, Fullerton.
1993-1994 
Associate Editor, Anthropological Perspectives, CSU, Fullerton.

Service Activities

2007-date 
Web Manager, Anthropology Program, NKU.
2007-date 
Web Manager, Sociology, Anthropology and Philosphy Department, NKU.
2007-date 
Web Manager, Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky..
2007-date 
Anthropology Major, Computer Competency Examiner, NKU.
2007-date 
Applied Anthropology Information and Job Board Maintainer, NKU.
2007-date 
Sustainability Committee Member, NKU.
2007-date 
College Champions (NKU Web Site Redesign Committee) Member, NKU.
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