Dr. John R. Lukacs

Curriculum Vita



ADDRESS        Office: 
                        Department of Anthropology              Telephone:    541-346-5112
                        1218 University of Oregon                  E-mail:          jrlukacs@uoregon.edu
                        Eugene, Oregon 97403                       Fax:               541-346-0668

EDUCATION    PhD     1977    Cornell University
                                                Thesis Title: Anthropological Aspects of Dental Variation in North India:                                                 A Morphometric Analysis
                        MA      1970    Syracuse University
                        AB      1969    Syracuse University   

TEACHING       University of Oregon:
EXPERIENCE               1988-present   Professor
                                    1982-88           Associate Professor
                                    1976-82           Assistant Professor

MUSEUM and FIELD RESEARCH

2004                Field Museum of Natural History. Enamel defects in deciduous dentition of great apes.                         December 2004. Dr. Schultenberg, host.
                        University of the Pacific, Dental School. Enamel hypoplasia in deciduous teeth and                         odontometric indicators of physiological stress. July 2004, Dr. Dorothy Deschant, host & curator.                          Spencer R. Atkinson Skeletal Collection.

2003                University of Allahabad, Department of Ancient History, Cultural and Archaeology.                         Completion of Mesolithic Bioarchaeology of Damdama project. 10 - 24 March, Dr. J. N. Pal, host &                         collaborator.

2000                Kenya National Museum, Dept of Paleontology (Nairobi, KENYA) Dr Meave Leakey, host.                          University of the Witwatersrand, Medical Sciences, Paleoanthropology Unit. (Johannesburg,                         SOUTH AFRICA).  Dr. Phillip Tobias, host.  Transvaal Museum, Dept. of Paleontology (Pretoria,                         SOUTH AFRICA).  Dr. Francis Thackeray, host.  Developmental enamel defects in the deciduous                         teeth of early hominids. (11 Feb - 3 April 2000).

2004                Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex Park (Birchington, Kent, UK) Enamel hypoplasia,
& 1999            tooth size and dental asymmetry as indicators of physiological stress.

1998                Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Lyman Jellema, host) &                                                               Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History.
                        Enamel hypoplasia (EH) in the deciduous teeth of great apes.

2000                Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute, Department of
1999                Archaeology, Pune, INDIA (Dr. S R  Walimbe, Research Collaborator & Host).
1996                Enamel hypoplasia of living & prehistoric children.

1988-95           University of Allahabad, Department of Ancient History, Culture and
                        Archaeology, INDIA. (Dr. J N Pal, Research Collaborator). Dental anthropology and                         paleopathology of Mesolithic foragers of the Ganga Plains.

1991                Museo Arqueologico de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).  (Dr. Conrado Rodríguez Martín,                         Research Collaborator). Guanche bioarchaeology.

1987-88           Cemetery excavation and human skeletal analysis, Harappa, Pakistan. 
1995                (Dr. G F Dales, Project Director). Bronze Age urban center of Indus Civilization.

1985-87           Dental anthropology of human skeletons from Mehrgarh, Pakistan. 
1982                (Dr. J-F Jarrige, Principal Investigator).  Pre-Harappan skeletal / dental study.

1983-84           Dental anthropology casting program in India.  (In collaboration with Govt. Dental College,                         Ahmedabad; Deccan College, Pune; Sri Venkateswara Univ., Tirupati).  Dental morphology of                         1800 individuals from nine ethnic groups.

1978                Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Cenozoic Mammals from the Siwalik                                     1976                Group Pakistan.  Three seasons of paleontological reconnaissance.  (Dr. S. Taseer                         Hussain, Principal Investigator).

1982                Paleobiological Reconnaissance of the Siwalik Group of Nepal. Three
1976                seasons of paleontological reconnaissance. (Dr. Robert M. West, Principal
1974                Investigator).

FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS: Research Related

2007                UO Summer Research Award.  Complete monograph on human skeletal remains from Mesolithic                         Damdama.  Title: “Holocene foragers of north India: The bioarchaeology of Damdama.” British                         Archaeol. Reports - International Series.
                        L.S.B. Leakey Foundation. “Dental asymmetry, enamel hypoplasia and perinatal stress in                         sub-adult hominoids.” observe / score enamel hypoplasias in early hominin Australopithecus                         afarensis.  National Museum of Ethiopia.
                        Wenner-Gren Foundation. “Developmental stress in juvenile apes and humans: Is the                         deciduous dental evidence consistent?” score enamel hypoplasia; measure dental crown &
                        inter-cuspal distances. Royal Museum of Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) - bonobo (Pan                         paniscus) sample & Gadjah Mada University, Dental School (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) - modern                         human (Malay) dental sample.

2005                • Bray Fellowship. University of Oregon, College of Arts and Sciences. "Advancement of research                         in biological anthropology: 2005-07." ($10,000).

2003                • University of Oregon, Faculty Summer Research Award.  “Evaluating levels of                                                 ‘developmental stress' in ancient African hominids.” ($4,500).

2002                • Freeman Faculty Research Fellowship, Center for Pacific & Asian Studies, University of                         Oregon.  “Subsistence change, dietary diversity, and health status in prehistoric South Asia.”                         ($4000).

1999-00           • National Geographic Society. Research Grant (6569-99): “The impact of climate and                                      subsistence change on health and nutritional status.” ($14,965.)
                        • LSB Leakey Foundation.  Research grant:  “Developmental enamel
                        defects in the deciduous teeth of early hominids.” ($8,900).

1998-99           • Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. “Enamel
                        Defects and Physiological Stress in India.” (Grant-in-aid: $10,000).

1998                • University of Oregon, Department of Anthropology, Faculty Research Award. “Prevalence &                          Distribution of Enamel Defects in Juvenile Apes.” ($2,600)
                        • University of Oregon, Faculty Summer Research Award.  “Childhood Health & Nutrition in                         Prehistory: A Bio-Cultural Approach Using Defects of
                         Dental Enamel.” ($4,000)

1996-97           •  National Geographic Society,  Research Grant (5633-96): “Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic North                          India: Chronology, Demography & Subsistence.” ($13,500)

1994-95           •  Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. International Collaborative                                     Research Award. "Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic India." ($25,000)

1994                •  National Science Foundation, Planning Grant. "Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic India." ($2,500)
                        •  University of Oregon, Faculty Summer Research Award.  "Dental Anthropology of the                                    Prehistoric Guanches, Canary Islands, Spain." ($4,000)
                        •  University of Oregon, Social Science Seed Grant. "Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic India."                         ($1,500)

1993-94           •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant. (5074-93).  "Paleopathology, Health, and                         Subsistence in Mesolithic India." ($6,715)

1990-92           •  American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Research Award.  "Prehistoric People of the                         Ganga Valley: Health Status and Genetic Affinities." 
                        •  Quincentenary Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Spain (CIES 0888).  "Dental Anthropology of the                         Ancient Inhabitants of the Canary Islands."

1990                •  University of Oregon, Faculty Summer Research Award.  "Biological Affinities of Prehistoric                         and Living People of the Deccan Plateau, India."  ($4,000)
                        •  American Philosophical Society, Research Grant.  "Biological History of Human Populations in                         the Deccan Plateau, India."  ($3,325)

1987-88           •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant (3712-87):  "Dental Anthropology of Prehistoric                         People of the Indus and Ganga Valleys." ($10,925)
                        •  Burlington Northern Foundation, Anthropology Outreach Program.  Development funds                         ($25,000.)

1986-87           •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant (3934-86).  "Biological Effects of Agriculture and                         Urbanism on Prehistoric People of the Indus Valley." ($11,000)

1986                •  University of Oregon, Faculty Summer Research Award.   "Dental Morphology of Living                         South Asians." ($3,000)

1985-86           •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant (3718-85).  "Dental Anthropology and the                         Biological Affinities of Prehistoric and Living South Asians." ($14,000)

1984-85           •  Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.  "Biological Anthropology of Iron Age Human Skeletons                         from Pakistan."
                        •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant (2947-84).  "Dietary Reconstruction from                                    Prehistoric Human Skeletal Remains from South Asia." ($13,070, with S. Radosevich).

1983-84           •  Smithsonian Institution (SFCP).  "Patterns of Dental Variation in South Asia: A Biocultural                         Perspective.”

1982-83           •  National Geographic Society, Research Grant (2556-82).  "Biological Anthropology of Human                         Skeletal Remains from Neolithic Baluchistan." ($7,540)
                        •  National Science Foundation (International Program).  "Biological Anthropology of Human                         Remains from Neolithic Baluchistan."                       
                        •  Smithsonian Institution (SFCP).  "Patterns of Dental Variation in South Asia:
                        A Biocultural Perspective."

1981-82           •  American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Research Fellowship.
                        •  Fulbright-Hays Award, Senior Research, West Germany.
                        •  German Academic Exchange Service, research visit (declined).

 

1981-82           •  Smithsonian Institution, Special Foreign Currency Program. These awards jointly supported                         the research project, "Post-Pleistocene Dental Variation in South Asia: Patterns of Human                                    Migration and Adaptation."  Field bases: Deccan College (Pune), Universitat Mainz, West                                    Germany.

1979                •  Council for International Exchange of Scholars.
                        Indo-American Fellowship Program.  Project title: "Paleoecology and Biological Adaptation of                         Prehistoric Man in India."  Field base: Deccan College (Pune).

1975-76           •  National Defense Education Act. Title VI. Foreign Language Fellowship. 1973-74 South Asia:                          Hindu/Urdu.

1974-75           •  American Institute of Indian Studies.  Junior Fellow.  Dissertation Research Grant.  Project                          Title: "Dental Anthropology and Evolution in South Asia."

AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS: for Teaching

1998-00         Rippey Award for Teaching Innovation.  Revise & formalize lab exercises in ‘core’ bio-                                 anthropology courses Human Evolution (A361) & Human Biological Variation (A362). ($10,000).
1996              James F & Shirley K Rippey Fund for Teaching Innovation.  Conversion of discussion sections                       to practical laboratory exercises in ANTH 170: Intro to Human Evolution. ($9,500).
1994              Tom R. & Carol B. Williams Professorship Recognition Program for Undergraduate Education.                       Permitted acquisition of six new fossil replicas for lab exercises and discussion sections in                                  biological anthropology courses. ($1,726).
1994              Stanley Greenfield Library Award for Faculty Research and Teaching.  Assisted in acquiring                       backsets and establishing standing orders for journals on South Asian archaeology,                                             paleoenvironments, and art history.

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS & CONFERENCES.

2007   Ganges Basin in Prehistory Workshop, (Cambridge University; 2-3 June 2007) Dept of Biol Anthropol,            Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Ancient India & Iran Trust.  Paper title:                                  “Bioarchaeology of Holocene foragers of north India.” organizers: M.D. Petraglia, N. Boivin,                                  (Cambridge/Macdonald Inst), Dorian Fuller (University College London).
2007   Global History of Health Conference, (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 27 - 28 May 2007).                        Organizers: Richard Steckel, Jerome Rose, Phil Walker & Clark S. Larsen. Paper title: “                                  Bioarchaeology and Skeletal Samples in South Asia.”
2007   76th annual meeting American Association of Physical Anthropologists. (Philadelphia, PA; 27 March -            April 1, 2007).  Symposium organizer & chair:  “Recent advances in understanding oral pathology: Clinical,            evolutionary, and prehistoric perspectives on sex and status differences.”  Paper title: “Sex differences in            dental caries in living populations: A global meta-analysis.”
2006   16th bi-annual meeting of the European Paleopathology Association. Fira, Santorini (Greece; 28 Aug - 1            Sept).  Paper title: “Is there a gender bias in oral health in prehistory?: A global meta-analysis.”
2006   75th annual meeting, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Anchorage, AK; 8-11 March.            Paper title: “Anomalies of dental development in modern humans, early hominins and Homo                       floresiensis. Attended Editorial board meeting.
2005   National Seminar: Dr. Iravati Karve's Contributions to Anthropology.  Deccan College, Pune;                       December 8 - 9. Invited lecture: "Human biological diversity in India: An analysis of Dr. Karve's                       contributions to biological anthropology."
2005   XIII Coloquio Internacional de Antropología Física "Juan Comas"; Asociación Mexicana
           de Antropología Biológica. Symposium: “Trends in Dental Anthropology” (6 - 11 November 2005;                       Campeche Mexico).  Invited presentation, entitled “Anomalies of dental development in modern humans            and Homo floresiensis.
2005   74th Annual meeting, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Milwaukee, WI; 6-9 April.             Invited discussant in symposium, entitled “Dental Anthropology 20 Years After: The State of the Science.”            JD Irish & GC Nelson org. Editorial board meeting.
2004   South Asia at the Crossroads: Biological, Archaeological and Linguistic Approaches to Cultural Diversity.            Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies & The Ancient Indian & Iran Trust. Cambridge, UK;            26-27 November 2004. Invited paper:
2004   Paleopathology and Economic Intensification. Convened by Mark N. Cohen with Wenner-Gren                       Foundation sponsorship. Clearwater, FL; 19-21 April. Presented a paper: "Subsistence transition                       reversal: New evidence from ancient India."
2004   73rd Annual meeting, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tampa, FL; 15-17 April.                        Invested as associate editor of American Journal of Physical Anthropology for 4 year term of service.
2003   Australasian Society of Human Biology. Auckland, New Zealand; 7-10 December. Presented a paper:            "Sex differences in dental caries: the role of saliva, hormones, and pregnancy."
2003  102nd Annual meeting, American Anthropological Association. Chicago, IL; 19-23 November.                      Interview job candidates for the biological anthropology search. Search committee Co-chair.
2003  Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Edmonton, Canada; 23-25 October. Invited                     participant: Dental Anthropology Symposium: "Explaining sex differences in dental caries rates: behavioral           vs. hormonal factors."
2003  72nd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tempe, AZ; 23 - 26           April. Invited poster symposium: “Dental morphometrics of early Holocene India: A comparison of Indus           and Ganga Valley samples.”
2003  Oregon Consortium for Asian Studies. annual meeting 22 February; Portland, OR.
2002  101st  annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. New Orleans, LA; 20 - 24                       November. Participated in interviews for Asianist position in cultural anthropol.
2002  American Institute of Indian Studies. UO trustee at Annual Business Meeting. Washington, DC; 4 April.
          Association of Asian Studies. Annual Meeting. Washington, DC; 4-7 April.
2001  “Tibetan Peoples and Landscapes” Himalayan Research Association. Portland State University,                     Portland, OR; 28 April.
2001  66th Annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, LA; 18 - 22 April; Invited           podium presentation: Mesolithic foragers of the Ganga Plains, north India: New bio-cultural perspectives           from Damdama.
2000  69th Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. San Antonio, TX; 12 - 16           April; Invited poster presentation, title: Enamel Defects in the Deciduous Teeth of Great Apes: Variation in           Prevalence and Timing of Defects.
2000  Millennium Celebration of the Origins of Humankind in Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa; 25 - 26           March. University of the Witwatersrand - Great Hall.
1999  97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Philadelphia, PA;
          December 1998. Attended and conducted job interviews.
1998  67th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.  Salt Lake City, UT;           2-5 April 1998.  Attended.
1998  25th Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association.  Salt Lake City, UT; 31 March - 1 April 1998.              Paper title: Enamel defects and subsistence transitions in ancient India.
1997  66th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
          St. Louis, MO; 2-5 April 1997.  Poster title: Lingual cortical mandibular defects among prehistoric                      inhabitants of the Canary Islands. (with Conrado Rodriguez Martín).
1997  14th International Conference of European Association of Archaeologists in Western
          Europe.  Rome, Italy; 7-11 July 1997. Paper title: Health, Climate, and Culture in Prehistoric India:                      Conflicting Conclusions from Archaeology and Anthropology?
1996  65th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
           Raleigh/Durham, NC; 8-13 April 1996.
1995  Paleoanthropological Advances in Eastern and Central Europe. International
           Institute for Human Evolutionary Research. Bend, OR; 16-18 October 1995. Chaired
           session on Human Evolution.
1995  13th International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe.
          Cambridge, England; July 1995. Paper title: The People of Lekhahia: A Bio-Cultural Portrait of Mesolithic           Hunter-Gatherers of North India. (Presented by BE Hemphill).
1995  64th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
          Albert A. Dahlberg Memorial Symposium on Dental Morphology and Evolution (JRL and GR Scott,                      organizers). Oakland, CA; 28 March - 1 April 1995. Paper title: Antemortem tooth loss and dental                      fractures among prehistoric Canary Islanders: Evidence of traditional combat?
1994  3rd World Archaeological Congress. New Delhi, India; 4-11 December 1994. Paper
          title: Diet and dental health in South Asian Prehistory.
1994  23rd Wisconsin Conference on South Asia. Symposium on Changing Perspectives
          on the Indus Valley Tradition (JM Kenoyer, organizer). Madison, WI; 4 - 6 November 1994. Paper title:           Dental caries and dietary behavior at Harappa: New methods confirm sex  differences. (invited)
1994  Xth European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association. Goettingen, Germany; 29
          August - 3 September 1994. Paper title: Dental trauma and traditional combat: antemortem tooth loss              and dental fractures among prehistoric Canary Islanders. (invited)
1994  63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Symposium on Female              Biological Superiority (Patricia Stuart-Macadam, organizer). Denver, CO;  March - April. Paper title:                       Daughter neglect in India: LEH prevalence and the question of female biological superiority. (invited)
1994  National Seminar on the Formation of Ancient Indian Culture and Civilization.
          Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), India; 11 - 13 March 1994. Discussant.
1993  62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
          Toronto (Ontario), Canada; 14-17 April, 1993.  Paper title: Dental helath and subsistence in mesolithic              north India.
1991  Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies.
          Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), India.  December 1991.  Paper title: Archaeology and anthropology at Bronze           Age Harappa: New Evidence from Cemetery R-37. (invited)
1990  18th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Banff,
          Alberta, Canada; 29 November - 1 December 1990.  Paper title: Dental pathology and tooth size and              Bronze Age Harappa. (invited)
1990  University of California Mini-Conference on Excavations at Harappa. Berkeley, CA; 20-22 July 1990.            Paper title: Dental anthropology at Harappa: pathology, morphology and odontometry. (invited)
1990  59th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Miami, FL; 3-7 April 1990.           Paper title: Agricultural intensification and dental pathology at Mehrgarh, Pakistan.
1990  43rd Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Association.  Eugene,
          OR; 22-24 March 1990.  Paper title: Agricultural intensification and dental pathology in prehistoric              Pakistan. (invited)
1989  58th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. San Diego, CA; 4-8 April 1989. Paper title: Dental pathology and tooth size at prehistoric Harappa, Pakistan. 1987 9th International           Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe. Venice, Italy; 6-10 July 1987.                                Paper title: Activity-induced patterns of dental attrition at Mehrgarh, Pakistan.
1986  15th Wisconsin Conference on South Asia. Symposium on Old Problems and New Perspectives in the            Archaeology of South Asia. Madison, WI; 4-6 November 1986.  Paper title: Biological affinities from dental            morphology: new evidence from Neolithic Mehrgarh. (invited)
1986  Sigma Xi, Centennial Annual Meeting. 22-26 October 1986; Washington, DC. Attended    as President of              the University of Oregon Chapter.
1986  7th International Symposium of Dental Morphology. Paris, France; 20-25 May
1986. Paper title: Dental morphology and odontometry of early agriculturalists from Neolithic Mehrgarh.
1986  11th Annual meeting of the Human Biology Council. Albuquerque, NM; 8-9
          April 1986. Paper title: Bridging the past and the present in human biology research in India. (invited).
1986  55th Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
          Albuquerque, NM; 9-12 April 1986. Paper title: Dental pathology in Iron Age Pakistan.
1985  8th International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe. Aahrus, Denmark.                      Paper title: Dental pathology and dietary patterns in Iron Age northern Pakistan.
1984  53rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Philadelphia, PA; 11-14               April 1984. Paper title: Dental fluorosis in early Neolithic Mehrgarh, Pakistan.
1984  Ancestors: Four Million Years of Humanity. American Museum of Natural History,
          New York, NY; 6-10 April 1994.
1984  National Seminar on Dental Anthropology: Applications and Methods. Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), India;           10-12 March 1984. Paper title: An anthropological study of tooth crown size in prehistoric India.
1983  Seminar on Recent Advances in Indian Archaeology. XVth Annual Meeting of the Indian Archaeological           Society.  Xth Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies. Deccan           College, Pune, India; 11-12 Dec1983.
1983  11th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
          Vancouver (British Columbia), Canada; 20-25 August 1983. Skeletal Biology of Prehistoric South Asians           (KAR Kennedy & JRL organizers). Paper title: Paleopathology at Inamgaon: an agrarian village in western            India.
1983  7th International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe. Brussels, Belgium; 4-8            July 1983.  Paper title: Dental pathology and tooth size at early Neolithic Mehrgarh: an                                  anthropological assessment.
1982  Indian Statistical Institute Golden Jubilee, International Conference on Human Genetics and Adaptation.            Calcutta, India; 1-5 February 1982. Paper title: Cultural variation and the evolution of dental reduction:            an interpretation of the evidence from South Asia.
1980  9th Wisconsin Conference on South Asia. Symposium on Biological Anthropology of South Asia: Recent            Developments (JRL, organized). Madison, WI; 7-9 November 1980. Paper title: Skeletal biology of                       prehistoric South Asians: an adaptive perspective.
1980  49th Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Niagara
          Falls, NY; 17-19 April 1980. Paper title: Paleodemography in prehistoric India: mortality and morbidity at           post-Harappan Inamgaon.
1979  National Seminar on the Harappan Civilization: a Contemporary Perspective.
          Srinagar, India; July 1979. Paper title: Dental disease, dietary patterns and subsistence at Harappa and           Mohenjo-daro.
1978  7th Wisconsin Conference on South Asia. Symposium on Ancient Man in South
          Asia: Paleontology and Archaeology. Paper title: Tracing hominid origins in South Asia: New Evidence -           New Problems.
1977  Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC;
          18-20 November 1977.
1977  University of Pennsylvania Seminar on the Culture History, Linguistics and the
          Indus Civilization: Elamites and Dravidians.  University Museum, Philadelphia, PA; 16-17 November 1977.           Paper title: Physical anthropology of the Near East and India in antiquity.
1977  Annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Los Angeles, California.
          Participated in a panel discussion on “Cenozoic Mammals of Pakistan."
1976  Yale University Conference on Siwalik Paleontology. New Haven, CT;
          2-4 June 1976. Paper title: Paleontological reconnaissance in trans-Indus Siwalik-equivalent sediments.
1974  University of Pennsylvania Seminar on Recent Archaeological Research in South
          Asia.  University Museum. Philadelphia, PA; 28-29 March 1974.  Paper title: Biological anthropology of an           Iron Age population from Pomparippu, Sri Lanka.
1973  77nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.  New Orleans,
          LA; 3 December 1973.  Paper title: Dental anthropology and the biological affinities of an Iron Age                      population from Pomparippu, Sri Lanka.

ADMINISTRATIVE & SERVICE ACTIVITIES

            University Committees and Service
            2005-07           - Asian Studies Committee
                                    - South Asian Studies (co-chair w/ Anita Weiss)
                                    - International Programs Committee
                                    - Faculty Research Awards, Selection Committee (2004-06)
                                    - Central Oregon Co-ordinating Committee (UO - Bend Programs)
                                    - General Science Committee
                                    - Oregon Medical Education Collaborative (OHSU, UO, Peace Health)
                                   
            Departmental Committees
            2005-07           - Anthropology Department Head (2004-07)
                                    - Biological Anthropology Search Committee, Co-Chair
                                    - Summer Session Co-ordinator (since 2001)
                                    - Laboratory / Space Committee (auxiliary member)
                                    - Physical Anthropology Exam Committee

            Professional Association Memberships
            2005-07           -American Association of Physical Anthropologists
                                    -Dental Anthropology Association, past-President (1994-96)
                                    -Paleopathology Association
                                    -Sigma Xi

            Professional Service
            2005-07           -American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
                                      associate editor (1 May 2004  thru 30 August 2007)
                                    -American Institute of Indian Studies (trustee & UO representative)
                                    -Dental Anthropology (ex-Editorial Board Member)
                                    -Journal of Human Ecology (Advisory Board Member)

Prepared: August,  2007