CV For Marlo M. Eakes Meyer
Personal
Born: Oceanside, San Diego County, California; July 9, 1967
E-mail: meakes@mail.csuchico.edu
Home: 106A Stratford Court, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903
Phone: (434) 244-2623
Education
M.A. California State University, Chico; May 2002; Anthropology.
B.A. California State University, Chico; May 1999; Anthropology.
Employment History
2001-Present Folklore Archivist, UVa, Anthropology Department.
2000-2001 Accountant, University Public Events, CSU, Chico
2000 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Social Science 103 Class.
1999 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Anthropology 40 Class.
1998-1999 Office Assistant, Anthropology Dept., CSU, Chico
1990-2000 Pharmacist Technician, Longs Drug Stores, Inc.
1988-1990 Counselor, Trauma Intervention Program of San Diego County
1988-1990 Sales Representative, Certified Grocers, Inc., San Diego, CA.
Honors, Fellowships, Grants, Awards
2001-Present Treasurer for the Virginia Folklore Society
2000-2001 Deans list, CSU, Chico
1997-1999 President of the Chico Anthropological Society
1999 Student leadership award: College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
1998 Representative for the College of Behavioral and Social Science, Presidential Student Affairs Committee, CSU, Chico.
1997-1998 Voting member of the Environmental Affairs Council, CSU, Chico
Professional Activities: Presentations, Publications, Conferences
In Preparation:
"The Consumption of Culture: Feeling the Effect of Modernity"
2002
"The Culture of Consumption and the Consumption of Culture: Ethnography of the Chico Certified Farmers' Market." M.A. Thesis.
2001
"Anthropological Fieldwork in a Small Town." Chico Food Systems Project Newsletter, August.
2001
Co-editor of the Chico Anthropological Papers, occasional journal.
2000
Volunteer (sessions), American Anthropological Association 99th annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 14-19th
2000
Snapshots of Rural Italian life. Public lecture presented at CSU, Chico's Anthropology Forum.
2000
The Human Sexual Primate. Lecture presented to Dr. Antoinette Martinez Social Science 103 class.
2000
Anthropology's Love affair with Kinship. Lecture presented to Dr. Antoinette Martinez's Social Science 103 class.
1999
Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation. Lecture presented to Dr. William Loker's Anthropology 40 class.
1998
The ABC's of Applied Anthropology: A Student Review of Hands on Experience in Applied Research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the California Folklore Society and the Southwestern Anthropological Association. April 16-18th.
1998
Webpage for Dr. Arthur Lehmann, Africanist.
Selected Journalistic Publications:
2001
Editors note. CASP(17)1-5.
2001
Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Preindustiral Nostalgia in a Small Town's Farmers' Market. CASP(17) 85-95.
Teaching Experience
2000
Supervised Teaching with Dr. Antoinette Martinez in Social Science 103 class. Lectured, showed videos, lead discussions and graded exams and papers. Student evaluations are available upon request.
1999
Supervised Teaching with Dr. William Loker in Anthropology 40 (Magic, Witchcraft & Religion). Lectured, designed exams, proctoring exams, grading exams, and grading papers.
Anthropological Interests
(Socio-)Cultural Anthropology
Ethnographic Theory and Method
Globalization of America, the loss of social functions
The role of women cross-culturally
Ritual & Religion
Professional Association Memberships
American Anthropological Association
Society of Feminists Anthropology
Society of European Anthropology
Society for Community College Anthropology
Travel and Languages
Travel: England, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland, Mexico, United States
Languages: Spanish (speak minimally), Italian (minimal reading/speaking skills)
Field Experience
1999 Five weeks in Sicily, doing fieldwork on the island of Alicudi.
2000 Two weeks in Mexico, traveling, visiting anthropology museums, ruins.
Hobbies & Interests
Hiking, camping, backpacking
Animal sighting and identification
Geological formations
Photography
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