Curriculum Vita
	
	
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                          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
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              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