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Jerome Crowder
3107 Banbury Place
Houston, Texas 77027
713.888.0165 E-mail: jcrowder@uh.edu
CV
Teaching Experience:
2005 University of Houston
Anthropology 4394, Visual Anthropology
The two primary aims of this course are 1) to familiarize students with equipment for making ethnographic film and photographs and 2) to understand the role of anthropological theory in doing so. Students view and critique a variety of films, videos and images and discuss their viability as media for representing culture as well as practice such methods by making their own visual ethnography (one section, fall term).
2004 University of Houston.
Anthropology 2302, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
This is a comprehensive survey course of the sub-field of cultural anthropology, presenting theories and application of anthropological techniques for students with diverse backgrounds and interests (one section, spring term).
Anthropology 4394, Visual Anthropology (one section, spring term).
Primary Instructor of all courses.
2003 Universidad Nacional del Altiplano—Puno, Perú. (Visiting Professor, fall term)
Antropología de la salud y nutrición (co-instructor)
Antropología visual (co-instructor)
Metodología Cualitativa, en Economía (co-instructor)
University of Houston.
Anthropology 9999, Ethnography from the Field
This is a virtual, supplemental course which allows students to log-on to a university website and download fieldnotes, photos, videos, slideshows, presentations, etc. that I created during my fieldwork with Aymara migrants in Perú. We then arranged an on-line chat session each week to discuss the fieldwork and specific questions they have that coincide with courses they are taking on campus. Students then used this information to augment material for their course and in their term papers (one section, fall term).
Anthropology 3395, Urbanization and Migration in Latin America
This seminar examines the processes of urbanization and migration on the people and cultures in Latin America, and explores their relationship with the United States. Students will view and read popular as well as scholarly media on the subject, in a forum that requires them to reflect upon their own perceptions and encourages them to understand the macro-level factors involved in this phenomenon occurring in Houston and throughout the hemisphere (one section, spring term).
Primary Instructor for both courses.
2002 University of Houston.
Anthropology 2302, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
(two sections spring, one in summer, and one in the fall term)
Anthropology 4394, Visual Anthropology
(spring term)
Primary Instructor of all courses.
Teaching Experienced, continued.
2001 Institute for Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea.
Anthropology 0780, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
See above description.
Anthropology 1761, Medical Anthropology
Considers the relationship between culture and health around the world including beliefs, rituals, and behaviors—always comparing and contrasting our own biomedical perspective with those we encounter through prose and travel.
Anthropology 1785, Race, Ethnicity and Transnationalism
Explores how cultural constructions of race, ethnicity and nationalism differ around the globe, especially in relationship to our own presence in various countries. This course promotes reflexivity and understanding of how relationships are negotiated depending upon the environment and the actors involved.
Primary instructor of all courses, fall term.
2001 University of Houston.
Anthropology 2302, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Primary instructor, spring term (two sections), summer term (one section).
University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston, School of Public Health.
Public Health 1498/2998, Medical Anthropology, Epidemiology and Public Health (graduate level).
Explore the nexus between medical anthropology and epidemiology in a public health context.
Co-Instructor, summer term.
2000 University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston, School of Public Health.
Public Health 1498/2998, Medical Anthropology, Epidemiology and Public Health (graduate level).
See above description
Co-Instructor, spring term.
1999 Public Health 1118, Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (graduate level).
Presents a theoretical discussion and application of qualitative research methods for Public Health students.
Secondary Instructor, fall term.
1998 University of Pittsburgh, College of General Studies.
1997 Anthropology 1771, Religion and Culture.
Focus on the relationship between religion and culture and encourage students to reflect upon contemporary beliefs, myths, rituals and symbols in their own society.
Primary Instructor, fall and spring terms.
Employment:
2003 Fulbright Scholar, Center for the International Exchange of Scholars. Puno, Perú.
2002 – pres Communications Coordinator, Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLC2), University of Houston, Houston, TX.
2002 – pres Lecturer, University of Houston, Department of Anthropology. Houston, TX.
2001 Professor, Semester at Sea, Institute for Shipboard Education (fall).
Lecturer, University of Houston, Department of Anthropology. Houston, TX. (spring/summer).
1999 – 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston.
1999 Research Assistant, Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center– Houston.
1997 – 1998 Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology.
Awards and Fellowships:
2003 Fulbright Research / Teaching Award, Center for the International Exchange of Scholars, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Perú. Aug.– Dec., 2003.
2003 Curriculum Development Award, Division of Educational Technology and Outreach, University of Houston, for the fall of 2003.
1999 – 2000 National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston.
1997 – 1998 Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology.
1995 – 1996 J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, Institute of International Education.
1992 – 1994 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, CLAS, University of Pittsburgh (Aymara).
1993 Tinker Foundation Summer Research Grant, CLAS, University of Pittsburgh.
International Research Experience:
2003 Puno, Perú. Conducted visual ethnography with migrant Aymara speakers in the department of Puno.
2000 El Alto, Bolivia. Repatriated data to residents and continued research on Aymara migration, health, and the use of over-the-counter medications.
1997 El Alto, Bolivia. Conducted archival and follow-up research on community and health.
1995 – 1996 El Alto, Bolivia. Conducted doctoral research on health care decision making of urban Aymara migrants.
1993 El Alto, Bolivia. Researched indigenous medical practices of Aymara migrants.
1990 – 1991 Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Perú, and Ecuador. Traveled through South America exploring potential dissertation research sites.
1990 La Paz, Bolivia. Collaborated with Geographical Society of La Paz studying indigenous health practices of Aymara residents in the city.
1989 Bolivia and northern Chile. Studied Kallawaya medical beliefs and practices.
1985 Kenya. Lived with Maasai observing use of local medical facilities.
Memberships in Professional Organizations:
American Anthropological Association
Visual Anthropology Sub Unit
Latin American Anthropology Sub Unit
Medical Anthropology Sub Unit
Urban Anthropology Sub Unit
International Visual Sociology Association
Latin American Studies Association
Bolivian Studies Association
Society for Applied Anthropology
Current Research Interests:
Health Practices and beliefs among Latin American migrants in Houston, Texas; Urbanization and Health in Latin American Cities, Health Care Decision Making in El Alto, Bolivia, medical anthropology, visual ethnography, urbanization, migration, religion and health, issues of community, family, identity, development and Public Health.
Languages Spoken:
English: mother tongue. Spanish: fluent in reading, writing and speaking. Aymara: conversational.
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