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October

Janet Chernela: SALSA President 2005-2008

October 4, 2005
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Janet Chernela University of Maryland SALSA President 2005-2008 Janet Chernela is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.  After receiving her PhD from Columbia University in 1983, she served on the faculty of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (National Institute of Amazonian...

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November

William Balée: SALSA President 2002-2005

November 21, 2002
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  William Balée Tulane University SALSA President 2002-2005 William Balée received his PhD from Columbia University in 1984. Field of Study: Cultural anthropology; Amazonia; historical ecology; ethnobiology. He has conducted fieldwork among Ka'apor, Guajá, Araweté, Tembé, Assurini do Xingu, and Sirionó societies. He teaches courses including cultural anthropology, ecological...

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November

Donald Pollock: SALSA President 2001-2002

November 21, 2001
In Past President, SALSA Leadership
By SALSA

Donald Pollock University of Buffalo SALSA President 2001-2002 Research Topics The culture of contemporary medicine (including the social history of physician autobiography, the culture of tertiary care medicine, and health disparities); Traditional healing, shamanism, and personhood in Amazonian communities Donald Pollock's institutional webpage: http://www.buffalo.edu/cas/anthropology/faculty/faculty_directory/pollock-donald.html ...

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