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2000-present member, Consortium of Programs in Applied Anthropology, departmental representative
1998-2000 Chair, Society for Applied Anthropology Task Force on AIDS
1998-Present Coordinator, Topical Interest Group Programs (TIG’s) for Society for Applied Anthropology
1993-1996 Member, Governing Council, Society for Applied Anthropology
1993-1994 American Anthropological Association Task Force on AIDS
1992-1995 Board of Directors, Center for the Study of Ethnomedicine
1988 - 1990 Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors. American Anthropological Association.
1988 - 1990 President, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
1986 1988 President elect, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
1987 - 1992 Department Support Committee, Society for Applied Anthropology
1986 Program Chair for Organization of Scientific Symposia for 1986 AAA meeting
in Philadelphia National
Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
1985 Co Chair, Committee on Electronic Communication. National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
1981 1982 President, Cibola Anthropological Association
1980 1981 President Elect, Cibola Anthropological Association
1980 1981 Vice President, Paul Louvier Foundation for Alcoholism Research
1979 1980 Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee for Constitutional Bylaw Revision. Cibola Anthropological Association.
1978 1985 Ambassador, Texas Folklife Festival, Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX.
1978 1979 Program Chairperson, Cibola Anthropological Society annual meeting, March 1979.
1963 Vice President, Vermont State Association of Students Councils
COMMUNITY SERVICE: COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES:
2000-2005 Member, Data Safety Monitoring Board, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health
2000 Member, Methods Focus task force, Toward a Higher Level of Analysis. Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health. NIH, Office of Social and Behavioral Sciences
1999-2003 Member, AARG7 (NIH AIDS and Behavioral Science review group, NIH)
1996-1999 Member, NIDA-J, (National Institute on Drug Abuse), Psychosocial
Research, Drug Abuse and AIDS
Initial Review Group
1996 Member, Anthropology Panel, Review of the Office of Behavioral and Social
Science Research, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
1993-94 Governor's Committee, Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality, State
of Arizona, Quality of Life Technical
Committee for ACERP Program
1991 Board of Directors, Flagstaff Free Clinic.
1988 -1990 Member, DAAR-2 (Drug Abuse AIDS Research - Psycho-Social Panel) Study Group. DHHS, ADAMHA, PHS.
1988 Governor's Advisory Council on Affirmative Action. State of Arizona. Office
of Affirmative Action
Phoenix, AZ.
1987-1990 President (1987-1989, Board of Directors (1987-1990) Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center, Inc.
1982 Regional Task Force on Alcoholism Services. Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (COG).
1981 Citizen's Alcoholism Advisory Committee, Tropical Texas MH/MR.
1980 1981 Executive Board, the Paul Louvier Foundation for Alcoholism Research, Austin, Texas.
1980 1981 Executive Board, Valley Regional Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.
1980 1981 Executive Committee, Valley Consortium for Rural Family Life and Human Development.
1980 Executive Committee, Cibola Anthropological Association.
1979 1985 Member 208 Water Quality Control Board, Lower Rio Grande Development
Council (COG); Member,
Technical Subcommittee.
1977 1980 Provider Member, South Texas Health Systems Agency Sub area Council,
Member, Health Education
Subcommittee.
1975 1978 Chairperson (1976 77), Regional Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory
Council; Chairperson, Ad Hoc
Committee for Membership Revision; Member, Prevention Task Force; Vice Chairperson
(1976).
1975 1977 Member, Advisory Committee for "A Project to Develop Bilingual
Multi Media Materials for the Prevention,
Control and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse."
1974 1975 Member, Health Planning Advisory Committee for the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Development Council (COG);
member, Ad Hoc Committee of Midwifery.