RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant/Clinical Reviewer, , Office of the Research Director, Department of Children & Family Services, September 1996 June 1998 – Interviewed caseworkers and foster parents of adolescents in therapeutic foster care to examine the frequency of visitation with biological parents and children’s connections to schools and communities Assisted in the development of interview tool for Family Connections Project mentioned above Reviewed clinical assessments, completed by caseworkers, documenting children’s special mental health and medical Conducted literature search regarding methods of treatment of childhood disorders and treatment efficacy Edited Levels of Care assessment tool for Specialized Foster Care project; coded and verified accuracy of assessment data CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS Typologies - Analyzing the Inroads to Ayahuasca Tourism” paper presented at the 2012 American “Tourist Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Adventures Await: Advertising the Ayahuasca Experience Online”, Cultures” panel “Exotic “Imperial presented at the 2011 Pacific Coast Branch American History Association Annual Meeting, . consumption: Ayahuasca Tourism in Roundtable Paper presented at the “Considering ” 2010 American Sociological Association Meeting, for a Shaman: An Analysis of an Ayahuasca Tourism Website” Paper presented at the “Surfing 2009 Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, . Cards in Bars: Community Creation in Unlikely Spaces” Paper presented at the 2009 “Playing Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, . for : An Analysis of Ayahuasca Tourism” Paper presented at the 2008 International “Spirituality Colloquium on Tourism and Leisure, . Separation of Church and State: An Examination of presented at the 2006 Gonzales v. O Centro,” “The Justice and Social Inquiry Graduate Student Conference, DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant/Clinical Reviewer, , Office of the Research Director, Department of Children & Family Services, September 1996 – June 1998 Interviewed caseworkers and foster parents of adolescents in therapeutic foster care to examine the frequency of visitation with biological parents and children’s connections to schools and communities Assisted in the development of interview tool for Family Connections Project mentioned above Reviewed clinical assessments, completed by caseworkers, documenting children’s special mental health and medical Conducted literature search regarding methods of treatment of childhood disorders and treatment efficacy Edited Levels of Care assessment tool for Specialized Foster Care project; coded and verified accuracy of assessment data CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS “Tourist Typologies - Analyzing the Inroads to Ayahuasca Tourism” paper presented at the 2012 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. “Exotic Adventures Await: Advertising the Ayahuasca Experience Online”, “Imperial Cultures” panel presented at the 2011 Pacific Coast Branch American History Association Annual Meeting, . “Considering consumption: Ayahuasca Tourism in ” Roundtable Paper presented at the 2010 American Sociological Association Meeting, “Surfing for a Shaman: An Analysis of an Ayahuasca Tourism Website” Paper presented at the 2009 Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, . “Playing Cards in Bars: Community Creation in Unlikely Spaces” Paper presented at the 2009 Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, . “Spirituality for : An Analysis of Ayahuasca Tourism” Paper presented at the 2008 International Colloquium on Tourism and Leisure, . “The Separation of Church and State: An Examination of Gonzales v. O Centro,” presented at the 2006 Justice and Social Inquiry Graduate Student Conference, DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
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