LISA X GOLLIN

Summary Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. candidate, Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1995-)
• M.A., Medical Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1995)
• M.A., International Administration, School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont (1986)
• B.A., Anthropology and Southeast Asian studies, University of California, Santa Cruz" (1981)

RESEARCH AND EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Anthropology. University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995-6
• Research Associate,"The Transformation of Indigenous Medicines in Eastern Indonesia" National Endowment for the Humanities, "Migration and Ethnomedical Transitions in Maluku, Indonesia" National Geographic Society,"Ethnomedicine and Ethnopharmacology in Maluku, Indonesia" Shaman Pharmaceuticals (PI on all grants: Prof. Nina L. Etkin), (July - August) 1995
• Graduate Research Assistant,"Use of Plant Medicines by Contemporary Native Hawaiians" National Science Foundation (PI: Prof. Nina L. Etkin), 1995
• Research Consultant, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1992 - 1995:
• Curator, Writer, "Jamu: The Herbal Remedies of Indonesia," Festival of Indonesia, 1990 - 1992
  

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS/PRESENTATIONS

• "Ethnomedicine in Eastern Indonesia." Cakalele, (Under Review), 1996.
• "Ethnomedicine in Eastern Indonesia: Results and Analysis of a Pilot Study." Junior author with Dr. Nina Etkin. Research report. National Endowment for the Humanities and National Geographic, 1995.
• "Taban Kenyah: A Preliminary Look at the Healing Plants and Paradigms of the Kenyah Dayak People of Kayan-Mentarang." IN People and Plants of Kayan-Mentarang. (In Press), 1995.
• "Having Your Medicine and Eating it Too: A Preliminary Look at Medicine and Meals in Kayan-Mentarang, Kalimantan, Indonesia." Journal of Ecology of Food and Nutrition. (Under Review), 1996.
• "Having Your Medicine and Eating it Too: A Preliminary Look at Medicine and Meals in Kayan-Mentarang, Kalimantan, Indonesia." Paper Presented at the 93rd Annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Atlanta, Georgia, December , 1994.
• "Apotik Hidup: Indonesia's Living Apothecary." HerbalGram No. 29, 1993. Peer-reviewed.
• "Searching for Medicinal Plants with a Dukun in Seberida, Sumatra." Jakarta Post, 1991
• "Culture and Ecology of the Indonesian Rain Forest," Paper presented at California State University, Hayward in association with the Festival of Indonesia , 1991.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

• Indonesian: Speak, Read and Write
• French: Read

CURRENT RESEARCH

• Taban Kenyah (Kenyah Medicine): Linking the cultural and biological significance of indigenous medicines in East Kalimantan, Indonesia (proposed dissertation project)
• Ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology in Seram, Maluku, Eastern Indonesia
• "Gin or tonic?: cultural and pharmalogical similarities and distinctions between alcohol and 'awa (Piper methysticum) in Hawai'i