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ACADEMIC TRAINING  

University of Washington, Seattle., B.A., 1963

Cornell University, Ph.D. Anthropology, 1968

 

TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 

Co-Director, Bucknell in London, Fall terms, 1999, 2002

Professor of Anthropology, Bucknell University, 1987 to present

Provost and VPAA; VP for Administrative Services, Bucknell University, 1987 - 1990

Dean and Professor, Division of Behavioral Sciences, Trinity University (Division of Behavioral and Administrative Studies after June 1, 1987), 1980 - 1987

Director and Professor, Division of Social Sciences, University of Texas, San Antonio, 1970 - 1980

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 1968 - 1973

 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

Chair, Committee for Human Rights, American Anthropological Association, 1995-9

 

Member, Solon Kimball Award Committee, American Anthropological Association, (chair in '00-'01)., 1997-01

 

President, Society for Applied Anthropology, 1989 - 1991

 

Editor-in-Chief, The American Anthropologist, American Anthropological Association, 1985 - 1986

 

President, Society for the Anthropology of Work, 1983, 1984

 

Program Chair, 78th Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, 1979

 

President, Philadelphia Anthropological Society, 1970 - 1971

 

Various institutional review teams, Middle States Assn., 1989 to present

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

2002 "Examining Indigenous Rights to Culture." Cultural Dynamics 14,2:121-142.

 

2002 Endangered Peoples, North America (v. 8) edited volume. Greenwood Press. authored Introduction and Chapter 8.

 

2001 "Remembering Herbert Applebaum, 1925-1975." Anthropology of Work Review 22:4:3-7. (With Mika Applebaum).

 

2001 "Contextualizing the Environmental Struggle." In. Indigenous Traditions and Ecology (J. Grim and M. Tucker, eds.) Harvard University Press, Center for the Study of World Religions. Pp. 25-46.

 

2001 Herbert A. Applebaum (obituary) with Mika Applebaum. Anthropological News 42,5: 28.

 

2000 "Anthropology's Professoriate." In, Transforming Academia: Challenges and Opportunities for an Engaged Anthropology. (L. Basch et al., eds.) American Ethnological Society and American Anthropological Association. Pp. 86-98.

 

1999 "The Real Work of Foil Man." Anthropology of Work Review 19,2:1-3.

 

1998 "Stargate Messages." Practicing Anthropology 20,3 (Summer), 28-30.

 

1998 "Water Rights in the Pacific Northwest." In Water, Culture and Power. John M Donahue and Barbara Johnston, eds. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Pp. 35-46.

 

1997 "Genetics, Citizens, and Moral Choice: Comments on "Genome: Moral Choices and the Polity." High Plains Applied Anthropologist 17, 1: 23-4.

 

1997 Voland, A, and T. Greaves. "Miriam Lee Kaprow." Anthropology of Work Review. 18,1: 6

 

1996 "Indigenous Peoples." In, Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (D. Levinson and M. Ember, eds.). Lakeville, CT: American Reference Publishing Co.

 

1996 (13 entries). In, Dictionary of Critical Literature and Culture (M. Payne, ed.). London: Blackwell.

 

1996 "Tribal Rights." In, Indigenous Property Rights and Indigenous Knowledge (S. Brush, ed.). Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Pp. 25-40

 

1995 "The Intellectual Property of Sovereign Tribes." Science and Communication 17,2:201-213.

 

1994 Intellectual Property Rights for Indigenous Peoples, A Sourcebook (T. Greaves, ed.). Oklahoma City: Society for Applied Anthropology.

 

1986 Miners and Mining in the Americas. (T. Greaves and W. Culver, eds.). Manchester University Press.

 

SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  

"Analyzing Water Struggles in Indignous North America." Globalization, Water and Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity (L. Whiteford, Chair). Plenary Panel, Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology. Portland, OR, 2003.

 

"Endangerment in North America." Written commentary, The "Endangered Peoples" Project: Struggles to Survive and Thrive in a Globalized World. Barbara Johnston, organizer. Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., 2001.

 

"Remembering Herbert Applebaum." (with Mika Applebaum). Paper in, 'Work is the Spine of History;' Papers in Remembrance of Herbert Applebaum. Tom Greaves and David Griffith, organizers. Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association. Washington, 2001.

 

"Fieldwork in High Conflict Zones: Bolivia, 1986." Fieldwork in High Conflict Zones, Praxis, Ethics and Human Rights. Lucia McFadden, Organizer. Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, 2000.

 

"Dams and Environmentalists in Indian Country." (Kimberlee McGrath and Tom Greaves). Invited Session: Indigenes, Indigenists, Environmentalists, and Human Rights: Compatabilities and Incompatibilities, Environmental and Advocacy Anthropology. Leslie Sponsel, organizer. Amer. Anthrop. Assn, San Francisco, 2000.

 

"Deconstructing the Arguments over Rights to Culture." The Right to Culture. Policy Dilemmas and Challenges. Robert Winthrop, organizer. Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, 2000.

 

"Human Rights and the American Anthropological Association: A Case from Chile" (Jane H. Hill and Tom Greaves). 1999 Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, 1999.

 

Presenter, "Adjudicating Indigenous People's Claims: Domestic and International Perspectives." Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Schools. New Orleans. 1999.

 

"Crazy Horse and Kennewick Man, Appropriation by the Case." Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C. 1997.

 

"Indigenous Cultural Rights: Taking Stock." Conference Paper, Indigenous Traditions and Ecology, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University. Boston. 1997.

 

Co-Organizer (with K. Moran), "New Roles for Anthropologists in the Modern Indigenous World." Panel presented at the Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology. Seattle. 1997.

 

Discussant: "Preserving and Expanding Traditional Cultural Knowledge: Changing Paradigms in Cultural Resource Management." (D. Stapp, organizer). Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology. Seattle. 1997.

 

"As We Take Back Our Culture." Presentation, 1996-97 Religious Studies Forum. Bucknell University. 1997.

 

"New Strategies for Controlling Indigenous Cultural Property. Invited paper presented at the symposium, Beyond the Museum: Cultural Appropriation and Laws of Property. (T. Berman, Organizer). Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association. San Francisco. 1996.

 

Organizer: Field-Based Anthropology for Undergraduates. Panel presented at the Annual Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore. 1996.

 

Indigenous Rights and Cultural Survival. Invited paper presented at the symposium, Critical Issues in "Real Life" Anthropology; Cases and Queries. Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore. 1996.

 

Restructuring and Changing Roles of Faculty: a View from Anthropology. Invited paper presented at the symposium, Restructuring Academe: Inplications for a Pro-Active Anthropology. New York Academy of Sciences. 1996.

 

Co-Organizer (with K. Moran) , Roundtable: Ethical Imperatives of Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights. Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore. 1996.

 

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS  

Current Political Mobilization of Indigenous Groups:

Why are indigenous groups now able to assert their rights more effectively than in the past?

 

 

Water Rights and Indigenous Peoples:

What jeopardy do indigenous peoples of North America face in the appropriation or destruction of essential water rights?

 

Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples:

How do tribal peoples control what is done with their traditional knowledge?

 

Human Rights and Anthropologists:

What is anthropological about human rights? What should an anthropologist do about the abuse of human rights?