CURRICULUM VITAE:

DR. PAULA L. W. SABLOFF

Address:

University of Pennsylvania Museum 509
3620 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324

 

Phone: (215) 898-4121 Fax: (215) 898-0657
E-mail: psabloff@sas.upenn.edu  
     

Education:

Brandeis University: Ph.D. in Anthropology (1977), M.A. in Anthropology (1971)

University of Pennsylvania: Graduate Program in Anthropology (1967-1968)

Vassar College: B.A. in Anthropology, Magna cum Laude (1967)

Current Appointments:

          1. Curator, Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

        Graduate Group, Doctoral Program in Social Welfare, School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania

        1. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

        1998- Faculty Associate, Harnwell House, University of Pennsylvania

        1996- Senior Research Scientist, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

        Member, Graduate Group in Anthropology

        Associate Member, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

        Associate Member, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Professional Appointments and Elected Offices:

1998-2000 Board Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Reader Series Governing Board.

1997-98 Chairperson, International Conference, Association for the Study of Higher Education (USA).

  1. Executive Board Member, Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

1996- Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR) Editorial Board (Association of Political and Legal Anthropology, American Anthropological Association)

Expedition Advisory Board (University of Pennsylvania)

1993-95 Secretary/Editor, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA), American Anthropological Association

Awards and Grants:

2000 Private and foundation funds to build exhibition, Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan

1999 IREX Research Grant for research in Mongolia, July-August

Trust for Mutual Understanding Grant re cultural exchange between University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and National Museum of Mongolian History (September, November)

1998 National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9806345 for research in Mongolia: A Differential Distribution of Political Knowledge in Two Regions of Mongolia@

Kintner Fund, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, a private equipment grant for the NSF research project.

1995-96 IREX Research Grant, for research in Mongolia (1996)

1994 Member, USIA Citizen's Exchange to Mongolia, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

1992 Institute of Politics Research Grant, University of Pittsburgh

1991 National Science Foundation Summer Institute on Research Methods in Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville

1973 National Science Foundation Traveling Fellowship

1971 Sacher Traveling Fellowship, Brandeis University

1969-74 Tuition Fellowship, Brandeis University

1967-68 Library Service Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania

1967 Magna cum Laude, Vassar College

 

Previous Positions:

1996-99 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania

1994-96 Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education (Pittsburgh)

1995-96 Core Faculty Member, Center for Asian Studies (Pittsburgh Campus)

1993-96 Senior Associate, Institute for International Studies in Education (Pittsburgh)

Member, Institute of Politics (Pittsburgh)

1990-94 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies,

School of Education (Pittsburgh)

1989-90 Research Associate and Executive Coordinator, QUASAR Project

Learning Research and Development Center (Pittsburgh)

1987-96 Core Faculty Member, Center for Latin American Studies (Pittsburgh)

1986-90 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology (Pittsburgh)

1988-89 Assistant Director, Office of Program Evaluation (Pittsburgh)

1986-89 Planning Associate, Office of Management and Budget (Pittsburgh)

1985-86 Coordinator, Strategic Planning Committee, University of New Mexico

Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Part-time, University of New Mexico

1984-85 Research Fellow, Latin American Studies Center, Cambridge University, England

1984 Academic Planner, Board of Educational Finance (Commission of Higher Education), New Mexico

1983 Executive Director Governor's Commission on Higher Education, New Mexico

1978-84 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Professional Memberships:

American Anthropological Association (sections: Association for Political and Legal Anthropology, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology)

Association for the Study of Higher Education (Section: ASHE-International)

Association for the Study of Nationalities

International Association of Mongol Studies (Mongolia)

The Mongolia Society (USA)

Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow)

Publications: Monographs

1998 Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the New Archaeology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

1994 Will State Legislatures Increase Restrictions on Public University Autonomy? Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance Monograph 93-4. University of Houston.

1981 Caciquismo in Post-revolutionary Mexican Ejido-grant Communities. Latin American Institute Research Paper Series No. 7, University of New Mexico.

1977 Tactics of Persistence: How Cozumel's Middle Sector Has Preserved its Locally Controlled Land Transfer Pattern Over 116 Years. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.

Publications: Edited Volumes

2001 Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).

2000 Careers in Anthropology: Profiles of Practitioner Anthropologists. NAPA Bulletin 20. National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (American Anthropological Association).

1999 Higher Education in the Post-communist World: Eight Case Studies. Volume 14 in the Garland Series in Higher Education. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.

1995 Reform and Change in Higher Education: International Perspectives. Edited with James Mauch. New York: Garland Press. (ERIC listing: ED378882 HE028031.)

Publications: Articles and Book Chapters

In press Political Anthropology on Exhibit. Article prepared for publication in PoLAR (Political and Legal Anthropology Review).

2002 Why Mongolia? The Political Culture of an Emerging Democracy. Central Asian Survey Vol. 21, No. 1.

The Democratic Legacy of Genghis Khan. In The Democracy Reader, Sondra Myers, ed. New York: International Debate Education Association (Open Society Institute).

Review of Rulers of the Steppe for Visual Anthropology. American Anthropologist Vol. 104, No. 1, pp.312-314.

2001 Genghis Khan, Father of Mongolian Democracy. In Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. Paula L.W. Sabloff, ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

2000 Public Interest Anthropology: A Complementary Approach. Anthropology Newsletter, Winter 2000.

1999 The Demographics of Political and Economic Opinion: A Comparison of Hovd and Ulaanbaatar. Bulletin of the International Association for Mongol Studies, 1999 (1):87-94. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Secretariat of the International Association for Mongol Studies.

Differential Distribution of Political Knowledge in Two Regions of Mongolia: National Science Foundation Grant Proposal Funded 1998. PoLAR (The Political and Legal Anthropology Review) Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 123-127.

1997 Another Reason Why State Legislatures Will Continue to Restrict Public University Autonomy. Review of Higher Education (peer-reviewed journal) Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 141-162.

1995 State Legislatures and Public Universities: Changing Relationships in the USA. In Reform and Change in Higher Education: International Perspectives. James Mauch and Paula Sabloff, eds. New York: Garland Press.

1995 The Decision Process of a Professionalized Legislature: A Cognitive Anthropology Approach. Political Behavior (peer-reviewed journal) Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 403-432.

1991a The Global Issues. In Research on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Suggested Agendas and Implementation Strategies, Chapter 1, pp. 12-20. Paris: UNESCO.

1991b Policy, Administration and Management Governance Systems. In Research on Higher Education in Developing Countries: Suggested Agendas and Implementation Strategies, Chapter 2, pp. 21-27. Paris: UNESCO. [With G.D. Sharma]

1977b El Caciquismo en el ejido post revolucionario. America Indigena Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 851-881.

1975 Changing Patterns of Dwelling Distribution (1847-1972). In Changing Precolumbian Commercial Systems. J. A. Sabloff and W. L. Rathje, eds. Pp. 29-46. Monographs of the Peabody Museum, No. 3. Cambridge: Harvard University.

1974 Trade and Power in Postclassic Yucatan: Initial Observations. In Mesoamerican Archaeology: New Approaches. N. Hammond, ed. Pp. 397-416. Austin: University of Texas Press. [With J. A. Sabloff, W. L. Rathje, D. A. Freidel, and J. Connor]

Papers, Reports (Published and Unpublished)

1999 Needs Assessment of Dundgov Bahg Governors, prepared for United Nations Development Program by Erendo Oyunbileg (National Project Coordinator, UNDP) and Paula Sabloff.

1998 Report to the Mongolian Government and NGOs (National and International) on Political and Economic Opinion/Knowledge: A Comparison of Hovd and Ulaanbaatar. Paper presented to various organizations in Mongolia, September.

1993-95 Monthly columns for the National Association of Practicing Anthropology, Anthropology Newsletter.

1989 Building a Workable Academic Integrity System: Issues and Options. With John Yeager. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education No. ED304970 (RIE AUG 89).

1984a A Profile of New Mexico's Public Institutions of Higher Education: Mission Statements and Their Context. Santa Fe: Board of Educational Finance/Commission on Postsecondary Education.

1984b Implementation of the Statewide Plan for Postsecondary Education in New Mexico. Santa Fe: Board of Educational Finance/Commission on Postsecondary Education.

1968a Northwest Africa. Council for Old World Archaeology Surveys and Bibliographies, Area 10, No. 3, 1964.

1968b Northwest Africa. Council for Old World Archaeology Surveys and Bibliographies, Area 10, No. 4, 1968.

Sabloff, Paula L.W. and G. Nyamdavaa

1998 Report to the Mongolian Government and NGOs (National and International) on Political and Economic Opinion/Knowledge: A Comparison of Hovd and Ulaanbaatar. Distributed September 5-7 to USAID, UNDP, World Bank, Asia Foundation, Soros Foundation, Women for Social Progress (a national NGO), Members of Parliament from the two leading political parties (the Coalition and the MPRP).

Demographic Profile of Mongolian Citizens-- Political and Economic Opinions: Comparison of Hovd and Ulaanbaatar. Paper/disk files submitted to the Soros Foundation to be added to the Foundation' s web site (as requested by the Director of Soros Foundation in Mongolia, Christopher Finch).

 

Papers/Presentations Given at Professional Meetings, Conferences, and Organizations:

2002 Genghis Khan and Modern Mongolian Identity: The Democracy Connection. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, April 11.

2001 Why Mongolia? The Political Culture of an Emerging Democracy. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Mongolia Society, Bloomington, Indiana, March 31.

2000 Why Mongolia? The Political Culture of an Emerging Democracy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 17.

Public Interest Anthropology vs. Applied Anthropology. Paper presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 16.

Democracy in Mongolia: Yesterday and Today. Lecture given to the American Forum for Global Education, Mongolian Embassy for the United Nations, New York, November 6.

1998 Who is Responsible for What? Public Interest Anthropology in the USA and Beyond. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, December 2.

Anthropology Looks at Culture. Lecture given to the Anthropology Department, National University of Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar, September 4.

How to Write and Publish a Good Research Paper or Report. Lecture given to the faculty of the National University of Mongolia - Hovd Branch. Hovd, August 29.

The American System of Education and Higher Education. Lecture given to the faculty of the National University of Mongolia - Hovd Branch. Hovd, August 28.

Culture in American Anthropology. Presented at the Second Annual Mongolian Museum Conference, April 1-8, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, at the invitation of the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.

Cultural Preservation: Politics, Economics, Museums, and Anthropologists. Presented at the Second Annual Mongolian Museum Conference, April 1-8, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, at the invitation of the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.

1997 Anthropology's Contribution to Case Study Method for Higher Education Research. Presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, International Conference, November 5.

1994 Introduction to Symposium, The Transition Blues: Post-communist Universities Reorganize to Sing a New Song. Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tucson, Arizona, November 13.

No Longer Business As Usual: Collaboration as a Way to Work with State Government Constituencies. Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 11.

Generalizing From One: What Can We Learn From a Single Case Study? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Cancun, Mexico, April 14.

1993 When Patrons Change Their Patrons, What Do Their Clients Do? Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 17.

Factors Driving Legislative Decisions Affecting Public Higher Education Institutions. Presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA, November 7.

1992 Autonomy vs. Accountability: State Government Regulation of Higher Education. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-11.

1991 No Strain, No Gain. Poster session, 90th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL, November 20-24.

External Governance Issues. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Boston, MA, November 3.

Summary of the Conference. UNESCO/University of Pittsburgh Forum of Experts on Research on Higher Education, March 17-19.

State Legislative Changes/Public College and University Responses. Paper read at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 14-17.

1972 The Power of Land. Paper read at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Toronto, November 29-December 3.

Scientific Sessions Organized:

1998 Chairperson, 7th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Miami, November 4-5.

1994 The Transition Blues: Post-Communist Universities Reorganize to Sing a New Song. 19th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tucson, November 13.

1993 Organizational and Professional Change: Members' Responses and Strategies. Reviewed by NAPA. 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November 17.

Symposium: Autonomy, Accountability, and Appropriations: Public Universities and Legislatures. Co-organized with Daniel Layzell. 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, November 7.

1991 Shifting Perspectives in Higher Education: Internal and External Governance. Co-organized with Bruce Jones. 16th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Boston, November 3.

Relationship Between Governments and Universities: Causes and Effects of Policy Changes, Parts I and II. 35th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, Pittsburgh, March 16.

Co-chair (with G.D. Sharma) of Working Group on Policy, Administration and Management, Governance Systems, UNESCO/University of Pittsburgh Forum of Experts on Research on Higher Education, Pittsburgh, March 17-19.

Exhibitions, Public Presentations:

2002. In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan: Mongolia Today. Lecture given to the Friday Colloquium, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution on Friday, September 13.

Reclaiming Genghis Khan. Lecture given to the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of Natural History) on Monday, July 8.

Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. Lecture given at the Memorial Library of Radnor Township (PA) on Friday, May 3.

Mongolia: In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan. Public lecture at Rowan University, Glassboro NJ, April 19. For the University of Pennsylvania Museum International Classroom.

2001. Genghis Khan Lives! Lecture given to the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia on December 13.

    Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. Curated an exhibition for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in collaboration with the National Museum of Mongolian History. Scheduled venues: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Middlebury College Museum of Art.

    Speech for the opening of the exhibition, Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan. October 19, October 20.

    Volunteer Talk. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Talk to the Volunteer Guides in preparation for training for the exhibition on March 5.

    2000 Democracy in Mongolia: Yesterday and Today. Lecture given to the American Forum for Global Education, United Nations Embassy of Mongolia, New York City, November 7.

Committees and Assignments:

2002 Doctoral dissertation committees of Lydia Clemmons, Jane Cowley, Department of Anthropology

Courses Taught:

Research Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology (Anth 518)

Anthropology and Policy: History, Theory and Practice (Anth 409/609)

Culture Clash (Anth 115)

Analyzing University Life: An Anthropological Approach (Anth 209)

History of Anthropology