Sienna Craig • Curriculum Vitae

SIENNA RADHA CRAIG

Address:	Department of Anthropology HB 6047 Silsby Hall Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 USA
Telephone:	603/ 646-9356
Fax:	603/ 646-1140
Email:	sienna.r.craig@dartmouth.edu
Website:	www.siennacraig.com

EDUCATION

1999 - 2006	Ph.D., Cultural and Medical Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Dissertation Title: On the ‘Science of Healing’: Efficacy and the Metamorphosis of Tibetan Medicine.
2002	MA, Cultural Anthropology, Cornell University
1995	BA, Religious Studies, Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
1993	School for International Training, College Semester Abroad - Nepal

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Medical anthropology; social studies of science; global health; international development studies; applied
and action research; professionalization, expertise, and modes of knowledge transmission; nationalism,
ethnicity, and identity; diaspora, exile, and displacement; South and East Asia (focusing on Nepal, greater
Himalaya, Tibetan areas of China); writing across the disciplines.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

July 2006 – Present

Department of Anthropology
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Assistant Professor

ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH

2007 - present	Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology “Tibetan Medicine at the Crossroads: Standardization, Commoditization, and ‘Good’ Manufacturing Practices.” Ongoing research about the Tibetan pharmaceutical industry and commoditization of Tibetan therapies.
2006 – present	Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology “Himalayan Healers in Transition: Medical and Social Change Among Tibetan Medicine Practitioners in Nepal.” Ongoing research toward completion of a monograph based on more than ten years of work with amchi in Nepal.
2002 – 2006	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Dissertation fieldwork and writing on the professionalization of Tibetan medical practitioners, commoditization of Tibetan medicines, clinical research on Tibetan medicine, and interface of Tibetan and biomedical praxis in Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), PRC.
Summer 2001	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Pre-dissertation fieldwork in India and Nepal focused on health care transitions and Tibetan medicine.
1999 - 2002	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Coursework, research and writing of qualifying examinations in partial fulfillment for a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology.
1995 - 1997	Fulbright-IIE / United States Educational Foundation in Nepal Anthropological fieldwork in Mustang, Nepal, focused on ethnoveterinary traditions, migration, and cultural change.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007 - present	Dartmouth Medical School, Professor, Medical Anthropology Elective
2006 – present	Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology Annual teaching responsibilities include four courses, which rotate from the list below: • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology • The Anthropology of Health and Illness • Tibet and the Himalaya: Anthropological Perspectives • Asian Medical Systems • Anthropology and International Health • Research Methods in Medical Anthropology • First Year Seminar: The Values of Medicine
Fall 2005	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology and John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, Instructor, Tradition, Modernity, and Healing Across Cultures / First-Year Writing Seminar
2005 – 2006	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Co-Instructor, Anthropology in the ‘Real World’; co-organizer of a concurrent alumni-endowed curriculum development and internship program for undergraduate anthropology majors.
Spring 2002	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Teaching Assistant, Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
Spring 2001	Cornell University, Department of Anthropology Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

CONSULTING AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2007 - 2010	United Nations Development Committee / Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Small Grant Programme – Nepal No. NEP/OP3/2/07/10 “Conservation, Cultivation and Sustainable Utilization of Medicinal Plants: Integrating Amchis’ Traditional Environmental Knowledge and Practices with Community-based Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Culturally Appropriate Health Care in Mustang District, Nepal.” Co-author and research collaborator; grant submitted on behalf of the Himalayan Amchi Association, which serves as chief implementation agency.
2004 – 2006	Center for Disease Control (CDC) Grant No. TS1252 – Community-based Micronutrient consumption in Tibet (“TSAMPA Project”), Medrogonkar County, TAR, PRC Consultant / Medical Anthropologist
2004	Winrock International, Washington DC Consultant for development and review of proposal submitted to USAID based on an RFA for a joint conservation and development initiative in Tibetan areas of Sichuan Province, PRC. (Grant was awarded to Winrock.)
2002 – 2004	NICHD / Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research Grant: “A self-sustaining perinatal care system for Tibet” and “Clinical trial of Zhi Byed 11, a Tibetan medicine, with Misoprostol for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage,” Lhasa, TAR, PRC Medical Anthropologist and Lhasa-based Research Coordinator
1998 – present	DROKPA, a non-profit corporation Chief Executive Officer of grassroots development organization with programs in Nepal, India, and Bhutan
1997	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal Research Assistant, Mountain and Natural Resources Division
1997	World Wildlife Fund – Nepal Program Project Consultant and Reports Editor

AWARDS, HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS

2008	Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College Faculty Research Grant (fieldwork in Nepal) $6080
2007	Donald and Shelly Rubin Foundation, New York Himalayan and Tibetan Studies Curriculum Development Grant, Author of five-year renewable grant awarded to Dartmouth College to augment course offerings on campus and develop a new, multidisciplinary Foreign Study Program in Yunnan Province, China, $30,000 / year.
2007	United Nations Development Programme / Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme – Nepal, Co-author with G. Bista and T.N. Lama a three-year research and interventionbased project titled “Conservation, Cultivation, and Sustainable Utilization of Medicinal Plants: Integrating Amchis’ Traditional Environmental Knowledge and Practices with Community-based Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Culturally Appropriate Health Care in Mustang, Nepal.” Grant administered through the Himalayan Amchi Association, with whom I partner in research, $50,000 (2007-2010).
2007	John S. Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College Faculty Research Grant (fieldwork in Nepal and China) $5000
2006-2007	Claire Garber Goodman Fund, Anthropology Department, Dartmouth College Faculty Research Grant (fieldwork in Nepal and China) $6715
2006	Society for Medical Anthropology POLGAR Award Best Medical Anthropology Article – Adams, Miller, Craig, et al (2005)
2004	Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Individual Dissertation Research Grant
2002-2003	Social Science Research Council / Andrew Mellon Foundation International Dissertation Research Fellowship
2002	Fulbright-Hays / U.S. Department of Education Dissertation Research Fellowship (declined)
2002	Foreign Language and Area Studies Program, Cornell University Fellowship for Tibetan language study
2002	Foreign Language and Area Studies Program, Cornell University Fellowship for Nepali language study (declined)
2001	Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University Research Travel Grant
2000	National Science Foundation Graduate Studies Fellowship (three years of support)
2000	Jacob K. Javits Foundation Graduate Studies Fellowship (declined)
1999	Foreign Language and Area Studies Program, Cornell University Fellowship for Nepali language study
1995 – 1996	Institute for International Education / Fulbright Fellowship Fellowship for anthropological fieldwork in Mustang, Nepal

BOOKS

Forthcoming	Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds. V. Adams, S. Craig, and M. Schrempf, eds. Under contract with Berghahn Books, London.
Forthcoming	Medicine, Health, and Modernity: Proceedings from the XIth International Association of Tibetan Studies Meetings. M. Schrempf, S. Craig, F. Garrett, and M. Tshomo, eds. Bonn: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Contributions to Research on Central Asia Series.
2008	Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage through the Himalayas. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications.
2005	Himalayan Doctors and Healing Herbs: The Amchi Tradition and Medicinal Plants of Mustang. S. Craig, T. N. Lama and G. Bista, eds. Kathmandu: Mera Publications.
2005	A Sacred Geography: Sonnets of Tibetan and Himalayan Landscape. Simplemente Maria Press: Santa Barbara, CA.
2004	Tibetan Medicine in Contemporary Tibet: Health and Health Care, vol. 2. London: Tibet Information Network.
2004	Clear Sky, Red Earth: A Himalayan Story, with illustrations by Tenzin Norbu. Kathmandu: Mera Publications.

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Forthcoming	“From Empowerments to Power Calculations: Notes on Efficacy, Value, and Epistemology.” In V. Adams, M. Schrempf, and S. Craig, eds. Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds. Edited volume under contract with Berghahn Books.
Forthcoming	“Introduction: Tibetan Medicine at the Crossroads,” In S. Craig, M. Schrempf, F. Garrett, and M. Tshomo, eds. Medicine, Health, and Modernity: Proceedings from the 11th International Association of Tibetan Studies Meetings. Bonn: Institute of Tibetan and Central Asian Studies.
In Press	“Global Pharma in the Land of Snows: Tibetan Medicines and Identity Politics Across Nations.” S. Craig and V. Adams. Peer-reviewed article accepted and currently being revised for publication in Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity, Amsterdam: Brill.
In Press	“The Many Faces of a Teacher: Portrait of a Himalayan Healer.” In L. Pordié and E. Simon, Eds. Les neuveau guérisseurs comtemporains. Le néo-traditionalisme thérapeutique en biographies. Paris: Anthropos.
In Press	“Authenticity, Best Practice, and the Evidence Mosaic: The Challenge of Integrating Traditional East Asian Medicines into Western Health Care.” Proceedings from the IASTAM-Wellcome Trust conference, compiled by V. Scheid. Forthcoming in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.
2008	“Place and Professionalization: Navigating Amchi Identity in Nepal.” In L. Pordié, ed. The World of Tibetan Medicine: Contemporary Trends in the Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice, London: Routledge, pp. 62-90.
2008	“From Butter Tea to Pepsi: A Rapid Appraisal of Food Preferences, Procurement Sources, and Dietary Diversity in a Contemporary Tibetan Township.” T. Dickerson, D. Fernandez, Topgyal, A. Samen, Geleg, Nyima, G. Pelto, S. Craig, T. Dye. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, vol. 47, no. 1.
2007	“Informed Consent in Cross Cultural Perspective: The Case of Clinical Research in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), PRC.” V. Adams, S. Miller, S. Craig. P.V. Le, et al. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 31:445-472.
2007	“How to Make Consent Informed: Possible Lessons from Tibet.” S. Miller, P.V. Le, S. Craig, V. Adams, C. Tudor, Sonam, Nyima, Droyoung, M. Tshomo, Lhakpen, and M. Varner. Hastings Review / IRB Ethics and Human Research, November – December issue, pp. 7-14.
*2007	“Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Hospital Vaginal Deliveries in Tibet.” S. Miller, C. Tudor, Nyima, V.R. Thorsten, Sonam, Droyoung, S. Craig, P. Le, L.L. Wright, M.W. Varner. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 98: 217-221.
*2007	“A Crisis of Confidence: A Comparison Between Tibetan Medical Education in Nepal and Tibet.” In M. Schrempf, ed. Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. Proceedings from the 10th International Association of Tibetan Studies Meetings. Amsterdam: Brill, pp. 127-154.
2006	“Windhorses and Dharma Warriors: The religious, historical, and cultural significance of horse protection rituals in Mustang, Nepal,” In S. Olsen, ed. Horses and Humans: Proceedings from International Symposium on Horse and Human Relationships, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, pp. 339-354.
2005	“Having a Safe Delivery: Conflicting Views from Tibet.” V. Adams, S. Miller, S. Craig, J. Chertow, A. Samen, M. Varner, Health Care for Women International, 26(9): 821-851.
2005	“Challenges of Clinical Research in a Cross-Cultural Setting: Case Studies from Lhasa, Tibet.” V. Adams, S. Miller, S. Craig, et al. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 19(3): 267-289.
2005	“A Tale of Two Temples: Culture, Capital, and Community in Mustang, Nepal.” European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 27: 11-36.
2005	“Himalayan Healers in Transition: Professionalization, Identity, and Conservation among practitioners of gso ba rig pa in Nepal.” S. Craig and G. Bista, In Y. Thomas, M. Karki, K. Gurung, and D. Parajuli, eds. Himalayan Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Balancing Use and Conservation. Kathmandu: WWF Nepal Program, pp. 411-434.
2002	“Place, Work, and Identity between Mustang, Nepal and New York City,” Studies in Nepali History and Society, Mandala Book Point: Kathmandu, Nepal, 7(2): 355-403.
1997	“Indigenous Veterinary Care in West Nepal,” Proceedings from Second International Conference on Yak, Qinghai Academy of Sciences: People’s Republic of China.
1996	“Pasture Management, Indigenous Veterinary Care, and the Role of the Horse in Mustang, Nepal” in Proceedings from Regional Expert Meeting on Rangelands and Pastoral Development, D. Miller, S. Craig, and G. Rana, eds., Kathmandu, Nepal.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2008	“Women in Tibetan Medicine: Engendering Change in the Healer Physician.” Paper presented at the annual Association of Asian Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 3, 2008.
2007	“Lost in Translation? Knowing, Naming, and Legitimating Amchi Medicine in Nepal.” Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 11-14.
2007	“Efficacy, Morality, and the Problem of Evidence in Tibetan Medical Research.” S. Craig and V. Adams. Paper presented at the Authenticity, Best Practice, and the Evidence Mosaic: The Challenge of Integrating Traditional East Asian Medicines into Western Health Care workshop. University of Westminster, London, and International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicines (IASTAM). April 18-22.
2006	“From Empowerments to Power Calculations: Thoughts on the Translation of Science and the Transmission of Potency.” Paper presented at the conference Healing Sciences in Dialogue: Crossing Tibetan Buddhist and Western Scientific Boundaries, Cornell University, October 20.
2006	“‘Good’ Manufacturing Practices: Or, Efficacy by Whose Standards?” Paper presented as part of the Medicine, Health, and Modernity panel at the 11th International Association of Tibetan Studies conference, Bonn, Germany, August 27 – September 2.
2005	“To Heal the Living Landscape: Paradoxes of Health Development and ‘Integrated’ Medicine.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington DC, November 30 – December 4.
2005	“A Participatory Approach to Improving Nutritional Literacy and Practice in Tibet: A Model for Interconceptional Nutritional Strategies in Remote Communities.” Soliman, Galek, Zhang, T. Murray, A. Samen, S. Kristensen, D. Fernandez, T. Dickerson, G. Pelto, S. Craig, B Fassl, A. Rains, T. Dye. Paper presented by Soliman at The Second International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in the Developing World, Beijing, China, September 11-14.
2004	“Understanding Informed Consent in the Land of Snows: Lessons Learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Tibet Autnomous Region, PRC.” S. Miller, V. Adams, S. Craig, P.V. Le, Lhakpen, Sonam, Nyima, Droyoung, M. Varner. Poster presented (by P.V. Le) at the Annual meetings of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
2003	“Professionalization of Tibetan Medicine Practitioners in Nepal,” Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Washington DC, November 7.
2003	“The Transmission of Efficacy: Shifts in the Structures, Expectations, and Meanings of Tibetan Medical Education,” Tibetan Medicine Panel, International Association of Tibetan Studies Conference, Oxford University, September 6 – 12.
2003	“Medical Mafias, Conservation Agendas, and Efficacy: Notes on the History and Current Practices of Tibetan Medicine in Nepal and Tibet,” Seminar on Tibetan Nomads: ASIA, Rome, Italy, May 29-31.
2002	“Biodiversity Conservation and the Professionalization of Nepali Practitioners of Tibetan Medicine,” Workshop on Wise Practices of Medicinal Plant use in the Himalaya, WWF/UNESCO, MAPPA, Kathmandu, Nepal, with Amchi Gyatso Bista, December 19-14.
2002	“Horses and Health Posts, Culture and Development: Tibetan Veterinary Medicine in Mustang, Nepal,” paper presented at the 3rd International Nutraceutical Symposium, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada, November 10.
2001	“World Heritage, Himalayan Kingdoms, and Transnational Remittance Economies: A Tale of Culture, Capital, and Community in Mustang, Nepal.” New York Conference of Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2000	“Windhorses and Dharma Warriors: The religious, historical, and cultural significance of horse protection rituals in Mustang, Nepal.” International Symposium on Horse and Human Relationships Carnegie Museum of Natural History/Powder Mill Nature Reserve, Rector, PA
1997	“Indigenous Veterinary Care in West Nepal” Second International Conference on Yak Xining, Qinghai Province, PRC, September.
1996	“Pasture Management, Indigenous Veterinary Care, and the Role of the Horse in Mustang, Nepal”, Regional Expert Meeting on Rangelands and Pastoral Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 16
1996	"A Balance of Elements: Disease, Death, and Dharma in the Himalayan Medicinal Context", with Amchi Tshampa Ngawang, UNESCO /WHO conference: Culture and Health: A Holistic Approach to Health Practices, Bangkok, Thailand.

INVITED LECTURES AND PANEL ORGANIZATION

2008	‘Good’ Manufacturing Practices and the Tibetan ‘Science of Healing’: Safety and Efficacy by Whose Standards? Invited lecture, Harvard Medical School, Asian Medicine Healing Network, Boston, MA, May 20, 2008. Co-sponsored by Harvard Medical School – Osher Institute, MGH-Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, and Medical Anthropology Program – Harvard Dept. of Anthropology
2008	“Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibetan Societies: Knowledge and Practice.” Invited Lecture, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University; Namgyal Institute of Buddhist Studies; Ithaca Birth Group, Ithaca, NY, April 26, 2008.
2008	“Tibetan Medicine in Nepal and China: Notes on Knowledge Transmission and the Economy of Practice.” Invited lecture, Contemplative Studies Initiative, Brown University, Providence, RI, March 6, 2008. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Department of Anthropology
2008	“Efficacy, Safety, and the Value of Medicines in Cross-Cultural Context: Notes from Tibet.” Invited lecture, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center / Psychological Research Center, Lebanon, NH, February 29, 2008.
2007	“Working with Tibetan Medicine.” Invited lecture, Women’s Network of the Upper Valley, White River Junction, VT. October 22, 2007.
2007	“Crafting Modern Bodies, Mediating Medical Pluralism in Nepal.” Panel organized for the 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 11-14, 2007.
2007	“Tibetan Medicine in Contemporary Context: Healing Practices Between Religion and Science.” Invited lecture prepared for Anthropology of Religion Seminar, Dept. of Anthropology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, April 10, 2007.
2007	“Himalayan Healers in Transition: Thoughts on the Professionalization of Tibetan Medicine in Nepal.” Invited lecture, Health Policy Workshop, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, Feb. 8, 2007.
2006	Co-convenor, “Healing Sciences in Dialogue: Crossing Tibetan Buddhist and Western Scientific Boundaries,” Cornell University and Namgyal Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, NY, October 20, 2006.
2006	Co-convenor, “Medicine, Health and Modernity” Panel at the 11th International Association of Tibetan Studies conference, Bonn, Germany, August 26 – September 2, 2006.
2006	“Land, Livelihoods, and Environment in Tibet.” An Invited Lecture as part of Tibet: Myths and Realities, a course offered through the Asian Studies Program, SUNY Buffalo, January 25, 2006.
2005	“Good Manufacturing Practices: Or, Efficacy by Whose Standards?” A colloquium to be presented at the Dept. of Anthropology/Ethnology and Program on Tibetan Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, November 16, 2005.
2005	“Women Anthropologists and Explorers of the Himalaya and Tibet: an Introduction.” Invited lecture given in connection with screenings of films by Ella Maillart, Women Explorer’s Series, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, September 24, 2005.
2005	“A Sacred Geography: Images and Poetry from the Himalaya and Tibet.” Poetry reading and slide show based on the limited edition artist’s book A Sacred Geography: Sonnets of the Himalaya and Tibet. Latse Library / Trace Foundation, New York, NY, September 23, 2003.
2001	Co-chair and organizer, “Tibetans and Their Others: Appropriating ‘Authentic’ Tibetan Culture,” New York Conference on Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2001	“Views Toward Tibet and the Himalayan Borderlands,” Lecture, Namgyal Institute for Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, NY
2001	Co-organizer with Ken Bauer and Tenzin Norbu Lama, “Thangka Painting and Artistic Tradition in Dolpo, Nepal,” Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2000	Co-organizer with Nirmal Kumar Gauchan, “Ruminations on a Road in Mustang, Nepal,” South Asia Program Lecture Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2000	Co-presenter with Ken Bauer, “Solar Energy and Community Change in Dolpo, Nepal,” David Deshler Participatory Action Consultations, CPARN Network, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

EDITORIAL PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK REVIEWS

In Press	Review: “The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama” by Thomas Laird. Himalaya vol. 26, no. 1-2.
2004	“Selling Shangri La: Tibetan Medicine from Lhasa and Beyond” Emirates In-Flight Magazine, November
2004	“With One Heart: Culture, Medicine, and the Survival of Tibetans,” The Explorer’s Journal, Spring Issue
2003	“SARS on the Roof of the World,” The Explorer’s Journal, Summer issue
2000	“Ruminations on a Road,” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Fall Issue
2000	“Saving Tibet’s Children,” Shambhala Sun, Summer Issue
1998	“Portrait of a Himalayan Healer,” The Explorer’s Journal, Fall issue
1998	“Riding in the Rain Shadow,” Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Winter Issue
1996	"Wind, Blood, Fire: A Glimpse at Mustang's Equine Traditions" Mustang Sandesh
1996	“Traditional Doctors and Medicinal Plants in Shey Phoksundo National Park,” with Amchi Tshampa Ngawang, WWF Report Series, October issue.
1994	"From Half A World Away," Practical Horseman, September issue
1993	“Maya Dreams,” Summit, Fall Issue

EXHIBITIONS

2006	“A Sacred Geography and Mani Wall,” The Fowler Museum, University of California at Los Angeles, Westwood, CA, June 10 – September 10, 2006. Concurrent with The Missing Peace Project: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama.

COMMITTEES, MEMBERSHIP, AND SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION

2007 – present	OneHEART – Advisory Board Member (www.onehearttibet.org)
2007 – present	Global Health Council – Member (Dartmouth College Faculty)
2006 – present	Association of Nepal and Himalayan Studies – Executive Council Member
2006 – present	Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program (AMES), Dartmouth College – Affiliated Faculty, South Asia/India FSP Committee member
2006 – present	Global Health Initiative, John Sloane Dickey Center, Dartmouth College – Steering Committee Member
2006 – present	Society for the Social Study of Science – Member
2004 – present	French Institute of Pondicherry, Medicine and Societies in South Asia – Affiliated Scholar
2001 – present	American Anthropological Association – member
2001 – present	Himalayan Amchi Association, Kathmandu, Nepal – Advisor

LANGUAGES
Nepali (proficient written, fluent spoken)
Tibetan (proficient written, fluent spoken)
Spanish (basic written and spoken)

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