CURRICULUM VITAE
Tony Orlando Pomales
114 Macbride Hall
Anthropology Department
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 319-335-0522
Fax: 319-335-0653
Cell Phone: 973-980-8420
Email: tony-pomales@uiowa.edu
EDUCATION
Expected
May 2015
2012
2010
PhD in Anthropology
University of Iowa
Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies
University of Iowa
MA in Anthropology
University of Iowa
2006 BA in Honors Anthropology
University of Notre Dame
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Pomales, Tony
2013. Men’s Narratives of Vasectomy: Rearticulating Masculinity and Contraceptive
Responsibility in San José, Costa Rica. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 27(1): 23-42.
Merewood, Anne, MPH, IBCLC; Reginald Fonrose, BS; Marcella Singleton, RD, MS, IBCLC; Xena
Grossman, RD, MS; Tina Navidi, BS; John T. Cook, PhD; Tony Pomales, BA
2008. From Maine to Mississippi: Hospital Distribution of Formula Sample Packs Along the
Eastern Seaboard.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 162(9): 823-827.
Other Publications
Pomales, Tony
2011. “We are already a new generation”: The Practice of Vasectomy in San José, Costa Rica.
Anthropology News 52(1): 34. (An abstract of Silvia Forman Prize-winning paper.)
Merewood, Anne, MPH, IBCLC, Laurin J. Kasehagen, MA, PhD, Jessica Abrams, MPH, Tony
Pomales, BA, and Howard Bauchner, MD, MPH
2009. Effect of legislation on breastfeeding initiation and duration in the US. Journal of
Human Lactation 25(1): 100-101. (An abstract.)
Merewood, Anne, MPH, IBCLC, Xena Grossman, RD, MS, Marcella Singleton, MS, RD, IBCLC,
Karen Peters, MBA RD IBCLC, Reginald Fonrose, BS, Tina Navidi, BS, Tony Pomales, BA, and
John T. Cook, PhD
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2009. Formula freebies from the hospital: Patterns of sample pack distribution in 50 US states.
Journal of Human Lactation 25(1): 99-100. (An abstract.)
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2013 Professional Development Grant, conference travel sponsored by the Executive Council of
Graduate and Professional Students (U Iowa)
2012
2010
T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship (U Iowa)
Professional Development Grant, conference travel sponsored by the Executive Council of
Graduate and Professional Students (U Iowa)
2010 Graduate Incentive Fellowship (U Iowa)
2010 – 2013 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship
2009 – 2010 Graduate Research Fellowship (U Iowa)
2008 – 2014 Dean’s Graduate Fellowship (U Iowa)
HONORS & AWARDS
2014 Margaret Clark Award, Honorable Mention, Association for Anthropology and Gerontology
2014
2010
Ford Foundation Dissertation Diversity Fellowship, Honorable Mention
Sylvia Forman Prize – Best Graduate Student Paper, Association for Feminist Anthropology
CAR Graduate Student Paper Prize, Runner-Up, Council on Anthropology and Reproduction 2010
2006 Lambda Alpha Anthropology National Honor Society (U Notre Dame)
2006 Kresge Law Library Service Award (U Notre Dame)
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2012
“Extending Feminist and Queer Literatures to Studies of Men and Masculinities: Examples from Anthropology,” James F. Jakobsen Annual Conference, Iowa City.
2011 “The Cultural Politics of Vasectomy in Costa Rica,” Central States Anthropological Society
Annual Meeting, Iowa City.
2011
“The Politics of Vasectomy in Costa Rica: Masculinity, Morality, and the Non-Reproductive
Male Body,”American Men’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
2010 “Interrogating Hegemonic Masculinity: A Manifesto,” James F. Jakobsen Annual Conference,
Iowa City.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2013 “Treating Machismo: Gender Workshops for Men in Costa Rica,” American Anthropological
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Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.
2010 “The Politics of Vasectomy in San José, Costa Rica,” Global Health Studies Program
Showcase, Iowa City.
2008 “Effect of legislation on breastfeeding initiation and duration in the US,” American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego.
(Presented jointly by Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC, Laurin J. Kasehagen, MA, PhD, Jessica
Abrams, MPH, Tony Pomales, BA, and Howard Bauchner, MD, MPH.)
2008 “Formula freebies from the hospital: Patterns of sample pack distribution in 50 US states,”
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego.
(Presented jointly by Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC, Xena Grossman, RD, MS, Marcella
Singleton, MS, RD, IBCLC, Karen Peters, MBA RD IBCLC, Reginald Fonrose, BS, Tina
Navidi, BS, Tony Pomales, BA, and John T. Cook, PhD.)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 “Growing Older in the Sex Trade: Gender, Aging, Precarity, and In/Visibility in Costa Rica,” lecture for course in Anthropology of Women’s Health, University of Iowa, September 18.
2013 Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies,”
Department of Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa, Fall semester.
2012
“Victorian Sexuality and the Other: The Stories of Sara Baartman and Oscar Wilde,” lecture for course in History of Sexual Rights, University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica, October 26 and November 22.
2012
“The Social Construction of Costa Rican Sexuality,” lecture for course in Gender Studies,
Long Island University – Costa Rica Center, October 3.
2011
“Race, Ethnicity, and Culture,” lecture for course in Ethnic Studies, West Liberty High
School, West Liberty, IA, March 31.
2010
“Vasectomy in Costa Rica: A Practice in Modernity, Love, and Solidarity,” lecture for course in Anthropology of Sexuality, University of Iowa, October 6.
2006 – 2008 Americorps Teacher, Paraclete Learning Center, South Boston, MA
2005
2003
Academic Advisor, Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program (U Notre Dame)
Academic Facilitator and Student Counselor, Upward Bound Project, Montclair State
University
INVITED LECTURES
2013 “Rescuing Masculinity from the Burden of Machismo: Two Case Studies,” University for
Peace, San José, Costa Rica, April 30.
2012 “The Future of Masculinities Studies in Feminist Anthropology,” University for Peace, San
José, Costa Rica, October 31.
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2012 “The Codes of Gender in American Advertising,” Long Island University – Costa Rica Center,
September 15.
2011 “UI Latina/o Identity: A Discussion with Faculty, Staff, and Students,” Cesar Chavez Week
(Sponsored by ALMA, the Latino Council, LGSA, and the Center for Diversity and
Enrichment), Iowa City, March 30.
2010 “What Makes a Man? Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Identity and Masculinity,” International
Mondays Brown Bag Series (Sponsored by UI International Programs and the Iowa City
Public Library), Iowa City, March 8.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2014 – 2015 Member of the Graduate Student Advisory Group, Office of Graduate Inclusion (U Iowa)
2014 – 2015 Treasurer, Graduate Student Anthropology Association (U Iowa)
2012 Moderator, Session: “The Pursuit of Faith,” James F. Jakobsen Annual Conference, Iowa City.
2011 – 2012 Treasurer, Graduate Student Anthropology Association (U Iowa)
2011
2010
Volunteer, Central States Anthropological Society Annual Meeting, Iowa City.
Judge, Summer Undergraduate Research Festival, University of Iowa, March 27.
2010 Moderator, Session: “Mapping Geographies of the ‘American’ Body,” James F. Jakobsen
Annual Conference, Iowa City.
2009 – 2011 Secretary and Treasurer, Latina/o Graduate Student Association (U Iowa)
2009 – 2010 President, Graduate Student Anthropology Association (U Iowa)
2004 – 2006 Member of the Latino Leadership Council (U Notre Dame)
2004 – 2006 Member of the Diversity Council of the University of Notre Dame
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2013 – 2014 “The Making of Queer Identities in High School: A Multi-media Art Project,” West Liberty
High School, West Liberty, IA
Project Coordinator
2013 “Strategies for Queer Worldmaking in High School,” Gay Straight Alliance meeting, West
Liberty High School, West Liberty, IA, October 23.
2012 “Drag Performance,” Gay Straight Alliance meeting, West Liberty High School, West Liberty,
IA, May 18.
2011
LANGUAGES
“Language and LGBTQ Identity in Global Perspective,” Gay Straight Alliance meeting, West
Liberty High School, West Liberty, IA, March 31.
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Proficient in Spanish.
PROFFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association
Society for Medical Anthropology
Association for Feminist Anthropology
Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists
Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology
Association for Anthropology and Gerontology
References available upon request.
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