LUCI M. FERNANDES
East Carolina University
Department of Anthropology
Flanagan Building #161
Greenville, NC 27858
(252) 737-2315 office
MAIS
Global Understanding Program
Fernandesl@ecu.edu
(860) 208-6791 cell
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 2004.
Dissertation: Options and Enterprises: The Kallari Community Development Project
in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador. Advisor: Dr. Robert E. Dewar.
M.A. Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 1999.
B.A. Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 1997.
A.S. Business Management, Naugatuck Valley Regional Technical Community College
1988.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant Professor 2008 - Present
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Global Understanding ANTH 1040
Communications Across Cultures INTL 6005
University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Instructor 2000-2004
Adjunct Assistant Professor 2004
Courses taught as sole instructor:
Migration (Anthropology 215)
Other People’s Worlds (Anthropology 100) (350 students)
Introduction to Anthropology (Anthropology 106)
Latin American Perspectives (LAMS 190)
Contemporary Latin America (Anthropology 221)
Latin American Minorities in the United States (Anthropology/PRLS 241)
Illness and Curing (Anthropology 246W) (one section Honors)
Medical Anthropology (Anthropology 277)
Cultural Anthropology (Anthropology 220 Honors)
People and the Conservation of Nature (Anthropology 282)
Ethnobotany: Plants and People (Anthropology 298)
Field Course in Tropical Rainforest Studies (Anthropology 298)
1998 – 2001 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Anthropology. Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni.
Music of Non-Western Cultures, Dr. Robert Stephens.
Introduction to Archaeology with Dr. Kevin McBride.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish.
Courses taken in Portuguese and Italian.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
2007 EastConn. Created a Spanish teacher’s manual, lesson plan, and an “At A Glance”
quick reference guide for the “Survival Spanish” course designed for the employees at CT
Works in Willimantic.
TUTOR
2007 Private tutoring lessons in Spanish.
2004 Montessori School after school program. Willimantic, CT
CURRENT FIELD RESEARCH
2008 Diabetes Outreach Program to Latino population in Greenville, NC.
2006 Research on Dance, Music, and Identity in Cuba.
2006 Research on social medicine.
2005 Research on socioeconomic transitions and social programs.
2000 Field research in Havana, Cuba – Institute of Plant Systematics.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
“Divination,” “Voodoo,” “Navajo,” “Globalization” in The Encyclopedia of Time. Thousand
Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2008.
“Cuban History and Culture,” “Dowry,” “Enculturation,” “Ethnoscience,” “Sexual
Selection,” in The Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage
Publications, 2006.
“Paving Paradise in the Name of Progress.” In Anthropologists at Work 3e. (Course
compilation) Nicholas F. Bellantoni and Luci L. Fernandes eds. Boston: Pearson, 2005.
“The Kallari Community Development Program of Ecuador.” GEO – Grassroots Economic
Organizing Newsletter. Issue 59, November-December 2003.
“Economic Alternatives Protect Amazon Rainforests in Ecuador.” Co-authored with Judy
Logback, in Ethnobiology and Biocultural Diversity. John R. Stepp, Felicia S. Wyndham
and Rebecca K. Zarger, eds. Athens, GA: The International Society of Ethnobiology, 2002.
Book Review
Review of Dancing For Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress. Judith Lynne Hanna.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, November 2008.
Review of Healing with Herbs and Rituals: A Mexican Tradition. Eliseo Torres. Medical
Anthropology Quarterly, March 2007.
Review of Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing by Eliseo Torres. Medical
Anthropology Quarterly, June 2006.
PAPERS IN PREPARATION
“Socioeconomic Transitions of the Cuban Revolution in the 21st Century.” The research is a
review of recent developments in Cuban political economy, such as tourism development,
foreign investments and remittances.
“Building Bridges Through Travel to Cuba.” Students and citizens of the U.S. were allowed
to legally travel to Cuba after a temporary lifting of the restrictions. The article reveals their
observations and opinions upon returning to the U.S.
PRESENTATIONS
“Cuban Dance: Comparing Social Expressions of Rumba and Salsa.” Poster presentation,
Society for Applied Anthropology. Tampa, FL, March 2007.
“Socio-economic Changes in Cuba in the 21st Century.” Annual Meetings of the American
Anthropological Association. Washington D. C., November 2005.
“Debating the Future of Cuban Social Medicine in the 21st Century.” The 17th Annual
Conference of Philosophers and Social Scientists. University of Havana, Cuba, June, 2005.
“Cuba: The Tropical Island Paradise of the Caribbean?” Poster presentation, Society for
Applied Anthropology. Santa Fe, NM. April 2005.
“Imaging Dracula: Marketing Dracula in Romania’s post-Socialist Tourist Industry”. Poster
presentation, Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association. Atlanta,
Georgia, December 2004.
“The Kallari Association of Ecuador.” International Institute for Self-Management –
Grassroots Economic Organizations. Merida, Mexico. March 2004.
“Community-based Conservation among the Kichwa of Ecuador.” Poster presentation,
Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago, Illinois,
November 2003.
“Marketing Kichwa Handcrafts on a Global Market.” Society of Ethnobiology. Seattle,
Washington, March 2003.
“We Bring the Amazon to You: Marketing Strategies of Kichwa Artisans of Non-Timber
Forest Products.” Society for Applied Anthropology. Portland, Oregon, March 2003.
“Pita, Production, and Promise: Some uses of Aechmea strobilaceae among Kichwa Artisans
of Ecuador.” Poster Presentations, Society of Ethnobiology. Storrs, Connecticut, March
2002.
“Economic Alternatives Protect Amazon Rainforests in Ecuador” Poster Presentation, 7th
International Society for Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia, October 2000.
“Fleshy Fruits Used by Indigenous Groups in Southern New England during the 17th and 18th
Centuries.” Poster Presentation, 23rd Annual Meetings of the Society of Ethnobiology, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, March 2000.
“Medicinal Plant Use among Portuguese American Communities in Connecticut.” Poster
Presentation, University of Connecticut Cognitive Science Conference, Spring 1999.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
2007 Spanish Tutor.
2004 – 2007 Community Organizer, Willimantic, CT
2002 – 2007 Latin Dance Teacher. Willimantic, CT.
2003 – Present Middle Eastern Dance Teacher. American Fusion.