Resume

• 2012

  Master’s Degree

  Concentration: Maternal and Child Health

  Public Health

  University of South Florida

  Certified Public Health

  National Borad of Public Health Examiners

• 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  -President of the Graduate Student Organization\n-Student research assistant\n-Graduate Student Instructor

  Physical and Biological Anthropology

  Anthropology Department's Graduate Student Organization (President)\nGraduate Student Union

  University of South Florida

• 2007

  Master's Degree

  Anthropology

  Hormones and Disease Group (Fundraising Chair)\nLambda Alpha Honors Society (Undergraduate Mentor)\nAnthropology Club (Vice President)\nGraduate and Professional Student's Organization (Anthropology Department Representative)

  University of Nevada-Las Vegas

• 2001

  Bachelor's Degree

  Anthropology and Spanish

  Arizona State Museum (Intern)

  University of Arizona

• Assist with research design for a project aimed at obtaining baseline data of the grey water situation in Monteverde

  Costa Rica.

  Municipality of Monteverde

  Qualitative Research

  Public Health

  Science

  Nonprofit Organizations

  Anthropology

  Editing

  SPSS

  Atlas.ti

  Research

  University Teaching

  Community Outreach

  Public Speaking

  Higher Education

  Maternal-Child Health

  Curriculum Development

  Data Analysis

  Medical Anthropology

  Research Design

  Teaching

  Curriculum Design

  Is the Cup Half-Empty or Half-Full?: Experiences and Perceptions of Food Security in the Face of Economic Transition in Rural Costa Rica

  Sara Arias

  Nancy Romero Daza

  Himmelgreen

  D.A.

  Off the Edge of the Table: Women Redefining the Limits of the Food System and the Experience of Food Insecurity

  Is the Cup Half-Empty or Half-Full?: Experiences and Perceptions of Food Security in the Face of Economic Transition in Rural Costa Rica

  The Peruvian Andes are home to incredible biodiversity

  which has sustained human life for thousands of years. However

  consumption patterns are shifting as a result of neoliberal pol- icies that influence food accessibility and dietary delocaliza- tion. As women are often disproportionately affected by these trends

  this study takes an ethnographic approach to under- standing dietary delocalization among women in the province of Carhuaz. Through participant observation

  24-hour diet recalls

  and the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale

  this study identifies the tensions that exist as local peas- ant farmers increase participation in the global market econ- omy. While all participating households experienced food insecurity

  families regularly sold their own crops to meet the demands of modern life (e.g.

  education) and increasingly relied on store-bought

  non-local food items. While explora- tory

  the study reveals a need for local and international enti- ties to consider various structural drivers when developing programs and policies addressing nutrition in the region.

  From the Chacra to the Tienda: Dietary delocalization in the Peruvian Andes

  Sara Arias

  Nancy Romero Daza

  Using a biocultural approach to examine migration/globalization

  diet quality

  and energy balance

  David Himmelgreen

  Jenny Peña

  “We Never Ate Like That

  Not Fast Food

  or Junk Foods.” Accounts of Changing Maternal Diet in a Tourist Community in Rural Costa Rica.

  Emily Bronson

  Isabella Chan

  Florida Public Health Review

  Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section: Provider Perspectives and Maternal Decision Making

  The Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative (OHI) in Florida: The Role of Intervention Characteristics in Influencing Implementation Experiences among Multidisciplinary Hospital Staff.

  Daniel C. Benyshek

  Sharon M. Young

  Jodi Selander

  Ecology of Food and Nutrition

  Human Maternal Placentophagy: A Pilot Survey of Self-Reported Motivations and Experiences Associated with Placenta Consumption.

  Erika Thompson

  Cheryl A. Vamos

  OBJECTIVE:\nThe purpose of this study was to explore the multilevel contextual factors that influenced the implementation of the Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative (OHI) among hospitals in Florida.\n\nSTUDY DESIGN:\nA qualitative evaluation was conducted via in-depth interviews with multidisciplinary hospital staff (n=50) across 12 hospitals. Interviews were guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and analyzed in Atlas.ti using rigorous qualitative analysis procedures.\n\nRESULT:\nFactors influencing OHI implementation were present across process (leadership engagement; engaging people; planning; reflecting)

  inner setting (for example

  knowledge/beliefs; resources; communication; culture) and outer setting (for example

  cosmopolitanism) levels. Moreover

  factors interacted across levels and were not mutually exclusive. Leadership and staff buy-in emerged as important components influencing OHI implementation across disciplines.\n\nCONCLUSION:\nKey contextual factors found to influence OHI implementation experiences can be useful in informing future quality improvement interventions given the institutional and provider-level behavioral changes needed to account for evolving the best practices in perinatology.\n\n

  Contextual factors influencing the implementation of the Obstetrics Hemorrhage Initiative in Florida

  Allison

  Cantor

  University of South Florida Department of Anthropology

  The Monteverde Institute

  University of South Florida

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

  New Mexico State University

  The University of Texas at El Paso

  Monteverde Institute

  Monteverde Institute

  CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

  Manage faculty in regards to meeting academic program requirements for U.S.-based institutions. Coordinate program materials and course content to ensure continuity among courses.

  The Monteverde Institute

  Monteverde Institute

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  Goucher College and Mount Holyoke College Semester Abroad

  Academic Director

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  Instructor and Research Affiliate

  Monteverde Institute

  Assistant Editor- Ethnoarchaeology Journal\nTeaching Assistant (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

  Psychological Anthropology

  Medical Anthropology)

  Graduate Assistant

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Transdisciplinary Center for Women's Health at the College of Public Health

  Qualitative Research Analyst

  Tampa/St. Petersburg

  Florida Area

  University of South Florida

  University of South Florida Department of Anthropology

  CIEE Council on International Educational Exchange

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  Instructor

  CIEE

  Monteverde

  NIH-funded Diabetes Prevention Program\nHuman Maternal Placentophagy Research (Lab work and survey study design

  implementation and analysis)

  Research Assistant

  Las Vegas

  Nevada Area

  University of Nevada Las Vegas

  Biological Anthropology\nNutritional Anthropology\nTheories in Applied Bioanthropology\nIntroduction to Anthropology

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Tampa/St. Petersburg

  Florida Area

  University of South Florida

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  NSF-funded

  Research Experience for Undergraduates Anthropology and Environmental Engineering Field School (10-week course)

  Field School Course Assistant

  University of South Florida

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  Coordinate logistics for short courses and accompany groups as they participate in various activities in Costa Rica. This includes translating

  providing short educational talks

  and ensuring safety for the group while they are in Costa Rica.

  Course Coordinator

  Monteverde Institute

  Monteverde

  Costa Rica

  Goucher Colleger and Mount Holyoke College Semester Abroad\nCourse: Human Health and Development in the Tropics

  Instructor

  Monteverde Institute

  Exploring Cross-Cultural Diversity (upper-level)\nIntroduction to Anthropology\nBiological Anthropology Lab

  Graduate Student Instructor

  Tampa/St. Petersburg

  Florida Area

  University of South Florida

  El Paso

  Texas

  Lecturer

  The University of Texas at El Paso

  Las Cruces

  New Mexico Area

  Adjunct College Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology

  New Mexico State University