CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Daniel K. Early
Cultural Anthropologist
EDUCATION
B.A.Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 1966.
M.A.Anthropology/Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 1973.
Ph.D. Social Anthropology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.1978
.
TEACHING & RESEARCH
University of Oregon, Bend 2000-2002.
Central Oregon Community College 1978 - 2002. Profesor Emeritus.
Director COCC Veracruz Field School in Anthropology and Spanish 1979 - 2002.
Managing Editor Physical Anthropology News
Institute for Human Evolutionary Research
University Center, Bend 1996-1997.
Sherpa Farms Expedition, Principal Investigator, Everest Region, Nepal,
Earthwatch Research,1991.
Oregon State University 1982 - 1983, 1985.
Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad, Cuzco, Research, 1985 - 1986.
CECEMMAC Morelia, 1983.
Instituto Mexicano del Café, Research, 1975 - 1976.
Rodale Research and Development, Emmaus PA, Research, 1979.
Montgomery College, Rockville Md. 1977 - 1978
Catholic University 1977 - 1978.
Washington State - University of Oregon Field School in
Ethnology and Linguistics 1968 - 1970.
San Francisco City College 1967.
COURSES TAUGHT
Cultural Anthropology, Physical Anthropology,
Archaeology & Prehistory, Introduction to Sociology,
Social Deviance, Social Issues, Peoples of the World:
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Sociology of Religion,
Social Psychology, Cultures of Mexico, Field Research
Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Applied Anthropology,
Appropriate Technology and Social Change
EXPERT WITNESS (Mexican & Latin American Culture)
1993-4Oregon Vs. Manzo. Capital Murder. Attorneys
Ralph Smith and Duane McCabe. Klamath Falls.
1994 Oregon Vs. Delgado. Aggrivated Murder.
Attorneys Mark Hendershott and Robert Nichols. Lakeview.
1995 Oregon Vs Villasenor Perez. Aggrevated Murder. Attorney
David B.Harris. Astoria.
1995 Oregon Vs Villasenor Perez. Retrial Aggrevated Murder.
Attorney David Harris. Astoria.
1995-6 Oregon Vs Perez-Matais. Assault, Sexual Abuse. Attorney Howard
Moran. Cornelius.
1996 Oregon Vs Lopez. Sexual Abuse, Harassment with Attorney James Dillingham. Bend.
1997 Oregon Vs Gustavo Masiel Garcia; Rape, Assaul. Attoney Ed
Miergesky. Bend.
1997 Oregon Vs José Pano Gonzales; Rape, Assault. Attorney Mike Siedel.
Bend.
1998 Oregon Vs Arciga Orosco;Capital Murder. Attorneys Dennis Hachler and
MarkRader, Pendleton.
1998 Oregon Vs Hernandez Hernandez. Capital Murder. Attorneys Kevin Hunt
and Tim Lyons, Portland.
1999 Oregon Vs Ismael Cervantes Toledo; Assault. Attorneys Roger Perry and John Hummel. Prineville.
2001 United States Vs Guillen Martinez. Drug Trafficking Conspiracy. Attorney John Meynink. Portland.
2003 California Vs Huber Mendoza;Capital Murder. Attorneys Ken Faulkner and Greg
Spiering. Modesto.
2004 Washington Vs Maria Aguilar Perez; Murder. Attorney Mike Kawamura. Tacoma.
2005 United States Vs Garcia Cruz; Drug Trafficking Conspiracy. Attorney Steve Wax. Portland.
2006 Utah Vs Sergio Ramos Murder with attorney Richard Gale. Provo.
2006 United States Vs Juan Bautista Merino. Immigration. Attorney Douglas Moody. Ankorage.
2006 United States Vs Antonio Bautista Merino. Immigration. Attorney Douglas Moody. Ankorage.
2006-7 Oregon Vs Bonifacio Apolinar Merino. Capital Murder. Attorney J. Walter Todd. Salem.
2006 Oregon Vs Denese Jiminez Eugenio. Murder. Attorney Mark Brownlee. Salem.
2010 Oregon Vs Hector Osuna Bonilla. Sexual Abuse. Attorney John Gilroy. Lake Oswego.
CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING
Understanding Latin Culture, Learning to Work with our Growing
Latin Community. Bridges to Understanding, Diversity in the Twenty First Century Conference,
Bend,Oregon 2000.
Latin American Vs US Culture. Regional Head Strart Staff, Lebanon, Oregon 1997.
Latin American Family Values. Changing Directions Program, Central Oregon Community
College, Bend, Oregon 1996.
Latin American Women and Domestic Violence. Central Oregon Battery and Rape Alliance,
Bend, Oregon 1995.
Cultural Competency Training. Coos County Commission on Children and Families. Coos Bay, Oregon
1995.
Central Oregon Community College, Pre-Departure Mexico Program. Bend, Oregon 1995.
Central Oregon Community College, International Students US Culture. Orientation 1994.
National Association of International Educators (NASFA), Cross Cultural Training
Workshop. Portland 1990.
Summer Institute of Intercultural Communication, NASFA National Association of Foreign Student Affairs. Grantee. 1990.
LANGUAGES
Spanish fluent, French speak. Exposure to Chinese,
Nahuatl, Quechua, Otomi, Mazateco, Mazahua , Nepali and Sherpa in the field.
HONORS
Fulbright Scholar for Advanced Research: Traditional Methods of Cultivation
and Use ofAmaranth in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, Center for Andean Crops,
Amaranth Project. Universidad National San Antonio Abad, Cuzco, Peru.
Earthwatch Grant. Sherpa Farms Expedition, Ethnobotany and Agroecology of
Amaranth in Sherpa Communities of the Everest Region. Nepal.
Outstanding Service Award, Partners of the Americas, Merida Yucatan
Who’s Who in the West
Who’s Who in American Education
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Fellow Society for Applied Anthropology,
The Society for Economic Botany,
The Fulbright Alumnae Association
PUBLICATIONS
2003 “Una Taza Amarga: globalizacion y la Sierra Nahuatl de Zongolica, pasado y
presente”Conference “Las Culturas Indígenas en México Actual” Indian Cultures in
Contemporary México”University of the América, Puebla, Mexico.
1998 "Amaranth Production Mexico and Peru” in New Crop Compendium CD Rom,
Jules Janick and Anna Whipkey eds.Perdue University, Center for New Crops and Plant
Products Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
1998 Choc-lol Coop: a case study in Maya Indian amaranth reintroduction. American Amaranth Institute Annual Conference, with Herbert R. Heinicke.
1998 Factores culturales en la defense de un mexicano candidato potencial a pena de muerte en Estados Unidos. Panel presentation at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, XXV Annual Conference, Mexico DF.
1997 Cultural Survey of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds Site with Tim Trussel and
Ward Tonsfeldt.
1996 "Nahuatl peasant harvesting amaranth". Ethnographic photograph and image from Aztec codice in The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory by Kenneth L. Feder Mt. View-London-Toronto: Mayfield.
1993 "Effents of the International Coffee Market and State Intervention in Nahuatl Peasant
Communities in Zongolica, Veracruz, Mexico" in the Symposium on
Peasant Cultures and the Global Economy, 13th International Congress of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Mexico City.
1992 "The Renaissance of Amaranth" in From Chiles to Chocolate: Food the Americas
Gave the World. Nelson Foster & Linda Cordel Eds. Tucson: University of Arizona
Press.
1990 The Roots of Dependence: Effects of the New York Coffee Market on Remote
Nahuatl Communities. N.Y.: Peter Lang (in press).
1989 "Amaranth Production Mexico and Peru” in Proceedings of the First National New
Crops Symposium. Jules Janick Editor. Portland: Timber Press.
1989 "Amaranth intercropping Techniques Quechua Peasants" (abstr.) in Proceedings of
the First National New Crops Symposium. Jules Janick Editor. Portland: Timber
Press.
1988 "Transference of Autochthonous Technology for the Preparation of Kiwicha
(Amaranthus). (with Julia Capistran de Early) Traditional Recipes. Second Part"
Amaranth Newsletter 1:15 - 17.
1988 "Transferencia de Tecnología Indigena para la Preparación de la
Kiwicha (Amaranthus). (with Julia Capistran de Early) Segunda Parte." Amaranto y
Su Potential 1:15 - 17.
1987 "Transference of Autochthonous Technology for the Preparation of Kiwicha(Amaranthus)
(with Julia Capistran de Early) Part I." Amaranth Newsletter 4:8 -12.
1987 "Transferencia de Tecnología Indigena para la Preparacin de la Kiwicha(Amaranthus)
(with Julia Capistran de Early) Primera Parte." Amaranto y Su Potential 4:8 - 12.
1987 "Lessons from the Classroom in the Field" in
Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 20 - 1:14 - 21.
1987 "The Transference of Indigenous Technology: The Case of Popping Amaranth".
Presented Society for Applied Anthropology. Oaxaca.
1986 "Preparación de la Kiwicha (Amaranthus) Basada en la Tecnología Andina. Lima: Comisión
Fulbright.
1986 "La Kiwicha: Sistemas Tradicionales del Cultivo y uso del Amaranthus en Mexico y Peru".
Apuntes Cuzco, Peru.
1986 "El Cultiivo y Uso del Amaranthus en dos Centros de Domesticación: Mexico y Peru" Presented
V. Congreso Internacional sobre Agricultura Andina. Puno. Peru.
1986 "The Ethnobotany of Amaranth in Peru and Ecuador". Presented National Academy
of Science Grain Amaranth CoordinationMeeting. Cuzco, Peru.
1985 "Amaranth - Aztec Superplant" in VITA NEWS 4:11.
1984 Mexican Ethnographic Research Photos in Amaranth: Modern Prospects for an
Ancient Crop, National Research Council.Washington, D.C.: National Academy
Press.
1982 Café: Dependencia y Efectos. Mexico: Instituto Nacional Indigenista.
1981 "Guatemala: En Transito por El Pais del Terror" Di 42:54. with Julia Capistran deEarly and
Abraham Aquilar.
1981 "Our Adventures with Odyssey" Presented Anthropology and Education
Symposium.Northwest Anthropological Conference, Portland
1981 "Anthropology and Education" Symposium Organized and Chaired. Northwest
Anthropological Conference.Portland.
1980 "Development from Below: A Nahuatl Peasant's Plan." Presented Fifth World
Congress of Rural Sociology.Mexico City.
1980 "Culture 201: Comparison of Graduate and Community College Cultural
Anthropological Field Schools."Presented Anthropology and Education
Symposium.Northwest Anthropological Conference, Bellingham.
1979 Mexican amaranth research in Amaranth: From the Past, For the Future, 22 - 29;177 -
186. John N. Cole, Emmaus: Rodale Press.
1978 "Ancient Approaches to Appropriate Food Technology"
1978 "Huautli: The Revival of Aztec Amaranth: An Appropriate Technology Food".
Presented American Anthropological Association, Los Angeles.
1977 "Amaranth Secrets of the Aztecs". Organic Gardening and Farming. 24:69 - 73.
1977 "Effects of the New York Coffee Market on Nahuatl Subsistence Corn Production".
Presented American Anthropological Association, Houston.
1977 "Cultivation and Uses of Amaranth in Contemporary Mexico. " In Proceedings of the First
Amaranth Seminar.Emmaus: Rodale Press.
1977 "In Search of Amaranth."Rodale Research and Development.
1977 "Mexican Peasants and the Unfulfilled Revolution: Recent Publications from La Casa
1977 Ethnographic photographs: Otomí and Nahuatl Peasants in Discovering Culture.
Benderly, Gallagher, and Young. N.Y.: Van Nostrand.
1977 Simple Tools, New Living: Appropriate Technology Sources in the Washington
Area. Washington, D.C.: Cooper Herzfield Society Anthropology Dept. Catholic
University.
1977 The Consequences of Dependence: Effects of the New York Coffee Market on
Remote Nahuatl Communities. Ph.D.Dissertation. Washington, D. C.: Catholic
University.
1976 "The Consequences of Dependence: Effects of the New York Coffee Market on
Remote Nahuatl Communities". Presented. American Anthropological Association,
Washington, D.C.
1976 "Condiciones de los Cafecultores Nahuas en la Sierra de Zongolica", with Julia Capistran.
Boletín Técnico Cafetelero 2:3 - 27.
1976 "Tleno Panok, Tepeyo Nikan Zongolica 'Xi Kixmatikan'", with Julia Capistran. Tlakanapanalistli.
1973 Ethnological Field Training in the Mesquital Valley, Mexico: Papers from the
Ixmiquilpan Field School in Cultural Anthropological and Linguistics. Co_edited
with Michael Kenny and H. Russel Bernard, Washington, D.C.: Catholic University.
1972 Student Field Manual. Washington, D.C. : Ixmiquilpan Field School.
1971 "Field Schools in Cultural Anthropology". Co-authored with Michael Kenny and
H. Russel Bernard. Presented American Anthropological Association. New York.
1970 The Role of Voluntary Associations in the Assimilation of Migrants in West Africaand Mexico.
M.A. Thesis. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
ASIA
Russian Far East
1995 Nanai Shamanism, Amur River Region, Khabarovsk, Russia.
Nepal
1991 Orgaized and directed Sherpa Farms Expedition. Three teams of 41 Earthwatch
volunteers to study traditional methods of amaranth cultivation and use in the Everest
region of Eastern Nepal.
China
1980 U.S. University Faculty Seminar in Taiwan. Frederic Burke Foundation for
Education San Francisco State University; Minister of Education. Republic of China.
1980 Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Philippines. U.S. University Seminar Study
Chinese Studies, San Francisco State University, Frederic Burke Foundation
for Education.
LATIN AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
1985 - 6 Traditional Andean Peasant Techniques of Cultivation and Preparation of
Amaranth. Amaranth Project, Center for Andean Crops, Univerdidad Nacional San
Nicolas Abad, Cuzco. Fulbright Grant for Advanced Research.
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Mexico
1997-8 Visiting Professor, University of Veracruz, Peñuela, Veracruz
1992 - 2003 Co-Director Veracruz Field School in Anathropology and Spanish. RanchoLa Florida
Rainforest Center, Penuela, Veracruz.
1988 Co-Director Veracruz Field School in Anthropology and Spanish. Veracruz.
1987 Co-Director Veracruz Field School in Anthropology and Spanish. Veracruz.
1985 Co-Director Veracruz Field School in Anthropology and Spanish, Cordoba.
1983 Director student field work. CECEMAC. Morelia.
1980 Director COCC Field School in Cultural Anthropology and Spanish. Oaxaca.
1979 Co-Director COCC Student Expedition to Remote Nahuatl Community. Sierra Madre
Oriental Zongolica, appropriate technology, traditional agriculture.
1977 Research: Traditional Methods of Growing and Preparation of Amaranth. Central
Mexico. Rodale Research and Development.
1974 - 1976 Research: Effects of the International Coffee Economy on Remote Nahuatl
Indian Communities.Veracruz. Mexican Coffee Institute.
1974 Associate Director Atlacomulco Field School in Cultural Anthropology,Montgomery
College. Mazahua Communities.Mexico State.
1971 - 1972 Member Grupo de Trabajo y Solidaridad con las Comunidades Indígenas.
Interdisciplinary Mexican team working in a remote Mazateco community in
coordination with the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology. Oaxaca.
1971 Associate Director Ixmiquilpan Field School in Ethnology and Linguistics, Catholic
University, Washington State University, University of Oregon. National Science
Foundation. Ixmiquilpan.
1968 Study of Otomí land tenure and farming systems and their relation to political
networks. Ixmiquilpan Field School in Ethnology and Linguistics, University of
Oregon, Washington State University, Catholic University. National Science
Foundation.
1966 Project Leader Urban Community Development Project, Morelia. Conference on
International Student Projects, Berkeley.
1965 Project Leader Urban Community Development Project, Morelia. Conference on
International Student Projects, Berkeley.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Nicaragua
1981 Mexican Delegation. Economic development, role of the Catholic Church.
Guatemala
1981 Systems of social control.
El Salvador
1963 Travel with Salvadorian students.
NORTH AMERICA
Quebec
1970 - 1971 Language and Culture, Ethnographic Film.Université Laval Quebec City.
1971 Montaignais Indians, Sept Ils
United States
1974 International Coffee Economy. San Francisco, Berkeley, New York, Washington,
D.C. Ford Foundation & University of Pittsburgh.
1970 Staff. Spokane Area Field School in Ethnology and Linguistics, University of
Oregon, Washington State University, Catholic University. Pullman.
EUROPE
Italy
1988 Study tour Roman civilization, Italian culture.
1997 Roman civilization, Italian culture
France
1997Journées Moundiales de la Jeunesse
LECTURES
2007 La pena de muerte en los Estados Unidos entre los Mexicanos. Departamento de Sociologia, Benemerita Univetrsidad Autonoma de Puebla.
1998 Los efectos del mercado del café de Nueva York entre los cafeticultoresnáhuas la Sierra de
Zongolica. Universidad de Veracruz, Peñuela, Veracruz, Mexico.
1998 Investigacionesdel amaranto y su uso en México y Perú. Centro deInvestigación Cientifica
de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, México.
1998 Usos tradicionales del amaranto. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad deYucatan, Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico.
1997 Defensa cultural en caso de pena de muerte de un indocumentado en los Estados Unidos. III
Encuentro Académico Universitario, Universidad del Golfo de México Córdoba, Veracruz,
México.
1997 El amaranto transferencia de tecnología indígena: México, Perú, y Nepal.University of
Veracruz, Peñuela, Veracruz, Mexico.
1993 Amaranth Research in Nepal. The Asia Society of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, USA
1991 The Sherpa Farms Expedition. Harvard University Science Center, Earthwatch
Annual Meeting, Boston, USA.
1985 El amaranto sistemas tradicionales del aprovechamiento. Instituto Bircher Brinner,
Lima, Peru.