Curriculum Vitae

 

Shasta Christina Gaughen

920 Forrester Ave. NW

Albuquerque, NM  87102

505-243-9085

sgaughen@msn.com

 

EDUCATION

PhD, Anthropology

University of New Mexico

In progress

 

MA, Anthropology

San Diego State University

May 2001

Thesis title: The Ethnobotany of the Cupeño

Thesis chair: Larry L. Leach, PhD

 

BA, Anthropology

Humboldt State University

1996

 

BS, Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation

Humboldt State University

1996

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Southwestern Community College

Adjunct Faculty – School of Social Sciences and Multicultural Studies

Spring 2001

Course taught: Cultural Anthropology

 

San Diego State University

Graduate Teaching Assistant – Department of Anthropology

Spring 2001

Course taught: Human Biocultural Origins

 

San Diego State University

Graduate Teaching Assistant – Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies

Fall 1999 and Fall 2000

Course taught: Cultural Anthropology Study and Review

 

San Diego State University

Teaching Assistant – Department of Anthropology

Spring 1999 – Spring 2001

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

The Gale Group/Greenhaven Press

Book Editor

April 2001 - present

 

Greenhaven Press

Research Librarian

February 1997 – August 1998

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Principal Investigator

The Role of Place in Cupeño Conceptions of Identity

Summer 2003

 

Principal Investigator: The Ethnobotany of the Cupeño

Spring – Fall 2000

 

Cupeño Archaeological Research Project

Larry L. Leach, PhD, Principal Investigator

Summer 1999 and 2000

San Diego State University

EXHIBITS/PRESENTATIONS

Gambling with Change: The Impact of Casino Profits on the Pala Reservation

Poster Presentation

75th Anniversary Jubilee, Homecoming Reunion, Department of Anthropology

University of New Mexico

October 2003

 

The Casino as Economic Opportunity

Guest Speaker, Anthropology 130

University of New Mexico

October 2003

 

Cupa Days: An Analysis of Cultural Persistence Through Ritual Remembrance

Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium

University of New Mexico

March 2003

 

Analysis of a Speech Event

Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium

University of New Mexico

April 2002

 

Ethnobotany of the Cupeño

Anthropology Graduate Student Union Symposium

University of New Mexico

April 2002

 

Cupeño Ethnobotany

Mission Trails Regional Park monthly volunteer meeting

June 2001

 

Cupeño Ethnobotany

San Diego Museum of Man 12 O’ Clock Scholar series

January 2001

 

Treasures Uncovered: Trade and Exchange at the San Diego Presidio

San Diego County Archaeological Society Summer Lecture Series

(with Dr. Lynne Christenson, Donna Beddow, and Gay Hilliard)

August 2000

 

Treasures Uncovered: Trade and Exchange at the San Diego Presidio

Designed and installed exhibit at the San Diego Presidio

(with Dr. Lynne Christenson, Donna Beddow, Gay Hilliard and Jessica Beckett)

June 2000

PUBLICATIONS

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2004 “Global Warming: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press. (in progress)

 

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2004 “Eating Disorders: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

 

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2003 “Arab-Israeli Conflict: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

 

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2003 “Coping with Death: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

 

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2003 “Women’s Rights: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

 

Shasta Gaughen, ed.

            2002 “Teen Addiction: Contemporary Issues Companion.” San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Anthropology Graduate Student Union

University of New Mexico

President, 2003-2004

HONORS AND AWARDS

3% Scholarship, Office of Graduate Studies (OGS), University of New Mexico, Fall 2003 – Spring 2004

 

Student Research Allocations Committee (SRAC) grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), University of New Mexico, Spring 2003

 

Student Research Allocations Committee (SRAC) grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), University of New Mexico, Fall 2002

 

University Scholar Award, San Diego State University, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001

 

Norton Allen Scholarship, San Diego State University, Spring 1999

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

San Diego State University

Field Cook for Lost Valley Archaeological Field School, Cupeño Archaeological Research Project

June 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Anthropological Association member since 2000

REFERENCES

Available upon request

 

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Last revised: November 22, 2003