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Spring 2015
VITA
Susan D. Greenbaum
517 Montrose Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33617
813-974-0777
EDUCATION:
PhD Anthropology, l981, with honors; University of Kansas
MA Anthropology, 1974, with honors; University of Kansas
BA Sociology, 1968, with honors; University of Kansas
AWARDS:
2005 William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor Award, Florida Education Fund
2004 Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida
2003 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize; Society for Immigrant & Ethnic History (to
More than Black)
2003 Harry T. and Harriet V. Moore Award; Florida Historical Society (to More than Black)
2003 CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Books; American Library Association (to More
than Black)
2002 USF Hispanic Heritage Faculty Award
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Administration
2009-2011 Director, Office of Community Engagement
University of South Florida
University-wide office designed to promote community-based research, service learning, and
effective partnerships between the University and local community. Administrative tasks
involved establishing and staffing the newly created office, developing databases and
work groups, a small grants program, and methods of encouraging and documenting service
learning courses. We also applied for and received Carnegie status as an engaged university.
1998 – 2003 Graduate Director; MA & PhD Programs in Applied
Anthropology; University of South Florida
Combined programs total about 110 graduate students. Administrative responsibilities
include recruitment, admissions, advising, monitoring, curriculum and scheduling, budgeting
and allocating assistantships, internship development, and supervision of program assistant.
1991 – 1997 Chair, Dept. of Anthropology; University of South Florida
The Department of Anthropology at USF offers BA, MA, and PhD degrees, with 19 tenured
or tenure track faculty. The chair has responsibility for fiscal oversight, personnel, and
facilities, as well as leadership in curricular policy, academic values, and pursuit of shared
mission and goals.
Faculty Positions
2001 – 2011 Professor; Department of Anthropology (Emerita)
University of South Florida
1986-2001 Associate Professor; Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
1981-86 Assistant Professor; Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
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Applied/Community Employment.
Summers 1989-1990 Anthropological Researcher; First Computer Concepts, Inc.
Rosebud, South Dakota
This was a subcontract for research on the petition for Federal Acknowledgment of the
Miami Tribe of Indiana; it was part of contract by FCCI with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The work involved extensive archival, oral history, and ethnographic research designed to
verify assertions made by petitioners.
1980-81 Senior Research Associate; Native American Research
Institute; Lawrence, Kansas
NARA was an Indian-owned consulting firm involved in policy analysis, evaluation
research, and technical assistance. I worked on alcohol, tribal leadership, and federal
recognition projects.
1977-80 Ethnohistorian and Community Consultant; City of Kansas
City, Kansas
Sponsored by the municipal Community Development and Historic Preservation programs,
this was a two part study of social history and current conditions in two historic ethnic
neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas. Work resulted in two pictorial monographs, two
slide-tape presentations, and detailed housing assessments and recommendations.
1975-77 Citizen Participation Specialist; Department of Community
Development; City of Kansas City, Kansas
Liaison between neighborhood groups and municipal departments, technical assistance
to neighborhood groups, policy analysis and grant writing
GRANTS:
Using Youth Arts Programs to Increase Academic Achievement and Decrease Delinquent
Behavior in Sulphur Springs. A needs assessment and program evaluation of 3 community
based organizations. $15,000, USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities,
2008-2009.
Home Foreclosures in the Tampa Bay Region. An analysis of data on home foreclosures
over the past four years. $15,000, USF Collaborative for Children, Families and
Communities, 2008-2009. (Co-PI with Elizabeth Strom and Beverly Ward.)
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GRANTS (CONTD.)
Public Housing in Tampa. Research on tenant relocations and impact of redevelopment of
HOPE VI project. $76,000, Sustainable Healthy Communities Thrust program, USF
Graduate School, 2007-2008 (co-PI with Elizabeth Strom and Beverly Ward).
Central Avenue Area Redevelopment Study. Applied research aimed at assessing and
helping to mitigate the impact of planned redevelopment of the Central Avenue district of
Tampa. $15,000, USF Collaborative for Children, Families, and Communities, 2005 (co-PI
with Beverly Ward).
Service Learning for ANG 6676. This is a grant to facilitate several student projects in the
spring ’06 graduate methods course that involve work on the Central Avenue
Redevelopment Impact Assessment. $2,000, USF Collaborative for Children, Families, and
Communities, 2005.
Out of School Time Study, Phase II. This follows the assessment of needs and services, and
involves focus groups with program staff, site visits to 6 programs, and analysis of census
and other data for tracts surrounding the 6 sites. $30,000, City of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Verizon, and United Way., 2005 (co-PI with Beverly Ward & Wendy Hathaway).
Out of School Time Study, Phase I. Assessment of existing services and gaps in access for
out of school care for children between the ages of 5 and 14 in Hillsborough County.
$20,000, Hillsborough County Children’s Board, 2005 (co-PI with Beverly Ward, Shari
Feldman & Wendy Hathaway).
Women’s Housing Issues in Hillsborough County. Review of housing data on and programs
for women of varying ages, family status, and income levels. $2500, Hillsborough County
Commission on the Status of Women, 2004, (co-PI with Beverly Ward).
Deconcentration and Social Capital: Assessing the Impact of Relocation in Three Urban
Neighborhoods. Examination of social networks and adjustment problems of families
dislocated from public housing in Tampa, $225,000, National Science Foundation, 2003 –
(co-PIs are Cheryl Rodriguez and Beverly Ward).
Tampa Metropolitan Comparative Population Survey. Restudy of the 1990 survey by
Stamps, Stamps & Greenbaum, involving analysis of census data and a telephone survey
with sample of black, white, and Latino residents, $15,000, University Center for
Scholarship in Action, 2002-2003 (co-PI with Beverly Ward).
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GRANTS (CONTD.)
Sulphur Springs Neighborhood Engagement. Summer enrichment program for pre-teens at
the Sulphur Springs recreation center, designed to connect them with the history, ecology,
and social networks of the neighborhood. Hillsborough County Children’s Board, $9,000,
summer 2002 (co-PI with Wendy Hathaway).
Sulphur Springs: New Beginnings in an Old Neighborhood. Extension of prior research on
HOPE VI relocatees, this time focusing on a single neighborhood with a large number,
$19,144, USF University Community Initiative, 2001-2002 (co-PI with Cheryl Rodriguez).
Hope VI: Assessing the Impact of Urban Redevelopment. Funds for interviews on
dislocations from Tampa housing projects, $15,000, USF Collaborative for Children,
Families, and Communities, 2000-2001 (co-PI with Cheryl Rodriguez).
Cubans in Tampa: Common Histories, Common Paths. Joint celebration of 100 years of
Cuban mutual aid societies in Ybor City, $24,000, Florida Humanities Council, 1999-2000
(Co-director with Paul Dosal).
Second Century Project. Collaborative research and resource mobilization designed to
enhance the organizational capacity of the Marti-Maceo Society, $1000, USF Latin
American Caribbean Initiative, 1999.
Assessing the Impact of the National Science Foundation’s Urban Systemic Initiative.
Investigation of urban school reform programs in 4 cities (Chicago, El Paso, Memphis,
Miami). $1,117,000 for 30 months, National Science Foundation, 1999 (Co-PI with Kathryn
Borman).
Tampa Afro-Cubans & Buffalo Soldier Sites Survey Project. Support for archival and
archaeological survey in connection with centennial of the Spanish American War. $12,500,
Florida Division of Historical Resources, 1997. [Co-PI with Brent Weisman]
African American Archives. Support to index and prepare archival materials to be placed in
USF Library. $500, USF College of Arts & Sciences, 1996.
Central Avenue Legacies. Support for research, photo exhibit, panel discussion. $24,000,
Florida Council for the Humanites, 1994.
Tampa's African American Heritage. Support for coordination of existing research and
additional oral history interviews. $4900, USF President's Council, 1993.
Afro-Cubans in Ybor City: A Contemporary Perspective. Interview survey. $5300, USF
Research Council, 1988.
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GRANTS (CONTD.)
Effects of Southern Race Laws on Marginal Non-White Populations:Afro-Cubans and
Indians. Support for research expenses. $1800, Wenner Gren Foundation for
Anthropological Research, 1988.
Ybor City's Afro-Cuban Heritage. Support for the development of a pictorial monograph on
Afro-Cubans in Tampa, Florida. $4600, University of South Florida President's Council,
1986.
Mowa Choctaw Tribal Recognition Project. Travel funds to do ethnographic research on the
Mowa Band of Choctaws in McIntosh, Al. $300. USF College of Social & Behavioral
Sciences Research Enhancement Fund, 1986.
Origins and Development of Afro-Cuban Ethnicity in Tampa, Florida. Support for oral
history and archival research. $3400, University of South Florida Research Council, l984.
Afro-Cubans in Tampa: Cultural, Institutional and Historical Determinants of Ethnicity.
Support for preliminary archival research. $635, University of South Florida Research
Enhancement Program, 1984.
West Tampa Revitalization. Planning grant to develop a neighborhood improvement and
resource mobilization strategy. $4600, University of South Florida President's Council, l983.
Mowa Choctaw Status Clarification Research. Funding for research on the origins and
development of the Mowa Choctaw tribe, $26,000, Administration for Native
Americans/DHHS, 1982 (awarded to the tribal council).
A Cultural History of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians. Planning grant to develop a
tribal history. $1000, Committee for the Humanities in Alabama, l982 (awarded to the tribal
council).
Native American Status Clarification Resource Mobilization. Funding to establish a
consultant network, disseminate information, and provide research assistance to
unrecognized Indians. $155,000, Administration for Native Americans/DHHS, l981-82
(written with James Wherry, Native American Research Associates, Lawrence, Ks.).
Afro-American Heritage in Wyandotte County. Funding for oral and archival historical
research and development of a slide-tape presentation. $24,700. Kansas Committee for the
Humanities, l980.
Strawberry Hill: The Evolution of a Slavic-American Community. Funding for oral history
project and slide-tape presentation, $15,600, Kansas Committee for the Humanities, 1978.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Blaming the Poor: The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images of Poverty.
Rutgers University Press, forthcoming 2015.
Marriage is No Cure for Poverty, ) Al Jazeera America Opinion, February 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/2/marriage-is-no-cure-for-poverty.html
Florida's Lopsided Cuban Embrace, ) Al Jazeera America Opinion, January 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/1/floridas-lopsided-cuban-embrace.html
We Don't need a Third Bush Presidency, ) Al Jazeera America Opinion, December 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/12/jeb-bush-president2016florida.html
Rick Scott's Policies are Dangerous for Florida, ) Al Jazeera America Opinion, November 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/11/florida-gubernatorialelection2014cristscott.html
Debunking the Pathology of Poverty, ) Al Jazeera America Opinion, March 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/3/culture-of-
povertysocialwelfarepaulryanaffluenza.html
Restore Voting Rights to Ex-Felons, Al Jazeera America Opinion, February 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/voting-rights-
felondisenfranchisementericholdercriminaljustice.html
Obama's Promise Zones: A Weak Brew of Recycled Ingredients, Al Jazeera America Opinion,
January 2014, http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/barack-obama-promisezones.html
What War on Poverty? Al Jazeera America Opinion, January 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/war-on-poverty-lbj50yearslater.html
Still the 'American Dream'? Views of Home Ownership in the Wake of the Foreclosure Crisis.
In Margarethe Kusenbach & Krista E. Paulsen (eds.) Home: International Perspectives on
Culture, Identity, and Belonging. Peter Lang Academic Research (2013):49-72 (second author
with Elizabeth Strom).
Afro-Cubans in Tampa. In Miriam Jimenez Roman & Juan Flores (eds.) The Afro-Latin@
Reader: History and Culture in the United States. Duke University Press (2010): 51-61.
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PUBLICATIONS (CONTD):
Displacement and Deconcentration in Tampa. Anthropology News 49(9):10-14, 2008. (first
author with Cheryl Rodriguez, Beverly Ward & Ashley Spalding.
Deconcentration and Social Capital: Contradictions of a Poverty Alleviation Policy, Journal of
Poverty 12(2):201-228, 2008. (first author with Wendy Hathaway, Cheryl Rodriguez, Ashley
Spalding, Beverly Ward).
Poverty and the willful destruction of social capital: Displacement and dispossession in African
American communities. Rethinking Marxism 20(1):42-54, 2008.
‘We all lived here together’: The hidden topic of race between white and black Cubans in
Tampa. In Andrea Herrera (ed.) Cuba: The ‘Idea of a Nation’ Displaced. SUNY Press
(2007) [first author, with Linda Callejas].
Afro-Cubans. New Encylopedia of Southern Culture. Vol. 6: Ethnicity. University of North
Carolina Press, 2007.
Comments on Katrina. City & Community 5(2):109-113, 2006.
[essay, part of a published debate with Xavier de Souza Briggs and Sudhir Venkatesh about
relocation vs. redevelopment of low income neighborhoods in New Orleans].
Anthropology at Home Can Be Successful. Anthropology News 47: 1, January 2006, p 18.
Fernando Ortiz. Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature, D. H. Figueredo (ed.), Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2006, pp. 597-8.
Social capital and deconcentration: Theoretical and policy paradoxes of the HOPE VI program,
North American Dialogue 5(1):9-13, 2002.
More than Black: Afro-Cubans in Tampa, Florida. University Press of Florida, 2002
[winner of the 2003 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize; 2003 Harry T & Harriet
V. Moore Award; American Library Association, CHOICE Outstanding Academic
Books of 2003.]
Ethnography and public housing: HOPE VI in Tampa. Anthropology News, 42(1):31, 2001
[first author with Cheryl Rodriguez]
Missionary Zeal and High Tech Work on Florida's Space Coast. Anthropology of Work
Review 22(1):22-27, 2001. (3rd author, with E. Puccia, K. Borman, & K. Yelvington).
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PUBLICATIONS (CONTD):
Race: The Unspoken Divide among Hispanics. Hispanic Outlook 10: 84, 2000.
Central Avenue Legacies: African American Heritage in Tampa, Florida. Practicing
Anthropology 20, Winter 1998 [special issue edited by S. Greenbaum and C. Rodriguez].
Urban Immigrants in the South: Some Recent Data and an Historical Case Study. In Carole
Hill & Pat Beaver (eds.), Culture Diversity in the US South: Anthropological Contributions
to a Region in Transition. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998.
The Role of Ethnography in Linkage with Communities: Identifying and Assessing
Neighborhoods Needs and Strengths In Mario Hernandez (ed.), Promoting Cultural Compe-
tence in Systems of Care, Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Co., 1998.
Culture and School Based Policy Issues. In James Paul (ed.), Ethical Policy Making in
Local Schools, Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Co. 1997. [first author with
Yolanda Martinez & Marlena Y. Baber.]
The Southeast Culture Area. In Molly R. Mignon (ed.) Native North Americans: An
Ethnohistorical Approach, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. (2nd ed), 1997. [second author with
Brent Weisman]
Multicultural Education, in The Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, D.Levinson & M.
Ember (eds.) American Reference Publishing Co, 1996. [second author with Nancy
Greenman]
Multiculturalism. In Mark Rehn (ed.) The Encycopedia of Multiculturalism, Salem Press,
1994:1179-87.
Mutual Aid Societies and Voluntary Associations. In Mark Rehn (ed.) The Encycopedia of
Multiculturalism, Salem Press, 1994:1219-1222.
Housing Abandonment in Inner City Black Neighborhoods. In R. Rotenburg & G.
McDonogh (eds.) Cultural Meaning of Urban Space, Bergin Garvey, 1993.
Economic Cooperation among Urban Industrial Workers: Rationality and Community in an
Afro-Cuban Mutual Aid Society, 1904-1927. Social Science History 17(2), 1993:173-93.
Multiculturalism and Political Correctness: The Challenge of Applied Anthropology in
Curricular Politics. Human Organization 51(4):408-411, 1992.
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PUBLICATIONS (CONTD):
A Comparison of African American and Euro-American Mutual Aid Societies. Journal of
Ethnic Studies 19(3):95-119, 1991.
What's in a Label? Identity Problems of Southern Indian Tribes. Journal of Ethnic Studies
19(2):107-126, 1991.
Marketing Ybor City: Race, Ethnicity and Historic Preservation in the Sunbelt. City and
Society 4(1):58-76, 1990.
Comparative Study of Blacks, Whites and Hispanics in the Tampa Metropolitan Area.
Institute on Black Life, Univ. of South Florida, 1990. [third author with David & Miriam
Stamps]
Afro-Cubans in Tampa Florida: Legacies of Jose Marti and Antonio Maceo, Cuban
Heritage, 1(2): 5-15, 1988.
Afro-Cubans in Ybor City: A Centennial History. Sociedad La Union Marti-Maceo: Tampa,
Florida, 1986.
Afro-Cubans in Exile: Tampa, Florida, 1886-1984. Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, 15(1):
59-72, 1985.
In Search of Lost Tribes: Applied Anthropology and the Federal Acknowledegment Process.
Human Organization 44(4): 361-367, 1985.
The Preservation of Strawberry Hill: Continuity and Adaptation in an Urban Ethnic
Neighborhood. Ethnic Groups, 6: 275-292, 1985.
The Ecology of Social Networks in Four Urban Neighborhoods. Social Networks 7(1):
47-76, 1985. [second author with Paul Greenbaum]
Urban Anthropology and Homelessness in the United States, Urban News 6(1): 4-5, l985.
Integrating Ethnographic and Quantitative Research: A Reply to Kleinfeld with Implications
for American Indian Self-Determination. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 15(2):
171-173, 1984. [first author with Paul Greenbaum]
Cultural Differences, Nonverbal Regulation, and Classroom Interaction: Sociolinguistic
Interference in American Indian Education. Peabody Journal of Education, 61(1): 16-33,
1983. [second author with Paul Greenbaum]
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PUBLICATIONS (CONTD):
Bridging Ties at the Neighborhood Level. Social Networks 5(4):367-384, 1982.
Territorial Personalization: Group Identity and Social Interaction in a Slavic-American
Neighborhood. Environment and Behavior, 13(5): 557-573, l981. [second author with Paul
Greenbaum].
The Afro-American Community in Kansas City, Kansas: A History. Kansas City, Kansas
Department of Community Development, l980, 108 pages.
Strawberry Hill: A Neighborhood Study. Kansas City, Kansas Department of Community
Development, l978, 78 pages.
Book Reviews:
Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida (Gary Mormino)
Gaineville, FL: University Press of Florida, American Historical Review October, 2007.
La Lucha por Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami. (Miguel A. de la Torre)
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, American Studies 47:2:141-142. 2006.
Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition. (Stephan
Palmié).Durham, NC: Duke University Press, American Anthropologist 106(3):630-631, 2004.
The Osage Ceremonial Dance In'-Lon-Schka (Alice Anne Callahan); Winged Words:
American Indian Writers Speak (Laura Coltelli, ed.); War Dance: Plains Indian Musical
Performance (William K. Powers). Western Historical Quarterly 23(3):381-2, 1992.
Women of the South: An Anthropological Perspective. (Holly Mathews, ed.) Florida
Historical Quarterly, July 1991.
Like Beads on a String: A Culture History of the Seminole Indians in North Penninsular
Florida. (Brent Weisman) Florida Historical Quarterly, 1989.
Key West: Cigar City, USA. (Glenn Westfall), Tampa BayHistory, 1987.
Urban Neighborhoods, Networks, and Families: New Forms for OldValues. (Peggy
Wireman), Contemporary Sociology, 1986.
Cuban Americans: Masters of Survival. (Jose Llanes), American Anthropologist, 87(2):
461, 1985.
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My Work among the Florida Seminoles. (James L. Glenn), Tampa Bay History, 6(1): 59-61,
1984.
Neighborhoods and Urban Development. (Anthony Downs), Urban News, 4(2-3): 8-10,
l983.
Urban and Regional Planning in an Age of Austerity. (D. Clavel,J. Forestor & W.G.
Goldsmith, eds.), Urban News, 3(2): 9-10, l982.
PAPERS PRESENTED:
Moynihan Was Wrong. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems,
San Francisco, August 11, 2014.
Challenging the Dispersal Consensus, Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association,
Chicago, March 5, 2009.
The Sad Slow Death of Central Avenue: Extirpating Blackness from the Urban Core, Annual
Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 21, 2008.
Deconcentration and Displacement: Scattering the Poor under the HOPE VI Program. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, March 27, 2008.
Lessons from Collaborative Relocation Planning, Crossroads II, Institute for Community
Research, Hartford, CT, June 8, 2007.
Ameliorating Displacement: Virtues and Contradictions of Collaborative Relocation Planning,
Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida, March 29, 2007
Scattering New Orleans’ Evacuees: The Politics of Neoconservative Housing Policies,
Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada, March 30,
2006
The Ethnography of Leases, Lies and Loss. Special session honoring Carol Stack, Annual
Meeting of the Society for the Study of North America; Merida, Mexico, May 6, 2005.
[Cheryl Rodriguez, second author]
Afro-Cubans in Florida’s Civil Rights Movement. USF St. Petersburg Florida Studies
Center Special Conference on the Civil Rights Movement in Florida, June 3, 2004.
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PAPERS PRESENTED: (CONTD)
Police containment in public housing: Episodes in the war on the poor in Tampa, Florida.
Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 2003
[second author with Cheryl Rodriguez].
‘White folks are trying to take our building again:’ The continuing struggle to maintain a
contested Afro-Cuban heritage in Tampa. New Orleans, Annual Meetings of the American
Anthropological Association, November 2002 [second author with Linda Callejas]
Social capital and deconcentration: Theoretical and policy paradoxes of the HOPE VI
program. Windsor, Canada, Conference on Social Justice, sponsored by the Canadian
Society of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology/Society for the study of North America,
May 5, 2002.
Undeveloping African American communities: Legacies of Urban Renewal and prognoses of
HOPE VI. Bartow, Florida, Second annual conference on African American Heritage in
Peninsular Florida, February 2002.
Poverty and the willful destruction of capital: Displacement and dispossession in African
American communities. Washington, DC, Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological
Association, November 2001.
Black Cuban/Black American: Evelio Grillo and other Afro-Cubans in Tampa during Jim Crow.
Washington, DC, Annual meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, September 2001.
Housing reform in the 21st century: HOPE VI and the end of public housing as we know it.
Merida, Mexico, annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 2001.
Afro-Cuban Legacies: At Home in Tampa Bay. Bartow, Florida, First annual conference on
African American Heritage in Peninsular Florida, February 2001.
HOPE VI: New Urbanism or New Urban Renewal. Poster session, San Francisco, Annual
meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Dec. 2000 (with Shari Feldman,
Cheryl Rodriguez, Linda Hose).
We all lived there together: Black and white Cubans in Ybor City. Miami, Florida, Annual
meeting of the Cuban Research Institute, October 2000. (with Linda Callejas)
Mediating intergenerational, racial, and ethnic divisions: An applied perspective. San
Francisco, Annual meeting of Society for Applied Anthropology, March 24, 2000 (with
Linda Callejas).
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PAPERS PRESENTED: (CONTD)
Studying school reform in four urban districts: The NSF USI Project. Evaluating
Educational Reform. Traverse City, Michigan, July 16, 1999.
Gender and race in Afro-Cuban/African American relations in Tampa. Miami, Florida.
Cuban Research Institute, June 26, 1999.
Afro-Cubans in Tampa: Jose Marti vs. Jim Crow. USF Institute on Black Life, Research
Conference IV, March 25, 1999.
Historic Preservation and the Ghosts of Urban Renewal: Dilemmas of an Afro-Cuban
Mutual Aid Society. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, San Juan
Puerto Rico, April 24, 1998.
Cubans are a Model Minority, but only if they are White. USF Institute on Black Life,
Research Conference III, Tampa, Florida, March 26, 1998.
The Role of Ethnographic Research in Systems of Care. National Training Institute:
Developing Local Systems of Care in a Managed Care Environment. Traverse City, MI,
June 13, 1996.
Central Avenue Legacies. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Baltimore, MD, March 30, 1996.
Afro-Cubans in Tampa: Transforming Invisibility in a Post Jim Crow Community. Annual
Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society. Baton Rouge, LA, Feb. 17, 1996.
Ethnographic Research in Urban Minority Communities: Assessing Resources and
Evaluating Strengths. Second Annual Annie E. Casey Foundation Research and Evaluation
Conference. Baltimore, MD, Sept. 27, 1995.
What is an Indian? Race and Reason in the Federal Acknowledgment Process. Annual
Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, Tampa, FL, May 19, 1995
Recruiting and Retaining Minority Graduate Students. Annual Meetings of the Society for
Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM, March 30, 1995.
Ethnographic Research in the Casey Urban Children's Mental Health Initiative. Annual
Systems of Care Conference; Florida Mental Health Institute. Tampa, FL, March 6, 1995.
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PAPERS PRESENTED: (CONTD)
Training Native Ethnographers. Annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Cancun, Mexico, April 13, 1994.
Race and Ethnicity in BAR's Definition of Indian. Pequot Conference on Northeastern
Ethnohistory and Federal Recognition. Mystic, Connecticut, Oct. 22, 1993.
Afro-Cubans in Tampa: A View from the Other Side. Center for Policy Reseach/Center for
Caribbean and Latin American Studies, Florida International University, Miami, April, 14,
1993.
La Union Marti-Maceo: An Afro-Cuban Mutual Aid Society in 20th Century Florida,
Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Nov. 6, 1992.
Iroquois Contributions to the US Constitution: The Politics of Indian Political Systems,
Multicultural Festival, Brooklyn College, Nov. 12, 1992.
Afro-Cuban American Families, Second Annual Conference on Black Families in America,
USF Institute on Black Life, Tampa, Florida, April 12, 1991.
Housing Conditions and Attitudes in Black, White and Mixed Neighborhoods in Tampa,
USF Provost's Brain Event, Tampa, Florida, October 7, 1991.
Redistributive Exchange in a Highly Mobile Community: Costs and Benefits in an
Afro-Cuban Mutual Aid Society in Florida, 1904-1927. Sunbelt Social Network
Conference, Tampa, Florida, February 16, 1991.
Housing Abandonment in Inner City Black Neighborhoods: Cultural, Structural and
Demographic Explanations. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological
Association, New Orleans, Dec. 1, 1990.
Tribal Communities in the Modern World. Special conference, Crisis in Indian Policy,
sponsored by Wellesely College and the Newbury Library, Wellesely, Massachusetts,
November 10, 1990.
Federal Acknowledgment and the Quest for Tribal Community. Annual meeting of the
American Society for Ethnohistory, Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 1989.
The Federal Acknowledgment Process: A Ten Year Review. Symposium oraganized for the
annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida, April 22, l988.
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PAPERS PRESENTED: (CONTD)
Identity Problems of Indians in the Post-Removal South. Annual meeting of the Society for
Applied Anthropology, Tampa, Florida, April 22, l988.
Rebuilding Cities: Roles and Uses for Urban Anthropological Research. Invited session,
Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois,
November 1987. (co-chaired with Stan Hyland, Memphis State)
Afro-Cubans in Ybor City: History, Ethnicity, and Sunbelt Revitalization. Annual Meetings
of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 1987.
Afro-Cuban Ethnicity in Tampa, Florida: Legacies of Jose Marti and Antonio Maceo.
Seminar on the Process of Immigration to North American Society. Research exchange
between the University of Havana and SUNY/Binghamton, Havana, Cuba, June 1987.
Historical Overview of Black Cubans in Tampa. Humanities Symposium on A Quarter
Century of Cuban Exile Culture. Florida International University, Miami, Florida,
September 1986.
The Origins of the Mowa Band of Choctaws: Documentary and Oral Accounts. Annual
Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Association. Wrightsville Beach, NC, April, 1986.
Homelessness in America: Social Costs of Military Spending. Fortress America: A
Symposium on Militarism. Tampa, Florida, February, 1986.
Afro-Cuban Lifelines: Migration, Networks and Community Structure. Annual Meeting of
the Oral History Association. Pensacola, Florida, October 1985.
Self-Help, Mutual Aid, and External Dependency: A Tale of Two Organizations. Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Denver, Colorado, November 1984.
The Preservation of Strawberry Hill: Continuity and Change in an Urban Ethnic
Neighborhood. International Conference on Built Form and Culture Research. Lawrence,
Kansas, October 1984.
Afro-Cubans in Ybor City. Second Annual Anthony J. Pizzo Lecture, University of South
Florida Library, November 1984.
The Structure of Social Networks in a Multi-Ethnic Inner-City Neighborhood: Segregation,
Reciprocation, and Differential Effects of Proximity. Sunbelt Social Network Conference.
Phoenix, Arizona, February 1984.
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PAPERS PRESENTED: (CONTD)
Afro-Cubans in Tampa, Florida: Conflicting Identities and Ambiguous Boundaries in Local
Ethnic Relations. Annual Meetingsof the American Anthropological Association.
Chicago, Illinois, November 1983.
The Federal Acknowledgement Project: A New Chapter in Applied Ethnohistory. Annual
Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory. Nashville, Tennessee, October 1982.
A Native American Status Clarification Project. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology. Lexington, Kentucky, March 1982.
Bridging Ties at the Neighborhood Level: Weak or Multiplex? Sunbelt Social Network
Conference. Tampa, Florida, February 1982.
Patterns of Sociometric Choices in an Urban Ethnic Neighborhood. Sunbelt Social Network
Conference. Tampa, Florida, February 1982.
Residential Proximity as a Factor in Social Network Formation: The Implications for
Organizing Urban Neighborhoods. Sunbelt Social Network Conference. February, 1981.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Suggestions for Easing the Relocation Process of Central Park Village Residents. Tampa
Housing Authority, June 2006.
Hillsborough County Out of School Time: Analysis of Needs and Gaps, Phase II Report,
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County; Susan Greenbaum, Beverly Ward, Shari Feldman
& Wendy Hathaway, June 2006, xx pages.
Hillsborough County Out of School Time: Analysis of Needs and Gaps, Phase I Report,
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County; Susan Greenbaum, Beverly Ward, Shari Feldman &
Wendy Hathaway, May 2005, 52 pages.
Housing Issues for Women in Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County Commission on the
Status of Women. [with Wendy Hathaway & Beverly Ward], October 2004, 36 pages.
Response to “A Decade of HOPE VI: Draft Policy Report” by Urban Institute and Brookings
Institution., 2003, 8 pages.
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TECHNICAL REPORTS (CONTD):
Afro-Cuban Patriots in Tampa during the Spanish American War. Florida Division of
Historical Resources, 1998, 50 pages.
Expert Witness Report, Miami Tribe of Indiana v. Bruce Babbitt, Native American Rights
Fund, 1996, 24 pages.
Overview of the Richmond and Houston Ethnographic Studies: Conclusions and
Recommendations. Annie E. Casey Foundation Urban Children's Mental Health Initiative,
1995, 39 pages.
Affidavit concerning my role in BAR/BIA review of Indiana Miami petition, and general
critique of contracting and review process, submitted to Native American Legal Rights
Fund, 1993, 12 pages.
Comments on proposed changes to 25 CFR 83, procedures for establishing that an Indian
group exists as a tribe, submitted to Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1991, 13 pages.
Race, Ethnicity and Culture. Essay and bibliography designed to facilitate revision of
syllabi for multicultural curriculum. USF Center for Teaching Enhancement, 1991,
73 pages.
Historical, Social and Political Development of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of
Indiana, Branch of Acknowledgment and Research, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1990, 96
pages.
Hillborough County Planning Dept., review and recommendations concerning
comprehensive needs assessment, 1990, 5 pages.
Baseball in Ybor City. Ybor City Folk Festival Catalogue, 2 pages, 1989.
Afro-Cuban-American Music. Ybor City Folk Festival Catalogue, 1 page, 1989 (with
Cheryl Rodriguez).
Ybor City: A Community of Emigrants. Ybor City Folk Festival Catalogue, 1 page, 1989.
Social and Political Organization of the Mowa Band of Choctaws. Deposition for
Congressional hearings on Mowa recognition, Mowa Choctaw Tribal Council, 19 pages,
1989.
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TECHNICAL REPORTS (CONTD):
Review and analysis of the Florida Tribe of Creek Indians petition for Federal
Acknowledgment. Native American Research Fund, Washington, D.C., 1988, 27 pages.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachussetts: Issues affecting efforts at status
clarification. Orbis Associates, Washington, D.C. 22 pages, (co-authored with James
Wherry), 1988.
Abenaki Tribe of Vermont: Issues affecting efforts at status clarification. Orbis Associates,
Washington, D.C. 35 pages, (co-authored with James Wherry), 1988.
Samish Tribe of Washington: Issues affecting efforts at status clarification. Orbis
Asssociates, Washington, D.C. 28 pp, 1988.
Mowa Choctaw Communities. Supplement to narrative petition for federal acknowledgment
as an Indian tribe. Mowa Band of Choctaws, McIntosh, Alabama, 36 pages, 1988.
Narrative History of the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians. Petition for federal
acknolwedgment as an Indian tribe. (co-author with Jacqueline A. Matte) Mowa Band of
Choctaws, McIntosh, Alabama, 140 pages, l987.
Cigar-making in Ybor City; Los Trompos; catalogue entries, Second Annual Ybor City Folk
Festival, Tampa, Florida, 5 pages, 1987.
Comments and recommendations concerning the Lumbee draft petition
for Federal Acknowledgment. Lumbee River Legal Services, Pembroke, N.C., 16 pages,
1986.
Recommendations for research needed to satisfy the Federal Acknowledgement criteria.
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians; McIntosh, Alabama, 35 pages, 1986.
Net-making; Kite-making; Cubans in Ybor City; Afro-Cuban Recipes; catalogue entries,
Ybor City Centennial Folk Festival, Tampa, Florida, 6 pages, 1986.
Recommendations for research needed to satisfy the Federal Acknowledgement criteria.
West Florida Creek Indian Council; Pensacola, Florida, 7 pages, 1985.
Recommendations on ways to improve the Federal Acknowledgment Process. US Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Branch of Federal Acknowledgment; Washington, D.C., 5 pages, 1985.
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TECHNICAL REPORTS (CONTD):
Proposal for a Neighborhood-Based Exterior Improvement and Employment Training
Program. West Tampa Revitalization Corporation; Tampa, Florida, 101 pages, 1983.
Evaluation of the Title IV-A Pre-School Program, Omaha Tribe; Macy, Nebraska, 15 pages,
1981 (with Paul Greenbaum).
Native American Alcohol Use: A Topical Annotated Bibliography. Indian Health Services,
USET Area; Nashville,TN, 66 pages, 1981.
Evaluation of Native American Alcoholism Programs in the USET Area. Indian Health
Services, USET Area; Nashville, TN, 48 pages, l981.
Nonverbal Communication in the Native American Classroom: Cultural Differences as
Barriers to Educational Equity. Native American Research Institute; Lawrence, KS, 14
pages, 1981 (with Paul Greenbaum).
Demographic Change and the Dual Housing Market: Residential Abandonment in the
Northeast Area. Kansas City, Ks. Department of Community Development; 19 pages, 1980.
EDITING & REVIEW:
Co-editor (with Cheryl Rodriguez), special issue of Practicing Anthropology 20 (Winter)
1998.
Editor, Connections, journal of the International Society for Social Network Analysis, 1987 -
1990.
Editor, Urban News, newsletter of the Society for Urban Anthropology, 1983-1985;
contributing editor for SUA in American Anthropological Association's newsletter,
1985-1988.
Proposal Review, Administration for Native Americans, U.S. DHHS, December 1985,
March 1986, June 1986, March 1987 (panel review of proposals from Indian tribes for
research, social and economic development project funding); Wenner Grenn Foundation for
Anthropological Research, 1983; NSF Law and Social Sciences Program, 1984, 1985, 1987,
1988.; NSF SES Sociology 2006, NSF Dissertation Research 2007; NEH 2002.
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Manuscript review:
Broadview Press 2005; University of Alabama Press, 1998; University of Florida Press,
1989, 2003; University of Oklahoma Press, l983; University of Texas Press, 1995, 1996;
Urban Institute Press 2003;
American Anthropologist 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; City and Society, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1991; Environment & Planning, 2005; Human Organization, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993,
1994, 1998, 1999, 2002; 2006; Urban Anthropology, 1989; Journal of Personal & Social
Relationships, 1991; Journal of International Education, 1991; Social Science History,
1992; American Sociological Review, 1994; Northeastern Ethnohistory, 1995; Thought &
Action, 2005, 2006; Transforming Anthropology 2006; Sociological Perspectives 2007.
CONSULTING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County; conducted research and presented results on the
status of out-of-school programs for elementary and middle school youth in the county,
2005-2006.
Hillsborough County Commission on the Status of Women; conducted research and
presented results on subject of women’s housing problems, 2005.
Ybor City Museum Society, Tampa, Florida; participated in focus group on redesign of
museum exhibits, 1998.
Institute on Black Life, USF, Tampa, Florida; developed guidelines and criteria for a small
grants program, co-organized a research conference, 1997-98.
Florida Mental Health Institute, USF, Tampa, Florida; developed an ethnographic survey to
serve as a component in a 5 year-evaluation of four neighborhood sites (Richmond, Houston,
Miami, Boston) taking part in the Annie E. Casey Urban Initiative, 1993-96.
Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C., analysis of evidence for Miami Indians of
Indiana law suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs, expert witness, 1992-97.
USF Center for Teaching Enhancement, development of resource guide for General
Education curriculum, workshop facilitator, spring and fall, 1992.
First Computer Concepts, Inc., in depth analysis of the Miami Nation of Indiana petition for
Federal Acknowledgment, 1989-90.
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CONSULTING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONTD):
Hillsborough County Planning Dept., review and recommendations concerning
comprehensive needs assessment, 1990.
Seminole Tribe of Florida, 1989-90, research consultation on FEH sponsored audiovisual
presentation on Seminole traditional medicine.
Ybor City Historical Society, research coordination for the Ybor City Folk Festival, 1989.
Native American Rights Fund; Washington, D.C., 1988, research assistance to the Florida
Tribe of Eastern Creek Indians.
Orbis Associates; Washington, D.C., 1987, research design, data collection, and analysis for
an evaluation of status clarification projects funded by the Administration for Native
Americans.
Lumbee River Legal Services; Pembroke, N.C., 1987, on-site
consultation concerning petition for federal recognition.
Ybor City Centennial Commission; Tampa, Florida, 1986, 1987, 1989 fieldwork and
consultation for an ethnic folk festival.
La Union Marti-Maceo; Tampa, Florida, 1984 - present, assistance in obtaining federal
non-profit status, coordination between board members and historic preservation officials in
Ybor City, public relations and historical research.
Lightfoot Films, Inc.; Atlanta, Georgia, 1984, consultation on script development for a
documentary film on ethnic groups in the Ybor City district of Tampa.
Branch of Federal Acknowledgement, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; l984, invited
conference on ways to speed the Federal Acknowledegment process and alleviate burdens on
petitioning groups.
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians; McIntosh Alabama, l982-present, ethnographic research
and assisting in the writing of a petition for Federal Acknowledgement as an Indian tribe.
West Tampa Revitalization Corporation; 1983-1984, assistance in the development of a
neighborhood improvement strategy.
West Florida Creek Indian Council; Pensacola, Florida, 1982 & 1984, advice on research
design and data collection for a petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian tribe.
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CONSULTING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONTD):
Omaha Tribe; Macy, Nebraska, 1981, assistance in the development of a proposal for tribal
council reorganization and land restoration project.
Omaha Indian Center; Omaha, Nebraska, 1981, assistance in writing a proposal for an
economic development project.
Kickapoo Tribe; Horton, Kansas, 1981, assistance with fiscal procedures and reporting.
Southeastern Michigan Inter-Tribal Association; Warren, Michigan, 1980, board training.
Saginaw Inter-Tribal Association; Saginaw, Michigan, 1980, project planning and
evaluation.
Genesee Valley Indian Association; Flint, Michigan, l980, project planning and evaluation.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Undergraduate
Introductory Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
Urban Anthropology
History of Anthropological Theory
North American Indians
Ethnic Diversity in the United States
Graduate
Quantitative Methods
Advanced Quantitative Methods/Multivariate Analysis
Contemporary Applied Anthropology
Methods in Applied Anthropology
Community Development and Anthropology
Neighborhood Preservation
Ethnicity and Public Policy
Grassroots Organizations
Native American Policy Issues
Social Organization
Urban Anthropology
Urban Poverty
Field Methods; Rapid Ethnographic Assessment
Summer Seminar in writing and research
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Anthropological Association
Society for Applied Anthropology, fellow
Society for the Anthropology of North America
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Society for Urban, National, Transnational/Global Anthropology (past president)