M.A., Folklore/Anthropology. University of California at Berkeley (1985)

B.F.A., Textile History. California College of Arts and Crafts (1979)

Diploma in Art Education, Bristol University, England (1973)

Research Associate. Department of Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences.
Ethnographic research and fieldwork (2006-2008)

Supervisor of Traditional Arts Program. Department of Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences.
Responsibilities included ethnographic research, fieldwork, publications, student internships, exhibit planning (interpreting culture), community outreach and audience development, public programs, artist residencies, databases on local ethnic artists and organizations, lectures, and travel tour groups (1983-2006)

Folklife Coordinator. Festival at the Lake (annual cultural heritage festival), Oakland, California (1982-87)

Teaching Assistant to Professor Alan Dundes. "Introduction to Folklore," University of California at Berkeley (Fall semester, 1983)

Guest Curator. "Youth Vote 1973" exhibit, Oakland Museum (1980)

Museum Intern, Oakland Museum.
Curatorial work with the costume and textile collections (1979-80)

Art Teacher. Grades 9-12, Escola Americana, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1974-77)

California Indian Annual Gatherings. Documenting annual celebrations and cultural observances of California Indian tribes in preparation for book Gatherings (current)

Costa Rica: Documenting textile traditions of the Boruca and Guaymi Indians (2003)

Yucatán, Mexico: Documentation of museum textiles (2002)

Moloka'i, Hawaii. Documenting regional hula traditions (2002)

Northern California: Fieldwork and research on calendric festivals and celebrations of immigrant groups (1998-99)

Ecuador. Documenting indigenous Andean textiles and costumes in the Otavalo region (1998)

Western Turkey: Documenting carpet-weaving in village homes in the Ayvacik and Manisa regions (1992-97)

Highland Guatemala: Documenting backstrap weaving traditions and the annual celebrations of All Saints Day and Dia de los Muertos in the Mam Indian village of Todos Santos Cuchamatan (1992)

Australia: Fieldwork at Hopevale Aborigine Community in northern Queensland, on the development of cultural tourism (1989-92)

Documentation of 20th century gravestones, Havasupai Indians, Arizona (1987)

Documentation of 17th and 18th century gravestones, southern England (1987)

Documentation of 19th century gravestones, Hispanic and Pueblo, New Mexico (1987)

Four consecutive summers of archaeological fieldwork at Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, Virginia (17th century Colonial site directed by Dr. James Deetz, UC Berkeley) (1983-86)

Six weeks at Cape Town University, South Africa. Documentation and research on gravestones of Africans and Europeans (1984)

"Xocolatl in the Supermarket: Mexico's Chocolate Heritage." Public lecture, California Academy of Sciences (2006)

"Womens' Weaving Cooperatives in Turkey." Members' lecture, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (2003)

Panel participant, "Race, Racism and Identity: A National Meeting of Museums." Sponsored by the Field Museum, Chicago (2003)

Lecture tour in Mexico, "Hidden Treasures of the Yucatan" for Academy members, with co-leader Dr. Richard Hansen. Focused on Pre-Columbian art and architecture (2002)

"A Textile Detective in Mesoamerica." Slide lecture for students at International House, University of California at Berkeley, as part of Latin Heritage Month (2001)

"California Indian Gatherings." Slide lecture for Department of Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences (2001)

"Pre-Columbian Costumes" and "Mayan Textile Technology." Lectures part of tour "Mayan Sculptural Odyssey" through Central America for members of the California Academy of Sciences and the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, with co-leader Dr. Richard Hansen (2001)

Lecture tour in Mexico, "The Route of Cortes" with co-leader Dr. Richard Hansen (2000)

"Do You Really Want to Go on a Boar Hunt?: The Pros and Cons of Cultural Tourism in Australia." Slide lecture, Members Lecture Series, California Academy of Sciences (1999)

"DOBAG Weavers: The Untold Story." Slide lecture, Palo Alto Art Center (1998)

"An Anthropologist Looks at Turkish Carpets." Slide lecture, San Francisco Rug Society (1998)

"The Story Behind the Book: Fieldwork in Western Turkey." Slide lecture, Return to Tradition Gallery, San Francisco (1998)

"From Laos to America: Continuity and Change in Hmong Textiles." Slide lecture, Members Lecture Series, California Academy of Sciences (1996)

"Turkish Folk Art." Three-week lecture tour visiting archaeological sites, artists, and museums throughout Turkey, for members of the California Academy of Sciences (1994)

"Breathing New Life into Old Traditions: Carpet Weaving Co-operatives in Western Turkey." Slide lecture for members of the California Academy of Sciences (1992)

"The Contemporary Native American Pow Wow." Lecture for the California Arts Project, State Department of Education (1991)

"The Bay Area Native American Community." Workshop for elementary school teachers, San Francisco Unified School District (1991)

"Public Sector Folklore in the Golden State." Panel participant; the American Folklore Society meetings, Oakland, California (1990)

"Living Folkways." Lecture for the San Francisco School District's three-week SumHumanities Institute on Cultural Diversity for high school teachers (1990)

Panelist, session on Public Sector Folklore, annual meeting of the California Folklore Society, Santa Rosa, CA (1990)

"The Folklore of Nutrition." Guest lecturer at Dr. Katherine Milton's course on DietAnthropology, UC Berkeley (1989)

"Documenting Interpretive Programs." Workshop session, Western States Folk Arts Co-ordinators' annual meetings, Fife Folklore Conference, Logan, Utah (1988)

"Folk Art Programs and the Local Community." The Metropolitan Musem, New York. Lectwas part of a three-day workshop "Folklife in Museums" for museum professionals (1988)

"Folklorists in Museums." Paper for the annual conference of the American Folklore Society, Alburquerque, New Mexico (1987)

"The Anthropological Approach to the Study of Costume." Paper for the Costume Society of America symposium on ethnographic costume, San Francisco (1987)

"Balancing History and Ethnography in Museum Programs." Paper for the annual conference of the California Committee for the Promotion of History, Bakersfield, California (1986)

"Cultural Conservation." Panel participant, seminar on Hmong Textiles, Oakland Museum (1986)

"A Museum Folklife Program in a Multi-Cultural Urban Community: A Study at the California Academy of Sciences." MA thesis, UC Berkeley. Examines the function of a folklife program as a vehicle for expressing ethnic identity. Discusses performance as communication, folklorismus, cultural pluralism, ethnic stereotypes, the social and psychological benefits to participants, and folklife conservation (1985)

"Folk Costume." Paper for the Western Regional Folk Festival, San Francisco (1984)

"Immigrant Folk Costume." Paper for the Costume Society of America, San Francisco (1984)

"Applied Folklore: What Do You Do in the Real World?" Panel participant, annual conference of the California Folklore Society, San Francisco (1984)

Book in progress: American Indian Gatherings in Northern California

"History Underfoot: The Academy's Millstones." Wild California 56:4 (Fall 2003)

Return to Tradition: The Revitalization of Turkish Village Carpets. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998

Honoring the Ancestors: The Woodcarvings of Claude Lockhart Clark. San Francisco: The California Academy of Sciences, 1997

Mayko's Story: A Hmong Textile Artist in California. San Francisco: The California Academy of Sciences, 1996

Hmong Storycloths. Teaching kit for grades 1-5. California Academy of Sciences, 1994

"Folklife in Australia." AFS News, 23:2 (1994)

Directory of Ethnic Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area (with Karen Kamb). San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1993

The Contemporary Native American Pow Wow. Teaching kit for grades 1-5. California Academy of Sciences, 1992

"A Museum Folk Arts Program." Museum Anthropology 11:1 (1987)

A Celebration of Bay Area Cultural Heritage. Folklife catalogue for Festival at the Lake, Oakland, 1987

"A Museum Folk Arts Program as Community Outreach." Museum News 64:3 (1986)

Folklife at the Lake. Catalogue for Festival at the Lake, Oakland, 1985-86

"Fieldwork in South Africa." Interdisciplinary Folklore Alliance (UC Berkeley) 4:1 (1985)

Awarded $35,000 grant from the Creative Work Fund for Afro-Bolivian music project; includes production of CD and DVD (2005)

Grants reviewer, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Fresno (2005)

Grants reviewer, Creative Work Fund, Haas Foundation, San Francisco (2003)

Received grant of $35,000 from the Haas Foundation for 3-month Artists-in-Residence with Nigerian sculptor (2002)

Received grant of $2300 from Ford Foundation for African-American art programs (1999)

Received grant of $2000 from LEF Foundation for Hopi and Navajo art programs (1999)

Member of the Local Planning Committee for the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society in Oakland (1990)

Jurist, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program of the Illinois Arts Council, Chicago. Two days of grant application reviews (1990)

Four-month consultancy to the Trinity County Arts Council, northern California, on the establishment of a new regional Folk Art Center. Included site visits, county survey, and final report. Fee paid by the California Arts Council (1989)

On-Site reporter/evaluations of folk art projects funded by the California Council for the Humanities, San Francisco (1989)

Site reporter/project evaluations for the California Arts Council, Sacramento. Organizational Grants Program (1987-88)

Presenter, SeaFest '87 (Maritime festival sponsored by the Port of Oakland). Assisted craft demonstrators with public interpretation (1987)

Consultant to the California Committee for the Promotion of History; ad hoc committee working with the Office of Historic Preservation in Sacramento to implement policies on cultural conservation in California (1986)

Consultant to Festival by the Bay, Richmond, California (1985-86)