Jason C. Pribilsky, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Whitman College

345 Boyer Ave.

Walla Walla, WA 99362

Department of Anthropology Tel: (509) 527-5162;

Fax: (509) 527-5026

Email: pribljc@whitman.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS: International/Transnational Migration, Medical Anthropology; Political economy, Gender; Children and Childhood; Ethnographic Methods; Applied Research; Urban Anthropology; Latin America.

 

AREAS OF FIELDWORK: Highland Ecuador, Highland Peru; Urban United States: Immigrant Communities in Queens, New York City and Chicago, IL

 

Education
Ph.D. 2003. Cultural Anthropology (awarded with distinction)
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Certificate in Latin American Studies.

Doctoral Thesis: “La Chulla Vida: Men, Migration, and the Remaking of Families in the Ecuadorian Andes and New York City.” Advisors: Hans C. Buechler and Susan S. Wadley.
M.A. 1995. History/Anthropology. Reed College, Portland, OR.
B.A. 1993. Anthropology/Minor Study in Religion. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.

 

Additional Training
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Certified Training in Epidemiology November-December 1997.
Centro de Estudios Interamericanos. Cuenca, Ecuador. Quichua Language Training; Spanish Language Training. 1995; 1997.
Royal Society of the Arts/Cambridge University. Coast Language Academy, Portland, OR. Certificate to Teach English as a Second Language to Adults (CTEFLA). June 1995.
University of Arizona Program in Guadalajara, Mexico. 1992. Spanish Language Training. Grants/Fellowships
1999-2000 Global Political Economy Research Consortium Grant. “Transnational Parenting, Remittances, and Household Consumption: A Survey of High School Students in an Ecuadorian Migrant Sending Community”
1998-1999 Fulbright Research Fellowship. “Health, Modernity, and Transnational Migration in the Ecuadorian Andes.”
1999 Roscoe-Martin Fund Grant. Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship. Syracuse University. “Request for Field Equipment.”
1998 Spring and Summer Research Grant. Spring and Summer Research Grant. Syracuse University Graduate School. “Seeking Care in the City: Rural Ecuadorians and HIV/AIDS Services in Cuenca.”
1998 Roscoe-Martin Fund Grant. Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship. Syracuse University “SIDA and Migration: Emerging Public Health Policy.”
1997 Spring and Summer Research Project Grant. Syracuse University Graduate School. “Household Economy and Transnational Migration: A Proposal to Conduct a Community-wide Census in Southern Ecuador.”
1994 Research Travel Grant. Reed College “Cultural Memory and Political Violence in the Peruvian Andes: Desplazados and Resettlement in the Post-Sendero Era”

 

Publications
BOOK:
Pribilsky, Jason. Forthcoming La Chulla Vida: Masculinity and Transnational Migration in the Ecuadorian Andes and New York City. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Pribilsky, Jason Forthcoming. “Más Moderno y Progresivo”: Narratives of Fatherhood among Ecuadorian Transnational Migrants in New York City,” Global Networks
Pribilsky, Jason 2004 “Examining Youth Culture in the Ecuadorian Andes.” In Teen Life in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cynthia Tompkins and Kristen Sternberg, eds. London: Greenwood Press.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2002. “Living the Chulla Vida.” In Personal Encounters: A Reader in Cultural Anthropology. Linda Walford and April Sievert, eds. Pp. 174-179. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Jokisch, Brad and Jason Pribilsky. 2002 “The Panic to Leave: Economic Crisis and the ‘New Emigration’ from Ecuador.” International Migration 40(4): 75-101.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001a. “Nervios and ‘Modern’ Childhood: Migration and Changing Contexts of Child Life in the Ecuadorian Andes.” Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research 8(2): 251-273.
Reprinted in: (forthcoming) Critical Passages: Children, Youth, and Social Work in Late Capitalism. Lynn Nybell and Janet L. Finn, editors. Newbury Park and London: Sage.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001b. “Los niños de las remesas y traumas de la globalización.” Ecuador Debate 54: 127-154 (Quito, Ecuador).

NON-PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES:
Pribilsky, Jason Forthcoming. “Ecuadorian Americans,” “Health,” and “Infectious Diseases” in Encyclopedia Latina. Ilan Stevans, ed. Danbury, CT: Grolier Publishing.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2002 “Guayaquil.” In The Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors. New Haven: Human Relations Area File/Grolier.
Christos Kyrou, Jason Pribilsky and Robert A. Rubinstein. 1999. “Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict,” In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. Pp. 517-524. Lester Kurtz, ed. San Diego: Academic Press.
Pribilsky, Jason. 1999. “Researching the Health of Transnational Populations: Ecuadorian Migrants and the Import/Export of Disease.” Anthropology News. November 1999. Pp. 69-70.
Book Reviews
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001. Review of Carl Ratner, “Cultural Psychology and Qualitative Methodology: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations.” Forum: Qualitative Social Research 2(2): 1-3.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2000. Review of Michael Handelsman, “Cultures and Customs of Ecuador.” Ecuabulletin: Electronic Newsletter of the Ecuador Studies Section of LASA. Unpublished Research Reports
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001. Indigenous Cañari Migrants in Suburban New York. Preliminary Ethnographic Assessment of Undocumented Labor, Health-seeking Behaviors, and Transnational Ties. Report Submitted to Rockland County Health Department, New City, NY.
Dye, Timothy D., Jason Pribilsky and Suzanne Morrissey. 1998. Health Beliefs and Perceptions of Residents in Onondaga County, New York: Results of a Telephone Survey. Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse, NY.
Pribilsky, Jason 1998. Migrant Health Needs Assessment for Onondaga County, New York. Syracuse: Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse, NY.Works Submitted and in Preparation
Pribilsky, Jason and Brian R. Selmeski. “A Conversation with John V. Murra.” Current Anthropology. (Under review)
Pribilsky, Jason “Like a Devil in a Bottle”: Rural Youth, Migration, and School Performance in Highland Ecuador.” Anthropology and Education Quarterly (submitted)
Pribilsky, Jason Unhealthy Bodies, Undocumented Lives: Ecuadorian Migrants and Migrant Health in New York. (In progress—Book manuscript for Allyn and Bacon Publishers)Presentations, Invited Talks, and Conference Participation
Pribilsky, Jason 2004 “Between Discourses: Child-Centeredness, Abandonment, and Children’s Agency in Rural Ecuador.” Paper to be presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, CA.
Pribilsky, Jason.2003. “Yo Tengo Ñeque”: Being a Man and the Management of Tuberculosis and Occupational Injury among Ecuadorian Migrants in New York City.” Paper delivered at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago, IL, November 19-23.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2003. “Gender, State Involvement, and Transnational Linkages:
What Ecuadorian Migration to the U.S. Can Tell Us about New Ecuadorians in Spain.”
Paper presented at Invited Symposium, “Paths of Integration: Similarities and Differences in the Settlement Process of Immigrants in Europe, 1880-2000.” Institute of Migration Research and Intercultural Studies. University of Osnabrück. Osnabrück, Germany
June 20-21.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2003. “Genders and Spenders: Money, Masculinity, and Consumption among Ecuadorian Migrants in New York City.” Paper presented as part of invited session, “Masculinity in the Northern Andes.” XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Dallas, TX, March 27-29.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2003. Panel Organizer and Chair (with Mary Weismantel). “Masculinity in the Northern Andes, Parts I and II.” XXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Dallas, TX, March 27-29.
Pribilsky, Jason and Germaine Jacquette. 2003. “Transnational Aspects of Migrant Health: Ecuadorians and Tuberculosis in Suburban New York.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, March 19-23.
Weismantel, Mary and Jason Pribilsky. 2002. “Imaginary Mothers for a Fragmented Nation: La Chola Cuencana and La Mama Negra.” Invited paper for Wenner-Gren Foundation Conference, “Race, Culture and Power: From Purity of Blood to Indigenous Social Movements in Latin America.” University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, October 25-27.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2002. “Cañaris in Suburbia: Preliminary Results of an Ethnographic Study of Health Beliefs and Migration among Ecuadorians in Rockland County, New York.” Talk given to health professionals and staff of the Rockland County Department of Health. Pomona, NY, March 20.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2002. “Fathering from Abroad: Men, Masculinity, and Domestic Consumption in an Ecuadorian Transmigrant Community.” Symposium: “Gender and Transnational Families.” University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 31-June 2.
Suzanne Morrissey and Jason Pribilsky. 2001. “Bringing Peace of Mind: DNA Paternity Testing, Parental Responsibility, and the Privatization of Child Support in the U.S.” Paper delivered at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC, November 28-December 2.
Pribilsky, Jason and Brad D. Jokisch. 2001. ‘Vamos al Norte’: Danger, Disease, and Detainment in Ecuadorian Illegal Migration to the United States.” Presentation delivered to the New York City Department of Public Health. Corona, NY, September 6.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001. “From Sindrome del Dólar to Dolarización: Effects of Dollarization on Migrant Households of Southern Ecuador.” Paper delivered as part of the Invited Session, “The Ecuadorian Crisis: Fostering Realms of Inclusion and Exclusion.” XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC, September 6-8.
Pribilsky, Jason 2001. Panel Organizer. Invited Session, “The Ecuadorian Crisis: Fostering Realms of Inclusion and Exclusion.” XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC, September 6-8.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2001. Discussant. “Ethnographic Considerations of Transnationalism and Cross-border Alliances.” XXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC, September 6-8.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2000. “Más Modernos y Progresivos: Ecuadorian Transnational Fathers and the Gendered Subjectivities of Migrant Identity.” Paper delivered at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, CA, November 16-19.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2000. “From Mitamaes to Mitayos: Class Discourse and Migration in Ecuador” Paper delivered at the 40th Annual Northeast Anthropological Association Meetings. York College, Jamaica, NY, April 13-15.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2000. “La Chulla Vida: Men, Migration, and Transnational Fatherhood in the Changing Economy of the Ecuadorian Andes.” Presentation delivered as part of the “Pathways to Knowledge” Lecture Series. Department of Education, Syracuse University, October 10.
Pribilsky, Jason. 2000. “El Dolor de Dólares: Attacks of Nervios and the New Childhood of Transnational Migration in Andean Ecuador.” Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Ethnological Society. Tampa, FL, March 23-25.

Pribilsky, Jason. Panel Organizer/chair. “The Social Worlds of Children, Adolescents, and Youth in the Context of Transnationalism.” Panel held at the Annual Meeting of the American Ethnological Society. Tampa, FL, March 23-25.
Pribilsky, Jason and Suzanne Morrissey. 2000. “Improving Methodological Approaches to the Anthropological Study of Consumption: Surveying High School students in an Ecuadorian Migrant Sending Community.” Paper and informal workshop presented to the Global Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, September 8.
Pribilsky, Jason and Brian R. Selmeski. 1999. “Avoiding Pitfalls: Notes and Suggestions on Conducting Field Research in Ecuador.” Presentation delivered to the Comisión Fulbright, Quito, Ecuador, October 2.
Pribilsky, Jason. 1999. “Applied Anthropology: Convergences and Divergences with Anthropological Theory.” Invited talk given to Development Anthropology Program, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, June 5.

Pribilsky, Jason. 1999. “Constructing Contradictory Identities: Uses of Space and Forms of Consumption in the Houses of Ecuadorian Returned Migrants.” Poster presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago, Illinois, November 28-Dec. 2.
Pribilsky, Jason. 1998. “Young Men and HIV/AIDS: Moral Dimensions of Disease in an Ecuadorian Migrant Sending Community.” Paper delivered at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Philadelphia, PA, December 2-6.

Pribilsky, Jason. 1998. “AIDS in the Transnational Migration Context: An Andean Example.” Paper delivered at the 14th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Williamsburg, VA, July 26-August 1.Previous Teaching

 

Experience:

• Assistant Professor of Anthropology. (tenure-track) Department of Sociology and Anthropology. North Central College. Naperville, IL (7/2002-8/2003).
  
• Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology. Department of Anthropology. Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY. (5/2000—5/2002)
  Program Director. “Exploring Ecuador: From the Andes to the Amazon” Anthropology Summer Abroad Program. Division of International Programs Abroad, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. (10/2000-7/2001)
  
• Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology. Department of Anthropology. Ithaca College. Ithaca, NY. (1/2001-5/2001)Other teaching experience:
  
• Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. LeMoyne College. Syracuse, NY. (1/2001-5/2001)
  
• Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology. Department of Social Sciences and Management. Utica College. Utica, NY. (1/2000-5/2000)
  
• Teaching Assistant. Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY. (9/1996-12/1997).
  
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor
  a. English Language Institute. Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY (6/2000-8/2000)
  b. Centro de Estudios Interamericanos. Cuenca, Ecuador (8/1995-8/1996)
  c. Coast Language Academy. Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA (4/95-7/95; 6/96-8/96).
  

COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Global Encounters
Peoples & Cultures of the World
Magic and Religion [Anthropology of Religion]
Linguistic Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the State
Qualitative/Ethnographic Methods
Ethnographic Perspectives on Andean South America
Culture and AIDS
Anthropology of Globalization and Transnationalism
Religion, Ritual, and Symbol

 

Applied Field Experience

• Medical Anthropologist Project Consultant. New York State Department of Public Health, Division of Tuberculosis Control. Scope of Services: 1) Design and implementation of a rapid ethnographic assessment in communities with high clusters of migrant populations (Ecuadorian and Guatemalan) and tuberculosis in the New York City Metropolitan area; 2) Development of an interview protocol tool for pubic health nurses and others working with migrant population to gather migration histories, residence patterns, and health-seeking behaviors and knowledge; 3) Design of a culturally sensitive strategic plan for Department of Health to approach migrant communities. (10/2001—present)
  
• Research Associate (part-time). Division of Public Health Practice. Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Job duties: 1) Qualitative/quantitative research and analysis (Domestic and International Fieldwork); 2) Public health program evaluation using ethnographic methods, survey research, and database management; 3) Research grant seeking and collaborative writing. (3/98—5/2000)
  
• Consultant. Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse, NY. Scope of Services: 1) Data analysis and co-authorship of Migrant Health Needs Assessment for Central New York Departments of Health; 2) Conducted ethnographic evaluation of Syracuse Department of Health Communicable Disease Clinic to help better coordinate HIV and tuberculosis testing and counseling centers. (9/97-12/97)
  
• Caseworker. International Refugee Center of Oregon. Portland, OR. Job duties: 1) compiled immigration reports for asylum trials; 2) review of immigration/refugee law 3) interviewed clients and provided translation services. (Worked predominately with Guatemalan Mayan population). (9/94-5/95)
  

Whitman College
“ Medical Anthropology and Migrant Health”—talk given at Casa Hispana (10/03)
Faculty Advisor, Club Latino (2004--)North Central College
Committee Member. International Studies Program (2002-2003)
Faculty Search Committee. (Tenure-track Sociology position, 2002)
Faculty Search Committee. (Tenure-track English-Journalism, 2003)
Scholarly Community
Conference Track Coordinator El Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Estudios Ecuatorianos, [Second Annual International Meeting of Ecuadorian Studies] June 2003, Quito, Ecuador. (chair for paper and panel submissions for the track, “Migration and Transnational Themes”)
Conference Track Coordinator. El Primer Encuentro Internacional de Estudios Ecuatorianos, [First Annual International Meeting of Ecuadorian Studies] July 2002, Quito, Ecuador. (chair for paper and panel submissions for the track, “Migration and Transnational Themes”)
Newsletter Editor (2000-2001) Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Ecuador Studies Section.
Co-founder (1998) Program on Research of Latin America (PROLA) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. [Renamed PLACA—Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000]
Professional Society Membership
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
AAA Committee on Refugees and Immigrants (CORI)
American Ethnological Society
AIDS and Anthropology Research Group
Latin American Studies Association
Society for Latin American Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology