Curriculum Vitae Tony Orlando Pomales 114 MacBride Hall Anthropology Department University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Phone: 319-335-0522 Fax: 319-335-0653 Email: tony-pomales@uiowa.edu EDUCATION Expected 2014 PhD Anthropology Current GPA: 4.02 2012 Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women s, and Sexuality Studies 2010 MA Anthropology Committee: Erica Prussing, Ellen Lewin, and Michael Chibnik 2006 BA Honors Anthropology Arts and Letters Preprofessional University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, & AWARDS 2012 T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship (U Iowa) 2010 Professional Development Grant (U Iowa) 2010 Winner, Sylvia Forman Prize Best Graduate Student Paper Association for Feminist Anthropology 2010 Runner-Up, CAR Graduate Student Paper Prize Council on Anthropology and Reproduction 2010 Graduate Incentive Fellowship (U Iowa) 2010 2013 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship 2009 2010 Graduate Research Fellowship (U Iowa) 2008 2014 University of Iowa Dean s Graduate Fellowship 2006 Lambda Alpha Anthropology National Honor Society (Notre Dame) 1
2006 Kresge Law Library Service Award (Notre Dame) 2005 Finalist, Julian Samora Scholarship (Notre Dame) 2005 Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program Summer Scholarship (Notre Dame) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2012 2013 Dissertation Research: A Cultural Analysis of Aging Female Sex Workers in the Red-Light District of San Jose, Costa Rica 2012 2013 Research Study: Treating Machismo : A Cultural Analysis of Gender Workshops for Men in Costa Rica 2009 Exploratory Study: Negotiating Vasectomy and Masculinity in Costa Rica Hospital San Juan de Dios, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 2008 Boston Medical Center Boston, MA The Breastfeeding Center Senior Research Assistant 2007 2008 Boston Medical Center Boston, MA Division of General Pediatrics Problem Solving Educator / Research Interviewer PUBLICATIONS 2013 Men s Narratives of Vasectomy: Rearticulating Masculinity and Contraceptive Responsibility in San José, Costa Rica, Medical Anthropology Quarterly 27(1): 23-42. 2011 We are already a new generation : The Practice of Vasectomy in San José, Costa Rica, Anthropology News 52(1): 34. (Summary of Silvia Forman Prizewinning paper.) 2008 Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC; Reginald Fonrose, BS; Marcella Singleton, RD, MS, IBCLC; Xena Grossman, RD, MS; Tina Navidi, BS; John T. Cook, PhD; Tony Pomales, BA. 2008. From Maine to Mississippi: Hospital Distribution of Formula Sample Packs Along the Eastern Seaboard. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 162(9): 823-827. PAPER PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS 2013 Poster: Treating Machismo: Gender Workshops for Men in Costa Rica 112 th Annual American Anthropological Association Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 20 24. 2012 Paper: Extending Feminist and Queer Literatures to Studies of Men and 2
Masculinities: Examples from Anthropology 14 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA, March 24. 2011 Paper: The Cultural Politics of Vasectomy in Costa Rica Central States Anthropological Society annual meeting, Iowa City, IA, April 8. 2011 Paper: The Politics of Vasectomy in Costa Rica: Masculinity, Morality, and the (Non)Reproductive Male Body American Men s Studies Association annual meeting, Kansas City, MO, April 3. 2010 Poster: The Politics of Vasectomy in San José, Costa Rica Global Health Studies Program Showcase International Education Week Poster Exhibit, Iowa City, IA, April 12. 2010 Paper: A Manifesto for Interrogating Hegemonic Masculinity and Sexuality 12 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA, March 27. 2008 Poster: Effect of legislation on breastfeeding initiation and duration in the US Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC, Laurin J. Kasehagen, MA, PhD, Jessica Abrams, MPH, Tony Pomales, BA and Howard Bauchner, MD, MPH Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA The abstract for this poster was published in the 2009 Journal of Human Lactation 25(1): 100 101. 2008 Poster: Formula freebies from the hospital: Patterns of sample pack distribution in 50 US states Anne Merewood, MPH, IBCLC, Xena Grossman, RD, MS, Marcella Singleton, MS, RD, IBCLC, Karen Peters, MBA RD IBCLC, Reginald Fonrose, BS, Tina Navidi, BS, Tony Pomales, BA and John T. Cook, PhD Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA The abstract for this poster was published in the 2009 Journal of Human Lactation 25(1): 99 100. GUEST LECTURES (ACADEMIC) 2013 Rescuing Masculinity from the Burden of Machismo: Two Case Studies University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica, April 30. 2012 The Future of Masculinities Studies in Feminist Anthropology University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica, October 31. 2012 Victorian Sexuality and the Other: The Stories of Sara Baartman and Oscar Wilde course in History of Sexual Rights, University for Peace, San José, Costa Rica, October 26 and November 22. 2012 The Social Construction of Costa Rican Sexuality course in Gender Studies, Long Island University (LIU Global) Costa Rica Center, October 3. 2012 The Codes of Gender in American Advertising 3
Long Island University (LIU Global) Costa Rica Center, September 15. 2011 UI Latina/o Identity: A Discussion with Faculty, Staff, and Students Cesar Chavez Week (Sponsored by ALMA, the Latino Council, LGSA, and the Center for Diversity and Enrichment), U Iowa, March 30. 2010 Vasectomy in Costa Rica: A Practice in Modernity, Love, and Solidarity course in Anthropology of Sexuality, U Iowa, October 6. 2010 What Makes a Man? Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Identity and Masculinity International Mondays Brown Bag Series (Sponsored by UI International Programs and the Iowa City Public Library), Iowa City, IA, March 8. GUEST LECTURES (COMMUNITY) 2012 Drag Performance Gay Straight Alliance meeting, West Liberty High School, IA, May 18. 2011 Language and LGBTQ Identity in Global Perspective Gay Straight Alliance meeting, West Liberty High School, IA, March 31. 2011 Race, Ethnicity, and Culture course in Ethnic Studies, West Liberty High School, IA, March 31. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Gender, Women s, and Sexuality Studies Department of Gender, Women s, and Sexuality Studies, U Iowa ACADEMIC SERVICE 2012 Moderator, Session: The Pursuit of Faith 14 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA, March 24. 2011 Volunteer, Central States Anthropological Society annual meeting, Iowa City, IA, April 8. 2010 Judge, Summer Undergraduate Research Festival, U Iowa, March 27. 2010 Moderator, Session: Mapping Geographies of the American Body 12 th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA, March 27. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 2011 2012 Graduate Student Anthropology Association: Treasurer (U Iowa) 2009 2011 Latina/o Graduate Student Association: Secretary/Treasurer (U Iowa) 2009 2010 Graduate Student Anthropology Association: President (U Iowa) 2004 2006 Member of the Latino Leadership Council (Notre Dame) 4
2004 2006 Member of the Diversity Council of Notre Dame VOLUNTEER TEACHING & COUNSELING EXPERIENCE 2006 2008 Paraclete Learning Center, South Boston, MA Americorps Teacher 2005 (Summer) Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Academic Advisor / Counselor 2003 (Summer) Upward Bound Project Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ Academic Facilitator / Counselor PROFFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Anthropological Association Society for Medical Anthropology Council on Anthropology and Reproduction Association for Feminist Anthropology American Ethnological Society Society for Cultural Anthropology Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists Society for Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology Association for Queer Anthropology LANGUAGES Proficient in Spanish. References available upon request. 5