Education:
Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 2000
M.A. in Medical Anthropology, University of Memphis, May 1994
B.A., The American University, Washington, D.C. May 1988
Majors: Spanish & International Studies
Positions:
August 2005 to present
Instructor (full-time contract), Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
August 2004 to July 2005
Assistant Professor (full-time contract), Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
August 2002 to July 2004
Assistant Professor (part-time contract), Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
January 2001 to June 2002
Counselor, Hawaii Department of Education
April 2000 to October 2000
Research Consultant, Female Obesity in Missouri Project, Missouri Health Department & Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri-Columbia.
June 1993 to August 1999
Graduate Research Assistant, Dominica Family Environment & Child Health Project, University of Missouri-Columbia.
Research:
I am a broadly-trained medical anthropologist. My areas of concentration are in ethnomedicine; medical ethnobotany; health behavior in families; psychological anthropology; and maternal and child health. I conducted research in the Caribbean, North and South America.
Book:
From the Bush: The Front Line of Health Care in a Caribbean Village. Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology Series, George Spindler, Series Ed. (2004) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Marsha Quinlan
Journal articles:
Considerations for Collecting Free-lists in the Field: Examples from Ethnobotany. (2005) Field Methods. Marsha Quinlan
Local Resource Enhancement & Sex-biased Breastfeeding in a Caribbean Community. (2005) Current Anthropology. 46(3):471-480. Quinlan, R., Quinlan, M. & Flinn, M.
Balancing the System: Humoral Medicine and Food in the Commonwealth of Dominica. ((2005)) In Eating and Healing: Exploration of Wild and Domesticated Plants and Animals as Food and Medicine, A. Pieroni and L. Price, Eds. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. Quinlan, M. & Quinlan, R.
Parental Investment & Age at Weaning in a Caribbean Village. (2003) Evolution and Human Behavior 24(1): 1-16. Quinlan, R., Quinlan, M. & Flinn, M.
Ethnophysiology and Botanical Treatments of Intestinal Worms in Dominica, West Indies. (2002) Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 80:75-83. Quinlan, M., Quinlan, R. & Nolan, J.
Dissertation & Practicum:
Bush Medicine in Bwa Mawego: Ethnomedicine and Medical Botany of Common Illnesses in a Dominican Village. (2000) Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. UMI.Quinlan, M.B.
An Ethnographic Evaluation of a Vocational Training Center for Mentally Disabled Adults.. (1994) M.A. Practicum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Quinlan, M.B.
Published abstracts & presentations:
Barriers to Human Breastmilk Banking: Preliminary Findings on Parents’ and Physicians’ Perspectives. Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting (2005). M. Quinlan, J. Chezem, H. Harris, M. Weber.
Tradeoffs Between Indirect Parental Investment and Direct Childcare. Human Behavior & Evolution Society annual meeting (2003). R. Quinlan, D. Leone, M.Quinlan, B.England, S. Gangestad, R. Thornhill, & M. Flinn.
Duration of Breastfeeding, Parasite Load, Growth, Fluctuating Asymmetry, and Cortisol Profiles. (Abstract) (2001) American Journal of Physical Anthropology Leone, D., Quinlan, R., Quinlan, M., Worthen, C., Flinn, M., & England, B.
Variation in Knowledge of Bush Medicine in a Rural Dominican Community. Presented at the 7th International Congress of Ethnobiology, Athens, Georgia (2000). M. Quinlan.
Glucocorticoid Stress Response, Immune Function, and Illness among Children in a Rural Caribbean Village. (Abstract) (1995) American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Flinn, M., Quinlan, M., Quinlan, R., Turner, M., & England, B.
Concepts and Cures of Intestinal Worms in Dominica. (abstract) Journal of Ethnobiology 18(1) (1998). M. Quinlan.
Medical Pluralism and the Problem of Discordant Classification: A Caribbean Case Study. Presented at the meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1995). M. Quinlan.
Teaching:
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Ball State U. (Fall 03 to 04).
Global Cultural Diversity Ball State U. (Fall 02 to 04).
Culture & Medicine Ball State U. (Fall 02 to 04).
Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean Ball State U. (Fall 04).
General Anthropology, U. of Missouri, (Teaching Assistant,98 to 99).
Grants & awards:
B.S.U. New Faculty Grant: “Stress, Health and Herbal Medicine in a Caribbean Community.” (July 2005)
Fulbright Institute for International Education (IIE), 1996 Grant Recommended to Venezuela committee: “Sex Differences in Medicinal Plant Use among the E’ñepa of Venezuela”.
Earthwatch Center for Field Research Grant for Dominica Family Environment and Child Health Project (1998, $20,100 ), Co-PI with M. Flinn, and M. Quinlan.
University of Missouri-Columbia, Tuition Waiver and Stipend (1994-6, 1998-9).
Editorial Board:
Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine
Reviewer:
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Haworth Press
Medical Science Monitor, International Reviewers Panel
Languages:
English (native), Spanish (fluent), French (basic reading and oral comprehension)
Professional affiliations:
American Anthropological Association, Society for Medical Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology Society, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology; Society of Ethnobiology; International Society of Ethnopharmacology, Society for Economic Botany; Society for Applied Anthropology; Secretary, Mid-South Association of Practicing Anthropologists (1992-3).