CURRICULUM VITAE



MARGARET A. GRAHAM

CURRICULUM VITAE (Sept. 2020)

Department of Anthropology

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

1201 West University Drive

Edinburg, Texas 78539

E-mail: mgraham.graham@utrgv.edu

Phone (O): 956-665-7393; (Dept. Main): 956-665-3321

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1991, Anthropology

Dissertation Title: Dimensions of Malnutrition and Hunger among Children in an Andean Community.

M.A., Michigan State University, 1985, Anthropology

A.B., with Distinction, Indiana University, 1980, Major: Anthropology; Certificate: Latin American Studies

Professional Experience

2019-present Interim Chair, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. (9-1-19)

2019-present Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. (9-1-19)

2016-2019 Professor, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

2015-2019 Coordinator, Anthropology B.A. Program and MAIS Anthropology Program, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

2012-present Co-Investigator, Social Science Study, NSF Advance Grant, UTPA/UTRGV

2013-2015 Assistant Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas-Pan American.

2012-2015 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M University, School of Public Health.

2010-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas-Pan American.

2005-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Anthropology, The University of Texas-Pan American.

2005. President, Southwestern Anthropological Association (SWAA).

2004. Vice-President/President elect, SWAA

1999-2005 Director, Applied Anthropology Special Emphasis, Anthropology Program, Department of Anthropology-Sociology, Santa Clara University

1997-2005 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology-Sociology, Santa Clara University

1994-1996 Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology, San José State University (five semesters); Lecturer, Dept. of Anthropology-Sociology, Santa Clara University, (two quarters)

1992 - 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute on Aging Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Sociocultural Gerontology, Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, San Francisco

1987 - 1990 Managing Editor, Working Papers on Women and International Development. Assistant to the Director, Office of Women and International Development, Center for International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University.

1988 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University.

1985 - 1986 Fieldwork supervisor in Cuyo Cuyo, Peru for NSF-funded research project: Production, Storage and Exchange [PSE] in a Terraced Environment on the Eastern Andean Escarpment [BNS8313190].  Bruce P. Winterhalder [UNC], P.I. Supervised two researchers for the collection of time allocation, household economy, and agricultural production data.  

1981 - 1985 Managing Editor, Working Papers on Women in International Development.  Assistant to the Director, Office of Women and International Development, Center for International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University

1980 - 1981 Managing Editor, International Journal of Intercultural Relations.  Psychology Department, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Scholarly Submissions, Publications, and Presentations

Scholarly works accepted for publication.

Book chapters:

Graham, Margaret A. and Jessica Lavariega Monforti

Forthcoming, accepted for publication. What are the Stakes? Academic Politics and Intersectionality in STEM. In Women of Color in STEM: Navigating the Double Bind in Higher Education, B. Polnick, B. Irby, and J. Ballenger, editors. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Scholarly Publications:

Journal (refereed) articles

Millard, Ann V., Margaret A. Graham, Jessica Peña, et al.

2020 Community-Based Participatory Research in Communities with Low Health Literacy. SAGE Research Methods—Health and Medicine. Published online January 2020.

Lavariega Monforti, Jessica and Margaret A. Graham

2018 The Rio Grande. In Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies. Ilan Stavans, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI:10.1093/OBO/9780199913701-0134. (16 pages)

Millard, Ann V., Margaret A. Graham, Nelda Mier, Jesus Moralez, Maria Jose Perez-Patron, Brian Wickwire, Marlynn L. May and Marcia Ory

2017 Diabetes Screening and Prevention in a High-Risk, Medically Isolated Border Community. Frontiers in Public Health, 12 June 2017. Volume 5. Article 135:1-8. DOI:

Graham, Margaret A. and Russell K. Skowronek

2016 Chocolate on the Borderlands of New Spain. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 20(4):645-665.

Cantú, Adelita, Margaret A. Graham, Ann V. Millard, Isidore Flores, Meaghan K. Mugleston, Iris Y. Reyes, and Ester S. Carbajal

2016 Environmental Justice and Community-Based Participatory Research in Texas Borderland Colonias. Public Health Nursing 33(1):65-72. (Published in print January 2016; published online 18 March 2015.) DOI 10.1111/phn.12187

Graham, Margaret A. and Russell K. Skowronek

2015 Feeding the Congregation at Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Boletín (Journal of the California Mission Studies Association) 31(1):184-202.

Graham, Margaret A. and Russell K. Skowronek

2013 “Grocery Shopping” for Alta California: Documentary Evidence of Culinary Colonization on the Frontier of New Spain. Boletín (Journal of the California Mission Studies Association) 29(1):90-105.

Skowronek, Russell K. and Margaret A. Graham

2012 Wine and Alcohol on the Alta California Frontier. Boletín (Journal of the California Mission Studies Association) 28(1&2):23-33.

Millard AV, Graham, MA, Wang X, Mier N, Sánchez E, Flores I.

2011 Pilot of a Primary Diabetes Prevention Program in a Hard-to-Reach, Low-Income, Immigrant Hispanic Population. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 13(5):906-913.

Mier, N., A.V. Millard, M.A. Graham, M. Williamson, O. Gabriel, S. Flores

2008. Emergency Department Use among Hispanic Children Plummets with Health Insurance. The EpiLink 65(1):1-4.

Graham, M. A. and M. R. McLean

2005 End-of-Life Issues Personally and Spiritually Explored. Health Education & Behavior 32(4):437-438.

Graham, Margaret A.

2004 No Somos Iguales: The Effect of Household Economic Standing on Women’s Energy Intake in the Andes. Social Science and Medicine 58(11):2291-2300.

Graham, Margaret A.

2003 Adaptation of the Weighed Food Record Method to Households in the Peruvian Andes and Ethnographic Insights on Hunger. Field Methods 15(2):143-160.

Graham, Margaret A.

2003 Seasonal Dietary Stress in Peruvian Children. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 49:24-27.

Graham, Margaret A.

1997 Food Allocation in Rural Peruvian Households: Concepts and Behavior Regarding Children. Social Science and Medicine 44(11):1697-1709.

Gallin, Rita S. and Margaret A. Graham

1989 Introduction. Special issue on Women and Development. International Studies Notes 14(3):59-61

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

1985 Principles that Guide Weaning in Rural Mexico. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 16:171-188. 

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

1985 Abrupt Weaning Reconsidered: Evidence from Central Mexico. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 31(4):229-234.  

Book Chapters (refereed):

Graham, Margaret A.

2019 Sister Norma Pimental. In Latinos in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Latinos as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders. Volume 2: 398-400. J. Lavariega Monforti, editor. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publisher

Graham, Margaret A. and Russell K. Skowronek

2017 Chocolate and Globalization. Many and Brilliant Lights, Treasures from the Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library. Robert M. Senkewicz, editor. Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, Santa Barbara, CA. Pps.70-71.

Millard, Ann V., Margaret A. Graham, Nelda Mier, Isidore Flores, Genny Carrillo-Zuniga and Esmeralda R. Sánchez

2009 Addressing Health Disparities: The Hispanic Perspective. In Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities. Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Cynthia T. Cook, and Richard L. O’Brien, eds. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Graham, Margaret A.

2003 Food, Health, and Identity in a Rural Andean Community. In Medical Pluralism in the Andes, Joan D. Koss-Chioino, Thomas Leatherman and Christine Greenway, eds. Pp. 148-165. London: Routledge.

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

1985 Breastfeeding in Two Mexican Villages: Social and Demographic Perspectives. In: Breastfeeding, Child Health and Child Spacing:  Cross-cultural Perspectives. Valerie Hull and Mayling Simpson, eds. Pp. 55-77. London: Croom-Helm.

Scholarly Works in Progress:

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

Under revision. Reproducing Women: Critical Perspectives in Maternal and Child Health.

Editor-reviewed publications

Graham, Margaret A.

2006 Stable Isotope Analysis Indicates Dietary Stability of the Prehistoric Ohlone in the South San Francisco Bay Area. In Revealing Santa Clara University’s Prehistoric Past: CA-SCl-755—Evidence from the Arts & Sciences Building Project. Pp. 109-117. Research Manuscript Series, No. 15. Edited by R.K. Skowronek and L.C. Pierce. Santa Clara: Santa Clara University.

Graham, Margaret A.

2004 Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Understand Prehistoric Ohlone Diet: A Case Santa Clara University. In Discovering Santa Clara University’s Prehistoric Past: CA-SCl-755. Research Manuscript Series on the Cultural and Natural History of Santa Clara, Number 12, edited by R.K. Skowronek and Margaret A. Graham.

McLean, Margaret R. and Margaret A. Graham

2003 Reluctant Realism. Issues in Ethics 14(1):6-9.

Graham, Margaret A. and Sandra Weinstein Bever

2002 Training for Research and Practice: The Rewards of Applying Anthropology in an Undergraduate Context. Practicing Anthropology 24(2):8-10.

Other Refereed Publications:

Gallin, R. S., P. Whittier, and M.A. Graham

1985 Research and Policy:  An Analysis of the Working Papers on Women in International Development.  WID Forum 85-V. East Lansing, MI: Office of Women in International Development, Michigan State University. (This is a reprint of an article that originally appeared in Women Creating Wealth:  Transforming Economic Development.  R.S. Gallin and A. Spring, eds.  Pp. 79-83.  Washington, DC:  Association for Women in Development.]

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

1984 Breastfeeding and Demography in Two Mexican Villages (Ann V..  Working Papers on Women in International Development, No. 48.  East Lansing, MI: Office of Women in International Development, Michigan State University. An anonymously-reviewed publication series.

Millard, Ann V. and Margaret A. Graham

1984 Weaning Decisions by Rural Mexican Women. Working Papers on Women in International Development, No. 73. East Lansing, MI: Office of Women in International Development, Michigan State University.

Other Publications (Book Reviews, Abstracts, Editorials):

Graham, Margaret A. (2016) A Model for Involving Local Communities in Global Health Interventions. A review of Community Participatory Involvement: A Sustainable Model for Global Public Health by Linda M. Whiteford and Cecilia Vindrola-Padros. Anthropology Book Forum (ISSN 2380-7725). Open Access Book Reviews, Anthropology News, American Anthropological Association. URL:

Graham, Margaret A. (2012) Review of Testicles: Balls in Cooking and Culture. Historical Archaeology 46(2):220.

Skowronek, Russell K. and Margaret A. Graham. (2012) Popping the Cork: Alcohol on the Alta California Frontier. Correo (Newsletter of the California Mission Studies Association), February 2012, pp. 7-9. Published presentation.

Millard, A.V., Flores, I., Graham, M.A., Longoria, N.L., Cardona, D. and Lopez, A. (2013) Obesity Prevention across the Life Span: Policy Initiatives. U.S.-Mexico Border Obesity Prevention Summit, McAllen, Texas, July 16-18.

Morin, T., Graham, M. and Millard, A. (2013) Breastfeeding on the Border: Views of WIC Peer Counselors. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Denver, CO, March 20-24.

Millard, A.V. and Graham, M.A. (2012) Health and Cultural Dynamism at the Texas-Mexico Border: Early Effects of Globalization. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, November 14-18.

Millard, A.V. and Graham, M.A. (2012) Living with Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border. 6th Annual Research Conference, University of Texas-Pan American College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Edinburg, Texas, April 12-13.

Millard, A.V. and Graham, M.A. (2012) Health, Cultural Confluence and Conflict at the Texas-Mexico Border. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore, March 27-31. Abstract.

Graham, M. A. and Millard, AV. (2011) Feeding Babies on the Border: Views of Mexican-American Mothers. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Seattle, WA, March 29-April 2. Abstract.

Graham, M. A., Millard, A. V., Mier, N., Flores, I., & Wang, X. (2010). Nutrition in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border. Session: “This is What We Need”: Innovative Methods and Community Collaboration and Participation to Promote Wellness in Traditionally Underserved Population (Rian Davis, Chair). Proceedings of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Annual Meeting, Mérida, Yucatán, México, March 24-27.

Mier, N., Ory, M. G., Millard, A. V., Graham, M. A., Wang, X., Villarreal, E. K., & Alen, M. (2009). Diabetes behaviors and healthcare needs of border Mexican American elders. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association (June 5-9, New Orleans, LA).

Millard, A. V., Graham, M. A., Mier, N., & Flores I. (2009). Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border. Proceedings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Annual Meeting, March 17-21, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Graham, M. A., Millard, A. V., Wang, X., Mier, N., Sánchez, E. R., & Flores, I. (2009). Health Promotion among Hispanics on the South Texas Border: A Participatory Approach. Proceedings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Annual Meeting, March 17-21, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Mier, N., Ory, M. G., Millard, A. V., Graham, M., Wang, X., Villarreal, E. K., Gonzalez, J.L., Luna, D., Ramirez, L., Treviño, L., Flores, I., & Alen, M. (2009). Addressing the diabetes disparity among Hispanic elders through engaging critical community, medical and public sectors. Poster presentation. Proceedings of the CDC 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Healthy Communities. February 22-25, National Harbor, MD.

Millard, A. V. and M. A. Graham

“Diabetes best fought with prevention.” Letter to the editor, The Monitor, Thursday, July 9, 2009.

Mier N, Ory M, Millard AV, Graham M, Wang X, Villarreal EK, Alen M.

Diabetes behaviors and healthcare needs of border Mexican American elders. Poster presented at the 69th Scientific Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association. New Orleans, LA. June 6, 2009. Diabetes. Journal of the American Diabetes Association. Abstract 1087-P

Graham, M. A. and A.V. Millard. “Anthropological Approaches to Reproduction.” [Abstract] 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-31, 2007, Tampa

Millard, A.V. and M.A. Graham. “Theoretical and Applied Approaches to Child Mortality in Rural Latin America.” [Abstract] 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-31, 2007, Tampa.

Hyatt, S., K. Quintiliani, J. Freidenberg, M.A. Graham. Allies on the Front Line: Perspectives from Our Community Partners (COPAA [Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs] sponsored session). [Abstract] Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-April 2, 2006, Vancouver, BC. Session summary, resources_for_programs/allies.htm

Graham, M.A., J. Freidenberg, and K. Quintiliani. Practitioner and Academic Collaborations in the Training of Students: Opportunities and Challenges (COPAA sponsored session). [Abstract] Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, April 8, 2005, Santa Fe, NM. Session summary, resources_for_programs/allies.htm

Graham, M.A. “Talking about the End of Life: Perspectives of Urban Latinos in San Jose, California.” [Abstract] Annual Meeting Program of the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, March 31-April 3, 2004, Dallas.

McLean, Margaret R. and Margaret A. Graham

2003 “Culture does matter when it comes to health care.” San Jose Mercury News, Sunday, February 23, 2003.

Graham, Margaret A.

2000 Review of A Peruvian Psychiatric Hospital by William Stein. Social Science and Medicine 50:908-910.

Graham, Margaret A. 1999 "A Biocultural Approach to Understanding Child Hunger in the Peruvian Andes." [Abstract] Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, November 17-24, 1999, Chicago, IL.

Graham, M.A. 1996 "Dancing in the Kitchen: Food, Health, and Ethnicity in Highland Peru." [Abstract] Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 20-24, San Francisco, CA

Graham, M.A. 1994 "Food Choice Under Conditions of Seasonal Food Scarcity: The Case of Wheat Flour in Highland Peru." [Abstract] Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 30-December 4, Atlanta, GA.

Graham, M.A. and A.C. Larme. 1992 "Food Allocation and Child Health.” [Abstract] 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 2-6, San Francisco.

Graham, M.A. 1989 "Seasonal Changes in the Diet of an Andean Community."  [Abstract] 88th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 15-19, Washington, DC.

Graham, M.A. 1987 "Seasonal Variation and Hunger in Andean Households."  [Abstract] 86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 18-22, Chicago, IL.

Graham, M.A. 1987 "Household Dietary Patterns and the Agricultural Cycle:  A Case from Peru."  [Abstract] The Association for Women in Development Conference, April 15-17, Washington, D.C.

Gallin, R.S., P. Whittier, and M.A. Graham. 1985 "Research and Policy:  An Analysis of the Working Papers on Women in International Development.” [Abstract] The Association for Women in Development Conference, April 25-28, Washington, D.C.

Graham, M.A. and A. V. Millard. 1983 "Breastfeeding and Family Economics in Rural Mexico.” [Abstract] 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 16-20, Chicago, IL.

Monographs:

Skowronek, Russell K. and Margaret A. Graham, editors

2004 Discovering Santa Clara University’s Prehistoric Past: CA-SCl-755. Research Manuscript Series on the Cultural and Natural History of Santa Clara, Number 12. Santa Clara, CA: SCU.

Graham, Margaret A.

1999 Child Nutrition and Seasonal Hunger in an Andean Community (Department of Puno, Peru). PSE [Production, Storage, and Exchange] Working Paper, No. 6. Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Presentations

2020 All Hat and No Cattle: “Statewide” Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs that Omit the Texas-Mexico Border. In session: Border “Wars” of Words that Matter, Part II. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, NM, March 17, 2020. Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19. Abstract accepted, paper not presented.

2019 “A Call to Arms…and Uteri!” Ann V. Millard and Margaret A. Graham. In session: Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan: Perspectives and Policy. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, March 20, 2019.

2017 “A Community-Based Diabetes Project: POD2ER at the Flea Market.” Ann V. Millard, Margaret A. Graham, Nelda Mier and Isidore Flores. In session: Culturally Informed Interventions in Type II Diabetes, Part 1. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, NM, March 29, 2017.

2016 “Deconstructing House (TV Show): Why the Medical Humanities Matter!” (panelist). 7th Annual PACE Ethics Conference, UTRGV Edinburg Campus, April 7, 2016.

2016 “Public Health Messaging through Cell Phones in Border Colonias.” Margaret A. Graham, Ann V. Millard, Isidore Flores, and Ester Carbajal. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 1, 2016.

2015 “Triangulating Climate Isms.” Jessica Lavariega Monforti and Margaret A. Graham. Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 3, 2015.

2015 “Colonia Residents’ Perceptions of Risk Associated with Donna Lake, an EPA Superfund Site.” Margaret A. Graham. UTPA Health Disparities & Health Humanities Groups, March 12, 2015.

2015 “Feeding the Congregation: Insights into Food and Diet at Mission Santa Clara de Asís.” Russell K. Skowronek and Margaret A. Graham. Paper presented at the California Mission Studies Annual Meeting, Ventura, CA, February 14, 2015.

2014 “Impact of Donna Reservoir Contamination on Colonia Residents.” Meaghan Mugleston, Adelita Cantu, Margaret Graham, Ann Millard, Lynn Vincentnathan, I Flores, I Reyes, Ester Carbajal and Irma Santos. Poster presented at the Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference, Baltimore, MD, Dec. 1-3, 2014.

2014 “Differences in Perceptions of Work-Life Balance? A Case Study.” Jessica Lavariega Monforti and Margaret A. Graham. Paper presented at the 2014 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, New York City, June 19-21, 2014.

2014 “Differences in Perceptions of Workplace Climate? A Case Study.” Jessica Lavariega Monforti and Margaret A. Graham. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Honolulu, Hawai’i, May 15-17, 2014.

2014 “Donna Lake and Canal PCB Contamination in Fish and Community Health.” MA Graham, A. Cantu, AV Millard, I Flores, L Vincentnathan. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Research Conference, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UTPA. March 27, 2014.

2014 “The Chocolatera on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Insights into Global Foodways and Economics.” RK Skowronek and MA Graham. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Quebec City, Quebec, January 8-11, 2014.

2013 “Breastfeeding on the Border: Views of WIC Peer Counselors.” T Morin, MA Graham, and AV Millard. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, March 21, 2013.

2013 “’Grocery Shopping’ for Alta California: Imported Foods on the Edge of Empire.” MA Graham and RK Skowronek. Paper presented at the California Mission Studies Association Annual Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, February 16, 2013.

2012 “Health and Cultural Dynamism at the Texas-Mexico Border: Early Effects of Globalization.” AV Millard and MA Graham. Abstract accepted for session Global Influences on Health of Latin Americans—At Home and Abroad (Roberta Baer, Chair). Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, November 14-18, 2012.

2012 “Living with Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Boarder.” AV Millard and MA Graham. UTPA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 6th Annual Research Conerence, April 12-13, 2012.

2012 “Health, Cultural Confluence, and Conflict at the Texas-Mexico Border.” AV Millard and MA Graham. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, March 31, 2012.

2012 “From Water into Wine: Alcohol on the Spanish Colonial and Mexican Republican Alta California Frontier.” R K Skowronek and M A Graham. Paper presented at the California Mission Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Rafael, CA, February 18, 2012.

2011 “Breastfeeding in Hidalgo County.” AV Millard, MA Graham and I Flores. Sixth Annual Breastfeeding Conference, Knapp Hospital, Weslaco, August 18, 2011.

2011 “Feeding Babies on the Border: Views of Mexican-American Mothers.” MA Graham and AV Millard. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Seattle,WA, March 31, 2011.

2011 “Feeding Babies in the RGV: Views of College Students.” MA Graham, AV Millard, T Morin (UTPA undergrad). CoSBS 2011 Conference on Research and Teaching in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, March 24-25, 2011.

2010 “Breastfeeding and Health in the lower Rio Grande Valley: A Pilot Study.” AV Millard and MA Graham. Food As Medicine/Comida Como Su Medicina conference. Sponsored by the U.S. Hispanic Nutrition Research & Education Center, UTHSCSA in Harlingen, TX. October 29-30, 2010.

2010 “What’s Going On with Breastfeeding in the Valley? Conversations with Moms in Colonias.” AV Millard, MA Graham, I Flores. Texas Perinatal Association, Knapp Medical Education Center, October 15, 2010.

2010 “Nutrition in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border.” MA Graham and AV Millard. 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico, March 23-27, 2010.

2009 “Why Health Insurance Reform? The Example of Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border.” AV Millard, MA Graham, N Mier, and I Flores. Latino/a Communities in the Midwest, held at the Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, November 5-7, 2009.

2009 “Diabetes Behaviors and Healthcare Needs of Border Mexican American Elders.” N Mier, M Ory, AV Millard, MA Graham, X Wang, EK Villarreal, M. Alen. Poster presented to 69th Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association, June 5-9, 2009, New Orleans. Poster presented 6/6/2009.

2009 “DEEP in South Texas: A Participatory Health Promotion Project in Border Colonias.”

(MA Graham, AV Millard, X Wang, N Mier, ER Sánchez, I Flores) 3rd Annual UTPA College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Conference and UTPA Pan American Days, March 25, 2009.

2009 “Health Promotion among Hispanics on the South Texas Border: A Participatory Approach.” (MA Graham, AV Millard, X Wang, N Mier, ER Sanchez, I Flores) 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, N.M., March 17-21, 2009.

2009 “Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes on the Texas-Mexico Border.” (AV Millard, MA Graham, N Mier and I Flores) 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology,

Santa Fe, N.M., March 17-21, 2009.

2009 “Addressing the Diabetes Disparity among Hispanic Elders through Engaging Critical Community, Medical and Public Sectors.” (N Mier, AV Millard, MA Graham, M. Alen, JL Gonzalez, D Luna.) Poster presentation at the 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention & Control, Feb. 23-25, 2009, National Harbor, MD.

2008 “Adventures in Successful Aging: Experiences of Migratory Retirees.” (M.L. Shelton, Penny Simpson, Margaret Graham). Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, April 13, 2008, Long Beach, CA.

2007 “Anthropological Approaches to Reproduction.” (M.A. Graham and A.V. Millard). 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-31, 2007, Tampa.

2007 “Theoretical and Applied Approaches to Child Mortality in Rural Latin America” (A.V. Millard and M.A. Graham). 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-31, 2007, Tampa.

2007 “Anthropological Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health” (M.A. Graham and A.V. Millard). Research and Teaching in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Conference, Feb. 15-16, 2007. The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg.

2006 “Allies on the Front Line: Perspectives from Our Community Partners” (COPAA [Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs] sponsored session). Organizer, chair, and participant in panel. 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 28-April 2, 2006, Vancouver, BC. Session summary, ww.resources_for_programs/allies.htm

2005 “Undergraduate Thesis Research at SCU, Part 1: Facing Changes and Multiple Worlds in Northern California: Gender, Aging, and Sexual Identity. Part 2: Work and Life in the Silicon Valley.” Organizer, co-chair and discussant. 76th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, April 28-30, 2005, San Jose, CA.

2005 “Practitioner and Academic Collaborations in the Training of Students: Opportunities and Challenges” (COPAA sponsored session). Organizer, co-chair, and participant in panel. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, April 8, 2005, Santa Fe, NM.

2005 “Living with Drought in Chihuahua, Mexico.” Paper presented at 76th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, April 28-30, 2005, San Jose, CA.

2004 “Reluctant Realism: Health Care Attitudes in an Urban Latino Community.” Paper presented at Biomedical Ethics Grand Rounds, Stanford University, May 6. (Margaret R. McLean and Margaret A. Graham).

2004 “Perspectives of Urban Latinos on End of Life Health Care.” Paper presented in session: Forms of Medical Pluralism: Emerging Health Options and Healing Traditions in Silicon Valley. 75th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, April 15-17, 2004, San Jose, CA.

2004 “Talking about the End of Life: Perspectives of Urban Latinos in San Jose, California.” Paper presented in session: Perspectives on Violence and Death in the US. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, March 31-April 3, 2004.

2003 “CEISS Research Team Interdisciplinary Science Presentations and Their Implications for Schooling.” Discussant at the Ecological Education Forum: Interdisciplinary Work and Its Implication to Early Childhood Education: A Binational Perspective.” Co-sponsored by WestEd’s Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development and SCU Department of Graduate Studies. November 21, 2003.

2003 “How Latinos Make End of Life Decisions.” Panelist, Annual Convention of the Hispanic National Bar Association, San Jose, CA, September 6, 2003.

2003 “End of Life Issues among Latinos in San Jose.” Paper presented in session ”Community Research, Community Linkages: Applied Anthropology in the Silicon Valley,” Margaret A. Graham and Jan English-Lueck, co-chairs. 74th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, April 3-5, 2003, Bakersfield, CA.

2003. “Reluctant Realism: End of Life Care and the San Jose Latino Community” co-presented with Margaret R. McLean to the O’Connor Hospital Bioethics Committee, April 25, 2003.

2001 “Introduction and Models of Student Research in Two Undergraduate Programs.” Paper presented at Undergraduate Applied Anthropology in the Silicon Valley. Margaret A. Graham and Jan English-Lueck, co-chairs. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Anthropological Association, April 12-14, San Diego.

1999 "A Biocultural Approach to Understanding Child Hunger in the Peruvian Andes." Paper presented in CNA (Council on Nutritional Anthropology) Invited Session, Understanding Lives through Food and Nutrition. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, November 17-24, Chicago, IL.

1997 "Using Isotopic Analyses to Reconstruct Prehistoric Ohlone Diet: A Case from Santa Clara University." Paper presented at the Third Ohlone Osteology Conference, October 18, San Jose State University.

1996 "Dancing in the Kitchen: Food, Health, and Ethnicity in Highland Peru." Paper presented in Society for Medical Anthropology-sponsored session The Andes as a Context for Studies in Medical Anthropology: A Tribute to Libbet Crandon-Malamud. 95th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 20-24, San Francisco, CA

1994 "Food Choice Under Conditions of Seasonal Food Scarcity: The Case of Wheat Flour in Highland Peru." Poster presented in Council on Nutritional Anthropology [CNA] Invited Poster Session, Food Choice Under Conditions of Scarcity. 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 30-December 4, Atlanta, GA.

1992 "Food Allocation and Child Health" (Margaret A. Graham and Anne C. Larme). Paper presented in session organized by Ellen Messer and Margaret A. Graham, Intrahousehold Allocation of Food and Health Care: Current Findings and Understandings. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, December 2-6, San Francisco, CA.

1989 "Seasonal Changes in the Diet of an Andean Community."  Paper presented in session organized by Anne Ferguson, Ann V. Millard and Margaret A. Graham, Nutrition and Agriculture:  Exploring the Links.  88th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 15-19, Washington, DC.

1987 "Seasonal Variation and Hunger in Andean Households."  Paper presented in session organized by Debra Schumann, The Household Production of Health.  86th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 18-22, Chicago, IL.

1987 "Household Dietary Patterns and the Agricultural Cycle:  A Case from Peru."  Paper presented at The Association for Women in Development Conference, April 15-17, Washington, D.C.

1985 "Research and Policy:  An Analysis of the Working Papers on Women in International Development" (R.S. Gallin, P. Whittier, and M.A. Graham).  Paper presented at The Association for Women in Development Conference, April 25-28, Washington, D.C.

1983 "Breastfeeding and Family Economics in Rural Mexico" (Margaret A. Graham and Ann V. Millard).  Paper presented at 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 16-20, Chicago, IL.

Research Grants (those marked * have been submitted or received since last review)

*(2017-18) IU-MSI STEM Initiative Seed Grant (Fall 2017 Competition): HydroDynamic Modeling and Risk Assessment for Threat Zoning Predictions: Environmental Health and Resilience Readiness for Texas-Mexico Borderland Colonias. Dr. M. A. Graham (coPI), Dr. Chu-Lin Cheng, Dr. Kan Shao and Richard Costello, Co-PIs. Status: Awarded $20,000. April 1, 2018-present.

(2016) UTRGV-ISRP. Proposal: Understanding impoverished consumers’ food consumption: Reading the refrigerator. Dr. Sharon Schembri, P.I., and Dr. Margaret Graham, co-PI. $5000. Status: not awarded (12/16/16).

(2015) USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Pre-application proposal title: Development of a Liberibacter-specific Antimicrobial System to Treat Huanglongbing. Total budget: $3,372,963 over 5 years. Sub-contract for social science component: $750,000 over 5 years. Submitted: June 1, 2015. Status: Not invited for full proposal, 8/2015.

(2014) EPA Environmental Education Model Grants, EPA-EE-13-01. Project Title: Community and Environmental Stewardship of Water and Health/Comunidad, Cuidad Ambiental, Salud Y Agua (CCASA). $200,000. February 6, 2014. Status: Not awarded, 7/23/14.

(2013) USDA WIC Nutrition Education Projects Grants. Project Title: Innovation in Nutrition Education on Breastfeeding: Skin-to-Skin Contact at Birth of WIC Mothers and Infants in the Context of Peer Counseling and Multi-factorial Lactation Support. Submitted to TAMU Office of Research for internal review 11/5/2013. Status: Not selected for full proposal, 11/22/2013.

(2013) Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) and UTSA. Project Title: Community Perceptions of the Environmental Issues Related to the Donna Reservoir: An Environmental Justice CBPR Pilot Study. To support research about environmental contamination of fish at Donna Reservoir and Canal system. Adelita G.Cantu (UTSAHSC), PI and Margaret A. Graham (UTPA), Co-PI., Award (11/2013): $46,414.

(2012) UTPA Undergraduate Research Initiative (URI). Project Title: Feeding Babies in the LRGV: Perspectives of Lactation Peer Counselors. To support undergraduate student travel to international conference (Soc for Applied Anthro) to present co-authored research, March 2013. Award (10/2012): $1765.00

(2012) USDA-HSI Program. Project Title: Pilot Study of Positive Deviance in Breastfeeding in a Hispanic Population. To support research on breastfeeding success in the LRGV, March-Sept. 2012. Award: $2,790.

(2011) Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) program of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Project Title: Obstacles to Breastfeeding in the Rio Grande Valley: Perspectives of Certified Nurse-Midwives. Award: Directly funded two University of Michigan School of Public Health graduate students to work on this project in the LRGV, February 27-March 2, 2012.

(2010) USDA. Project Title: Risk Assessment of Fumonisin Contamination for Reduction of Neural Tube Defects in the RGV. Proposal submitted July 2010. Coauthored with TAMU and Office of the State Chemist. UTPA subaward: $184,000. Status: not awarded.

(2009) U.S. Hispanic Nutrition Research and Education Center of the UTHSCSA, RAHC-Harlingen. Project Title: Breastfeeding & Health in the lower Rio Grande Valley: A Pilot Study (AVMillard, MAGraham, IFlores, ERSanchez, BMedina and ECarbajal). Funding cycle: 11/1/09-10/31/10. Award: $20,000.

(2008) UTPA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences SWIG (Summer Writing Institute Grant) 2008. Award: $2000.

(2006) UTPA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences GRANT. Project Title: Comparative Research on Maternal and Child Health. Award: $3000 (amount matched by TAMU Health Science Center, McAllen).

(2004) Hackworth Grant, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (SCU). Project Title: Interdisciplinary Research on Drought in Northern Mexico: Educational, Anthropological and Ethical Perspectives. Sara Garcia and Margaret A. Graham, co-PIs. Award: $4,500 (March 5, 2004).

(2001) Terry Thomas Research Grant (SCU). Project Title: Dietary Specialization, Continuity and Change Among Bay Area Native Americans in Prehistory. Margaret A. Graham and Russell Skowronek, co-PIs. Award: $2,850..

(2000) Presidential Research Grant (SCU). Project Title: Child Nutrition and Poverty among Latinos in East San Jose. Award: $2000.

(1992-1994) National Institute on Aging Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco, Medical Anthropology Program, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Program: NIATraining Fellowship in Sociocultural Gerontology.

(1985-87) U.S. Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies [FLAS] Fellowship, Project Title: Socioeconomic Determinants of Dietary Variation among Rural Andean Households of Southern Peru. Award: To support dissertation field research..

(1983) Inter-American Foundation Master's Fellowship. Project Title: Breastfeeding in Social and Economic Context: Beliefs and Behaviors of Rural Andean Women (Peru). Award: To support pre-dissertation field research in summer 1983.

Honors and Distinctions

UTPA College Faculty Excellence Award for Mentoring, 2014.

UTPA Provost’s Award for Latin American Studies, 2009.

Phi Kappa Phi, Honors Society, UTPA, Spring 2007.

Scholar, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, May 2003.

Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, January 2003-present.

Maxwell Scholar Award, for outstanding research and scholarship, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, June 1989.

Graduate Office Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 1985.

Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1980.

Professional Service

Nominee, Executive Board, Society for Applied Anthropology. Election will take place 2015-16.

Panel Discussant: Diabetes, Curanderos, Health Intervention and Research on the US Mexican Border: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Montoya. UTPA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 6th Annual Research Conference, April 13, 2012.

Member, The Lower Rio Grande Valley Community Partnership, Research Taskforce for the HHS Hispanic Elders Project, 2007-present.

Fellow, International Valley Health Institute, 2007-present

Faculty Advisor, Texas-Mexico Border Health Academy (train FSU medical students and faculty in US-Mexico border health), 2006-present

Officer, Southwestern Anthropological Association, Vice President/President-elect, 2003-04; President, 2004-05; Past President, 2005-06. Oldest regional professional organization in anthropology.

Member Representative, Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs, 2003-2005.

Co-Chair, Program Committee, Council on Nutritional Anthropology (unit of the American Anthropological Association), for the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 15-19, 2000, San Francisco.

Member, Planning Committee for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 22-25, 2000, San Francisco.

Chair, Nominations Committee, Council on Nutritional Anthropology (unit of the American Anthropological Association), 1994-1996.

Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Preventing Chronic Disease, Medical Anthropology Quarterly; Human Organization; Social Science and Medicine

Ad hocGrant Reviewer: National Science Foundation

Selected Service (to University, College, and Department)

• UTRGV Department of Anthropology, Interim Chair (2019-present)

• UTRGV Department of Sociology & Anthropology, AnthropologyProgram Coordinator (2014-2019)

• UTRGV MAIS Anthropology Graduate Coordinator (2015-2019)

• UTRGV ADVANCE Leadership Team (2012-2020)

• UTRGV Faculty Senate (2015-2020)

• Chancellor’s Network for Women’s Leadership, member (2017-2019)

• UTRGV Student Success Team for the College of Liberal Arts (May 2017-present)

• UTPA College of Social and Behavioral Science Assistant Dean (2013-15)

• Library Advisory Committee (3-year term): Chair, 2012-13; Member 2013-15.

• University Honors Council: (3-year term): Chair, 2008-09; Member, 2006-2009.

• Peer Mentor, UTPA New Faculty Support Program: 2010-present.

• UTPA AFRI (Agricultural and Food Research Initiative) Advisory Board, Member 2013-present.

• College Council, College of Social and Behavioral Science, Anthropology Representative (served two, 2-year terms) 2008-2012; CC Chair, 2010-11.

• Campus Wellness Taskforce, Member: 2006-2011.

• Volunteer Resource Program Advisory Committee, Member, 2006-08.

• Anthropology Search Committee, 2009-2011; 2015-present.

• Anthropology Evaluation (Tenure and Promotion) Committee, 2010-present.

Professional Organization Membership

American Anthropological Association

National Association for the Practice of Anthropology

Society for Applied Anthropology

Society for Medical Anthropology

Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition

Southwestern Anthropological Association (regional)

Lower Rio Grande Valley Border Health Council (local)

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