Curriculum Vitae

Erica Gibson

Mailing Address:
University of South Carolina
Department of Anthropology
1512 Pendleton St .
Hamilton College, Room 305 Columbia , SC 29208
gibsoneb@mailbox.sc.edu

Education:
12/2007 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ph.D. Degree - Anthropology
Dissertation: The Effects of Practitioner Choice on Birth Outcomes of Women and Their Infants

05/2002 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
M.A. Degree – Anthropology
Thesis: The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS: An Anthropological and Epidemiological Study of the Baton Rouge Area

12/1998 University of Houston, Houston, TX
B.A. Degree – Anthropology – Cum Laude


Appointments:
08/2008 Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology,
Women and Gender Studies Program
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

08/2007 – 07/2008 Postdoctoral Fellow
Comprehensive Center for Pain Research
University of Florida, Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, Gainesville, FL

08/2005 – 08/2007 Adjunct Faculty, Anthropological Perspectives on Women’s Health, Physical, Nutritional, and Medical Anthropology Instructor
Independent Study Advisor
Rollins College, Hamilton Holt School, Winter Park, FL

08/2006 – 05/2007 Adjunct Faculty, Peoples of the World, Medical and General Anthropology Instructor
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

08/2003 – 05/2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant/Technology Assistant
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

01/2000 – 05/2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA


Presentations:
Acculturation and Oral Pain among Hispanics (Joseph L. Riley III and Evelyn Ortiz, co-authors). Poster presented at the American Pain Society Annual Meetings, Tampa, FL. 2008.

Birth Practitioners: Does Choice of Practitioner Make a Difference in Outcomes? Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings, Memphis, TN. 2008.

Acculturation and Oral Pain among Hispanics (Joseph L. Riley III and Evelyn Ortiz, co-authors). Poster presented at the University of Florida Pain Research Day. Gainesville, FL. 2007.

Women at Risk: Rising Cesarean Section Rates in the United States. Paper presented at the Florida Academy of Sciences Meetings, St. Petersburg, FL. 2007.

The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS: An Anthropological and Epidemiological Study of the Baton Rouge Area. Poster presented at the National Meetings of The American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA. 2002.

The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS: An Anthropological and Epidemiological Study of the Baton Rouge Area. Intellectual Gumbo, Graduate Student Association Competition, Louisiana State University. 2002.


Publications:
In Publication: Acculturation and Orofacial Pain among Hispanic Adults. Journal of Pain as of March 26, 2008.

Submitted to Ethnicity and Health: Influences of Acculturation and Socioeconomic Status on Self-Care Use for Orofacial Pain.

Review of: Blessed Events: Religion and Home Birth in America. Pamela E. Klassen. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001, xv + 316 pp. Review by Erica Gibson and Kathryn S. Oths. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 21(2): 242-243


Awards:
Pain Disparities Research Award, American Pain Society Annual Meeting, 2008.

Poster Award, Intellectual Gumbo, Graduate Student Association Competition, Louisiana State University. 2002.


Professional Affiliations:
American Anthropological Association

Society for Medical Anthropology

International Association for the Study of Pain

Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society, Founding member and former Alabama Beta Chapter President

Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Student Honor Society


Skills:
Computer programs: Microsoft Office, SPSS, Dreamworks, ANTHROPAC, CDC EZ Text, Atlas.ti


Other language: Spanish


Training: Certified Labor Support Professional (Doula)


Laboratory training: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) – specific work on cortisol analysis.


Cells 2 Society 2008 Summer Biomarker Institute

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