DR. BARBARA THOMPSON
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1995-1999 |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, USA, Ph.D. (awarded 1999) Art History, minor Anthropology |
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1993-1995 |
University of Florida/Department of Art, Gainesville, FL, USA, M.A. (awarded 1995) Art History, minor Anthropology/African Studies |
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1992 |
University of South Florida, Department of Art, Tampa, FL, USA, Post-B.A. Art History |
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1987-92 |
Eckerd College, Program for Experienced Learners, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
B.A. (awarded 1992) International Studies, minor Anthropology |
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1978-80 |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Undeclared |
EMPLOYMENT
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2001-present |
United States Aid in International Development, Africa Bureau, Washington D.C. (in conjunction with the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Consultant |
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2000-present |
University of Northern Iowa/Art Department, Cedar Falls, IA, USA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Survey of Western II, African Art History, African Humanities |
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2000-present |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History/Credit Programs, Iowa City, IA, USA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (African Art History) |
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1999-present |
His Royal Highness, the Duke of Bavaria, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich
African Ceramics Collections Consultant |
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1999-2000 |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, USA, Research Assistant Teaching Assistant, Non-Western Art |
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1995-1997 |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, USA, Art & Life in Africa CD-ROM Project, Research Assistant |
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1995-1996 |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, USA, Teaching Assistant, African and Non-Western Art |
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1995 |
University of Iowa/School of Art and Art History, Iowa City, IA, USA, Teaching Assistant, African Art |
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1994-1995 |
University of Florida/College of Fine Arts, Gainesville, FL, USA, Editorial assistant |
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1993-1995 |
University of Florida/Department of Art, Gainesville, FL, USA, Graduate Assistant, Western Art History, Art Appreciation |
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1992 |
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, Curatorial Assistant |
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1984-92 |
Self-employed, Germany, France, and the USA, Make-up Artist |
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1980-84 |
Max Factor Cosmetics, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, Make-up Artist and Skin Care Specialist |
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1980-84 |
Eurosprachschule, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, English and Spanish instructor |
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1978-80 |
University of Southern California/College of Continuing Education, Los Angeles, CA, USA,
Program and Registration Coordinator |
INTERNSHIPS
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1993 |
Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL, USA, Graduate Intern to Curator of Education |
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1991-1992 |
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, Senior Intern of Collections/Exhibitions |
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1991 |
Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, FL, USA, Editorial Writer/Journalist |
VOLUNTEER WORK
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1997-pres |
Friends of Usambara Society, Usambara Views Magazine, Lushoto, Tanzania
Editor |
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1994-1995 |
University of Florida/Grinter Gallery , Gainesville, FL, USA
Guest Curator |
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1994 |
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL, USA
Collections Assistant, African art collection |
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1991-1992 |
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Curatorial Assistant, non-Western collections |
HONORARY POSITIONS
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1996-1997 |
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Student Rep., Museum of Art Development Council |
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1993-1995 |
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
President, Society of Art History Graduates |
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1993-1995 |
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Program Rep., Fine Arts College Council |
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1993-1994 |
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Department Rep., Graduate Student Council |
HONORS
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1995 |
Society of Art History Graduates, University of Florida
Honorary Award as Founding President |
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1995 |
University of Florida, Presidential Recognition Award |
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1994 |
Fine Arts College Council, University of Florida
Student of the Year |
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1994 |
Graduate Student Council, University of Florida
1st Place Paper in Fine Arts and Humanities |
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1992 |
Eckerd College, B.A. summa cum laude |
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER AWARDS
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2000-present |
(UI) Obermann Center for Advanced Research, University of Iowa, Scholar-in Residence and Project Director, The Earth Transformed: Ceramic Arts of Africa Project, http://bailiwck.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts/ |
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2000 |
Experiential Learning Travel Grant, University of Northern Iowa, Grant for student excursion to out-of-state exhibition |
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2000 |
UI African-American World Studies/Barbara Woodard Memorial Fund
Scholarly Presentation Travel Grant (Australia) |
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1999 |
UI Program for the Advanced Study of Life and Art in Africa (P.A.S.A.L.A.),
Graduate Travel Grant (Australia) |
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1998-1999 |
UI Graduate College, Seashore-Ballard Dissertation Fellowship |
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1998-1999 |
UI Program for the Advanced Study of Life and Art in Africa (P.A.S.A.L.A.),
Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship |
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1997-1998 |
UI African Studies Program, Ford Foundation Student Travel Fellowship, Crossing Borders (India) |
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1997-1998 |
National Gallery of Arts/Kress Foundation, Kress Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (Tanzania) |
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1997-1998 |
UI Graduate College, T. Anne Cleary Dissertation Fellowship (Tanzania) |
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1997-1998 |
UI P.A.S.A.L.A. Graduate Fellowship for Research Abroad Program (Tanzania) |
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1997-1998 |
UI School of Art and Art History, Holt Fellowship Dissertation Research Grant (Tanzania) |
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1997 |
UI Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship (Tanzania) |
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1997 |
UI Student Government Research Travel Grant (Germany) |
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1995-1997 |
UI School of Art and Art History / UI Foundation/ UI P.A.S.A.L.A., full tuition scholarship |
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1996 |
UI School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Holt Fellowship Pre-dissertation Research |
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1996 |
UI Art History Society, UI Student Government, UI P.A.S.A.L.A., and UI Stanley Foundation, Fellowship for Research Abroad Travel Grant (Tanzania) |
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1995 |
Society of Art History Graduates , University of Florida (UF), Travel Grant |
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1993-95 |
UF Graduate College, Full tuition scholarship |
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1994 |
UF Graduate College and Department of Art, Master's Research Travel Grant (Belgium) |
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1994 |
UF Graduate Student Council, Travel Grant (Iowa) |
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1994 |
School of Art and Art History , University of Iowa
Travel Grant (Iowa) |
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
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2001 (April) |
ACASA Triennial, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands |
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1999 |
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
22nd Annual International Conference, Perth, Australia |
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1999 |
African Studies Association, Annual Conference, Philadelphia, USA |
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1999 |
Department of African Languages and Cultures International Conference
University of Gent, Gent, Belgium |
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1998 |
Stanley Conference, Iowa Studies in African Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
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1997 |
Grand Rounds Speakers' Series, Hospital School, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
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1997 |
CICS/Stanley Special Presentation Series, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
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1994 |
Graduate Student Forum, University of Florida |
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1994 |
PASALA Student Symposium on African Art, University of Iowa |
PUBLICATIONS
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Forthcoming |
"Visualizing Horses: Karen Terpstra Speaks of her Passions, " Ceramics Monthly |
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Forthcoming |
"Where All Things Meet: Performing Spiritscapes in Shambaa Healing" in Music, Religion and Ritual, ed. Daniel Avorgbedor, Mellen Press. |
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Forthcoming |
"Bending Traditions: A Potter in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania" Ceramics: Art and Perspectives, Sydney: Ceramics. |
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2000 |
"Exhibition Review: Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich," African Arts, Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles. |
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2000 |
"A Circle of Fire: Pare Pottery in the Usambara Mountains of Northeastern Tanzania," Ceramics Technical, Sydney: Ceramics. |
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2000 |
"The Sacred Vessel: Ceramic Minkisi as Agents of Healing" in
The Earth Transformed: Ceramic Arts of Africa, http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts/ |
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2000 |
"Book Review: Heil- und Körper Kunst in Afrika," African Arts, Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles. |
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2000 |
"Cross-dressing for the Spirits in Shambaa Ughanga", in Hair in African Art, New York: Museum of African Art. |
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1999 |
"Shambaa Ughanga: Converging Presences in the Embodiment of
Tradition, Transformation and Redefinition", Mots Pluriels, http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/
Perth: University of Western Australia. |
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1998 |
"The Arts of Healing" in Art and Life in Africa, an interactive CD-ROM
Iowa City: University of Iowa School of Art and Art History. |
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1997 |
"Yoruba Carvers and Workshops: Names Preserved in Form and Text" in Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz: Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum. |
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1997 |
"Accumulative Sculpture" in Permutations of Power, Roy Sieber, editor,
Gainesville: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art and the University of Florida. |
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1997 |
Catalogue Entries # 49, 58, 6-65, 67, & 68 in African Art from the Faletti Family Collection, Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum. |
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1995 |
Beyond Beauty: the Arts of African Women , exhibition booklet,
Grinter Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, co-curator. |
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1995 |
"Performance and Believability" Museletter, Gainesville: University of Florida
College of Fine Arts, January/February, pgs. 8-9 |
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1992 |
Passport to the World: The Parish Collection, catalogue entries no. 42-48,
St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts |
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1992 |
"Continuing Exhibition", Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, July-September, pg. 1 |
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1992 |
"New Exhibitions: African Art From Florida Museums", Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, July-Sept., pg. 1 |
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1992 |
"Recent Acquisitions" Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, January-March, pg. 3 |
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1992 |
"Treasures of the Month" Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, January-March, pg. 3-4 |
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1991 |
"Recent Acquisitions" Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, November-December, pg. 2 |
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1991 |
"Special Exhibition, 'Before Discovery: Artistic Development in the Americas
Before the Arrival of Columbus'" Mosaic, St. Petersburg: Museum of Fine Arts, November-December, pg. 1 |
EXHIBITIONS
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Forthcoming (2006) |
Master Hands, Master Artists: Traditional and Contemporary African Ceramists , (co-curated with Dr. Andrea Nichols) National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. |
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1999 |
Confluence: Practices and Ideas, exhibition of contemporary woodfire ceramics featuring Koie Ryoji, Richard Bresnahan, Karen Terpstra and David Weber; Arbor Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, curator. |
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1997 |
Permutations of Power , Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, co-curator |
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1995 |
Beyond Beauty: the Arts of African Women , Grinter Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, co-curator |
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1991 |
Ancient Oriental Boxes from the Eckerd College Permanent Collection , Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, curator |
MEMBERSHIP
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1999-pres. |
African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific |
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1998-pres. |
Society for the Studies of Art and Expressive Culture, University of Iowa |
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1998-pres. |
College Arts Association |
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1998-pres. |
African Studies Association |
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1998-pres. |
Tanzanian Studies Association |
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1997-pres. |
Friends of Usambara Society Lushoto, Tanzania |
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1995-pres. |
Art History Society, University of Iowa |
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1994-pres. |
Arts Council of the African Studies Association |
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1993-1995 |
Society of Art History Graduates, University of Florida |
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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1999-present |
University of Iowa, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies |
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1997-1998 |
National Archives of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania |
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1997-1998 |
National Museum of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
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1997-1998 |
University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Sociology, Tanzania |
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1997 |
University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Kiswahili, Tanzania |
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1996 |
University of Dar es Salaam, Muhimbili College of Health Sciences, Institute of Traditional Medicine Research, Tanzania |
PLACES AND DATES OF RESIDENCES
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1999-pres. |
Iowa |
1978-80 |
California |
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1998-pres. |
Puerto Rico |
1977-78 |
France |
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1997-98 |
Tanzania |
1973-77 |
Spain |
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1995-97 |
Iowa |
1972-73 |
Germany |
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1993-91 |
Florida |
1966-72 |
Hawaii |
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1985-90 |
Germany |
1964-66 |
Spain |
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1984-85 |
Florida |
1963-64 |
Germany |
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1981-84 |
Germany |
1960-63 |
Hawaii |
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1980-81 |
Florida |
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FOREIGN TRAVEL
USA, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Bahamas, Trinidad, Germany, Spain, France, England, Scotland, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Lichtenstein, Austria, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Israel, India, Australia and Thailand.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent German, working knowledge of French, Spanish, Kishambaa, and Kiswahili, some reading knowledge of Portuguese, Italian, and Dutch/Flemish.
REFERENCES
Christopher D. Roy
Associate Dean of International Programs and Professor of Art History
School of Art and Art History, AB 100E
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
email: christopher-roy@uiowa.edu
Allen Roberts
World Arts and Culture
215 Dance bldg.
University of California-Los Angeles
email: allenr@ucla.edu
Mac Marshal
Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology Department
116 MacBride Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa CIty, IA 52240
e-mail: mac-marshall@uiowa.edu
Contact :
DR. BARBARA THOMPSON
2518 Putnam St. NE, Iowa City, IA 52240
(319) 643-4278
barbara-thompson@uiowa.edu
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