I am teaching two courses for the Fall 2015 semester:• Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 103) at College of the Canyons, Valencia campus• Indians of California (ANTH 210) at College of the Canyons, Valencia campus

Guest lecturer in courses teaching anthropology: Gender, Identity, Globalization, Social Change, Rural Hindu India, Medical Anthropology (Disaster Relief), Heritage/Cultural Property, Biotechnology Ethics, and Human Evolution and the Archaeological Record. Lectures:"Culture, Food & Biotechnology - An Anthropological Perspective on the GMO Controversy""Biological Intangible Cultural Property: Preserving Genetic and Horticultural Heritage"Chair: Panda KrollVentura County Bar Association Bioethics SectionJuly 10, 2014 & November 11, 2014“Power, Gender, and Social Change" and "Women's Work" (in Rural Bihar, India)Professor: Maria Teresa Fiumerodo, PhDAnthropology of Women , Ventura CollegeMarch 27, 2013 & February 12, 2014International Women’s Day Presentation, Ventura College“Women Awakening in Bihar, India: The Caste System in India and Dalit Women and Children”Professor: Maria Teresa Fumerodo, PhDMarch 21, 2007“Cross-Cultural Disaster Relief for Emergency Aid Workers and Healers – Notes from the field: What works, what doesn’t and why”Professor: Jacqueline B. Sherman, RN,PhDMedical Anthropology for Nursing, California State University Channel Islands Extended UniversityApril 4, 2013 & April 3, 2014"From Apes to Humans: Archeological Evidence of the First Hominins (Pre-Australopithecines),” "Six Traits of Bipedalism," "What We Can Tell From Bones (Introduction to Forensic Anthropology)"Teacher: Addie DeupreeBiology–Human Evolution, 10th Grade, Oak Grove SchoolApril 19, 2013 & April 29, 2014“Urban Revolution in Western Mesoamerica: From ‘Savage’ to ‘Civilized’ to Collapse in Teotihuacan”Teacher: Faith Reynado, MEdHumanities–Social Evolution & History, 7th & 8th Grade, Oak Grove SchoolApril 12, 2013“From Apes to Humans: 7 Million Years of Hominin History in About 17 Minutes (And what about Hobbits (Homo floresienses)?”Teacher: Jim BaileyBiology – Human Evolution and the Fossil Record, 6th Grade, Oak Grove SchoolNovember 8, 2010

I'm a co-founder of the 100% volunteer disaster relief charity Kirwin International Relief Foundation (KIRF). KIRF is of a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the dual mission of disaster relief and education. (KIRFaid.org, KIRFaidblog.org, Twitter.com/KIRFaid, Facebook.com/KIRFaid)I was inspired to co-found KIRF (Kirwin International Relief Foundation) with my husband Mark after surviving the Andaman Sea Tsunami disaster while we were on a family vacation in Ranong, Thailand. Since then I've realized that one person can make a difference. My field work include stage 2 disaster relief assessments and educational projects:Ranong, Thailand - Disaster Relief (Andaman Sea Tsunami) December 2004 & Spring 2005Hattisburg and Picayune, Mississippi - Disaster Relief (Hurricane Katrina) Fall 2005Arusha, Tanzania - Disaster Relief (NE African drought) & Education (Youth-Service Learning Tree Planting) Roots & Shoots of the Jane Goodall Foundation - July 2006Chiang Mai, Thailand - Education (Ice Cream Maker for food program sustainability at school for HIV+ kids) with Support The Children Foundation - December 2006Bodhgaya, Bihar, India - Education (textbooks and sports supplies for free school) with KIRF India - December 2006Ventura, CA, USA - Education (youth service learning for International Peace Day) September 2008Washington, DC, USA - Education (youth service-learning) with Children's Playtime Project - January 2009Ojai, CA, USA - Education (Earth Day) with Oak Grove School - April 2009Playa Gigante, Nicaragua - Support of Las Estrellas Women's Softball Team via Sweet Water Fund - December 2012Playa Gigante, Nicaragua - Conservation Tourism Assessment with Howler Monkey Census - June 2013