Heidi Lam Email & Phone Number

Quebec City, QC, CA

Région Métropolitaine De New York City

ReD Associates is a strategy consulting firm based in Copenhagen, New York, and Paris, which uses human science methods and analysis to help companies make strategic choices to address their clients' unmet needs.As a consultant and applied anthropologist, I design and implement projects that use social science research methods to develop insights and.

New York And Copenhagen

I collaborated with multinational teams on the following projects, which redefined the strategic direction of the client's business areas:1. Healthcare project for a multinational MedTech company (for 2 different client business areas)- Conducted and summarized desk research- Led qualitative interviews and ethnographic research with US market respondents.

Remote

Contributed remote language and research support to Japan-based healthcare project for multinational pharmaceutical company. Responsibilities included: - Japanese language stakeholder interview assistance and takeaway summaries- Project framing desk research with industry and competitive landscape analyses- Research and recommendations on industry experts.

- Designed, curated, collaborated on, and edited content for web column on current anthropological research, commentary on current events, and publications relating to East Asia for average monthly readership of 15,000 users- Conducted interviews and wrote articles about activities, research, and publications of Society for East Asian Anthropology members.

New Haven, CT

- Assisted professors in teaching ANTH 169 Anthropological Approaches to Sex (2014), an introductory undergraduate course; ANTH 245 Nature and Globalization (2015), a hybrid lecture-seminar style course for upper-level undergraduates; and ANTH 342/542 Cultures and Markets: Asia Connected in Time and Space (2017), a seminar for graduate students and.

Japan

Implemented dissertation fieldwork project embedded as a volunteer staff-researcher (affiliation with Waseda University in Tokyo, funded by Japan Foundation and Yale Council on East Asian Studies) primarily in collaboration with two cultural theme park operators linked to Japanese actor training and media production companies (one nationally- and the other.

Assisted Dr. Amy Borovoy, Professor of East Asian Studies, on several occasions in book manuscript and other publications, including reading and synthesizing literature, editing for content and clarity, and formatting bibliography and index in field of Japanese Studies and Anthropology

New Haven, CT

1) Planned annual campus symposiums with 3-4 invited speakers, 1 guest moderator, and 30-40 attendees, as well as other programming, centering on research related to Inter-Asia region with $5000 budget proposal2) Supervised and collaborated with team of organizing committee members (2-4 people) in:- Leading working group discussions- Inviting and hosting.

New Haven, CT

- Coordinated annual department student meeting to discuss concerns, conveyed department concerns to student council leaders, and updated department on council initiatives and meeting discussions- Updated Graduate Student Assembly’s Facebook page with information about council projects, newsletter, and activities (~600 readers) as social media outreach to.

New Haven, CT

- Co-coordinated 19 weekly departmental meetings with presentations on anthropological research, with a team of 3 committee members and budget of $1000- Invited and hosted speakers internal and external to Yale University- Publicized meetings on departmental list-serv and posters- Coordinated lunches with local vendors

Cambridge, MA

Assisted professor in writing index descriptions and cataloguing collection of Tokyo postcards in Microsoft Excel and in cataloguing software OLIVIA for digital visual archive

Cambridge, MA

Assisted Dr. Fumika Sato, Visiting Scholar of the Harvard-Yenching Institute and Professor of Gender Studies at Hitotsubashi University Graduate of Social Sciences (Tokyo) in discussing research ideas, editing publications, and rehearsing academic presentations

Cambridge, MA

- Archived scanned images and slides in image cataloguing software OLIVIA- Translated Chinese and Japanese language materials into English index descriptions

Japan

- Defined research questions and methods for master’s thesis project on Japanese themed spaces- Interviewed employees and observed visitors at cultural theme parks, museums, and commercial themed spaces in Japan

Greater Seoul Area, South Korea

Formulated lesson plans and taught English conversation, writing, speaking, and TOEFL preparation classes of 10-15 students ages 6-18 from elementary to advanced levels

Princeton, NJ

Assisted patrons with material check-out procedures, answered questions, shelved books, and processed periodicals

Princeton, NJ

- Developed a six-week curriculum for and co-taught three journalism writing classes, culminating in the creation of a camp newsletter- Supervised around 40 middle school students who were underrepresented area youths- Directed five junior counselors in leading recreational and classroom activities

Princeton, NJ

- Re-housed and catalogued New Jersey Sanborn Maps Archive Collection- Organized and labeled historic maps storage area

Princeton, NJ

- Performed library opening and closing procedures- Answered patron phone calls and questions

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Working Group in Ethnography and Oral History (2013 - 2017); Teaching Fellow: Anthropological Approaches to Sex.

Kyoto Consortium Of Japanese Studies, Columbia University

- 20 weekly hours of coursework at for 6 weeks in advanced Japanese, including an independent study, final paper, and oral presentation in.

Master’S Degree, Regional Studies: East Asia

Activities and Societies: Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference (Conference Communications Committee 2010-2011) Recipient.

Intermediate-Level French

- 25 weekly hours of coursework in intermediate-level French - Lived with French Canadian host family

Academic Intensive Japanese Program

- Took 30 weekly hours of pre-advanced level Japanese (JLPT level 2 equivalent) for 6 months - Participated in cultural exchange.

Elementary Korean

One year of one-on-one part-time study (2 hours a week) while working in Seoul, South Korea

Bachelor’S Degree, Anthropology

Graduated with departmental high honors in Anthropology and Certificate in East Asian Studies (focus on Japan)

Intermediate-Level Japanese

- Took 15 weekly hours of intensive intermediate-level Japanese classes for 8 weeks - Engaged in cultural exchange activities - Lived with.

Education record