Paul Michael Taylor, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Research anthropologist, curator, and research program director at the Smithsonian, with curatorial responsibilities for the cultural history of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Curator of twenty-two museum exhibitions (including five online virtual exhibitions); responsible for community outreach and international curatorial and research activities, and for international museum development. Author or editor of numerous books and scholarly articles; see selection of over 100 published papers, 30 books, & other publications (for viewing / free download) at: https://si.academia.edu/PaulMichaelTaylor Responsible for international museum capacity building and training. See examples at playlist of news and feature reports on "International Museum Partnerships": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL__mMoD16eH3YeH9oGYTJGfvOMhRAuAmz

London, United Kingdom

Part-time film concept developer and anthropological consultant for ethnographic films. Included participation with film crew as field consultant and translator on site for three ethnographic films, among the Yali people and Fayu people of western New Guinea and the Mentawai people of Siberut Island (off western Sumatra), all for Discovery Channel. Regular (occasional) film concept developer and anthropological consultant (not on location) for other ethnographic film proposals and productions for National Geographic or for Discovery Communications, Inc.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Senior consultant for Social Safeguards (Indigenous Peoples policies, Involuntary Resettlement Compensation and Procedures, Cultural Properties protection, Social Impacts including social components of Environmental Impact Assessments, anthropology of develoment). Consultations and field inspections: “China: Western Poverty Reduction” (Qinghai Province), China; “Yaciretá” hydroelectric project (Argentina/Paraguay); “Cambodia: Forest Concession Management” project (Cambodia); effects on indigenous populations, of “TSERO/EESRSP” (Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit Operation / Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support Project) (Democratic Republic of Congo); and ”Smallholder Agricultural Development Project” (Papua New Guinea).

Ph.D., Anthropology

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Anthropology