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Douglas Feldman

PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology

Office: C15, Cooper Hall
Office Phone: (585) 395-5709
E-mail: dfeldman@brockport.edu
Curriculum vitae:
 Word 2007

Courses Taught

  • ANT 100  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT 261  Cross-Cultural Sexuality
  • ANT 317  Culture and AIDS
  • ANT 321  Culture Change
  • ANT 323  Anthropological Perspectives on Global Issues
  • ANT 405  Applied Anthropology
  • ANT 412  Medical Anthropology

Areas of Specialization

AIDS social research, global policy issues, health policy analysis, medical anthropology, applied anthropology, human sexuality, social epidemiology, health demography, health education, qualitative research methods, HIV prevention and interventions, evaluation of health services; United States, sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia.

Current Research Projects

A preliminary study at two Rochester area hospitals of insured, non-urgent patients in emergency rooms, 2005.  Revising a federal grant to conduct research on HIV-related social stigma in African American churches in Rochester, 2006.  Revising a federal grant to conduct research on HIV behavioral change among out-of-school youth in Zambia, 2007.

Selected Publications


2006(With Sharma, Anjali, E Burkusi, S Posner, E Ngugi, and C Cohen) Sex Preparation and Diaphragm Acceptability in Sex Work in Nairobi, Kenya, Sexual Health 3(4): 261-268.
2006PEPFAR Is Not the Answer to the Global AIDS Crisis, Anthropology News, November 2006:3.
2005A Global AIDS Consensus?, Anthropology News, May 2005:4.
2004(With Deborah L. Jones, SM Weiss, GJ Bhat, V Bwalya, and D Budash) “A Sexual Barrier Intervention for HIV+/- Zambian Women: Acceptability and Use of Vaginal Chemical Barriers “  Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health), 10(1):27-33.
2004Too Many Strings Constrict U.S. Funding for AIDS Fight,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, August 3, 2004:7A (op-ed).
2003Problems with the Uganda Model for HIV/AIDS Prevention,” Anthropology News, October 2003.
2003Reassessing AIDS Priorities and Strategies for Africa: ABC vs. ACCDGLMT,” AIDS and Anthropology Bulletin, 15(2):5-8.

Last Updated 3/30/12

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Events

April 22 3:30 pm
Marjorie Helen Stewart Speaker Series: Professor Robert J. Foster, Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Rochester, will speak on "Adversaries into Partners? Brand Value, Consumer-Citizens, and the Coca-Cola Company,"  Edwards Hall, Room 103.
 

April 25, 7:30 pm
Robert Marcus Memorial Lecture: Professor Anthony Marcus, Dept. of Anthropology at John Jay College, CUNY, will speak on “Moral Panics: Youth, Sex and Forced Labor, Yesterday and Today,” New York Room, Cooper Hall