Alyson O’Daniel, Ph.D. - University of Indianapolis

Curriculum Vitae

Alyson O’Daniel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
University of Indianapolis
Department of Anthropology

Personal Information

Address: University of Indianapolis
Department of Anthropology
Phone Number: 1400 East Hanna Avenue
Email Address: Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697

(317) 788-8020

[email protected]

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 2010
Dissertation Title: Social Categories and Health Care Outcomes: HIV Positive

African American Women and Survival in the Urban South

M.A., Anthropology, University of Denver, 2003
Thesis Title: “Too Much Life Goin’ On”: African American Women Surviving HIV

B.A., Anthropology, Indiana University, 1999

Grants and Awards

2008-2009 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
Grant (Award #0823572)

2006 University of Kentucky Susan Abbott-Jamieson Pre-Dissertation
Research Award

2004-2007 Teaching Assistantship, University of Kentucky

Presentations

2010 I Don’t Have to Let You Shit on Me No More:” HIV Positive
African American Women and the Disruption of Stigma under

2010 the Treatment Modernization Act. Paper Presented at the 109th
2009 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
2009 New Orleans, Louisiana.
2007
2006 Support Service Access and Socioeconomic Difference among
Low Income African American Women Living with HIV
2005 Disease. Informal Paper Presentation for the Medical
Anthropology Research Group (MARG), Lexington, Kentucky.
Publications
“It’s Like Some Kind of Run-around:” Institutional Network
Strength as a Mechanism of Health. Paper Presented at the
108th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“It’s on a Need-to-Know Basis, Booboo:” African American
Women and HIV Disclosure in the Urban South. Paper Presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Anthropology,
New Haven, Connecticut.

“Priorities” and Exclusion: Defining AIDS Care through
a Biomedical Lens.” Paper Presented at the 106th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
Washington, D.C.

“Meeting People Where They’re At”: The Role of Peer
Advocates within AIDS Care Bureaucracy, Harm
Reduction Strategies, and the Facilitation of Working
Client/Provider Relationships. Paper Presented at the
105th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association, San Jose, California.

Disastrous Disconnections: The Survival Needs of HIV Positive
African American Women, Community Funding Competition, and
HIV Service Provision. Paper Presented at the 104th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association,
Washington, D.C.

O’Daniel, Alyson Anthony
2011 “Access to Medical Care is Not the Problem:” Low Income Status and Health

Care Needs Among HIV Positive African American Women in Urban North
Carolina. Human Organization 70(4): Forthcoming.

O’Daniel, Alyson Anthony
2008 Pushing Poverty to the Periphery: HIV-Positive African American Women’s

Health Needs, the Ryan White CARE Act, and a Political Economy of Service
Provision. Transforming Anthropology 16(2):112-127.

Anthony, Alyson J., Mary Alice Scott, and Mary K. Anglin
2007 Medical Anthropology. In The Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. Sarah Boslaugh,

Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Manuscripts Under Review

N.d. Living Life Golden: HIV Positive African American Women, Personal
Responsibility, and the Uneven Transformation of State Policy. Under
review at American Ethnologist.

Book Chapters Under Review

O’Daniel, Alyson Anthony
N.d. Health Care Policy and Housing “Choice” among Low-Income HIV Positive

African American Women in Urban North Carolina. Completed Chapter in a
Proposed Edited Volume, Race in Urban Communities. Dr. Teresa Booker, ed.

Instructional Activities

Courses Taught

Fall 2011 Assistant Professor, University of Indianapolis Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology ANTH 100)

Spring 2011 Part-time Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Spring 2011 Anthropology (Survey of Medical Anthropology ANT 429)

Part-time Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Senior Seminar: Human Rights in Global
Perspective ANT 582)

Fall 2010 Part-time Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Fall 2010 Anthropology (American Cultures ANT352)
Fall 2009
Part-time Instructor, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Gender and Women’s Studies Area (Women’s Studies in the
Social Sciences WS200)

Part-time Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANT101)

Spring 2009 Primary Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANT101)

Spring 2007 Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Anthropological Field Methods ANT490)

Fall 2006 Primary Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANT101)

Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Anthropological Field Methods ANT490)

Fall 2005 Primary Instructor, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANT101)

Fall 2004 Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky Department of
Anthropology (Cultural Diversity in the Modern World ANT160)

Fall 2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Denver Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANTH100)

Fall 2000 Teaching Assistant, University of Denver Department of
Anthropology (Introduction to Anthropology ANTH100)

Core Curriculum Development Activities

Fall 2011 North American Cultures (course proposed for General Education
Core at University of Indianapolis)

Spring 2011 North American Cultures (course proposed and approved for
General Education Core at University of Kentucky)

Instructional Workshops Attended

Fall 2011 National Collegiate Honors Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

Fall 2011 Faculty Development Teaching Excellence Book Group,
University of Indianapolis

Fall 2006 Teacher In-Service Workshop, University of Kentucky

Spring 2005 Teacher In-Service Workshop, University of Kentucky

Fall 2004 Practicum in Teaching Anthropology, University of Kentucky
(ANT600)

Professional Activities

Summer 2009 Research Assistant, University of Kentucky for Dr. Mary Anglin
Summer 2005 (breast cancer activism)
2003
2002-2003 Research Assistant, University of Kentucky for Dr. Mary
Fall 2002 Anglin (breast cancer activism)
Winter 2002
2001-2002 Historical Research Consultant, Bradley David Productions,
Evansville, IN (independent film called Novem)

Volunteer Grant Writer, The People With AIDS Coalition
Colorado, Denver, CO

Program Evaluator and Needs Assessment Analyst, The People
With AIDS Coalition Colorado, Denver, CO

Research Assistant, University of Denver for Dr. Tracy Ehlers
(condom use negotiation)

Research Assistant, University of Denver for Dr. Richard Clemmer
Smith (Native American pottery styles)

Professional Memberships

American Anthropological Association
Society for Medical Anthropology
Society for the Anthropology of North America
American Ethnological Society
Association for Feminist Anthropologists
Society for Applied Anthropology