CURRICULUM VITAE AND PUBLICATIONS
Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate
Assistant Professor
Department of Black Studies
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon 97207
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1995.
M.A. Anthropology/Archaeology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1991.
B.A. Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FACULTY POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies, Urban Studies & Planning, Univeristy Studies
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Departments of Black Studies, International Studies, and Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Classes and seminars taught on topics of the history and culture of the Caribbean region, ethnicity, race and identity, colonialism and globalization, community organizing and civic engagement. June, 1998 - present.
Instructor Red Rose School, Portland, Oregon. Seminars taught in continuing education program for community development. April, 1999 - present.
Instructor/Supervisor Global Graduates Intenship Program, University of Oregon, Corvallis. Coordination and advising of internships at local institution (Historical Archives of Santiago) in the Dominican Republic. January - June, 1998.
Instructor Study Abroad Program, Spelman and Moorehouse Colleges, Atlanta, Georgia. Class and seminar taught on environment and culture of the Dominican Republic. May - August, 1996.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Undergraduate-level classes taught in Ancient Studies, Anthropology and Prehistory. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 1991 - 1992.
Undergraduate-level classes taught in Anthropology. University of South Carolina, Columbia. 1989 - 1991.
COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
Organizer and Presenter The Village Building Convergence, Portland, Oregon 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. Initiated and coordinated national scale events on community development, natural building and permaculture.
Organizer “Beyond Vietnam... Beyond Iraq” community discussion. Center For Black Studies, Portland State University, Portland, 2003.
Instructor Janus Social Services, City of Portland, Oregon. Designed and taught classes on Latino cultural competancy for area social workers. 2001.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS
Director, Principal Investigator Department of Anthropology, Archivo Historico de Santiago. Field researcher, project coordinator, instructor, advisor, public speaker, and curator for historical and cultural projects for four years at the public archives of Santiago, Dominican Republic. Representative and key spokeman for the local institution; interacted professionally with City, Regional, and International leaders; developed workshops and curriculae for local high school history and social studies teachers; organized archaeological and cultural collections of the archives; initiated projects with other local organizations including fieldwork, tours, public presentations, and publications. November, 1994 - June, 1998; emeritus affiliation and research ongoing.
Anthropology/Archaeology Editor, Publications Editor Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink and Kacike Jounal. Research, writing and editing for the 2 largest Caribbean Amerindian issue websites. June, 1999 - present.
Consultant and Tour Director Caballo Loco Tours, Dominican Republic. Organizer and field guide on archaeological, cultural, and ecological tours at historical sites in the Cibao Valley and coastal areas. October, 1993 - June, 1998.
Project Coordinator Ruta de Colon Investigations, Dominican Republic. Co-director and researcher on scientifc expeditions and historical commemorations of the first Spanish colonial routes in the Dominican Republic. November, 1994 - April, 1995.
Field Director Chacuey Archaeological Project, Dominican Republic. Mapping and survey of Taino archaeological sites, Dajabon. March - September, 1995.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & LEADERSHIP
BOARD MEMBER
President, V.P. People’s Food Cooperative, Portland, OR.
Division/Clinton Business Association, Portland, OR.
7 Corners Localization Initiative, Portland, OR.
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Coalition, Portland, OR.
Asociacion Dominicana de Antropologia y Arqueologia, Dominican Republic.
UNION MEMBER
Vice President for Political Affairs, Portland State Faculty Association, Portland, OR.
Delegate to 52nd American Federation of Teachers State Convention. Member of Bargaining Committee for 2003-2005 contract.
REPRESENTATIVE
Coalition for a Livable Future, Portland, OR. Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Coalition, Portland, OR.
Vision Council, City Repair Project, Portland, OR.
Neighborhood Traffic Safety Campaign, Portland, OR.
COLLECTIVE MEMBER
Let Knowledge Serve the City Academic Research Collective, Portland, OR.
Laughing Horse Books, Portland, OR.
CONTRIBUTING MEMBER
Globalization Study Group, Re-Thinking Schools, Portland, OR.
Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland, OR.
Alianza Cibaena cultural association, Dominican Republic.
Sociedad Ecologico del Cibao environmental agency, Dominican Republic.
Diversity Action Committee, Southeast Uplift, Portland, OR.
The City Repair Project, Portland, OR.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Society for American Archaeology. Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society.
Caribbean Amerindian Centrelink. Portland State Faculty Association
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Vilifying the Village: Colonialism Through History (with Mark Lakeman and Ridwan Nytagodien).The Fourth Village Building Convergence, Portland, OR, 2004.
Designing with the Environment: A Portland Way? Forum on Sustainability and the Economy, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, Portland, 2004.
Food Cooperatives and Food Security. “Voice from the Food System” Panel on Food Security. Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns, Portland, Oregon, 2004.
Caribbean Archaeology and Taino Survival. International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, 2003.
Herbal Medicine and the Struggle for Indigenous Survival in the Globalized Dominican Republic. Invited lecture, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 2003.
Taino Survival and Taino Revival: a Critical Assessment. Identities Series, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 2001.
Casabe Bread, the Wall of Shame, and Other Topics of Dominican Identity. Second Montesinos Keynote Lecture, Creighton University, Omaha, 1999.
The Taino Heritage of Casabe in the Dominican Republic. Indigenous Legacies of the Caribbean Conference and Field Study, Baracoa, Cuba,1999.
La Raza, la Cultura, y la Expresion de la Identidad. Invited lecture with performance by Felle Vega, Casa de Arte, Santiago, 1998.
Taino Heritage in the Dominican Republic. Keynote lecture at the Chacuey Series, Ayuntamiento de Santiago, 1997.
The Case of the Dominican Republic. Invited lecture, Museo del Barrio “Taino Legacy” planning meeting, New York, 1997.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Ocama Daca Taino: Taino Survival on Hispaniola with a Focus on the Dominican Republic (with Jorge Estevez and Lynne Guitar) in Indigenous Resurgence: Survival and Revival in the Caribbean, edited by Maximilian Forte, Peter Lang Publishers, forthcoming (2005).
The Indigenous Caribbean. Adelhauser Museum Natur-und VolkerKunde, exhibit of ethnographic photographs from the Caribbean for the Stadtische Museen Freiburg, Germany, 2004.
Not Everyone Who Speaks Spanish is from Spain: Taino Survival in the 21st Century Dominican Republic (also in Spanish). Kacike Journal www.kacike.org, 2003.
New Directions in the Study of Taíno Heritage: Conference and Exhibition (also in Spanish, with L.Guitar). Kacike Journal www.kacike.org, 2003.
Review of The Indigenous People of the Caribbean, edited by S. Wilson. Ethnohistory, 42 (3-4), 2002.
The Magic of Being Human. All Round Periodical issue 7, Winter, 2002.
La Herencia Indigena en el Caribe y el Mito de la Extincion de los Tainos. La Informacion 6 May, 1998.
Taino Heritage in the Dominican Republic. Original photographs and text used in “Taino Legacy” exhibit, Museo del Barrio, New York. September, 1997 - March, 1998.
Salvemos Chacuey (with C. Franco) El Siglo 29 January, 1997.
El Estudio de la Antropologia (with C. Franco). La Informacion 13 March, 1996.
La Cultura Taina: una Herencia Artistica y Funcional de Quisqueya. Exhibition of Pre-Columbian Caribbean artifacts and petroglyph illustrations, Expo Cibao cultural fair, Ayuntamiento de Santiago. October, 1996.
The Historical Archives of Santiago, the Dominican Republic. Homepage for the Archivo Historico de Santiago (www.hispanet.com/ahsantiago) 1996.
The Politics of Taino Indian Heritage in the Post-Quincentennial Dominican Republic: When a Canoe Means More than a Water Trough. Ph.D. Dissertation, Program in Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1995.
El Pasado Indigena y el Presente Politico: Nuevas Perspectivas en el Manejo de los Recursos Arqueologicos en los Estados Unidos e el Caribe. Museo del Hombre Boletin 26:33-40, 1994.
Rock Art at Corral de los Indios de Chacuey, Dominican Republic (with J.M. Weeks and V. Ramirez). Latin American Indian Literatures Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 88-97,1994.
Herbert Krieger and the Practice of Colonial Archaeology in the Dominican Republic (with J.M. Weeks). Acta Americana 2(1):23-32, 1994.
The Ancient Caribbean (with J.M. Weeks). Research Guides to Ancient Civilizations, no. 4. New York: Garland Press, 1994.
HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
MacArthur Predissertation Fellowship, 1992. Graduate Scholarship, University of Minnesota, Minnepolis, 1993-95.
Travel Grants, Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1993-95.
Graduate Scholarship and Assistantship, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1989-91.
Grant in Aid of Research, Sigma XI, the Scientific Society, 1991.
Leon Jimenes Research Grant, Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1997.
Educational Development Grant, Ayuntamiento de Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1996.
Second Montesinos Keynote Lecture, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, 1999.
Professional Development Grants, PSUFA, Portland, 2002, 2003, 2004.
COMMUNITY
Green Building Initiative Sustainable Building Grants, 2001.
Office of Sustainable Development Emerging Technologies Grant, 2002.
Association of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations Grant 2002, 2003.
Neighborhood Appreciation Award, Southeast Uplift 2003
SPECIAL INTEREST/ OTHER
Fluent in Spanish, semi-fluent in French.
Certified Hypnotherapist (C.Ht.), counselor and mediator.