BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

Date of Birth:  March 6, 1966

Place of Birth:  Brooklyn, New York

Citizenship Status:  United States citizen

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New  York, NY

Master of Arts in Anthropology, May 1999.

Specialization:  Sociocultural Anthropology, Gender Studies

BROOKLYN COLLEGE, Brooklyn, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, February 1997.

Minors:  Women’s Studies, Psychology

HONORS AND AWARDS

1999, November

Kenneth Payne Prize for Gender Pretenders: A Drag King Ethnography.

American Anthropological  Association, Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists

1999, March

Master's thesis awarded high honors.

Columbia University, Anthropology Thesis Committee

1998, October

Schepps Travel Grant (for a conference presentation of In Search of the Berdache: Multiple Genders and Other Myths).

Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

1996, Fall

Lifetime Membership

Golden Key National Honor Society

1996, Spring

Dean’s Honor List

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

1995, Fall

Dean’s Honor List

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

1995, Spring

Dean’s Honor List

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

The ESL/Anthropology Cross-Cultural Conversation Exchange. Paper presented at the CATESOL Northern California Regional Conference: Bridging Borders of Language and Learning, Las Positas College, Livermore, California.

2001, March

Hasten, L.W.

Gender Pretenders: A Drag King Ethnography.  Paper presented at the LAGA/VC Spring Conference, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. 

1998, October

Hasten, L.W.

In search of the “berdache”:  Multiple genders and other myths.  Paper presented at Sex on the Edge: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sexuality and Marginality, Concordia Sexuality Research Project, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada.

1998, May

Hasten, L.W.

Virtual orality: Transcending the boundaries of speech through text.  Paper presented at the Brown Bag Forum, Columbia University Department of Anthropology, New York, New York. 

1998, February

Hasten, L.W.

“Berdache”:  Separating sex from gender, and dress from both.  Paper presented at the Brown Bag Forum Inaugural Event, Columbia University Department of Anthropology, New York, New York.

1997, October

Hasten, L.W.

“Rhetoric and Representation.”  Discussant, Feminism and the Academy: Building Bridges to the World Outside, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, New York, New York. 

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Hasten, L.W.,

Fall 2000

“Anthropology in the Age of Information,” in AnthroWatch, Vol. VIII, No. 2, Fall 2000.  Columbia Graduate Anthropology Alumni Association: New York, New York.   

THESES

Hasten, L.W., 1999

Gender Pretenders: A Drag King Ethnography, Unpublished Master’s thesis, Columbia University, New York, New York.    (Available at http://www.laurenhasten.com/genderpretenders.htm)

Hasten, L.W., 1996

Vedas and Eddas: Comparative Mythology and the Aryan Invasion Hypothesis, Unpublished honors thesis, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York. (Available at http://www.laurenhasten.com/edved.htm) 

PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE

LAS POSITAS COLLEGE, Livermore, CA

Professor of Anthropology, 2004 - present.

Teaching courses in anthropology.

FOOTHILL COLLEGE, Los Altos Hills, CA

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, 2001 - 2004.

Courses in cultural and physical anthropology. 

CHABOT COLLEGE, Hayward, CA

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, 2002 - 2003.

Courses in cultural anthropology. 

DEANZA COLLEGE, Cupertino, CA

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, 2002.

Courses in physical anthropology. 

COURSES

Social/Cultural Anthropology

Physical Anthropology

Archaeology and Prehistory

Cultural Pluralism/Cultures of the United States

Magic, Religion, Witchcraft and Healing

Practicum in Ethnography (Honors Course)

CURRICULUM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Chair, Las Positas College Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee, 2007 - present.

Chair, Las Positas College Department of Anthropology, 2004 - present.

Senator, Las Positas College Academic Senate, 2004 - 2006.

Faculty Advisor, Las Positas College Anthropology Club, 2004 - present.

Faculty Advisor, Las Positas College Gay/Straight Alliance, 2004 - 2005.

Speaker, Marin County Spectrum Speaker's Bureau, 2003 - present.

Speaker, Fair Housing of Marin Speaker's Bureau, 2004 - present.

Author, Title V-compliant course outlines for all Las Positas College anthropology courses, 2004.

TECHNICAL and MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE

SHOOTING GALLERY, INTERACTIVE, New York, NY

Senior Project Manager, 2000 - 2001*

Lead and facilitated the execution, via integrated digital media, of various web-based and multimedia business plans.  Account management, resource allocation, project and budget tracking, information architecture, authoring statements of work, functional requirements, site maps and wireframes.  Implemented and maintained a system to log and track all employee and project hours, as well as generate reports.   Managed Shooting Gallery Entertainment’s Film Series through multiple media streams.  Extensive use of Visio, Excel and MS Project.

HOTGAMES.COM, formerly a division of FortuneCity.com, New York, NY

Director of Production Operations, 2000*

Coordinated the efforts of multiple teams and departments into one cohesive effort to re-launch and redefine the market position of HotGames.com, a video game review and download site.  Provided assistance in a similar capacity on occasion for FortuneCity.com and V3.com.  Use of administrative tools such as Visio and Gantt charts, and PVCS Tracker.

ACROSSFRONTIERS, INT'L., New York, NY

Senior Producer and Consulting Anthropologist, 1999 - 2000*

Creative production for an educational content provider including information architecture specific to both the company website and its CD-ROM product, GUI and Web design, audio and video editing, and the management of all a/v technology and streaming media applications.  Library-based historical and anthropological research, fact-checking and content editing.  Production work through applications including Adobe Premiere, After Effects, PhotoShop and ImageReady, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, RealMedia, QuickTime, Media Cleaner Pro, Sound Forge and basic HTML editing.

SONY MUSIC RECORDING STUDIOS, New York, NY

Senior Mastering Engineer, 1988 - 1995

Engineered the technical production of recorded audio including digital mastering, re-mastering and restoration, commercial recording and editing, and audio sync-to-video. Comprehensive use of both PC and Mac platforms including professional digital media applications such as AVID and ProTools, word processing, and database maintenance.  Designed and implemented several new systems of training, production and record-keeping.  Conducted employee seminars on the use of technical equipment and instructed junior engineers.

TRACKWORKS RECORDING STUDIOS, New York, NY

Audio Engineer, 1986 - 1988

Recorded and produced commercial voice-overs for broadcast media. Mastery of analog audio technologies including analog multitrack editing and sync-to-video.  Extensive client services.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

ABIGAL PRESS, Brooklyn, NY

Editor/Proofreader, 1995 - 1999

Performed rapid deadline, high volume editing and proofreading in over seven different languages; projects included short-form commercial publications, event programs and memorial materials.

QUAD LEFT and GRUNFELD GRAPHICS, New York, NY

Editorial Assistant, 1986 - 1988

Provided editing, proofreading and layout services on a freelance basis to two small, interdependent typesetting and graphics firms. 

ACADEMIC REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.