Christopher David Fung

e-mail: cfung@hpu.edu

PhD degree in Anthropology                                                                              1995

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

dissertation title:    Domestic Labor, Gender and Social Power: Household Archaeology in Terminal Classic Yoro, Honduras

Dissertation examined the role of gender and household labor in the creation and maintenance of social status in a community on the Mesoamerican frontier during the Terminal Classic Period (800–1000 AD).

AM degree in Anthropology                                                                               1991

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Certificate of Advanced Continuing Studies in Archaeology                       1987

Beijing University, Beijing, PRC

BSc degree in Geology                                                                                         1986

University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ                                                                       

BA degree in Anthropology                                                                                1984

University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ                                                                       

Victoria University of Wellington, NZ                                                                        1981

Program Chair in Anthropology, College of International Studies August 2004–present

Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu HI

Co-ordinates academic policy within the anthropology program. Advises students on university policies and academic procedures with respect to the anthropology program. Co-ordinates strategic planning, integration with University, College of International Studies, scheduling and academic planning, adjunct hiring and personnel issues. Oversees program review in anthropology.

Assistant Professor in Anthropology, College of International Studies May 2001–present

Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu HI

Teaching

Teaches courses in Anthropology, Political Science and International Studies. Developed web-based teaching resources for use with these classes. Courses taught include Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Chinese Society and Culture, The Politics and Culture of Race, Diaspora Cultures, The Anthropology of Food and Eating, Rhythm and Culture, The Anthropology of Colonialism, Contemporary Nations: Sub-Saharan Africa, Introduction to Archaeology, Reflections on Anthropology (capstone course for the Anthropology Program) and (with Lynette Cruz), Making a Difference, a course on social activism. Participates in the Community-Centered Learning Project, partnering with Hawaiian community groups. preparation and delivery of the online course, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

University service

Vice-president of the Faculty Assembly                                                       present

Member of the Faculty Assembly Committee on Faculty Promotion and Review

Member of the Faculty Council Ad-Hoc Task Force on Merit Pay

Member of the General Education Task Force                                  2004–present

Presenter/participant in the HPU Global Citizenship Symposium       2003–present

Adjuncts supervisor, assuring quality of teaching in undergraduate courses

Anthropology representative to faculty meetings

Program review chair for Anthropology Program                                                    

Facilitator for college-based initiatives on improving student writing

Academic mentor and advisor for undergraduate students

Participant in the Symposium on Undergraduate Retention                            2004

Panel member for HPU Forum on The Passion of the Christ                                  

Co-ordinating faculty member for HPU College Democrats’ online voter registration drive

Updated and revised Anthropology Program certificates                                 2003

Faculty advisor for the following student organizations: HPU College Democrats (2004–present), HPU-Amnesty International (2004–present), Malaysian Students Association (2004–present), and the Capoeira group (2005)

Research

Currently preparing an ethnographic project on racial and cultural hybridity and identity. See Publications: Articles in submission/preparation below.

Community

Coordinator for an archaeological mapping of a heiau site for Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club                                                                                                     present

Moderater of the discussion series, “Issues That Matter,” on community access cable TV                                                                                              2004–present

Participant in an ongoing discussion series, “Who Owns the Past?” 2003–present

Participant in the mini-course, “The Roots of Terrorism,” by invitation of the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, U.S. Pacific Command                                    2003

See Public Outreach

Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology      January 2001- June 2001

University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Prepared and delivered courses on Introduction to Archaeological Theories and Methods and the Archaeology of East Asia.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of International Studies January 2001–May 2001

Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu HI

Adjunct ProfessorDivision of International Studies January 2000–January 2001

Hawai‘i Pacific University, Honolulu HI

Taught courses in Anthropology, Political Science and International Studies. Developing web-based teaching resources for use with these classes. Courses taught include Introductory Cultural Anthropology, The Politics and Culture of Race, and Diaspora Cultures. Anthropology representative to staff meetings, Division activities for students and research for grant proposals.

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology July 1996–November 1999

University of Auckland, NZ

Co-ordinated and taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Culture and Ethnicity, Introductory Archaeology, Origins of Social Complexity, and Complex Societies of East and Southeast Asia. Lectured in courses on Anthropology of Gender, Ethnographic and Experimental Approaches to Archaeology, and Cultural Resource Management and Museum Studies. Formulated a cross-disciplinary course on Colonialism and Culture Contact and another on Race.

Supervised or co-supervised six MA dissertations in archaeology and socio-cultural anthropology, including two in historical archaeology.

Served on the Anthropology Department Equity Committee and the Centre for Archaeological Research. Co-ordinated Wednesday Department Seminar Series. Consulted with pro-vice chancellor (Equal Opportunities) on diversity within the student body.

Teaching Fellow and Guest Lecturer for course on Afro-Atlantic Religions                                                                                                               Spring 1996

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Course head: Assoc. Prof. J. Lorand Matory

Taught an Afro-American Studies and Anthropology course on African and African Diaspora religions. Presented a lecture on music in Haitian Vodou. Organized publicity and logistics for a guest lecture series as part of the course.

Assistant Wing Tutor in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology
                                                                                          October 1995–July 1996

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Designed and taught small group tutorials for undergraduate majors in the Archaeology wing of the Department of Anthropology at the sophomore and junior levels. Consulted with students on fieldwork opportunities and possible senior honors thesis topics. Tutored students on archaeological method and theory with an emphasis on the archaeology of complex societies and the archaeology of small-scale societies. Tutorials stressed the inter-disciplinary nature of archaeology by including reading in paleontology, ecology, socio-cultural anthropology, and history in addition to current literature on archaeology itself. Also addressed questions of research methodology, the history of the discipline and the social context of archaeology in the modern world.

Teaching Fellow                                                                                          1989–1994

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Awarded Certificates of Distinction in Teaching five times. Formulated lesson plans, taught section and produced study and reading guides for sections of undergraduate students. Responded to student papers and drafts, helped write and grade midterm and final examinations. Advised students on academic and non-academic topics. Wrote academic and job-related recommendations for students. Taught for courses on Introductory Anthropology, Ancient Civilizations, World Archaeology, Mesoamerican Anthropology and Ancient Chinese Art History.

Teaching Consultant, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning 1991–1993

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Acted as an advisor on teaching for graduate students section leaders. Viewed and analyzed videotaped teaching sessions with section leaders to address their concerns as well as to evaluate and provide suggestions for improved overall teacher effectiveness.

Designated Race Relations Tutor                                                             1989–1991

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Attended year-long seminar and discussion series organized by the Office for Race Relations and Minority Affairs on race relations, handling issues of race relations in the residential house setting, and the institutional processes set up by Harvard to address these issues. Organized events at Currier House (film evenings, discussion groups) relating to race relations. Was available to meet with students who had concerns relating to race.

Head Teaching Fellow/Curator                                                  Spring 1990 & 1991

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Introductory Archaeology Course. Produced syllabus, reading list and course outline. Selected articles for course package. Ordered books for students and teaching copies for teaching fellows and libraries. Produced regional topical summaries of data when none were available. Produced list of Peabody Museum artifacts suitable for teaching collection. Negotiated access to teaching materials with Peabody Museum Collections department. Produced and curated weekly teaching displays. Taught two to three sections of undergraduate students per week. Supervised and edited writing of midterm and final examinations for both semesters. Graded midterm and final examinations.

Facilitator, Sexual Harassment and Date Rape Workshops June–August 1991

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Facilitated workshops on date rape organized by the Office of the Assistant Dean for Co-education for Harvard Summer School students. Attended 4-week series of seminars on sexual violence and how to educate students about it. Designed a questionnaire on date rape for future use at Harvard College.

Graduate Writing Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning Spring 1990

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Participated in special program aimed at improving the level of undergraduate writing and of increasing the role of writing in the learning process. Designed and implemented writing-intensive strategies. Discussed and evaluated strategies in small-group sessions with other Writing Fellows. Participated in student evaluation of writing projects.

Inventory Assistant, Human Osteology Project                    June–August 1989

Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Identified and inventoried human skeletal material in the Peabody Museum collections as preparation for compliance with NAGPRA legislation. Identified, inventoried, assessed skeletal elements for basic physical pathologies and re-integrated elements into individual skeletons where possible.

Published articles

(2003). Some Thoughts on the state of Chinese diaspora studies. China Review International, 9: (1–2).17–22.

(2000). The drinks are on us!: Ritual, social status and practice in Dawenkou burials, North China. Journal of East Asian Archaeology 2 (1–2). 67–102.

(1996a). Dawenkou. In J.S. Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art, (vol. 8, pp. 580–581). Grove: New York.

(1996b). Daxi. In J.S. Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art, (vol. 8, p. 582). Grove: New York.

(1996c). Domestic labour, gender and power on the Mesoamerican frontier. In Debating Complexity: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Chacmool Conference. Archaeology Association, University of Calgary: Calgary.

(1996d). Qujialing. In J.S. Turner (ed.), The Dictionary of Art, (vol. 8, p. 829). Grove: New York.

(1994). The beginnings of settled life. In R. Murowchick (ed.), Cradles of Civilization: China (pp. 50–59). University of Oklahoma Press: Norman.

with Allen, H. (1984) Perceptions of the past and New Zealand archaeology. New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter no. 4. 15–25.

Articles in submission

(forthcoming). Tyrannies of the present: Archaeology, ethnography and the historical imagination. In D. Counts, H. Lyons, C. Gross, & J Huntsman (eds.), Essays in Honor of Ann Chowning (special edition of Research in Anthropology and Linguistics).

(forthcoming). “It’s better than therapy!”: racial identity, cultural commodification and West African drumming in Cambridge and Boston. Submitted to Transforming Anthropology.

with Joyce, R., Hendon, J., & Fox J. (forthcoming). Expanding the terminal classic in Honduras: Implications from research in the Cuyumapa River drainage, Department of Yoro. In M. Ausec, W. Fowler and P.Urban (eds.). The Early Postclassic of Eastern Mesoamerica. Cotsen Archaeological Institute, UCLA: Los Angeles.

Articles in preparation

(in preparation a). Social power in the archaeological record: Gender and double-consciousness on the Mesoamerican frontier. For submission to Social Archaeology.

(in preparation b). Social and political power in Late Classic Honduras. For submission to the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

(in preparation c). National identity and the submergence of conflict: Review of Te Papa Tongarewa, the national museum of New Zealand. For submission to Museum Anthropology

Intra- and Extra- Community Identities on the Mesoamerican Frontier

Paper presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 15–19, 2000. San Francisco, CA.

When Archaeologists Attack: Anthropologists, Olmecs and African American Views of Mesoamerican Archaeology

Paper presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. December 2–6, 1998. Philadelphia, PA.

Engaging Afrocentricity

Session co-organizer:Yvonne V. Jones (University of Louisville)

Session for the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November, 1998. Philadelphia, PA.

Mesoamerica and the Classic Maya: Narrative on the Southeast Frontier

Paper presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 20–24, 1996. San Francisco, CA.

Chicha Production at the Household Level in Terminal Classic Honduras

Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. April 10–14, 1996. New Orleans, LA.

Modelling Social Power in the Terminal Classic of Honduras

Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association. September 29–October 1 1995. Washington DC.

Settlement Patterns in Yoro, Honduras

with Joyce, Rosemary A., Julia A. Hendon, Russell N. Sheptak, and John P. Gerry

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. November 14–18, 1989. Washington, DC.

Regional Interaction and Social Complexity in Northern China

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. October 14, 1989. Cambridge, MA.

Living large: The roots of excess

Georgette Wo

Interviewed for an article in the magazine, Island Scene. January, 2005. Honolulu, HI.

Fast food and the disposable society: the anthropology of food in the modern world

Lecture presented at the Windward Community College’s Common Book Program. September, 2004. Kaneohe, HI.

Afrocentrists, Archaeologists and the hermeneutic of suspicion: Colossal Olmec heads and Blackness

Presentation at “Who Owns the Past?” Public Discussion Session, `Iolani Palace. October, 2003. Honolulu, HI.

Ulua Valley, Cortes, Honduras                                                                                  2001

2 weeks excavation and geo-archaeological prospecting in the with the Proyecto Arqueologico del Valle Inferior del Rio Ulua (PA-VIRU)

Puerto Escondido, Cortes, Honduras                                                                        2000

4 weeks excavation and ceramic analysis with the Proyecto Arqueologico del Valle Inferior del Rio Ulua (PA-VIRU)

Oloman and Cataguana valleys, Yoro, Honduras                                                     1993

8 weeks excavation in residential sites and ceramic data analysis with the Proyecto Arqueologico de Cataguana y Oloman (PACO)

                                                                                                                                  1992

8 weeks excavation in ballcourt sites and ceramic data analysis with the Proyecto Arqueologico de Cataguana y Oloman (PACO)

                                                                                                                                  1989

4 weeks survey and mapping with the Proyecto Arqueologico de Cataguana y Oloman (PACO)

Great Mercury Island, New Zealand                                                                         1984

2 weeks excavation

Pouerua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand                                                                    1983

5 weeks excavation

HPU Trustees Scholarly Endeavor Program Grant to support a writing project: “Archaeology and the Tyranny of the Ethnographic Present.” Fall 2003.

NEH Faculty Development Grant administered through Hawai’i Pacific University to support archaeological research in Honduras. July 2001.

Auckland University Research Council, Research Grant. November, 1996–February, 1997.

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Dr. Rosemary Joyce, Principal Investigator) SBR–9310671. May 1993–May1994.

Harvard University Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies Tinker Foundation Grant to support research in Honduras. Summer 1992.

Owens Fund Grant, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University to support research in Honduras. Summer, 1992.

Departmental nominee for the Harvard Merit Fellowship. February 1990.

Harvard University Tuition Grant and Stipend. 1987–1991.

New Zealand-China Government Exchange Scholar. 1985–1987.

Derek Bok Center for Teaching And Learning Certificates of Distinction in Teaching. Awards. 1989–1990, 1990–1991, 1991–1992.

Nominated for the Levenson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. May 1992.

American Anthropological Association

Association of Black Anthropologists

The Polynesian Society

Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club

Household archaeology

historical archaeology

archaeology of social complexity

Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnography

Chinese archaeology and ethnography

ceramics in archaeology

race and ethnicity

national identity

gender

class

colonialism

expressive culture (especially music) of Africa

and the African diaspora

ritual

art and ideology

diaspora cultures (primarily African and Chinese)

museum studies and material culture.

French (competent)

Chinese (competent)

Spanish (reading knowledge)

Latin (2 years secondary school)

Professor Rosemary A. Joyce

Department of Anthropology

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720

USA

Professor C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky

Department of Anthropology

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138

USA

Professor Emeritus Roger C. Green

Department of Anthropology

University of Auckland

Private Bag 92019

Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

Associate Professor Carlos Juarez

Acting Dean,.College of International Studies

Hawai‘i Pacific University

1188 Fort St.

Honolulu, HI 96813

USA

Professor Geoffrey Irwin

Department of Anthropology

University of Auckland

Private Bag 92019

Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

Professor James L. Watson

Department of Anthropology

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138

USA