Mentor Record


Ken C. Erickson

Anthropology
U. Kansas
8881 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90035

<ken@paceth.com>


Degrees Earned:
Degree
Discipline
School
Date
Ph.D Anthropology U. Kansas 1994
MA Anthropology University of Wyoming 1984

Subfields of Interest within Anthropology:

Globalization, food, consumption, team ethnography, applied
anthropology.

Regions of specialization and Languages:

China, Chile, United States; English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese,
Swedish

Interests within LGBTQ Anthropology:

China (tongzhi studies), men's health, sexuality, LGBT social organization.

Major Publications:

Doing Team Ethnography: Warnings and Advice, with Donald D. Stull

Current Research, Interests, and Goals:

Chinese consumption, Chinese public education, U.S. restaurant industry, public health. Building a sustainable applied anthropology business focusing on China, India, and Latin America and a few targeted business sectors in the United States.

Other Relevant Information:

 I operate a research consultancy in Los Angeles with a small office and
staff in Beijing and a licensee in Pondicherry, India.  See our website http://www.paceth.com.  I'm a Fellow of the American Anthropological
Association and an on-again-off-again member of SOLGA and of SCAAN, the Southern California Applied Anthropology Network.


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