Writing
- Two chapters on FailSoft and Privacy Protection for startup company Kismet WorldWide.
- White papers for LMBe Solutions, which launched a new product: LCS Websites. Wrote all the content for its website.
- Created 103 online personas in one year for online word-of-mouth marketing campaign.
- Social media strategic plan for National Sexuality Resource Center.
- Edited volume with co-authored introduction. Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice. UC. Press. 2007.
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Grant Writing
Successfully obtained grants from:
- Ford Foundation, $230,000. (SFSU)
- Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, $60,000. (Ark of Refuge)
- Arcus Foundation, $50,000. (Ark of Refuge)
- Gill Foundation, $40,000 and $42,000. (Yvette Flunder Foundation)
Writing successful grants is not a solo effort. I had conversations with and collected loose notes from various people in these organizations which I transformed into in a coherent narrative. Additionally, in each of these cases, I succeeded by maintaining strong relationships with the program officers at these foundations. Often the program officers were inclined to support our projects, and wanted to be educated in order to make a strong case inside their foundation.
Researcher
21 years of experience in ethnographic, performative, in-depth interview and oral history research in:
- Holland
- Senegal
- Mali
- United States.
I have conducted
- Ethnographic research,
- In-depth Interview Research
- Performative research,
- Needs assessment for California Alcohol and Drugs service delivery to the LGBT population.
- Online reputation management research for Dutch Client. Reports were used in successful court cases by our client.
Teacher
I have taught 16 different courses at San Francisco State University and Northwestern University. These courses were for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of Anthropology and Sexuality Studies. I have taught research methods, theory and applied research design, as well as a number of specialized topics.
Highest evaluated teacher among peers, three years in a row. (02/03–04/05).
I presented workshops in Peru and Spain as well as in the United States for professional teachers and trainers. The topics of these workshops were:
- Sexuality Education for professionals
- The Internet and Sexuality Research
- Performative Research and Sex and Gender
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. 2002.
- MA. Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. Netherlands. 1992.
- Certified Competent Communicator. Toastmasters International. 2009.
Work Experience
- Researcher, Writer and Consultant. Niels Teunis. Present.
- Account Manager. Confluence Media. 2008 – 2009.
- Assistant Professor. Human Sexuality Studies, SFSU. 2002 – 2007.
- Lecturer. Human Sexuality Studies, Anthropology. SFSU. 1998 – 2002.
