1. CURRICULUM VITA
ANTHROPOLOGICAL/SOCIOLOGICAL CONSULTANT
Dr. Susan D. Russell
Birthdate: March 18, 1951
Education:
Ph.D.withHighDistinctioninAnthropology,1983: Universityof Illinois,Urbana-Champaign
M.A. inAnthropology,1977: Universityof Illinois,Urbana-Champaign
B.A.withHighDistinctioninAnthropology,1973: Universityof Illinois,Urbana-Champaign
MembershipinProfessional Organizations:
AmericanAnthropological Association
AssociationforAsianStudies
SocietyforAppliedAnthropology
Other Training:
CertificationinStrategicPeacebuilding(onlinecourse),U.S.Institute of Peace,Washington,D.C.,2014
CertificationinConflictAnalysis(onlinecourse),U.S.Institute of Peace,Washington,D.C.,2014
CertificationinMediationSkills,CenterforConflictResolution,Chicago,IL,2014
InvitedParticipant,TwoDayWorkshoponReligion,Peacebuilding,andDevelopmentinMindanao
(sponsoredbythe Social Science ResearchCouncil,New York),2010.
AssistantEditor(SoutheastAsianStudies), Journalof Asian Studies,1993-94
BookReviewEditorforCultureand AgricultureJournal,1008-2010 and Pilipinas:Journalof Philippine
Studies. 1989-2002.
National Science FoundationFellowship,SummerInstitute inResearchMethodsinCultural
Anthropology,heldatthe Universityof Florida,1989.
Post-Doctoral ResearchFellowshipinInternational andRural Development,The RockefellerFoundation,
1983-85 (2 yearsbasedat the School of Economics,Universityof the Philippines,QuezonCity).
Countriesof WorkExperience: Over9 yearsof researchand teachinginthe Philippines,researchon
socio-economicissuesfocusedonnorthernLuzon,south-centralLuzon,andmostrecentlyMindanao.
Three monthsresearchinThailand.
Languages: Tagalog (Basicspeaking,reading,andcomprehension);Spanish(basicspeakingand
reading).
EmploymentRecord:

2. 1986-2015 Professor,Departmentof AnthropologyatNorthernIllinoisUniversity,DeKalb,IL
1999-2005 Director,CenterforSoutheastAsianStudies,NorthernIllinoisUniversity,DeKalb,IL
1985 – 1986 AssistantProfessor,Sociology,NorthernIllinoisUniversity,DeKalb,IL
1983 – 1985 RockefellerFoundationPost-Doctoral ResearchFellow inInternational andRural
Development(alsoVisitingAssistantProfessor, School of Economics,Universityof the Philippines,
QuezonCity
1981-82 VisitingLecturer,Departmentof Anthropology,Universityof Illinois,Urbana-Champaign
ExternallyFundedProgram Experience asPrincipal Investigator and manager (includinginternational
travel):
2003 – 2018. U.S.StateDepartment,Bureau of Educationaland CulturalAffairs,Philippine Youth
LeadershipProgram(international exchange andpeacebuilding/environmental conservationprogram
with28 Muslim,Christianandindigenous youthfromMindanao,southernPhilippines, eachyear)
$3,020,000 total funding,over336 youthtrainedinleadershipskills,conflictresolution,andinter-ethnic
dialogue.
2014 – 2016. Fulbright-Hays,Group ProjectsAbroad ShortTermseminar,U.S.Departmentof Education.
$90,117 to trainhighschool and communitycollegeeducatorsonPhilippinehistory,democracy,geo-
politics,culture andhumanrights. $90,117.
2009-2011. U.S.StateDepartment,Bureau of Educationaland CulturalAffairs,EmpoweringIndigenous
and MinorityLeadersinthe SouthernPhilippines(internationalexchangeandpeacebuildingprogram
with30 Muslim,ChristianandindigenousyoungadultsfromMindanao,southernPhilippines).
$350,000.
2007-2009. U.S.StateDepartment,Bureau of Educationaland CulturalAffairs,Cultural Citizensand
North-SouthDialogue:Buildingthe National IdentityandCivicParticipationinthe Philippines
(international exchange andtrainingprogramindemocracyandcivil societyorganizationswith30young
adultsof differentprofessionalbackgroundsfromall overthe Philippines),$368,371.
2005 – 2007. U.S.StateDepartment,Bureau of Educationaland CulturalAffairs,The Autonomous
Regionof MuslimMindanaoand Majority-MinorityRelationsinthe Philippines:Religion,Education,
CommunityandPolitical Process(internationalexchangeandtrainingprograminpost-conflict
developmentandthe peace process,withtenMuslimFilipinoleadersfromMindanao). $167,560.
2003 – 2006 U.S.Departmentof Education,Title VINationalResourceCenter grant (multidisciplinary,
international areastudiesforforeignlanguagesprogramgrantforSoutheastAsia),$1,411,050.
2001 – 2003 NationalSecurityEducation Program,U.S.Departmentof Defense (multidisciplinary
researchgrant to developinteractive multimediaforteachingBurmese,KhmerandLaolanguagesand
cultures). $278,629.
2000 – 2003. U.S.Departmentof Education,Title VINationalResourceCentergrant (multidisciplinary,
international areastudiesforforeignlanguagesprogramgrantforSoutheastAsia),$958,262.
ExternallyFundedAcademic Researchas Principal Investigator:

3. 1991 – 1993 Philippine-basedresearchonmaritime share contractsamongcoastal fishersinBatangas
and Pangasinan(funded by Fulbright-HaysFoundation and theNationalScienceFoundation).
1983-1985 Philippine-basedresearchonthe urbanfoodsysteminthe Philippines(fundedby The
Rockefeller Foundation Post-DoctoralFellowship in Internationaland RuralDevelopment).
1978 – 80 Philippine-basedresearchonsocio-economicdevelopmentandsmall-scale entrepreneurship
amongminoritygroupsinuplandLuzon(fundedby Fulbright-HaysFoundationand theNationalScience
Foundation).
ConsultingExperience:
SubjectMatterExpert,U.S. Marine Corps Special OperationsCommand. Reviewedandmade
recommendationsforthe ‘Cultural FieldGuide tothe Philippines’developedbythe Marine Corps
IntelligenceAgency,2007. Thisisa guide forU.S. soldiersastohow to interactwithrural residents of
the Philippines.
Cross-culturalconsultant,BennettandAssociates,Inc. (in Chicago) and the International Orientation
Resources(in Northbrook). Worked as a cross-cultural consultant withU.S.businesspeople who were
beingrelocatedtothe Philippinesaboutkeyfeaturesof the businessenvironment,politics, cultureand
society.1990=1999.
Rural Credit and Marketing Specialist,AsianDevelopmentBank, Manila,for the Philippine Highland
Agricultural DevelopmentProject. Mainprojectfeaturesinvolvedtravelinthe uplandsof northern
Luzonand conductinginterviewsaboutneededmarketinginterventionsforindigenousminorityrice and
vegetable farmerstoimprove theirincomes.1986.
Consultantand Memberof ScientificAdvisory Panel,HealthPromotionResearchProgram, Ambulatory
Cancer ClientsProject,Social Science ResearchInstitute,DeKalb,IL, Designedsurveysand
questionnairesforresearchonhowtoimprove recoveryconditionsandinterventionsforcancer
patients.1985-1989.
CooperativesSpecialist,UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme and the Food and Agriculture
Organization, Bureau of Cooperative Development,Manila(conductedresearchwithindigenous
vegetable farmersinthe uplandsaboutwaystoimprove theirlocal farmers’cooperativesandpost-
harvestfarm-to-markettransport),1980.
Certification:
To the bestof my knowledge,thisCV correctlydescribesme,myqualificationsandmyexperience. A
full academiccurriculumvita isavailable onrequest.
Email: russellsusan1026@gmail.com
Mobile: 001-(815) 375-8140.