Virtually Amanda
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EDUCATION
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCREDENTIALS
Ph.D., Folklore, May 1994
M.A., Folklore, May 1989The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
The Rothberg School, Summer 1989
The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Summer 1988The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
B.A., double major in History and in Music, May 1987
St. John's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Summer 1986
CRFE - Certified Fund-Raising Executive, Association of Fund-Raising Professionals
EXPERIENCE
President/CEO, California Biomedical Research Association/California Society for Biomedical Research, Sacramento, CA, January 2002-present.PUBLICATIONSDirector of Development/Major Gifts Officer, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, February 1999 - 2002.
Senior Information Officer, The Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, June 1997 - January 1999.
Lecturer - Vanderbilt University, Department of Religion and the Vanderbilt Divinity School, 1996 - 1999.
Associate Director of Alumni and Development, The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1996 - May 1997.
Alumni and Development Assistant, Office of Library Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1995 - February 1996.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Folklore and Folklife, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 1989 - May 1992.
Research Assistant to Dan Ben-Amos, Department of Folklore and Folklife, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 1988 - May 1992.
Books
Holy Wells, Holy Water: Healing and Belief. in progress.ArticlesThe Olden Time: Stories for Betty, by Elizabeth Hawley. Edited by Amanda Carson Banks and Diane N. Banks. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2005.
Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999.
"Abortion," "Childbirth and Childrearing," "Home Birth," and "Pregnancy," Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife, edited by Elizabeth Locke and Theresa Vaughan. Westport: Greenwood Press, Forthcoming.PAPERS AND LECTURES"Childbirth, Midwives, and Wetnursing," Encyclopedia of European Social History, edited by Stephen Wagley. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
"Book Review: 'Religion and Popular Culture in America', edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffery H. Mahan " Journal of Contemporary Religion 15(2): 2000.
"Book Review: 'The End of the World as We Know It: Fatalism, and Apocalypse in America' by Daniel Wojcik," Nova Religio 3(2): 2000.
"Mother Ann Lee: A Biographical Essay," Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer. Waterford: Yorkin Publications, 1999.
"Someone to Watch Over Me: The American Cult of Angels and the Contemporary Religious Imagination," with Hal Dasinger, Quarterly Review, 19(3): 1999.
"Donaldina Cameron," "Sarah Doremus," "Katherine Drexel," "Mary B. Dyer," "Barbara Heck," "Ann H. Judson," "Lottie Moon," "Sally J. Priesand," "Ida Scudder," "Mary Slessor," "Emma H. Smith," "Clara Swain," "Lucy G. Thurston," "Alma White," and "Jemima Wilkinson," Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, edited by Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer. Waterford: Yorkin Publications, (GALE Group), 1999.
"Susan Alamo," and "Jane Goodwin Austin," American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
"Book Review: 'UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth' by Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler, and Charles B. Moore," Journal of American Folklore 111(442): 1998.
"Folklore Studies," The Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion, edited by Serenity Young. New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1998.
Entry, Encyclopedia of American Popular Belief and Superstition, edited by Donald J. Ward. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
"Bible," "Folk Religion," "Herman Gunkel," "Ritual," and "Green Man," Folklore and Literature: An Encyclopedia, edited by Mary Ellen Brown. Denver: ABC-Clio Publications, 1998.
"Folklore and the Comic Book: The Traditional Meets the Popular," with Elizabeth E. Wein, Impromptu Journal 2:On-Line, January 1998.
"Book Review: 'Never Again the Burning Times: Paganism Revived' by Loretta Orion," Western Folklore 55: 1997.
"The History of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt Divinity School," The Spire 19(1): 8-9, 1997.
"Book Review: 'Mary Wollstonecraft and the Language of Sensibility' by Sydney McMillen Conger," Women & Language 19(2):50, 1996.
"Pregnancy and Birth," and "Elvis Presley," American Folklore: An Encyclopedia, edited by Jan Brunvand. New York: Garland Publications, 1996.
"Book Review: 'Watch the Skies! A Chronicle of The Flying Saucer Myth' by Curtis Peebles," Journal of American Folklore 109(431): 103-103, 1996.
"Elvis Deus: The Sanctification of the King and the American Cultural Context," Icons of Popular Culture I: Elvis and Marilyn. Davis: EduArts, 1994.
"The Role of Midwives: Past and Present," Second Annual Perinatal Symposium, The Institute for Healthy Birth Options and the Sacramento Birth Center, May 2002.HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS"The History of Birth and the Contemporary Movement for Alternative Birth," Women's Studies Lecture Series, Sonoma State University, Spring 2001.
Watch the Skies: Making Sense of Religion and the Mythic in the Age of Elvis, Angels, and UFO. Continuing Studies Program, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Spring 1998.
Guest lecturer for The Hebrew Bible and its Interpretations and Religion and Politics of the Middle East, Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University, Fall 1997.
"Holy Wells and Popular Religion in the British Isles," Guest lecturer for Popular Religion, Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, October 1997.
"Folklore and the Hebrew Bible," guest lecturer for The Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, Vanderbilt Divinity School, November 1996.
"Rags, Pins, and Pence: Tradition, Nationalism, and the Holy Wells of Cornwall," The American Folklore Society, Layfayette, Louisiana, October 1995.
"The Rhetoric of Diversity: A Discussion of Andrea Dworkin's Intercourse," guest lecturer for The Rhetoric of Diversity. Department of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University, October 1994.
"The Rise of the Experts and the Role of Women: A Discussion of Barbara Ehrenreich's For Her Own Good," guest lecturer for The Rhetoric of Diversity. Department of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University, November 1993.
"The Cult of Professional Medicine: Authority and Tradition in Contemporary Health," The American Folklore Society, Jacksonville, Florida, October 1992.
"Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones: The Sons of God and the Responsibility for Evil," The American Academy of Religion, Mid Atlantic Region, Washington, D. C., February 1992.
Francis Clark Wood Fellow, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1991.Graduate Fellow, Hill College House, The University of Pennsylvania, 1988 - 1992.
Graduate Fellowship, Department of Folklore and Folklife, The University of Pennsylvania, 1988 - 1992.
Study Scholarship, The Rothberg School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Summer 1989.
Research and Study Grant, The Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Summer 1988.
Woodcock Foundation Scholarship, Diocese of Kentucky, 1986, 1987, 1988.
Judy Running Memorial Music Prize, The University of the South, May 1987.
The Order of the Gownsmen (Academic Honorary Society), The University of the South, 1986- 1987.
The Quarles Scholarship, The University of the South, 1983-1987.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Vice President of the Board, The Institute for Healthy Birth Options - non-profit arm of the Sacramento Birth Center, 2001 - 2008<Vice President of the Board, Venture Out - a non-profit providing health education and active outdoor experiences for under-privileged children, 1999 -2003
Board Member, The American River Parkway Foundation, 2000 -2002
Board Member, Sacramento Philharmonic, 2000 - 2002
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Volunteer, 1996 ? 1999
Belle Meade Historical Society, Volunteer, 1997-1998