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Michael L. Burton
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Position:
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Professor, Anthropology
School of Social Sciences
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Degrees:
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PH.D., Stanford University, 1968, Anthropology
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964, Economics
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Academic
Distinctions
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Stirling Award, Society for Psychological Anthropology, 1976.
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Research
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Work, family, household economics, household ecology, East Africa, Micronesia
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Research
Abstract:
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My research interests are in the fields of economic and social anthropology, with emphasis on household and family. I have a strong interest in improving comparative and field research methods. My past research topics have included causes and consequences of the sexual division of labor, Maasai concepts of gender and social identity, and Navajo attitudes toward social change. I have done research in Yucatan, Kenya (Gikuyu and Maasai), and among the Navajo; and am currently working on a comparative study of macroeconomic change, migration, and the household food economy in Palau, Yap, Kosrae, and the Marshall Islands.
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Publications:
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J. A. Egan, M.L. Burton,and K. L. Nero. Building Lives with Food: Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Food in Yap. In Richard Wilk (Ed). Fast Food/Slow Food: The Economic Anthropology of the Global Food System. In Press, Altamira Press.
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M. L. Burton, E. Greenberger, and C. Hayward. Mapping the Ethnic Landscape. Cross Cultural Research 39(4):351-379.
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M.L. Burton, C.C. Moore, J.W.M. Whiting, and A.K. Romney. "Regions based on Social Structure." Current Anthropology 37:87-123. 1996.
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M. L. Burton, K. L. Nero, and J. Hess. 2002. Who Can Belong to a Micronesian Household. Field Methods 14(1):65-87.
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C. Chen, M. L. Burton, E. Greenberger, and J. Dmitrieva. Population Migration and the Variation of Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4) Allele Frequencies around the Globe. Evolution and Human Behavior 20:309-324. 1999.
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M. L. Burton, K. L. Nero, and J. A. Egan. 2001. The Circulation of Children through Households in Yap and Kosrae. Ethos 29(3):329-356.
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K. L. Nero, F. B. Murray, and M. L. Burton. The Meanings of Work: Pacific Policy Implications of Globalization. The Contemporary Pacific 12:319-348. 2000.
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Jim Hess, Karen L. Nero, and Michael L. Burton. Creating Options: Forming a Marshallese Community in Orange County, California. The Contemporary Pacific 13:89-121. 2001.
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M. L. Burton. 2003. Too Many Questions? The uses of Incomplete Cyclic Designs for Paired Comparisons. Field Methods 15:115-130.
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Professional
Societies
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American Anthropological Association.
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Society for Economic Anthropology.
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Society for Cross-Cultural Research
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Society for Applied Anthropology
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Association for the Social Anthropology of Oceania
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Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
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Society for Anthropological Sciences
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Anthropology and Environment Section, AAA
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Culture and Agriculture section of AAA
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Address |
University of California
4271 Social Sciences Plaza B
Mail Code: 5100
Irvine, CA 92697
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Phone: | (949) 824-7208 |
Fax: | (949) 824-4717 |
Email: | mlburton@uci.edu |
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10/10/2008
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