Justin Murphy Nolan
Department of Anthropology
Old Main 330
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-442-5509
Email: jmnolan@uark.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology (2000)
University of Missouri-Columbia
Dissertation: Ethnobotany in Missouri's Little Dixie: Knowledge Variation in a Regional Culture
Advisors: Michael C. Robbins, Ph.D. and Deborah M. Pearsall, Ph.D.

M.A. in Cultural Anthropology (1996)
University of Missouri-Columbia
Thesis: Medicinal Plant Use and Classification in the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands
Advisor: Deborah M. Pearsall, Ph.D.

Post-Baccalaureate Studies in Medical Anthropology (1994-1995)
University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Advisor: Libbet Crandon-Malamud, Ph.D.

B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology (1993)
Westminster College, Fulton, MO
Advisor: Vishvajit Pandya, Ph.D.

EMPLOYMENT:

2004-present: Research Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
2002-2004: Visiting Instructor, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
2000-2002: Visiting Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Cultural, cognitive, and ecological anthropology, ethnobiology, medicalnthropology; anthropology of tourism, sustainable development, natural resource management, cultural conservation, regional cultures of the U.S. (Ozarks, U.S. South and Midwest); rural folklife, Native American ethnoecology, social ecology, expressive traditions.

PUBLICATIONS:

Nolan, Justin M. and Mary Jo Schneider.
2006 (in press). Miracles in the Mountains: Medical Tourism in Rural Arkansas' Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. In Reimagining and Sustaining Communities in a Globalizing World, edited by Betty J. Duggan and Steven Folmar. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

Robbins, Michael C. and Justin M. Nolan.
2006 (in press). What's Old is New Again: Traditional Hunting and Fishing in Missouri and Arkansas. In Culture Turbulence, Culture Change: Essays in Honor of Luther Gerlach, edited by Lisa Brandt. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Nolan, Justin M., Katlin E. Jones, K. Wade McDougal, Matthew J. McFarlin, and Michael K. Ward.
2006 (in press). The Lovable, The Loathsome, and the Liminal: Emotionality in Ethnozoological Cognition. Journal of Ethnobiology 26(1).

Nolan, Justin M.
2006. Ethnoecology. In The Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Nolan, Justin M.
2006. Cultural Conservation. In The Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by H. James Birx. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Nolan, Justin M.
2002. Wild Plant Classification in Little Dixie: Variation in a Regional Culture. Journal of Ecological Anthropology 6:69-81.

Quinlan, Marsha B., Robert J. Quinlan, and Justin M. Nolan.
2002. Concepts and Treatments of Intestinal Worms in a Rural Caribbean Village. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 80:75-83.

Nolan, Justin M.
2001. Pursuing the Fruits of Knowledge: Cognitive Ethnobotany in Missouri's Little Dixie. Journal of Ethnobiology 21(2):29-51.

Gemeinhardt, Todd, Justin M. Nolan, Douglas Noltie and Michael Robbins.
2001.Teaching and Learning in a University Ichthyology Course. Fisheries 26(12):6-16.

Nolan, Justin M. and Michael C. Robbins.
2001. Emotional Meaning and the Cognitive Organization of Ethnozoological Domains. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology11(2):1-9.

Ryan, Gery W. Justin M. Nolan, and Stanley Yoder.
2000. Using Successive Free Lists to Generate Explanatory Models. Field Methods 12(2):83-107.

Nolan, Justin M. and Gery W. Ryan.
2000. Fear and Loathing at the Cineplex: Gender Differences in Perceptions and Descriptions of Slasher Films. Sex Roles 42(1):39-56.

Nolan, Justin M. and Michael C. Robbins.
2000. Ethnobotany and Ethnicity in the Ozarks: A Reply to Jones. Human Organization 59(1):60-62 .

Robbins, Michael C. and Justin M. Nolan.
2000. A Measure of Semantic Category Clustering in Free-Listing Tasks. Field Methods 12(1):18-28.

Nolan, Justin M. and Michael C. Robbins.
1999. Cultural Conservation of Medicinal Plant Use in the Ozarks. Human Organization 58(1):67-72.

Nolan, Justin M.
1998. The Roots of Tradition: Social Ecology, Cultural Geography, and Medicinal Plant Knowledge in the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands. Journal of Ethnobiology 18(2):249-269.

Robbins, Michael C. and Justin M. Nolan.
1997. A Measure of  Dichotomous Category Bias in Free List Tasks. Cultural Anthropology Methods Journal 9(3)8-12.

Nolan, Justin M. and Mary Jo Schneider.
2006 (in prep). Found a Cure: Accessibility of Folk and Conventional Medical Services in Rural Arkansas' Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.

PRESENTATIONS:

Nolan, Justin M. and Carl F. Keller III.
2006. Campfires, Cathedrals, and Casinos: Sociodemographic Variation and Perceptions of Tourist Destinations. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meetings of the Society for Anthropological Sciences, Savannah, GA.

Nolan, Justin M.
2005. Ethnobiology and Education: The Effects of Taxonomic Training on Freshwater Fish Classification.  Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meetings of the Society of Ethnobiology, Anchorage, Alaska.

Nolan, Justin M.
2005. Gender and Subcultural Identity on the College Campus. Paper presented at the 1st Annual Meetings of the Society for Anthropological Sciences, Santa Fe, NM.

Nolan, Justin M. and Mary Jo Schneider.
2005. Many Roads to Wellness: Medical Pluralism in the Rural Ozark Uplands. Keynote Symposium paper presented at the 2005 Southern Anthropological Society Meetings, Chattanooga, TN.

Nolan, Justin M.
2004. Warm Fuzzies and Creepy Crawlies: The Expressive Component of Ethnobiological Cognition. Paper Presented at the 27th Annual Meetings of the Society of Ethnobiology, Davis, California.

Nolan, Justin M.
2001. Ethnobotanical Knowledge Variation in Missouri's Little Dixie. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meetings of the Society of Ethnobiology, Durango, Colorado.

Nolan, Justin M. and Gery W. Ryan.
1999. Fear and Loathing at the Cineplex: GenderDifferences in Descriptions and Perceptions of Slasher Films. Paper presented at the 98th Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Nolan, Justin M. and Michael C. Robbins.
1999. Emotional Meaning and the Cognitive Organization of Ethnozoological Domains. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meetings of the Society of Ethnobiology, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Nolan, Justin M. and Michael C. Robbins.
1998. Cultural Conservation of Medicinal Plant Use in the Ozarks. Paper presented at the Central States Anthropological Society 75th Annual Meetings, Kansas City, MO.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Course evaluations and syllabi are available upon request.
General Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Ecological Anthropology
Ethnographic Methods
Language and Culture
Psychological Anthropology
Anthropology of Religion
Anthropology and the Arts
Regional Cultures of the United States
Comparative Social Organization

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

Missouri Department of Health Research Grant: An Investigation of the Health Care Needs of Missouri's Elderly Minorities. $24,200.

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award Grant: Ethnobotanical Knowledge Variation in Missouri's "Little Dixie." $8,099.

Recipient, 2000 Students' Choice Teaching Award, University of Missouri.

McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing Grant, $800.

Donald K. Anderson Graduate Teaching Award in Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2000.

Superior Graduate Achievement Award for Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2000

Superior Graduate Achievement Award for Anthropology, University of Missouri, 1998

Sigma Xi Graduate Student Travel Grant. $200.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Board Member-at-Large, Society of Ethnobiology, 2005-2008

AFFILIATIONS:

Member, American Anthropological Association
Member, Society for Applied Anthropology
Member, Society for Ethnobiology
Member, Society for Linguistic Anthropology
Member, Society for Medical Anthropology
Member, Society for Psychological Anthropology
Member, Society for Economic Botany
Member, Society for Ethnopharmacology

REFERENCES:

Dr. Mary Jo Schneider, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Old Main 330, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701. Phone: 479-575-6379; email: maryjo@uark.edu

Dr. Michael Robbins, Professor, Department of Anthropology. 107 Swallow Hall, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO, 65211. Phone: 573-882-4731; email: RobbinsM@missouri.edu

Dr. Marvin Kay, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Old Main 330, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701. Phone: 479-575-2508; email: mkay@uark.edu

Dr. Deborah Pearsall, Professor, Department of Anthropology. 107 Swallow Hall, University of Missouri. Columbia, MO, 65211. Phone: 573-882-4731; email: PearsallD@missouri.edu