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School of Natural & Social Sciences
Geri-Ann Galanti
Office: KHC 4037
Geri-Ann Galanti has taught part-time in the Anthropology department at CSLA since 1980, with a break from 1984-1987. Although she has taught a few classes for Anthropology majors, most of the classes she teaches are general education courses. "I find anthropology to be one of the most interesting and relevant subjects there is ... it's all about us. I really enjoy showing students how it can help us to better understand ourselves and each other."
Dr. Galanti has a wide range of teaching interests, from physical to cultural anthropology. She developed three courses in the field of evolutionary psychology -- Evolutionary Perspectives on Emotions (Anth 300), E.P. on Sex and Gender (Anth 310), and E.P. on Violence (Anth 315). She also teaches Physical Anthropology (Anth 260) and occasionally cultural anthropology, including Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Anth 335). Her professional area of specialty is Medical Anthropology. She has been teaching a course on Culture and Health for the Statewide Nursing Program at CSU Dominguez Hills since 1983. She developed a series of videotapes on the subject which are shown on cable television. Several epidsodes have won awards. To both continue her own education and to share her knowledge of medical anthropology with the medical community, Galanti has been teaching in the Doctoring Program at UCLA School of Medicine since 1997 and recently won an Oustanding Clinical Faculty Teaching Award for her work there.
Galanti received her PhD in anthropology from UCLA, where she specialized in medical anthropology and transcultural psychiatry. Her dissertation was on psychic readers and their clients. She is one of the founders and former President of the Society for the Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association. She was the section editor for the Medicine and Culture section of the WJM (formerly Western Journal of Medicine) where she wrote a column on culture and health. She is best known in the academic & healthcare communities for her book, Caring for Patients From Different Cultures, which takes a case study approach to understanding both cultural competence and cross-cultural misunderstandings in health care settings. The book, an academic "best-seller," is now in its 4th edition. She gives workshops at hospitals and health care conferences on cultural competency. In the past several years Galanti has done research on the belly dance community in California, a subject inspired by her personal involvement in belly dancing. She is particularly interested in using belly dancing to help women undergoing treatment for cancer. Representative Professional Activities Dr. Galanti has been actively involved in developing training materials in cultural diversity for health care professionals. Her positions include: •Cultural Consultant on a 5 year grant project through the UC Schools of Medicine entitled "Statewide Initiative to Disseminate an End-of-Life Curriculum" funded through the National Cancer Institute, beginning August 2005. Responsibilities include writing scripts and developing videos and tutorials. •Curriculum developer on "Cultural Competence in Medical Student Education: An Integrated and Developmentally Informed Curriculum" at UC Davis, September 2005-2006. Funded through the Association of American Medical Colleges. •Curriculum developer and trainer on cultural competency for the The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Office of Diversity Programs. funded through The California Endowment, 2005-2006. •Consultant on the "Interactive ELSI Curriculum for Primary Care Residents" a 3-year grant to develop, implement, and evaluate a web-based training program for medical residents to deal with the ethical, legal, and sociocultural issues surrounding genetic counseling. Grant is being funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute though UCLA School of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, and U of Washington School of Medicine, 2004-2006. Responsibilities include writing scripts and developing videos and tutorials.
PhD Anthropology 1981
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