Dr.
Michael Winkelman (Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine 1985; Masters in Public Health, University of Arizona, 2002),
is the founder and Program Director of the Baja Ethnographic Field School which he
initiated in 1988. Winkelman is involved in a variety of areas of cross-cultural
learning, including education for cultural diversity and cross-cultural training.
His principal books include Ethnic Sensitivity in Social Work; Ethnic
Relations in the US: A Sociohistorical Cultural Systems Approach; Shamans, Priests
and Witches: A Cross-Cultural Study of Magico-Religious Practitioners; and Shamanism:
The Neural Ecology of Consciousness and Healing. He has also co-edited Sacred
Plants, Consciousness and Healing and Shamanism and Altered States of Consciousness
in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. His published articles include: "Cultural
Factors in Criminal Defense Proceedings" (Human Organization) and "Culture
Shock and Adaptation" (Journal of Counseling and Development). For
more information about Dr. Winkelman and his current projects, please check
out his personal web page at
<http://www.public.asu.edu/~atmxw>.
Everardo Agustin Garduno
Ruiz is a Mexican national who has received an M.A. in socio-cultural
anthropology from Arizona State University, where he is currently a Ph.D.
student. His research interests are the cultural and social impact
of development upon the indigenous groups in northern Mexico with a focus
on the Mixtec migration and the Yumans' demographic decline. His
is also interested in the visual representation of anthropological research
and visual anthropological research. His publications include a book
on the Yuman peoples of Baja California, En Donde se Mete el Sol. Historia
y situacion actual de los indigenas de Baja California; and a jointly
authored book, Mixtecos en Baja California. El caso de San Quintin.
He recently published Practicing Anthropology Among the Migrant Indians
in Baja California (Practicing Anthropology). Everardo also has
a number of video productions and served as a producer and an announcer
on "Culturas en Movimiento," a weekly T.V. show at the University of Baja
California.
