David Beine
Degrees
- Ph.D. Washington State University 2000
- M.A San Diego State University 1994
- B.A California State University, Sacramento 1986
Current positions
- Canada Institute of Linguistics, Summer Session Director (2007 –)
Other experience
- Adjunct faculty (tutorial instructor), Fuller Theological Seminary (2007 –)
- Anthropology Instructor, Moody Bible Institute, Spokane (2006 –)
- Institute Director, Oregon Summer Institute of Linguistics (2002 – 2007)
- South Asia Area tutor, University of Wales (TAFTEE Program), (2002 –)
- Anthropology Department Head, South Asia Group, SIL, (1994 – 2004)
- Anthropology Instructor, Northwest Christian College (SIL), 1995 – 2006
- Anthropology co-instructor, University of Texas (SIL), 1995
- Sociolinguistic Survey Specialist, South Asia Group (1987 – 1991)
Memberships
- American Anthropological Association
- Phi Beta Delta (Honor Society for International Scholars)
- Cultural Studies Group of Nepal
- Society for Linguistic Anthropology
- Society for Medical Anthropology
- Aids And Anthropology Research Group (elected officer—steering committee)
- Society for the Anthropological Sciences
Language proficiency
- Nepali
Research interests
- HIV/AIDS
- Medical Anthropology
- Cognitive Anthropology
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2003. Ensnared by AIDS: Cultural Contexts of HIV/AIDS in Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: Mandala Book Point.
2002. “HIV/AIDS in Nepal: The Making of a Cultural Model.” Journal of the Center for Nepal Asian Studies 29(2): 275-310.
2001. “Saano Dumre Revisited: Changing Models of Illness in a Village of Central Nepal.” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 28(2): 155-185.
2001. “Views about Scripture: A key to a well-used book? ” Notes on Sociolinguistics 6(1): 5-15.
1998. “Nepal – Then and Now: A Critical Appraisal of the Ethnography of Nepal. ” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 25(2): 163-190.
1996. “Review of the Mystery of Culture Contacts, Historical Reconstruction, and Text Analysis: An Emic Approach by Kenneth Pike et. al. ” Anthropological Linguistics 38 (3):598-99.
1995. “It’s all relative, isn’t it? Cultural relativism revisited.” Notes on Anthropology and Intercultural Community Work 20:1-12.
1994. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Gondi-speaking Communities of Central India. M.A. Thesis. San Diego State University.
Selected papers presented
2007. “Eating AIDS: Using Indigenous Cognitive Illness Schemata (Cognitive Metaphors) in HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages in Nepal. ” Paper presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. November 28, 2007. (Session title: Strategizing HIV/AIDS: Policy and Interpretation).
2006. “The Cost of Conflict: The Impact of the Maoist Insurgency Upon the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Nepal. ” Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Society for Medical Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 30, 2006. (Session title: Partners in AIDS Prevention: Folks and Professionals Confronting HIV—PART III).
2005. “Hooked on the Fish: The Christian Sign of the Fish (and the co-option thereof) as Symbolic Capital. Co-authored with Kevin Pittle. ” Paper presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C. December 02, 2005. (Session title: Visualizations of Embodiment: Fetishzing, Appropriating, Deconstructing and Mediating).
2003. “HIV and Me: A Discourse Analysis of HIV/AIDS Narratives in Nepal. ” Paper presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL. November 20, 2003. (Session title: Advances in Anthropological Analysis of HIV/AIDS).
2002. “HIV/AIDS in Nepal: The Making of a Cultural Model.” Paper presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA, November 20, 2002.
1997. “A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Gondi-speaking Communities of Central India. ” Paper presented at the Anthropology Colloquium presented by the Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, February 06, 1997.
1995. “It’s All Relative, Isn't It? Cultural Relativism Revisited. ” Paper delivered at the Linguistics Colloquium presented by the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon and the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of Oregon, August 02, 1995.
1995. “Practical Approaches to Cultural Conflicts in Medicine: Providing Appropriate Health Care When Traditions Differ.” Seminar presented at University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and sponsored by UCSD School of Medicine, and Community and Family Medicine Department, UCSD, January 21, 1995.