_Deborah Freedman Lustig, Ph.D.
Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) dlustig AT berkeley DOT edu
2420 Bowditch Street #5670 (510) 643-7238 (work)
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5670
Current Position
Associate Director
Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley
Education
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1997
M.A. Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1991
B.A. Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1987
Departmental and University Honors
Diploma Phillips Exeter Academy 1982
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Anthropology, Chabot College, CA. Summer 2011
Lecturer, Anthropology, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA. 1997-1999 and 2007-2008
Lecturer, Anthropology, San Jose State University, CA. 2007.
Visiting Lecturer/Fulbright Senior Scholar, Educational Foundations and Institute for Women, Gender and Development Studies, Egerton University, Kenya. 2004-2005
Lecturer (full-time), Liberal Studies, Santa Clara University, CA. 1999-2004
Lecturer, Anthropology, San Francisco State University, CA. 1998-1999
Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, CA. 1996-1998
Instructor (Sabbatical Leave Replacement), Anthropology, Chabot College, CA. Spring 1996
High School Teacher, Netima Secondary School, Kenya. 1988-1989
Other Professional Experience
Director, Eastside Future Teachers Project www.scu.edu/EFTP and Office of College Special Programs www.scu.edu/ocsp , Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. 2002-2004
Census Enumerator, US Census Bureau, Livingston County, MI. 1990
Librarian, Mischa Titiev Library of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI. 1989-1991
Intern, Institute for Food and Development Policy, San Francisco, CA. 1988
Special Events Coordinator, Unitas Hunger Action Center, Berkeley, CA. 1987-1988
Research Experience
Youth violence and neighborhood change: New immigrants in Oakland, California, 2008-2010
Gender, development and education, Kenya, 2004-5.
Community-based learning and student awareness of social location, California, 2002.
Teenage mothers and their school experiences (dissertation fieldwork), California, 1993-1995
Spoken and written language among elementary school children (under the supervision of Prof. Robbins Burling), Lansing, MI, 1989
Women, handicraft production, and the household economy (under the supervision of Prof. Kalpana Bardhan), Chiapas, Mexico, 1986
Courses Taught
Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Introductory Physical Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
Human Lifecourse in Context
Family, Marriage, and Kinship
Education, Culture, and Society
Ethnography of the Inner-City
Racism in Cross-cultural Perspective
Cultural Pluralism in the United States
Research Methods
Shop till You Drop: Consumerism, Culture, and the Mall
Eating Green: Organic Farming, Agribusiness, and the Culture of Agriculture
Teaching Practicum and Social Foundations of Education
Urban Education
Teaching in a Multicultural Society
Technology and Learning
Comparative Education
Gender and Education
Gender and Development
Introduction to Community Studies
Honors and Grants
Research Grant, Berkeley Population Center (with Jonathan Simon), 2008
Fulbright Grant, 2004
Bannan Institute Grant, Santa Clara University (with Carol Giancarlo), 2002
University Grant for Research, Santa Clara University (with Carol Giancarlo), 2002
Walnut Creek Fountain for Youth Foundation Grant, for Leemos Juntos program, 2002
San Francisco Foundation Grant, for Leemos Juntos program, 2002
Margoes Foundation Grant, for Calculus 100 program at Santa Clara University, 2002
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1995-1996
Landes Field Grant, Research Institute for the Study of Man, 1994-1995
Research Grant, Sigma Xi, 1994
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies, 1994
Abigail Associates Grant, Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women, 1993
Rackham Dissertation/Thesis Grant, University of Michigan, 1993
Andrew W. Mellon Candidacy Fellowship, 1992
NSF Ethnology Training Grant, 1992
Mischa Titiev Library of Anthropology Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1989-1991
Phi Beta Kappa, 1987
President's Undergraduate Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1986
Publications
Lustig, Deborah Freedman and Rose Ogwang Odhiambo, 2019. “Men Becoming Gender Activists: Kenyan University Students Working for Justice and Rewards.” In Education in Contemporary Africa, edited by Maurice N. Amutabi. Nairobi, Kenya: Center for Democracy, Research and Development, pp 7-20.
Lustig, Deborah, Rose Odhiambo, and Sam Odhiambo. "Narratives of Morality: Shame, Righteousness, and Gender Equity among Kenyan University Students who are Mothers." Gendered Perspectives in International Development Working Paper 312. 23pp. 2018
Lustig, Deborah Freedman and Kenzo Sung, 2013. “Dissolving Borders: Reframing Risk, Delinquent Peers, and Youth Violence.” Children and Youth Services Review 35: 1197-1205.
Lustig, Deborah Freedman and Kenzo Sung, 2012. “Birds of a Feather? Peers, Delinquency and Risk.” In Education and the Risk Society: Theories, Discourse, and Risk Identities in Education Contexts, edited by Steven Bialostok, Robert Whitman, and William Bradley. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Lustig, Deborah F; & Sung, Kenzo. (2011). Birds of a Feather? Peers, Delinquency and Risk. UC Berkeley: Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3n87898t
Le, Thao, Isami Arifuku, Linh Vuong, Gianna Tran, Deborah F. Lustig, Frank Zimring. 2011. “Community Mobilization & Community-Based Participatory Research to Prevent Youth Violence among Asian and Immigrant Populations.” American Journal of Community Psychology. 48 (1-2): 77-88.
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 2010. Review of Viteritti, Joseph P., ed., When Mayors Take Charge: School Governance in the City. H-Urban, H-Net Reviews. URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31334
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 2009. “Good Mothers/Teen Mothers: Claiming Rights and Responsibilities.” In Childhood, Youth, and Social Work in Transformation: Implications for Policy and Practice, eds. L. Nybell, J. Shook, J. Finn. New York: Columbia University Press, pp 125-144.
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 2008. Review of “This isn’t the America I Thought I’d Find”: African Students in the Urban U.S. High School by Rosemary Traoré and Robert J. Lukens. Anthropology and Education Quarterly.
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 2004. “Baby Pictures: Family, Consumerism and Exchange among Teen Mothers in the USA.”Childhood 11(2):175-193
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 1997. "Of Kwanzaa, Cinco de Mayo, and Whispering: The Need for Intercultural Education" Anthropology and Education Quarterly 28 (4): 574-592
Reprinted in: Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader, Fifth and Sixth Editions, eds. Podolefsky and Brown. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 2002, 2003
Reprinted in: Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader, Sixth and Seventh Editions, eds. Podolefsky and Brown. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 2002, 2003
Lustig, Deborah Freedman. 1997. In and Out of School: School-Age Mothers in Urban California Negotiate Parenthood, Gender, Class, and Race/Ethnicity. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Michigan. 1997 (Committee: Sandra Danziger, Lawrence Hirschfeld, Holly Peters-Golden, Roger Rouse)
Papers Presented
"Breaking Barriers, Building Family: Nurturing Social Change Scholars." American Anthropological Association, 2017
“Peer Relationships and Youth Violence: Reframing Risk.” American Anthropological Association, 2011
"Men Becoming Gender Activists: Kenyan University Students Working for Justice and Rewards.” Session Organizer: “Transforming and Transgressing Gender: Activism and Social Change in East Africa from the 1950s to the Present.” African Studies Association, 2010
“Marginal or Mainstream? The beginnings and the end(s) of feminist anthropology.” (Organizer, Invited Roundtable) American Anthropological Association, 2009
“Changing Neighborhoods, Peer Relationships, and Youth Violence.” Society for Prevention Research, 2009
“Competing Narratives of Moral Value among Kenyan University Students who are Mothers.” American Anthropological Association, 2007
“Air Hostess or Engineer: Gender, Academic Achievement, and Career Goals among Secondary School Students in Kenya.” African Studies Association, 2006
“’Student Mothers’: Shame and Sacrifice among Kenyan University Students who are Mothers.” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, 2006.
“Male Gender Activists at a Kenyan University: Renouncing or Reinforcing Privilege?” Africa/Diaspora Conference, CSU Sacramento, 2006
“Experiencing Social Location through Community-based Learning.” Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, 2002
“Baby Pictures: Teen Mothers Represent and Construct Family.” Designing Modern Childhoods Conference, Center for Working Families, UC Berkeley, 2002
“Having Babies at the ‘Wrong Time’: Teenage Mothers Deconstruct a Social Problem.” Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, 1999
“Escaping the ‘Inner-City’: Teen Mothers, Education, and Welfare,” Session Organizer: “In and Of the City: Urban Anthropology and US Policies.” Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, 1998
"Dialogic Research in Theory and Practice: Lessons from the Field," Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, 1997
"On Being Good: Teen Mothers at School," Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, 1996
"Teen Mothers Becoming Students; Students Becoming Teen Mothers," (poster), Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association, New York, 1996
"'Sometimes You Have to Fight': Honor, Status, and Violence among Teen Mothers," Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, GA, 1994
"Of Babies, Bodies, and Bathrooms: Teen Mothers at School," National Women's Studies Association Conference, Ames, IA, 1994
"Slave-names, Junior and Gender: Child-Naming Practices among Young African American Mothers," Annual Meetings of the American Ethnological Society, Santa Monica, CA, 1994
"'It's Just Like They're Whispering': The Politics of Exclusion Among Latina and African American Teen Mothers in School," Sacramento Anthropological Society Annual Symposium, 1994
Languages
Spanish and French, Basic Kiswahili
Professional Affiliations
African Studies Association
American Anthropological Association; Council on Anthropology and Education
American Educational Research Association
National Women’s Studies Association
University/Academic Service
Reviewer, Journal of Gender Studies, 2013
Reviewer, Routledge, 2012
Reviewer, 2nd International Gender Symposium, Moi University, Kenya, 2012
Reviewer, Corwin Press, 2007
Member, Mini-Grant Selection Committee, Center for Latino Policy Research, UCB, 2007
Adviser, Female Students League and Student Mothers Union, Egerton University, 2004-5
Adviser, Gender Connection (student magazine), Egerton University, 2004-5
Member, Liberal Studies Program Standards Committee, Santa Clara University, 2002-4
Member, Bridge Program Committee, Santa Clara University, 2002
Judicial Officer, University Discipline Council, Santa Clara University, 2001-2004
Associate, Center for Multicultural Learning, Santa Clara University, 1999-2004
Member, Community Studies Program Council, Santa Clara University, 1999-2003
Community Service
Volunteer, African Library Project, 2017-present
Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), Contra Costa County, 2008-present
Board Member, African Library Project, 2010-2017
Member, Walnut Creek School District Wellness Policy Committee, 2005-2006
Program Director, Leemos Juntos, Buena Vista Elementary School, Walnut Creek, 2002-2004
PTA President, Buena Vista PTA, Walnut Creek, 2002-2004
Board Member, 6 Seconds: Training and Materials for Emotional Intelligence, 1998-present
Crisis Counselor, A Safe Place, Oakland's shelter for battered women, 1993-1995
References available upon request
