Anthropology of religion; Tz'utujil religion; Religion and ecology; Cognitive science of religion; Cognitive anthropology; Psychological anthropology; Distributed cognition; Multimodal communication; Embodiment; Subjectivity; Cognitive science; Decision-making; Reasoning; Heuristics; Intuition; Neurophilosophy

"Tz'utujil Divination: Ritual Techniques of Distributed Cognition"

2008 Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology & Cognitive Science. University of California, San Diego.

2005-2007 MA, Anthropology. University of California, San Diego.

1994-1998 BA, Psychology, Philosophy & Religious Studies. Stanford University.

1996, August-December Estudios para Extranjeros. Universidad de Sevilla.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Academy of Religion

American Anthropological Association

Guatemala Scholars Network

Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness

Society for Psychological Anthropology

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

FIELDWORK

December 2009, San Pedro La Laguna and environs, Sololá, Guatemala.

July 2008-August 2009, San Pedro La Laguna and environs, Sololá, Guatemala.

2007 July-August, San Pedro La Laguna and environs, Sololá, Guatemala.

Spanish (advanced)/Tz'utujil (intermediate)/French (basic)

2009 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate by Elizabeth Hill Boone.  Material Culture.  In Press.

2009 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: The Ancient Spirituality of the Modern Maya by Thomas Hart. 
The Latin Americanist June 2009 Issue.

2008 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: Maya Calendar Origins by Prudence M. Rice.  The Latin Americanist October 2008 Issue.

2008 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: The World of Shamanism by Roger Walsh.  Ethos Winter 2008 Issue 36.3.

2007 Golomb, BA, McGraw JJ, Evans, MA, Dimsdale JE. "Physician Response to Patient Reports of Drug Adverse Effects: Implications for Patient-Targeted Adverse Effect Surveillance." Drug Safety 30(8): 669-675.  (pdf)

2006 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: Mortal Minds by G.M. Woerlee.  Science & Theology News.  July/August 2006.

2006 McGraw, John J.  Book Review: The G.O.D. Experiments by Gary Schwartz.  Science & Theology News.  July/August 2006.

2005 Golomb, BA, McGraw JJ. "Lack of Physician Response Toward Perceived Statin Adverse Events." Circulation 111(14):255.

2004 McGraw, John J. Brain & Belief: An Exploration of the Human Soul. Del Mar, CA: AEGIS PRESS.

2009 "Divination & Decision-Making: Ritual Techniqes of Distributed Cognition." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Conference.  Westin Hotel.  Denver, CO  (PowerPoint)

2008 "Divination as Distributed Decision-Making." Religious Ritual, Cognition and Culture Conference.  Aarhus University.  Aarhus, Denmark  (PowerPoint)  (Video)

2008 Invited participant, Social Change Weekend Workshop. Institute for Humane Studies. UC Berkeley

2008 "What is Religion?"  Lecture for UCSD class, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.  La Jolla, CA (PowerPoint)

2008 "Religion as Representations." UCSD All-Grad Research Symposium. La Jolla, CA (pdf)

2007 "Religion as Representations." Cognitive Theory of Religion session. American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C. (pdf)

2007 Invited participant, Freedom and Virtue Conference. Institute for Humane Studies. Washington, D.C.

2007 Society for Psychological Anthropology. Manhattan Beach, CA

2006 Invited participant, Social Change Workshop. Institute for Humane Studies. Stanford University

2006 "The Brain & Belief." Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.  UCSD

2006 "Neuroscience and the Soul." The Book Works. Del Mar, CA

2005 "A History of the Soul." Earth Song Books. Del Mar, CA

2008 F.G. Bailey Fellowship, UCSD Department of Anthropology

2008 Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (S-FLAS). Tz’utujil Maya, San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala.

2007 Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (S-FLAS). Tz’utujil Maya, San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala.

2009-present Teaching Assistant, Eleanor Roosevelt College Writing Program, "Making of the Modern World." University of California, San Diego.

2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, "Psychological Anthropology." University of California, San Diego.

2007 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology." University of California, San Diego.

2007 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, "Debating Multiculturalism." University of California, San Diego.

2005-2007 Teaching Assistant, Eleanor Roosevelt College Writing Program, "Making of the Modern World." University of California, San Diego.

2000-2005 Research Assistant, UCSD Statin Study. Supervisor: Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD. University of California, San Diego.

1999 Psychological Technician, Laureate Psychiatric Hospital, Crisis Management Unit. Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1995 Field Supervisor (summer), Public Health Project, Amigos de las Americas. Villarrica, Paraguay.

1994 Volunteer (summer), Public Health Project, Amigos de las Americas. Guanajuato, Mexico.

1992 Volunteer (summer), Public Health Project, Amigos de las Americas. Cuenca, Ecuador.

2009-present Peer advocate, GUIDE (Graduates United in the Interests of Diversity and Excellence

2008 Executive Committee Member-at-Large, Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness

2008 Graduate student advisor for Carolina Berys-Gonzalez's Honors Project, Department of Cognitive Science. University of California, San Diego.  (Video)

Steven Parish, Ph.D.                         Edwin Hutchins, Ph.D.

Department of Anthropology              Department of Cognitive Science

University of California, San Diego      University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA 92093-0532                    La Jolla, CA 92093-0515

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