Miriam Claude Meijer, Ph.D. email: book@petruscamper.com website: http://petruscamper.com KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES: Writer, editor 100 wpm typist Research skills Technical writer Well-organized Prepress skills Attentive to details Animated graphics Interpersonal skills Adobe ImageReady Articulate communicator Adobe PhotoShop Artistic and creative Adobe Illustrator Word Processing desktop publishing, Adobe PageMaker Databases and spreadsheets HTML, JavaScript, ASP, SQL EDUCATION: Computer Science, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD. History, 1991 PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). History 1980 MA, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Anthropology 1974 BA, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. EXTRACURRICULUM ACTIVITIES: Volunteer Translator, Musée de l'homme, Paris, FRANCE, 1976-7. Volunteer Excavator, Archaeological Excavations, Tel Gezer, ISRAEL, Summer 1973. Volunteer, Operation Crossroads Africa, TOGO, West Africa, Summer 1972. GRANTS: Microcomputer Technology Sabbatical, Montgomery College, Fall 2004. St. Louis Ethical Society 2001-2 Stuckenberg Grant for Jenison Biography. University of Central Arkansas, 1994 Summer Research Stipend. University of Central Arkansas, 1995 Summer Research Stipend. Institut für Europäische Geschichte 1987 Fellowship, Mainz, GERMANY. Fulbright Scholar 1985-6 Fellowship, Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS. Goethe Institut Stipend, Munich, GERMANY, Summer 1983. COMPUTER / ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: Instructional Assistant, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD, 2001-7. Web Content Editor/Copywriter, Insuractive, Inc., Alexandria, VA, 2000-1. Computer Internship, Fusion Lighting, Inc., Rockville, MD, 1999. Secretary/Archivist, Washington Ethical Society, Washington, DC, 1997-8. Administrative Consultant, Museum Education Roundtable, Washington, DC, 1992. Volunteer Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1992. Receptionist/Data Processing, Washington Ethical Society, Washington, DC, 1990-2. Research Assistant to Dr. Eric Monkkonen, UCLA History Department, Los Angeles, CA, 1983-4. Research Assistant to Dr. Hans Rogger, UCLA History Chair, Los Angeles, CA, 1982-3. Work-Study Assistant, Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1981-2. Library Clerk, College Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1980-1. Deck Attendant/Reading Room Desk, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1980. Secretary/Typist, Jewish War Veterans, Ladies Auxiliary, Washington, DC, 1979. Library Assistant, American College in Paris, Paris, FRANCE, 1975-6. Office Clerk, University of Maryland, College Park, 1974-5. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College (MC), Takoma Park, MD, 1999-2000. Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas (UCA), Conway, AR, 1993-6. Adjunct Professor, George Washington University (GWU), Washington, DC, 1992-3. Teaching Associate, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 1984-5. Teaching Assistant, University of California (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, 1983-4. Teaching Assistant, Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington, DC, 1979-80. COURSES TAUGHT: MC CS110 Computer Concepts GWU HIST39 and 40 European Civilization in its World Context UCA HIST1310 & 1320 World History I & World History II UCA HIST4320/5320 European Society and Intellectual History, 1500-1830 UCA HIST4378/5378 Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution UCA HIST6342 Concepts of the Non-Europeans in Early Modern Europe PUBLICATIONS: "Une collaboration manquée: le fils de Petrus Camper à Montbard, 1785-1787," L'héritage de Buffon, ed. Marie-Odile Bernez, intro. Thierry Hoquet (Dijon: Editions Universitaires de Dijon, 2009): 81-108. "The Century of the Orangutan," New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century 1 (2004): 62-78. "The Fifth Ascent of Mont Blanc: from the diary and letters of Adriaan Gilles Camper (1759-1820)," The Alpine Journal 150 (2000): 177-189. "Nancy Blanche Jenison, M.D. (1876-1960)," American National Biography 11 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999): 933-934. Race and Aesthetics in the Anthropology of Petrus Camper (1722-1789). Amsterdam and Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1999. "Petrus Camper" and "Facial Angle," History of Physical Anthropology: an Encyclopedia, ed. Frank Spencer (New York & London: Garland, 1997): 242-245 and 373-378. "Petrus Camper on the Origin and Color of Blacks," History of Anthropology Newsletter 24 (December 1997): 3-9. The Anthropology of Petrus Camper (1722-1789). Ph.D. Thesis. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1992. "Petrus Camper," International Dictionary of Anthropologists, ed. Christopher Winters (New York: Garland, 1991): 97-99. LECTURES, SEMINARS, PAPERS: 2011 "Medical Environmentalism in Buffon's Anthropology," Bloodwork: The Politics of the Body 1500-1900 conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 2010 "Bones, Law and Order in Amsterdam," The Groningen Meteor: Petrus Camper (1722-1789) international conference, University of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS. 2008 "Deciphering the Politics of Petrus Camper," East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (E-C/ASECS), Washington, DC. 2007 "The Collaboration Manqué: Petrus Camper's Son at Montbard, 1785-1787," The Buffon Legacy conference, Dijon, FRANCE. 2006 "The Intersection of Race and Aesthetics in 18th-c. Anthropology," Sciences of Race Conference, USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, Los Angeles, CA. 2006 "The Novel Aspects of Buffon's Otherwise Classical Environmentalism," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Montreal, CANADA. 2004 "The Skin Color Debate About Adam and Eve," American Society for Eighteenth- Century Studies (ASECS), Boston, MA. 2004 "Animating Eighteenth-Century Metamorphoses," American Association for History and Computing (AAHC), Washington, DC. 2003 "Petrus Camper on Shoe Morphology," East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (E-C/ASECS), Greensburg, PA. 2003 "Paradise Moved: Science Affects Religion," International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS), Los Angeles, CA. 2003 Panel Chair of "The Impact of Petrus Camper on the Republic of Letters," International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS), Los Angeles, CA. 2003 "The Sinfulness of Foreign Features: Ugliness=Unnatural," Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS), Columbia, SC. 2003 "The Dialectic of the Occipital Foramen," Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science (SAHMS), Durham, NC. 2002 "Petrus Camper's Protean Performances: The Metamorphoses," East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (E-C/ASECS), Rosemont, PA. 2002 "The Century of the Orangutan," Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS), Chapel Hill, NC. 2001 "Petrus Camper's Anatomy of the Passions: The Revolt Against Descartes," East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (E-C/ASECS), Cape May, NJ. 2001 "Up From the Cosmic Fall: Buffon's Human Prototype," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), New Orleans, LA. 2000 "Classical Statuary in the Anthropology of Petrus Camper (1722-1789)," East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (E-C/ASECS), Norfolk, VA. 2000 "Anatomy and Physiology in Herder's 'Ideen'," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Philadelphia, PA. 2000 "Early Twentieth-Century Ethics in Practice: The Case of Nancy Blanche Jenison, M.D.," History of Medicine Seminar, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. 1999 "The Fifth Ascent of the Mont Blanc: Adriaan Gilles Camper (1759-1820)," Midwestern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (MWASECS), Columbia, MO. 1998 "Biological Rhetoric in J. G. Herder," European History Section, Southern Historical Association (SHA), Birmingham, AL. 1998 "Classical Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Anthropology," Midwestern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (MWASECS), Mackinaw City, MI. 1998 "Biological Rhetoric in Herder's 'Ideen'," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), South Bend, IN. 1997 "Buffon on Rhetoric and Race Formation," CHEIRON: International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Richmond, VA. 1997 "Pre-Professional Anthropology," Capital Area Independent Scholars, Washington, DC. 1997 "Eighteenth-Century Anthropology: Linnaeus, Buffon, Camper, and Blumenbach," Scholars' Colloquium Series, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC. 1997 "Buffon and Eighteenth-Century Theories of Race," History of Medicine Seminar, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. 1996 "Buffon's Natural Law of Race Formation," European History Section, Southern Historical Association (SHA), Little Rock, AR. 1995 "Race and Aesthetics in the Anthropology of Petrus Camper," Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS), Mobile, AL. 1994 "Reexamining the Facial Angle Theory of Petrus Camper," Arkansas Sociological and Anthropological Association (ASAA), Conway, AR. 1994 Panel Chair of "Constructing Primates: Science, Literature, and the Boundaries of the Human," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Charleston, SC. 1994 "Facial Angle Theory of Petrus Camper," University of Central Arkansas History Department Faculty and Graduate Seminar, Conway, AR. 1992 Participated in "Travellours' Histories: European Representations of New World Cultures," Seminar Dr. Steven Mullaney, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC. 1991 "Petrus Camper and Eighteenth-Century Physical Anthropology," History of Medicine Staff Seminar, NLM, Bethesda, MD. 1991 "The Anthropology of Petrus Camper," American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Pittsburgh, PA. 1986 "'Wij zijn alle zwarten,' Petrus Camper and Pre-paradigm Germanic Anthropology," History of Science Colloquium, Royal University of Utrecht, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS. 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