Current Position

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Montana

Previous Positions

2001-2002 Country Manager, Nepal—The ISIS Foundation. Project director and manager and lead researcher on various health-related development projects in both Nepal and Uganda (on leave from University of Montana)

2000-present Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Montana

1998-2000 Andrew Mellon post-doctoral fellow in demographic anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Program in Population Research, under the supervision of Gene Hammel

1999 September – November, anthropological consultant to The ISIS Foundation, conducting baseline study of rural health care conditions in Humla District, Nepal

Education

University of California at Berkeley (1998-2000)

Post-doctoral fellow in demographic anthropology

University of California at Davis (1991-1998)

Ph.D. in Anthropology awarded in 1998

M.A. in Anthropology awarded in 1994

Mount Holyoke College (1986-1990)

B.A. Anthropology and Philosophy (of science) awarded in 1990

Graduated cum laude with High Honors in Anthropology

Mary Lyon Scholar

Teaching

University of Montana (2000-present):

Human Behavioral Ecology (upper division undergraduate)

Human Sexuality (lower division undergraduate)

Applied Anthropology (graduate seminar)

Peoples of Africa (upper division undergraduate)

Social Change (upper division undergraduate)

Population and Culture (upper division undergraduate)

Social Anthropology (upper division undergraduate)

Seminar in Ethnology (graduate seminar)

Graduate committees (Chair)

Leif Van Alstine (conducted fieldwork on the Ft. Belknap Reservation 2002: current)

Stacy Russell (conducted fieldwork in Uganda with funds raised by KHM in summer 2003: current)

Allison Fissel (conducted fieldwork in Uganda with funds raised by KHM in summer 2003: degree awarded)

Javier Yoacham (conducted fieldwork in Bhutan in summer 2003: current)

Apryle Pickering (conducted fieldwork in Nepal with funds raised by KHM in summer 2004: current)

Rachel Donkersloot (conducted fieldwork in Alaska in summer 2004: current)

Christine Miller (planning fieldwork in Chile with funds raised by KHM in summer 2005: current)

Graduate committees (Member)

Randy Tanner (Forestry: degree awarded 2004)

Eli Suzukovich (Current)

Tasha Keathley (Political Science: Degree awarded 2003)

University of California at Davis (1991-1997):

Teaching Assistant:

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (8 quarters)

Kinship and Social Organization (1 quarter)

Human Ecology (2 quarters)

Cultural Ecology (2 quarters)

Human Evolutionary Biology (2 quarters)

Evolutionary Biology of the Human Life Cycle (1 quarter)

Sacramento City College (1997):

Instructor, Introductory Cultural Anthropology, 2 semesters

Publications

Papers

1994 Garcia, P., Haddix, K., and Maxwell, M.

Linking Human and Non-Human Mating systems, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 9(9):314-315.

1995 Cohen, R., Haddix, K., Hurtado, E., and Dewey, K.

Maternal Activity Budgets: Feasibility of Exclusive Breast Feeding for Six Months among Urban Women in Honduras, Social Science and Medicine, 41(4):527-36.

1999 Haddix, K., Gurung, J.B

"Excess Women": Non-Marriage and Reproduction in Two Ethnic Tibetan Communities of Humla, Nepal”, Himalayan Research Bulletin, 19(1): 56-65.

2001 Haddix, K.

“Leaving your Wife and your Brothers: When Polyandrous Marriages Fall Apart”, Evolution and Human Behavior, 22(1):47-61.

2002 Haddix McKay, K.

“Health needs in two ethnic communities of Northwestern Nepal”, Contributions to Nepalese Studies, 29(2): 241-273.

2003 Haddix McKay, K.

Challenges to health care access in Maoist Nepal, Himalaya, XXII(2): 43-46.

2004 Fissel, A., Haddix McKay, K.

“Traditional Healer Organizations in Uganda Should Contribute to AIDS Debate”, Anthropology News, 4(7): 10-11.

In press Tanner, R., Brown, P., Freimund, W. and Haddix McKay, K.

"Transfrontier Conservation Areas of Southern Africa and International Law in the Context of Community Involvement." Journal of South African Environmental Law and Policy.

Under review: Haddix McKay, K. and Fissel, A.

Focus on prevention and treatment by traditional healer organizations in Uganda, Cultural Survival Quarterly.

Commentaries and notes

1997 Borgerhoff Mulder, M and. Haddix, K

Comment on Levine and Silk, Current Anthropology 38:388-89.

2005 Haddix McKay, K.

Comment on Fouts et. al., Current Anthropology, 46(1): 46-47.

In prep

Haddix McKay, K.

“Marriage patterns and reproduction in a polyandrous family system”.

Haddix McKay, K.

“Women’s Reproduction in a Polyandrous Tibetan Community: Outcomes in a Competitive Marriage Market”.

Haddix McKay, K.

“The persistence of polyandry in Humla District, Nepal”.

Reports

2000 Haddix, K.

‘Report on Baseline Primary Health Survey’, Humla District, Nepal, The ISIS Foundation.

2001 McKay, Kimber Haddix

‘Making safe motherhood work’, paper prepared for and reviewed by colleagues at The ISIS Foundation and other professionals involved in international safe motherhood efforts in Uganda and Nepal.

2002 McKay, Kimber Haddix

‘Models of primary health care: definitions, issues, and interventions’, paper prepared for and reviewed by colleagues at The ISIS Foundation and other professionals involved in international health development in Uganda and Nepal.

2005 McKay, Kimber Haddix

‘Social and Health Impact Assessment in Chauganphaya and Kholsi, Phase One’, paper prepared for and reviewed by colleagues at The ISIS Foundation and other professionals involved in international health development in Nepal.

Dissertation

Entitled “Marital Strategies in an ethnic Tibetan community of Northwest Nepal,” this dissertation examined the marital strategies pursued by individuals in four polyandrous, ethnic Tibetan communities of the high Himalaya. Dissertation committee members included Dr. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Dr. G.W. Skinner, and Dr. Nancy Levine.

Research

Glacier Colony, Montana (June 2004—present)

Analysis of fertility transition based on historical documents and interviews among Hutterites of Montana.

Kiwoko District, Uganda (January 2002—present)

Analysis of the effectiveness of an infant special care unit in a rural bush hospital in Uganda, including cultural variation in usage patterns of the unit.

Humla District, Nepal (March 2003—present)

Conducting a longitudinal study of the social and health impacts of the various community development interventions funded by the ISIS Foundation in remote Himalayan villages in NW Nepal.

Kiwoko District, Uganda (June 2002)

Worked with HIV/AIDS and community-based health care experts on designing an outreach program to educate illiterate nomadic and semi-nomadic Ugandans on HIV/AIDS.

Nepal (July 2001—May 2002)

Worked with experts in international health development on designing and implementing projects to address poor public health conditions in rural areas of Nepal.

Nepal (July—August 2001)

Collected data for the Nepal portion of a 100+ culture study of jealousy, in coordination with Dr. Martin Voracek, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Statistics and Documentation Branch University of Vienna Medical School.

Humla District, Nepal (September--October 1999)

Conducted a baseline primary health survey of disease prevalence, vaccination rates, family planning practices, and attitudes concerning illness, treatment, sanitation and hygiene for the ISIS Foundation, a primary health care development organization. Developed survey with advice from UNICEF consultants, local non-government organizations and private doctors.

Nairobi and Laikipia District, Kenya (June--August 1999)

One month visiting scholar position with researchers in demography at the African Population and Health Policy Center, a division of the Population Council, followed by two months with Maasai people in Laikipia. Conducted pilot study to determine the feasibility of comparisons of Kenyan pastoralists and agriculturalists presently experiencing the demographic transition.

Humla District, Nepal (June 1995-July 1996, March-April 1998)

Conducted dissertation research in four ethnically Tibetan villages of Karnali valley, supported by an NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant, Population Council Fellowship, and Wenner Gren Foundation research grant.

Mustang Valley, Nepal (Summer 1994)

Conducted pilot study for dissertation research, supported by NSF Research Training Grant, Program in Animal Behavior, University of California at Davis.

San Pedro Sula, Honduras (Summer 1992)

Conducted an activity budget study of the lactation behavior of urban, poor, multiparous mothers, supported by the Instituto de Nutricion de Panama y Centroamerica (INCAP), Department of Nutrition, University of California at Davis, and the Women’s Research and Resource Center, University of California at Davis.

South Hadley, MA (1990-1991)

Assistant to Dr. James Trostle, medical anthropologist, Harvard Institute for International Development, organized and analyzed data for an extensive longitudinal study of the etiology of chronic disease in Ecuador, Kenya and the U.S.

Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (Summer 1990)

Non-human primate study and research project based in Curu, Nicoya Peninsula, School for Field Studies, Costa-Rica, activity budget analysis of pre- and post-ecotourism site designation time-use on a tropical cattle ranch.

Athi River, Kenya (January-April 1989)

Culture, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Semester in the Field, School for Field Studies, Athi River, Kenya, activity budget analysis of giraffe feeding behavior.

Grants, Awards and Fellowships

2005-2006 The ISIS Foundation, funding for research on social and health impacts of various community development project interventions in Humla District, Nepal, $10,000

2003 University of Montana, University Grants Program, grant for student support and research of fertility transition in Nepal, $4800

2003 The ISIS Foundation, funding for research on social and health impacts of various community development project interventions in Humla District, Nepal, $8000

2002 University of Montana, Small Grants Program, grant for pilot study of fertility transition in Hutterite colonies in rural MT, $4000

2001 University of Montana, Small Grants Program, grant for continued research of marriage systems in Nepal, $4000

1999 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Demography, pilot study grant for research on Mukogodo fertility transition, Mukogodo Division, Kenya, $5500

1998 Andrew Mellon Foundation, funding for post-doctoral work in demographic anthropology at UC Berkeley, $70,000

1997 Pacific Division, AAAS President’s Award, for outstanding paper in Anthropology, June 1997

1997 Award for excellence, first place among graduate student papers, Section on Social, Economic, and Political Sciences, Pacific Division AAAS, June 1997

1997 Wenner Gren Foundation Research Grant, $4520

1997 Population Council Dissertation Year Fellowship, Research Grant, $19,600

1996 University of California, Davis Dissertation Writing Grant, $5,000

1995 NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant, $12,000

1994 NSF Research Training Grant, University of California at Davis, $3000

1992 Women’s Resource and Research Center, University of California at Davis, $1,000

1991 Non-resident Tuition Fellowship, University of California at Davis, $21,000

Professional papers delivered/Invited speaker/Invited conference participant

2005 April 5-9, Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology: “Applying anthropology in the context of Nepal’s Maoist revolution: The role of social impact assessment”.

2005 March 16-19, Paper presented at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, WA.

“Community development in the context of the Maoist Revolution in Nepal”.

2005 March 16-19, Paper presented at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, WA.

“Fertility Transition among Montana Leherleut Hutterites”.

2005 Spring Semester, UM Mansfield Center Asian Studies Seminar: Why, wherefore and what next? The Maoist Revolution in Nepal”.

2004 Autumn Semester, UM International Week Seminar: “Social Impacts of HIV in Africa”.

2004 Spring Semester, UM International Brown Bag, invited lecture: “Health development in Nepal in the context of the Maoist Revolution”.

2003 October 23, Sigma Xi, University of Montana, invited lecture: "Should we negotiate with the rebels? International health development in the context of a Nepalese Maoist Revolution".

2003 May 8-10, University of Maine, Orono, Invited participant at a series of sessions and roundtables at the First Annual Meeting of the 2G (2^nd Generation) Human Behavioral Ecology Society.

2003 January 10, University of Washington, Seattle. Invited lecture at the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology: “What to expect when you share your wife with your brothers: Polyandry among ethnic Tibetans of Nepal”.

2000 November 18-21, Washington, D.C.: Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting: “Imminent Fertility transition among Mukogodo Maasai”.

2000 March 22-25, Los Angeles, CA: Paper presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting: “Integrating human evolutionary ecology and demography”. Chair and organizer of session.

1999 November 18-20, Chicago, IL: Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting: “Non-marital fertility among women in polyandrous communities of NW Nepal”. Co-chair and organizer of session.

1999 March 25-27, New York, NY: Poster presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting: “Women’s reproduction in a polyandrous Tibetan community: Outcomes in a competitive marriage market.”

1998 December 2-6, Philadelphia, PA: Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting: “Reproduction in a polyandrous family system, Humli Tibetans of NW Nepal.”

1998 June 9-12, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA: Paper presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings: “Unraveling marital decisions in a polyandrous Tibetan society.”

1997 November 19-22, Washington, D.C: Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting: “Patterns in marriage and reproduction.”

1997 June 25-28, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR: Paper presented at the Pacific Division Meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science: “To share or not to share (your wife): Marital decision-making among polyandrous Tibetans of Humla, Nepal.”

1997 June 4-8, University of Arizona at Tuscon, Tuscon, AZ: Paper presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings: “Wealth and polyandry: Why some Tibetan brothers share a wife while others do not.”

1996 October 18-20, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI: Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference on South Asia: “Excess women”: The family, marriage, and work fates of unwed women in Tibetan polyandrous villages of Humla, Nepal.”

1994 March 24-47: University of California at Davis, Davis, CA: Paper presented at the “Mating Systems of Humans and Non-Humans Workshop”, an interdisciplinary forum sponsored by the National Science Foundation: “Variability in mating strategies in polyandrous societies.”

Administrative Services—intramural

Faculty Senate AY 2002-2003

Search Committee AY 2003

Development Studies Committee, AY 2001-2004 (to form a new minor in international development)

Chair, Departmental Assessment Committee AY 2003-2004

Redesigned and rewrote Anthropology Department Graduate Student Brochure AY 2003-2004

Departmental Brochure Project AY 2002-2003 (with Greg Campbell)

Institutional Review Board member AY 2004-2005

Administrative Services—extramural

Manuscripts Reviewed for:

Evolution and Human Behavior

Current Anthropology

Human Nature

Grants Reviewed for:

National Science Foundation 2003

Consulting

The ISIS Foundation, 1998--present[1]

[1] I have had a consulting relationship with The ISIS Foundation, which works in primary health care development projects in Uganda and Nepal since 1998. I have conducted a variety of research projects to improve the quality of their work, and I advise them on how to structure projects in a way that is culturally sensitive and most likely to increase the chances that the projects will meet their stated goal to improve the quality of life of local villagers. This enhances the quality of my teaching in my classes on international development (Anthro 330, 329, 343, 581, and 585) substantially and my students consistently comment on how my ‘real world experience’ improves the quality of my classes. I also hope to involve students at the graduate level more and more in development-related research, particularly as we as a department refine our ‘Cultural Heritage’ niche, which involves social impact angles to which socio cultural anthropologists can contribute significantly.