Nancy Sullivan Ltd. - curriculum vitae

Nancy Sullivan
Nancy Sullivan Ltd.
P.O. Box 404
Madang 511, Papua New Guinea
Ph/Fax: 675 852 3800
nsullivan@online.net.pg
www.nancysullivan.org

Education

1993 - PhD abd Anthropology, New York University
1980 - B.A. Politics, Princeton University.
1979 - St. John’s and Churchill Colleges, Cambridge University, England.

Languages

English, Tok Pisin, Spanish; French comprehension

Awards and fellowships

2007
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
National Geographic Committee for Research and Exploration Grant

2005
Computer Aid International donation to Nancy Suillivan Ltd.
John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund grant to Nancy Sullivan Ltd.

1994-95
American Association of University Women Dissertation Grant

1993-94
CIE Fulbright-Hays Training Grant for research in Papua New Guinea

1990-92
National Science Foundation Graduate Study Fellowship

1990
Checkerboard Foundation Electronic Arts Grant for video editing

1989-90
Teaching Assistantship, New York University

1988
Art Matters Grant/1985, 1986 Artists Space Exhibition Grants

1977
Ward Prize for creative writing, Princeton University

Employment

1998-Present
Director, Nancy Sullivan and Associates, Ltd. Anthropological consulting, qualitative research, survey design, report writing, training and workshop design for a range of private and public entities. The field teams consist of DWU graduates from the Department of PNG Studies (former students of ethnographic research methods).

2008
Researcher/Ethnographer, LaTrobe University Linkage Project/UNHCR: Impact on Human Rights of Asylum Seekers and Host Communities of Australia’s Border Control Cooperation with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

2007-8
Project Manager, Karawari cave arts research and exploration into the caves of the upper Karawari and Arafundi Rivers of the East Sepik Project, with 8 PNG ethnographers (funded by John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Geographic Society).

2007
Lead Consultant, DevFish Study on Gender Issues in the Tuna Fisheries (for PNG, Fiji and Kiribati) for Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fishtech Management Consultants.

Facilitator, CUSO AIDS Committees Capacity Building Project Partner Preparation Workshop, 27-30 August.

Facilitator, Divine Word University symposium on Sustainable Development, August 14-17.

Consultant Anthropologist, BBC Current Affairs for a This World documentary on Stephen Tari in Madang Province.

Principal Investigator, Pathfinders International, Community Health Research for Madang Province. Data collection and reporting on 13 villages in the Province.

Consultant Anthropologist, Fixer, BBC Productions (Last Man Standing, Space Pirates) for two programmes: one in Yimas Village, East Sepik River, the other in Bilbil Village, Madang Province.

Consultant Anthropologist, Fixer, Discovery Channel (Halfyard Productions) for male skincutting initiation documentary in Kaningara Village, East Sepik Province.

2005-2006
Trainer in qualitative research methods for HELP Resources, Wewak, village HIV/AIDs counselors.

Ethnographer for HELP Resources, social impact study of the vanilla boom in Wewak, ESP.

Ethnographer for HELP Resources, social impact study of Sputh Seas Tuna Cannery, Wewak.

Ethnographer for Mineral Policy Institute, Australia, socioeconomic impact study of the Lower Fly River region and review of the CMCAs for Ok Tedi mine.

Ethnographer for ANU’s State Society and Melanesia Project, researching the impact of the provincial reforms in 3 PNG provinces.

Lecturer, Coral Princess Cruises throughout Island Melanesia.

2004
Ethnographer for the socioeconomic impact assessment of the European Union’s Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project, Madang, conducting PRAs with four DWU students through 21 Madang communities in their baseline intervention sites

Guest lecturer, Department of PNG Studies, Divine Word University Consultant anthropologist to New Ireland Provincial Government, and author,Malangan stories, a culture studies book for secondary schools in NIP

Consultant anthropologist to Voluntary Services Overseas (Madang)

Consultant anthropologist for Social Impact Survey of the Biliau-Ramu Road Project in the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions of Madang Province, to be constructed by Madang Provincial Government, Joint District Budget Planning and Priorities Committee

2003
Consultant anthropologist for The Nature Conservancy's Adelbert Mountains Project within the Bogia District of Madang Province. Produced An ethnographic survey of the Kenege, Araka, Yagovat and Ivorab people within The Nature Conservancy’s project zone of the Almami Local Level Government, Bogia District, Madang Province

Consultant anthropologist for Social Impact Study of RD Tuna for the Kananam Landowners Association, Madang, authored Tinpis Maror

Consultant anthropologist for Tenkile Conservation Alliance in West Sepik Province. Produced The Wape, after the Devil Fish: Culture and conservation of Scitt’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus Scottae), An ethnographic survey of the 13 villages that constitute the Tenkile Conservation Alliance Project Area

Consultant anthropologist, fixer, National Geographic Television, for five segments of the Taboo series: Pig Hunting in Rai Kos; Skincut in Kaninigira; Bena reeds ceremony; Fly fox hunt in Yimas; and Tufi women’s facial tattoo ceremony. Also performed on-air interviews for the series

Lecturer, Society Expeditions, MV World Discoverer, Oceania Cruise, conducting lectures on Pacific Island culture

2002
Consultant to Ok Tedi/BHP Mining, creating and conducting a workshop for tourism in the Middle Fly region

Tourguide/consultant to Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea

Lecturer, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea Studies: Social Research Method, Conflict Resolution (War and Peace), Colonial Experiences

Consultant, Guest Lecturer, Papua New Guinea Maritime College: creating and presenting a series of teacher training courses in Melanesian culture and epistemology

Lecturer, Society Expeditions, MV World Discoverer, Oceania Cruise, conducting lectures on Pacific Island culture.

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys: guiding tourists through Papua New Guinea, and the Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India

2001
Lecturer, Communications and Journalism, Divine Word University ; Curriculum Developer for Social Issues for Melanesian Journalists.

Organizer, The Melanesian Philosophy of Land Conference, Divine Word University, Madang, June 2001

Consultant, Ecotourism and Human Development, OTML Ok Tedi Mining.

Consultant, Tanorama Ltd., Port Moresby

Consultant, Sierra Club of Alaska

Consultant, National Geographic Magazine

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys, Southern India and the Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India

2000
Tour Guide, Lecturer, American Museum of Natural History Discovery Tour to Micronesia: Pohnpei, Palau and Yap

Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys

Consultant, EcoVitality, Managalas Plateau ecotourism project, Oro Province.

Ethnographer, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.), for General Motors and Delta Faucet market research projects

1999
Tour Guide, Asia Transpacific Journeys

Tour Guide, TCS, Stamford Alumni group

Consultant, National Geographic Magazine

Consultant, National Geographic Traveler Magazine

Consultant, Travel and Leisure Magazine

Consultant, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.)

Consultant, Biodiversity Conservation Network, a consortium of World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and World Resources Institute. Organized 'Workshop on Enterprise-Based Approaches to Conservation in the Pacific' January 10-14, 1999, Port Moresby, PNG, involving Research and Conservation Foundation, Pacific Heritage Foundation, Foundation for People and Community Development, Conservation International, SPACHEE and University of the South Pacific, government, aid donors and landowners

Ecotourism Consultant, Biodiversity Support Program, Washington, DC

Ecotourism Consultant, Tour Guide Trainer, Conservation International, Lakekamu Basin Conservation Project, Papua New Guinea.

1998
Tour Guide, National Geographic Magazine photojournalist, Jodi Cobb

Tour Guide, Abercrombie & Kent Travel Tour Guide, Tour Guide Trainer, Trans Niugini Tours

Ecotourism Consultant, Tour Guide Trainer, Crater Mountain Project Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea

Ethnographer/Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S)

1997
Anthropological Consultant, Travel and Leisure Magazine

Tour Guide Trainer, Trans Niugini Tours, Papua New Guinea. Marketing Manager, National Performing Arts Troupe, Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Manager, Karawari Lodge, Papua New Guinea

Ethnographer/ Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S.)

1996
Ethnographer/Market Researcher, Cultural Dynamics (U.S)

1994
Relief Cruise Director, MV Melanesian Discoverer, Melanesian Tourist Services, Papua New Guinea.

1990
Assistant Manager, Haus Poroman Lodge, Mt. Hagen.

1989-90
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Anthropology, New York University

Relevant consultancies

2005
Consultant to the Mineral Policy Institute, Australia, on the political awareness of Ok Tedi Mining impact communities along the Fly River, Western Province.

Consultant to ANU’s State Society and Governance Project on decentralization in 3 provinces in Papua New Guinea.

Consultant to HELP Resources, Wewak, on ethnographic research methods and training.

2004
Consultant to the European Union’s Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project, Madang, conducting PRAs with four DWU students through 21 Madang communities in their baseline intervention sites, for forthcoming report.

2003
Consultant anthropologist to the Kananam Landowners, conducting fieldwork with six employees and writing the Social Impact Study of the proposed RD Tuna cannery.

Consultant anthropologist to The Nature Conservancy, for the Adelbert Mountain Project within the Almami LLG of Bogia District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, conducting fieldwork with eight students from DWU towards production of an extensive ethnography of two language groups (tok Maia and tok Miani) within the region.

Consultant anthropologist to the Tenkile Conservation Alliance Project in West Sepik Province, conducting fieldwork with my students from Divine Word University on the anthropology of thirteen villages in the Torricelli Mountains of WSP, and authoring the report on this research.

2002
Consultant anthropologist and fieldworker to Tenkile Conservation Alliance in the Lumi District of West Sepik Province, canvassing 13 villages for genealogies, census, oral histories and social structure.

Consultant in ecotourism to OTML and Western Province, creating and conducting a workshop with Provincial and Local Level Government representatives in the Middle Fly Region.

2001
Ecotourism and Human Development Consultant for Ok Tedi Mining Ltd. Ongoing responsibilities include consensus building throughout villages along the Fly River; scouting treks, canoe tours and guest house locations; liaising with local level and Provincial Government, along with OTML, airlines and suppliers; developing and conducting workshops on tourism and tour guiding in Tabubil and Kiunga.

1999
Biodiversity Conservation Network. Sole organizer for BCN’s ‘Workshop on Enterprise-Based Conservation in the Pacific,’ with participants from Research and Conservation Foundation, Pacific Heritage Foundation, Foundation for People and Community Development, Conservation International and SPACHEE, University of the South Pacific, Fiji. Shopped and budgeted the workshop and travel for participants from all over Melanesia ; invited government, diplomatic, donor and aid organizations to the event; produced and distributed all pre- and post-publicity, including an hour-long documentary for local TV.

1998
Research and Conservation Foundation. Sole consultant for ecotourism in the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, extending over Chimbu, Eastern Highlands and Gulf Provinces, including creation and implementation of a training program for local guest houses and tour guides. Includes assessing and implementing tours and guest house management in and around five village sites within the gazetted area, including rainforest treks as well as river canoe trips; creating and conducting a marketing strategy for the project.

Cultural Dynamics, New York. Team Director for ‘Sports Apparel Across America,’ market strategy for Los Angeles, Chicago and New York area Footlocker stores; Team member for ‘Gin and Market Share,’ market study for Tanquerey.

1997
Tour guide trainer for Trans Niugini Tours. Conception and implementation of a comprehensive course for Papua New Guinean tour guides in three remote lodges.

1995
Cultural Dynamics, New York. Team member, New Jersey’s Drug Rehab Assessment. Review and analysis of the efficacy of a state drug rehabilitation program.

Relevant publications

2008
(forthcoming) Editor, Papua New Guinea's Prospects for Sustainable Development, Madang, PNG: Divine Word University Press.

2007
God's Brideprice: laissez faire religion, and the fear of being left behind in Papua New Guinea. Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU Reserach Journal,
Vol. 6, May 2007, pp. 63-91.
(29pp) - Download Article PDF* (190KB - Acrobat Required)

2005
Cargo and condescension, Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU Research Journal.

Editor, Governance Challenges for PNG and Melanesia, papers from the Governance Challenges for PNG and the Pacific Islands, Papers from the Conference ‘Foreign Policy, Governance and Development: Challenges for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.’ Madang: Divine Word University in association with the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project.

Editor, Leadership in Papua New Guinea, by Bernard Narokobi. Madang: Divine Word University.

Contributing editor, What works? Papers from the Symposium on Development strategies at Divine Word University, Madang, Papua New Guinea, November 2004. Madang: Divine Word University.

Tinpis Maror: A Social Impact Study of the Proposed RD Tuna Cannery at Vidar Wharf, Madang, Catalyst, Goroka: The Melanesian Institute.

2004
Village Development Trust Gender and Social Issues Programme Policy and Strategy Report. Lae: The VDT.

European Union’s Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project Baseline Study Follow-up Report. Madang: The European Union Rural Coastal Fisheries Development Project.

Socioeconomic impact study of the proposed Biliau-Ramu Sugar road in the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions of Madang Province. Madang: The Madang Provincial Government. (92 pp).

2003
Tinpis Maror: A Social Impact Study of Proposed RD Tuna Cannery at the Vidar Wharf, Madang. Social Impact Survey of the Biliau-Ramu Road Project in the Rai Coast and Nahu-Rawa Census Divisions of Madang Province. Port Moresby: The Kananam Landowners Association, with Gadens Lawyers. (142 pp)

An ethnographic survey of the Kenege, Araka, Yagovat and Ivorab people within The Nature Conservancy’s project zone of the Almami Local Level Government, Bogia District, Madang Province. Port Moresby: The Nature Conservancy. (335 pp).

The Wape, after the Devil Fish: Culture and the conservation of Scott’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus Scottae), An ethnographic survey of the 13 villages that constitute the Tenkile Conservation Alliance Project area. Lae, PNG: Tenkile Conservation Alliance. (139 pp).

Television and video production in Papua New Guinea: How media become the message, in Toby Miller, ed.,Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, Vol 1, Part 3, Chapter 19, London: Routledge.

How media become the message, a coda, in Spectator,Oceania in the Age of Global Media, Vol 23, No 1: 27-32.

2002
(Editor)Culture and Progress: Papers from the Melanesian Philosophy of Land Symposium, Madang: Divine Word Publications.

Introduction: The Issue of Land Tenure, in N. Sullivan (Ed.), Culture and Progress. Madang: Divine Word Publications.

2001
Yali’s movement in Madang, Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine.

Upper Sepik travel, Paradise.

Raggiana, Paradise.

Treasure trove in Chimondo, Paradise.

Raikos in recent history, Paradise.

Remembering James Kinjimali, Paradise.

The Kumbh Mela, Paradise.

Hagen Show, Paradise.

The Middle Fly experience, Paradise.

Growing up in PNG, Diwai.

2000
Yali’s movement, Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine.

The Managalas Plateau. Paradise, Air Niugini in-flight magazine, March.

Karawari Style. Paradise ,May.

Tami Day Trip, Paradise, July.

1999
Door-to-door anthropologist. Fuse Magazine, November.

The Murik Lakes Mixture, Paradise, July-August.

Independence Day in Margarima, Paradise, September.

Crater Mountain Ecotourism, Paradise, March.

Christmas at Siomoromoro, Paradise, November.

A Blend of Time and Place; Siassi graphics, Paradise, September.

1998
The Awim Caves, Paradise, September.

Trobriand graphics, Paradise, January.

1997
Papua New Guinea. Handbook for visitors, Trans Niugini Tours, Mt. Hagen.

Baluan Beckons, Paradise, November.

Interview with Albert Toro. In Late Editions, Vol. 4, ed. George Marcus, University of California Press.

1996
Inside trading: Postmodernism and the social drama of Sunflowers in the 1980’s art world,The Traffic in Culture: Refiguring Art and Anthropology, eds. George Marcus and Fred Myers. University of California Press: 256-301.

1995
Review of Lokal Musik: Lingua franca song and identity in Papua New Guinea by Michael Webb, in American Anthropologist Vol 97, No. 2:17-18.

1993
Film and video production in Papua New Guinea: how media become the message. Public Culture Vol.5, No.2.

1989
Questions about mixed media. Public CultureVol.1No.2:1-7.

Papers presented

2005
Tourism and sustainable culture in Papua New Guinea, the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico April 9.

2004
Papua New Guineans conducting their own social impact analyses. Paper presented to the Things That Work Symnposium at Divine Word University, sponsored by the State Society and Governance Programme at the ANU, November 2004.

2002
Television and the lack of domestic content in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented to Communications and Journalism Department, Divine Word University.

The meaning of customary land in Melanesia. The Melanesian Philosophy of Land Symposium, Divine Word University, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

1996
Changing ethnographic methods in PNG research. Faxing fax, the fading of face-to-face fieldwork panel, American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco.

1992
MTV for PNG: music videos in Papua New Guinea. Culture and mass media panel, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

1991
New media production in Papua New Guinea. Television and the transformation of culture panel, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago.