Gayatri S Thampy                          Phone : 614 – 501- 1978 (H); 614 – 338 – 5848 (C)

243 Calderdale Court                    Email : thampy.2@osu.edu, g_thampy@lycos.com

Blacklick, OH-43004

 

 

Education                    :

·        Phd student in the Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University (2004 – present).  Current CGPA: 3.65.

·        M.A in Anthropology from the Ohio State University (June 2004). CGPA = 3.58

 

·        GRE Score (1999 exam): Total: 2350; 770 (Verbal), 780 (Quantitative), 800 (Analytical).

·        Bachelor Of Engineering (Computer Engineering), University of Pune, India

     (1993-1997), with First Class.

 

Relevant Language Skills (on a 1 – 10 scale)       :

English                        :           First language.

Spanish                       :           Reading (9); Speaking (8); Comprehension (9).

 

Special Interests        :

·        Latin American and Caribbean studies, Indigenous land use patterns, land tenure policies, local responses to globalization and neo-liberal reforms, Impact of macro-economic policies on household decision making and structure, Nair land tenure systems, Economic Anthropology, sustainability studies and development projects.

 

Papers and Presentations      :          

  • Pending Publication: Thampy, G and Cohen J; 2008; Effect of global and national policies on tenure insecurity in Bocas del Toro, Panama and implications for research on fair trade; In A New World: Ethnographies of Fair Trade; Sarah Lyon and Mark Moberg (eds); Indiana University Press.

 

  • In press. Too Many people and Too Few Livestock in West Africa? An Evaluation of Sandford’s Thesis. Journal of Development Studies.

Authors: Moritz, Mark, Britney Kyle, Kevin C. Nolan, Steve Patrick, Marnie F. Shaffer, and Gayatri Thampy.

 

  • Factors affecting residents’ opinions on tourism in Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama.

Authors: G. Thampy and J. Cohen.

Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

 

  • If land is a commodity, what is “fair trade” in land? A case study of the effect of global and national policies on land tenure insecurity in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Authors: G. Thampy, J. Cohen.

Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 28 – December 1.

 

  • Macro-economic policies and their micro-economic fallouts: Perceptions, Adaptations and Resistances to tourism and foreign investment in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Authors: G. Thampy, J. Cohen.

Poster presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Anthropology.

 

·        Feeding and ranging of hoolock gibbons (Hylobates hoolock) in the Borajan Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India.

Authors: G. Thampy, J. Das, W.S McGraw.

Poster presentation at the AAPA 73rd Annual Meeting, 2004.

 

Grants and awards                 :

  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Short-term research fellowship from STRI Panama to aid in dissertation field work: Summer 2009.
  • International Affairs Grant from the Office of International Affairs, The Ohio State University: Spring 2008.
  • Dissertation support grant from The Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University: Winter 2008.
  • Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS), The Ohio State University for dissertation research: Fall 2007.
  • Ray Travel Award: Edward J. Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service; Council of Graduate Students; The Ohio State University: Winter 2007.
  • Tinker Foundation Grant for Field Research in Latin America, Iberia and Antarctica: Summer 2006.
  • Daniel Hughes Memorial Award; Department of Anthropology; Ohio State University. Travel award for presenting at conferences: Winter 2004, Winter 2007, Fall 2007,

 

Professional Experience        :

·        Spring 2007 to Winter 2008: GRA / GTA in Department of Anthropology (OSU).

·        Spring 2006, Winter 2007: GTA in Department of Anthropology (OSU) for Anthropology 201- Introduction to World Prehistory.

·        Autumn 2004 to Autumn 2005: GTA in Department of Anthropology (OSU) for Anthropology 202- Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

·        Winter 2003 to Spring 2003: Student Instructional Assistant for the Office of Minority Affairs (OSU).

·        Autumn 2001 to Autumn 2002: GTA in Computer Science and Engineering Department (OSU) for Computer Assisted Problem solving for Business.

 

Other Work Experience:

  • Consultancy services for the PAST Foundation, Columbus Ohio in 2008.
  • Software Engineer from 1997 – 2001.