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Her research has
taken her to the hinterlands of East Africa, the Highlands of
Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Cuba, Mexico and Bali. She has been
featured widely on TV, radio, and in print and is the author of Women
Who May Never Marry. Education: see web page: http://www.lavc.edu/anthr2lw/index.html  TEL: (323) 223-1507 / FAX: (323) 226-9476 email: LAWolfe@aol.com Education: MA Anthropology, 1980 BA Anthropology, 1975 Fields of Concentration: Social-Cultural, Physical, Marriage and Family, Sexuality, Gender, Evolutionary Psychology, Women, Latin America, Africa, Melanesia, Media, and Religion. Field Research: Thailand, August 2003. Sex
workers and cross-national relationships Teaching Experience: Anthropology Professor, LA
Valley College, (1/96 present) Anthropology Professor, LA
Trade Technical College (Fall 1995; Spring 2000/2002) Anthropology Professor, LA
Southwest College (9/89 present) Professor, CSU Los Angeles
(Fall 2000) Social Sciences Professor,
Pasadena City College (Fall 2000present) Anthropology Professor,
Long Beach City College (Spring 2000--Spring 2001) Anthropology Professor, LA
City College (Summer 1999) Anthropology Professor, El
Camino College (6/90 12/98) Anthropology Professor, CSU
Dominguez Hills (9/90 1/98) Anthropology Professor, LA
Harbor College (8/96 12/96) Anthropology Professor, Antioch
University (7/95) Anthropology Professor, Instructional Television, LA Com. Colleges (8/94-12/94) Instructor for the Cultural Anthropology Telecourse, "Faces of Culture" (full time) Anthropology Professor, LA
Pierce College (1/93 6/93; Spring 2001 - present) Anthropology Lecturer, CSU
Long Beach (1/87 6/87) Anthropology Instructor,
Empire State College, New York, NY (3/82 8/83) Sociology Instructor,
Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey (9/80 1/81) Sociology Instructor,
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey (9/80 1/81) PACE Program Experience (An intensified college degree program for working adults) LA Trade Technical College
(Spring 2000/2002) (Physical and Cultural Anthropology) "As
The Other Shoe Drops: Unraveling A Relationship and A
Story" "When
One Lover Isn't Enough," Loving
More Magazine #22, Summer 2000 "America's
Fidelity Crisis," Loving More Magazine #20,
Winter 2000 "Academic Careers," Great
Jobs for Anthropology Majors, pages 197-199 "The
Magic of Burning Man," The Los Angeles Free Press, Vol
36, #16, October 1999 "African Polygamy," Loving More Magazine #17, Spring 1999 "Adding
a Co-Wife," Loving More Magazine #15, Fall 1998 Cupid's Coupons, November
1998 by Longstreet Press More Cupid's Coupons,
November 1998 by Longstreet Press Cupid's Romance Coupons,
November 1998 by Longstreet Press Women Who May Never Marry: The
Reasons, Realities, and Opportunities, "Exploring Nonmonogamy," Floodtide, Fall 1992 and Winter 1992 Giving Birth in New York City: A Guide to Childbirth Option, 1981 by The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). Reviewed in the New York Times and New York Magazine. Reprinted three times. Flatbush from the Youth Perspective: Histories, Research and Stories of African- American and Caribbean Youth, 1981 by Citibank and City University of New York. Selected by the National Commission on Resources for Youth as a model program for youth employment. "A Stay in a Mayan Village: A Personal Account," From the Margins, 1978. "The Informal Use of and
Potential for Anthropology in the San Francisco Neighborhood
Arts Program," Kroeber Islanders, 1976 "Marrying Sex and
Anthropology" "Negotiating Jealousy in
Polyamorous Relationships," "Jealousy and Transformation
in Polyamorous Relationships," "Orgasm, Arousal,
Satisfaction and Desire" "Hierarchy and Jealousy in
Polygamous Relationships" "Just Below the Surface: The
Erotic Power of Jealousy" "Women Who Share Men...Men
Who Share Women" "The Importance of Station:
Hierarchy, Power and Stability in Polyamorous
Relationships" Tourism and Socio-Economic Change
in Papua New Guinea" "Weathering the
Extraordinary: The Cultural Invention of Polyamory" "Mani: A Yucatan Mayan
Village 25 Years Later" "Playing the Media as an
Anthropologist," "Polyamory Salon, " Elysium, Topanga, CA May 21, 2000 and July 23, 2000. "Positions: When One Lover Isn't Enough," Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA -- August 15, 2000 "When One Lover Isn't
Enough: My Adventure in the Cultural Behavior of Sluts," "Sharing /Being
Shared," The Dynamics of Polygyny and Polyandry "Adding A Co-Wife,"
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Santa Fe, "Coming Out to Our Students," Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Boston, MA April 9, 1999 "Co-Wives in East Africa," Loving More Conference, Berkeley, CA August 8, 1998 "The Dynamics of Sharing a Partner," Conversations, Brentwood, CA July 29, 1998 "The Dynamics of Sharing a
Man: What I Learned in Africa," Lifestyles Convention, "When One Partner Isn't Enough," National Congress on Women's Health, Washington D.C. June 22, 1998 "What I Learned in Africa: The Dynamics of Sharing a Man," Southern California Applied Anthropology Network, Los Angeles, CA May 19, 1998 "How Swingers and Practitioners of Polyamory Mimic Darwinian Reproductive Strategies," Human Behavior and Education Society, Tucson, AZ June 7, 1997 "Do We Really Need to Marry Again?" Conversations, Brentwood, CA May 21, 1997 "Teaching Ethnographic Research Techniques," Conference on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA April 27, 1997 "Making Polygamy Come Alive," Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 18, 1997 "Plural Marriage: A World View," Live The Dream, Los Angeles, CA March 16, 1997 "Spinsters, Old Maids, and Fallen Women," Women's Day Celebration, El Camino College, Torrance, CA March 10, 1997 "Man Sharing: A Multi-Dimensional Examination," American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA November 21, 1996 "The James Dean Syndrome: Why We're Attracted to Dangerous People," Conversations, Santa Monica, CA July 16, 1996 and June 11, 1997 "The Dynamics of Polysexuality," Lifestyles Convention, San Diego August 23, 1996 "America's Fidelity Crisis," Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA July 27, 1996 "The Dynamics of Polysexuality," Elysium, Topanga, CA July 17, 1996 "Man Sharing: A Multi-Dimensional Examination," Southwestern Anthropological Association, Pasadena, CA April 13, 1996 "The Impact of Consciousness on Human Mate Selection," Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, Encino, CA March 29, 1996 "Well Beyond Monogamy: The Social Cultural Behaviors of Americans Who Practice Consensual Nonmonogamy," Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Santa Monica, CA February 24, 1996 "Never Say I Do: Why It May Be Better to Stay Single," Three Keynote Addresses to Committed Singles of Southern, CA September 22 24, 1996 "Bringing Anthropology to the Masses," Southern California Applied Anthropology Network, Los Angeles, CA September 14, 1995 "Managing Variety: How
People Everywhere Make it Work," Lifestyles Convention, "The Mating Game: Why We
Choose Who We Do," Elysium, Topanga, CA "Consensual Nonmonogamy: Challenging Evolutionary Directives," Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Santa Barbara, CA July 1, 1995 "Women Who May Never Marry," 25 lectures and workshops from 1990 -1995 in churches, bookstores, universities, the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting (Nov. 1993), women's professional organizations, and singles groups. "The Origins of and Future for Family," Humanist Association of Los Angeles, CA November 6, 1994 "Writing Your Life Story, " Women Empowered, Fallbrook, CA October 4. 1994 "We're Hardly Alone: Cross-Cultural and Sociobiological Precedents for Poly-Living, " Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA August 12, 1994 "The Fidelity Crisis," Conversations, Brentwood, CA July 4, 1994; May 3, 1995 and May 29, 1996 Becoming Polysexual: Who Does it
and How?" Live the Dream, Los Angeles, CA "An Anthropological Look at
Poly Culture," Los Angeles Intimate Network, CA "Becoming Polysexual: Shifts in Consciousness Made by Americans Who Engage in Consensual Nonmonogamy," Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness 1994 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ "Multiple Negotiated Relationships," Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness 1993 Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA "Sex, Culture, and Fidelity," Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA January 27, 1993 "Uncover Your Life Story," Elysium, Topanga, CA January 9, 1993 and May 29, 1993 "The Fidelity Crisis," Live the Dream, Los Angeles, CA November 21, 1992 "Secrets of Sexuality," The Love Network, Encino, CA October 25, 1992 "Sex and Culture," LA Sex Education Resources, CA May 9, 1992 "Dating Strategies and Sex Roles in the 90s," Valley Cities Jewish Community Center, Van Nuys, CA September 1991 "Must One Marry Again to be Happy?" Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, CA May 1991 "Why Are There So Many Singles?" The Relationship Center, Hollywood, CA July 1991 and West Valley Jewish Community Center, Woodland Hills, CA May, 1990 "Reflections on Field Work in Yucatan," Central College, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico October 1990 "Sex, Relationships, and Reproduction," Linden Center (Adolescent Girls Group Home), Los Angeles, CA October 1990 "Why Women Give Sex to Get Love and Men Give Love to Get Sex," West Valley Jewish Community Center, Woodland Hills, CA July 1990 "Sex, Singles and Straight Talk," Round Table Singles, Pasadena, CA May 1990 "Being Singles and Having it All," Round Table Singles, Pasadena, CA June 1990 "Sex in the 90s: The Future of Intimacy," Tikkun Singles Group, Los Angeles, CA March 1990
AA Television Production, 1984 Certificate, Broadcast
Journalism, 1980 Selected Media Productions and Activities: Documentary
Producer/Director/Editor Film Festival Judge Series Producer/Host Film Program Director Additional Employment: Experiential Analyst/Videographer,
Context-Based Research Group, Baltimore/Los Angeles,
2003-present Foreign Languages: Professional/Community
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