The C.V. Doctor: C.V. for the Social Sciences

By Mary Morris Heiberger and Julie Miller Vick

This generally well-constructed vita distracts the readers with irrelevant information at the top. With minimal reorganization, the vita can be made more terse, and more of the important content will move onto the first page, where the reader's eye first falls.

-- Mary Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick

Career Talk: The C.V. Doctor

Examples:

C.V. for the social sciences
C.V. for education, or other professional school
C.V. for the humanities
C.V. for the fine or creative arts
C.V. for the sciences

CURRICULUM VITAE¹
NAME:	Job Candidate - Date of birth:² - Birthplace: - Citizenship: United States of America - Social Security Number. 999-99-9999
ADDRESS:³	Street address Bigtime, IN 48421 (312)-555-1212 (Please leave message if I am not in)⁴
EDUCATION:⁵
1992	BA, Anystate University, Anycity, MO Major in Anthropology with Museum Studies Minor
1993	M.A., Bigtime University, Bigtime, Indiana Degree Awarded in Anthropology
1995	Ph.D. in Progress, Bigtime University, Bigtime, Indiana Doctoral Candidate in Anthropology Dissertation Topic: Measuring the Biomedical Efficacy of Traditional Remedies Among Urban and Rural-Dwelling Balinese Dissertation Defense Date: October 15, 1999 Dissertation Adviser
AWARDS:⁶
1998	Graduate Student Fund (GSF) Travel Grant
1995-96	Fulbright Institute for International Education (IIE) Grant Awardee
1992-95	Bigtime University Graduate School Tuition Waivers, Academic Stipends and Research Assistantships (During Academic School Years)
1994	Graduate Student Fund (GSF) Travel Grant
1993	Mellon Foundation Grant (investigative fieldwork grant) Graduate Student Fund (GSF) Travel Grant (investigative fieldwork grant)
1992	Awarded B.A. in Anthropology with Departmental Honors
1991-92	Dean's List (3 Semesters), Anystate University
1988-92	Hew Banks Scholarship, Anystate University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:⁷
1997	Adjunct Faculty Lecturer, Anthropology 314 Peoples and Cultures in Mexico and Central America Summer Semester, Bigtime University
1997	Course Instructor, Anthropology 390 Anthropology of Gender Spring Semester, University College, Bigtime University
1996	Course Instructor, Anthropology 380 Anthropology of Gender Fall Semester, College of Liberal Arts, Bigtime University
1994	Course Instructor, Anthropology 102-01 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Summer Semester, University College, Bigtime University
RELATED EXPERIENCE:⁸
1995	Assistant Course Grader (Spring Semester), Anthropology 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
1994	Assistant Course Grader (Fall Semester), Anthropology 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
1994	Archaeology, Inc. Laboratory Technician (summer months)
1993	Archaeology, Inc. Laboratory Technician (summer months, intermittently through year)
1992	Researcher, Douglas Collection Report, Museum of Anthropology, Anystate University
1990	Museum Intern, Anthropology Collections, Public Museum (St. Louis, MO)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:⁹
Cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, ethnomedicine, museum studies, aspects and dynamics of culture change, ethnohistory, ethnobotany, gender studies, indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights comparative studies; Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Melanesia
PUBLICATIONS:¹⁰
In Press	"Traditional Remedies, Indigenous Knowledge, and Intellectual Property Rights: the Current Status and Possible Future of the Ethnomedicine in Bali." Upcoming publication, Proceedings, Balinese Studies: Ethnobotany, Language and Society, (August 31 - September 1, 1998)
1998	Book Review of Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany, by Michael J. Balick and Paul Alan Cox. New York: Scientific American Library, 1996. Published in the Annual Botanical Review, December Issue
1994	"Colonial Processes, Historical Legacy and Revitalization Movements in Bali". Cultural Mosaic 23(l):88-125.
1994	"Language and Balinese Identity". Cultural Mosaic 24(2):11-32.
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE:
1995-1996	Dissertation research in Bali, Indonesia (Fulbright IEE Grant, September-July)
1992	Thesis feasibility study (November), the Henschel District, South-Central Bali
1991	Initial reconnaissance mission (August), Black Sands Coast, Bali (Mellon Grant, GSSF Travel Grant)
LANGUAGES:
Advanced Proficiency - French, Dutch Rudimentary Level - Portuguese
PRESENTATIONS
1999	"Folklorization of Traditional Balinese Religious Customs: The Cases in Upan Yanong, Henschel District, Bali." Paper presented at the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, Annual Meetings, April 15-18, Chicago, Illinois.
1998	"Differences in Etiological Beliefs, Healing Practices, and Treatment Pathways among Rural and Urban Balinese Populations". Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association, 97th Annual Meeting, December 2-6, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1998	"Traditional Remedies, Indigenous Knowledge, and Intellectual Property Rights: the Current Status and Possible Future of the Ethnomedicine in Bali." Upcoming Publication, Balinese Studies: Ethnobotany, Language and Society. (August 31 - September 1, 1998).
1997	"Measuring the Biomedical Efficacy of Traditional Remedies: Progress and Problems in Fieldwork in Bali". Poster Session, American Anthropological Association, 96th Annual Meeting, November 19-23, Washington, D.C.
1994	"The Ongoing Evolution of an Ethnomedicinal System -- Examples from Bali". Bigtime University Graduate Student Colloquium, November 18.
1994	"Ethnobotanical Research and Fieldwork in Bali". Ethnobotany Meeting, Bigtime University, September 29.
1994	"Aspects of Balinese Identity in a Multi-Cultural Society". Poster Session, American Anthropological Association, 91st Annual Meeting, December 2-6, San Francisco, California.
1994	"Aspects of Balinese Identity". Bigtime University Graduate Student Colloquium, October 16.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
1999	Session Co-organizer and Chair for upcoming session at the Annual Meetings for the Society for Political and Legal Anthropology; session titled "Protecting Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights in the Next Millennium: Longitudinal Approaches, Tools That Work."
1998	Session Co-organizer and Chair for session at the American Anthropological Association, 97th Annual Meetings; session titled "Epistemology and Praxis."
1996	Associate Editor, Cultural Mosaic (vl. 22)
1993	Business Editor, Cultural Mosaic (vl. 19) Information Coordinator, Bigtime Anthropology Student Association (BASA)
1992	Assistant Editor, Cultural Mosaic (vl. 18)
REFERENCES:
Please see the following page

1.) Omit "curriculum vitae" label.

2.) Omit date of birth, birthplace, Social Security number, and citizenship. By the way, given the prevalence of "identity theft," never give out your Social Security number unless you're absolutely required to do so. Employers normally should not require it until you've had a job offer.

3.) It's not necessary to label your name or address. It's obvious what they are.

4.) Include your e-mail address.

5.) Put education in reverse chronological order. Rather than describing the Ph.D. as "in progress" and making readers search for completion day, give degree as "Expected, January 2000," or whatever the actual date will be. You can include degree and field in the same line, e.g. "M.A., Anthropology."

6.) In awards section, omit "Dean's List" and include the B.A. departmental honors with your degree, "B.A. with honors in Anthropology," under Education.

7.) In your teaching experience, give course titles, as numbers won't be meaningful to readers. Put all elements of the dates together, e.g., Spring, 1997. Normally, we prefer dates on the right, so the left-hand column gives visual emphasis, but it's certainly acceptable to have them on the left, and we've left them that way in this example. If you are very interested in teaching, you could give a little more detail about courses for which you were responsible.

8.) In "Related Experience," Archaeology, Inc., needs to be listed only once. The two separate dates of employment can both be placed with it. Again, in this section, you may eliminate course numbers.

9.) The research interests are too broad. For example, "cultural anthropology" covers an enormous range. It might, however, be appropriate in a list of "Teaching competencies," which are typically broader than research experiences. Topics need to be specific enough that hiring committees will be easily convinced you're prepared to immediately begin research on them.

10.) Note to readers: Cite publications in a format appropriate to your field. Not all fields put dates on margin as anthropology does. In this case, publication titles, such as Cultural Mosaic, should be italicized.