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DAVID F. LANCY

Program in Anthropology

Utah State University

Logan,UT, 84322-0730

435-797-1322

email: David.LANCY @USU.EDU 
 

Education History

      Undergraduate:

            Yale University 1963 to 1967, Bachelor of Arts

            Major:  Psychology

            Minor:  Art History

      Postgraduate:

            University of California, Irvine, 1967 to 1969

            Major:  Psychology 

            University of Pittsburgh, 1971 to 1975, Doctor of Philosophy

            Major:  International and Development Education

            Minor:  Anthropology 

            University of California, Los Angeles, 1979 to 1980

            N.I.M.H. Fellow in Developmental Psychology 

Employment History

      1997-2005 Director   Utah State University Honors Program

      1996 Spr Fellow  of   University of Cyprus Multimedia

                                          R & D Ctr and Cyprus-American          Archaeological Research Institute

      1992-  Assoc/Full Professor  College of Humanities, Arts &

                  of Anthropology  Social Sciences

                                          Utah State University

      1989-1992 Associate Professor, 

                  Dept. of Educational  

                  Psychology, Research, College of Education

                  & Social Foundations University of Toledo

                  Dir, Center for Applied 

                  Cognitive Science  

      1984-1988 Associate Professor,  College of Education

                  Elementary Education Utah State University

      1980-1983 Director, Office of   College of Education, Arizona

                  Research Services  State University

      1976-1979 Director of Research  Department of Education,

                                          Papua  New Guinea 

      1974-1976 Research Associate  Learning Research & Development         Center,  University of Pittsburgh

      1969-1974 Instructor   Community College of           Beaver County, PA

      1968-1969 Instructor/Research   Cuttington College/USAID,       Project Director  Liberia


 

Awards

      2001  Utah Professor of the Year Carnegie Foundation

      1999  Humanist of the Year Utah State University

      1988-1989 Fulbright Fellowship  Trinidad & Tobago 

Teaching

      UNDERGRADUATE   

                                    Egypt and Ancient Civilizations of the World

                                    Anthropology of Childhood

                                    Museum Studies

                                    Several courses on computer applications        in education.

      GRADUATE    Introduction to Research Methods,

                                    Qualitative Research in Education,

                                    Cognition and Instruction,

                                    Various topical seminars  

      Memberships

      American Anthropological Association

      Society for Anthropological Sciences (SASci)

      Society for Cross-Cultural Research

      Society for Psychological Anthropology

      (ARCE)American Research Center in Egypt

      American Education Research Association

      Association for the Study of Play (Founding Member,Newsletter Editor 1996-2001)

      Council on Anthropology and Education

      Human Behavior and Evolution Society

      International Society for the Study of Behavior Development

      International Society for Human Ethology

Major Publications

Lancy, D.F. (in press) The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel and Changelings Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Lancy, D. F. (2007) Accounting for variability in mother-child play. American Anthropologist, 109(2): 273-284.

Lancy, D.F. (2001) Studying Children and Schools: Qualitative Research Traditions.

      Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.

Lancy, D. F. (2001) Cultural constraints on children’s play. Play and Culture Studies. 4,   

      53-62.

Lancy, D. F., et al (2000) Whose Mummy is it?; An interactive introduction to 

      Egyptology http://www.egyptinteractive.com/

Lancy, D. F. (Ed)(1994) Children’s Emergent Literacy: From Research to Practice.

        Westport, CT: Praeger

Lancy, D. F.  (1994).  Anthropological study of literacy and numeracy. chapter In  T.

       Husén & T.N. Postlethwaite (Eds) International Encyclopedia of Education. (pp

       3346-3453)London: Pergamon

Lancy, D. F. (1993).  Qualitative Research in Education: An Introduction to the  Major  Traditions..  White Plains, NY:  Longman.

Lancy, D. F.  (1991).  The autotelic environment revisited:  An exploratory study.  Play

       and Culture, 4, 124-128.

Lancy, D. F., Draper, K., & Boyce, G. (1989).  Parental influence on children's acquisition

       of reading. Contemporary Issues in Reading, 4, 83-93.

Lancy, D. F. (1989).  An information processing framework for the study of  culture and

Lancy, D. F. (1987).  The message is the medium:  Studies of computer applications in

      schools.  In Fraser, B. J.  (Ed.) The Study of Learning Environments.  (pp64- 71)Volume 2, Perth:  Curtin University Press, .

Pomponio, A. & Lancy, D. F. (1986).  A pen or a bush knife:  School, work and personal

       investment in Papua New Guinea.  Anthropology and Educ. Qtrly, 17, 40-61.

Goldstein, G. & Lancy, D. F. (1985).  Cognitive development in autistic children.  In  Morrison, F. J., and  Siegel, L. S., (Eds.), Cognitive Development in Atypical Children. (pp 83-112) New York:  Springer Verlag, .

Lancy, D. F. (1984).  Play in anthropological perspective in Smith, P. K., (Ed.), Play in

       Animals and Humans.  (pp 295-303) Oxford:  Basil Blackwell .

Lancy, D. F. (1983).  Cross-cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics.  New York,

       N.Y.:  Academic Press.

Lancy, D. F. & Goldstein, G. (1982).  Using non-verbal Piagetian tasks to assess the cognitive

       development of autistic children.  Child Development, 53, 1233-1244.

Lancy, D. F. (1982).  Some missed opportunities in theories of play.  The Behavioral  and Brain Sciences, 5, 165-166.

Lancy, D. F., Souviney, R. J., &  Kada, V. (1981).  Intra-cultural variation in cognitive  development: conservation of length among the Imbonggu.  International Journal of

       Behavioral Development, 4, 455-468.

Lancy, D. F. & Madsen, M. C. (1981).  Cultural patterns and the social behavior of children:

       Two studies from Papua New Guinea.  Ethos, 9, 201-216.

Lancy, D. F. & Strathern, A. J. (1981).  Making-twos:  Pairing as an alternative to the

       taxonomic mode of representation.  American Anthropologist, 81, 773-795.

Lancy, D. F. (1980).  Becoming a blacksmith in Gbarngasuakwelle.  Anthropology and

       Education Quarterly, 11, 266-274.

Lancy, D. F. (1980).  Play in species adaptation.  In Siegel, B. J., (Ed.), Annual Review of

       Anthropology, IX, 471-495.

Lancy, D. F. (1978).  The classroom as phenomenon.  In Bar-Tal, D., and Saxe, L.,(Eds.),

       The Contribution of Social Psychology to Education.  New York:  Wiley, 111-132.

Lancy, D. F. (1977).  Studies of memory in culture.  Annals of the New York Academy of

       Sciences, 285, 297-307.

Lancy, D. F. & Tindall, B. A. (Eds.) (1976/1979).  The Anthropological Study of Play:

       Problems and Prospects. West Point, N.Y.:  Leisure Press, (Rev. ed.).

Lancy, D. F. (1975).  The social organization of learning: Initiation rituals and public

       schools.  Human Organization, 34, 371-380. 

Other Publications 

Gaskins, S, Haight, W. and Lancy, D.F. (2007) The cultural construction of play. In

Lancy, D.F. (2003)  Interdisciplinary research: The NCUR/Lancy awards. in J.A. Kinkead

Lancy, D.F. (2003) What one faculty member does to promote undergraduate research. In

Lancy, D.F. (2000) Writing Assignments in Large Introductory Classes in P.

Lancy, D.F. (1999) Teaching with Technology:Digital Slides.College Teaching 47(3)82-3

Lancy, D.F., Call D. (1998) The Kin Game. Modules in Teaching Anthropology #5.

      Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association.

Talley, S., Lancy, D.F., Lee, T.R. (1998) Children, Storybooks and Computers.Reading

      Horizons 38(2) 116-128.

Lancy, D. F. (1995) It's not just what you do but how you do it that counts. chapter in

      T.V.  Rasinski (ed) Parents and Teachers: Helping Children Learn to Read and

      Write. (pp 41-45)Orlando: Harcourt, Brace & Co.

Lancy, D. F. , Rhees, A., & Kinkead, J. (1994) A sense of community: Collaboration in a

      large   Anthropology class. College Teaching 42(3) 102-106.

Stoddart, P. T., Lancy, D.F., Kinkead, J.  (1993) The Ginger Bread Man meets CD-ROM.

      Utah  English Journal, 21, 17-21.

Lancy, D. F. & Nattiv, A. (1992)  Parents as volunteers: Storybook readers/listeners.

      Childhood  Education. 68 (4) 208-212.

Lancy, D. F.  (1990).  The microcomputer and social studies.  OCSS Review, 26(1), 30-38.

Lancy, D. F. (1990).  Educating with  computers in Trinidad and Tobago, Educational  Technology Research and

      Development, 38(1), 98-99.

Kinkead, J. & Lancy, D. F. (1990).  Looking for yourself:  The classroom teacher as

      researcher. Utah English Journal, 18(1), 2-13.

Forsyth, A. S. Jr., & Lancy, D. F. (1989).  Girls and microcomputers:  A hopeful finding. 

      Computers in the Schools, 6(3/4), 51-59.

Raitt, M. & Lancy, D. F. (1988).  Rhinestone cowgirl:  The education of a rodeo queen. Play

      and  Culture, 1(4), 267-281.

Lancy, D. F. & Hayes, B. L. (1988).  Interactive fiction and the reluctant reader.   The

      English Journal, 77(6), 42-46.

Lancy, D. F. (1987).  Will video games alter the relationship between play and   development?  In Fine, G. A. (Ed.), Meaningful Play, Playful Meanings.

      Champaign, IL:   Human Kinetics, 219-230.

Lancy, D. F., Forsyth, A. S., Jr., & Meeks, L. L. (1987).  An after-school program utilizing

      computers.  National Association of Laboratory Schools Journal, 11(2), 1-9.

Forsyth, A. S., Jr., & Lancy, D. F. (1987).  Simulated travel and place location learning in a

       computer adventure game. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 3, 377-394.

Hayes, B., Lancy, D. F., & Evans, B. (1985).  Computer adventure games and the

      development of  information processing skills.  In McNinch, G. H., (Ed.), GA: 

      Reading Research in 1984:  Comprehension, Computers, Communication. 

      Athens, American Reading Forum, 60-66.

Lancy, D. F., Cohen, H., Evans, B., Levine, N., & Nevin, M. L. (1985).  Using the joystick as a

      tool to promote intellectual growth and social interaction.  Laboratory for

      the Comparative Study of Human Cognition Newsletter, 7, 110-185.

Lancy, D. F. (1982).  Socio-dramatic play and the acquisition of occupational roles. 

      Review Journal of  Philosophy and Social Science, 7, 285-295.

Lancy, D. F. (1981).  The indigenous mathematics project:  An overview.  Educational

      Studies in  Mathematics, 12, 445-453.

Madsen, M. C.& Lancy, D. F. (1981).  Cooperative and competitive behavior:  Experiments

      related to ethnic identity and urbanization in Papua New Guinea.  Journal of

      Cross-cultural Psychology, 12, 389-408.

Lancy, D. F. (1980).  Some observations on technology and education in Papua New

      Guinea.  Catalyst, 10(1), 3-7.

Lancy, D. F. (1980).  Speech events in a West African court.  Communication and

      Cognition, 13(4), 397-412.

Lancy, D. F. (1980).  Work as play:  The Kpelle case.  In H. Schwartzman (Ed.), Play and

      Culture.  West Point, N.Y.:  Leisure Press, 324-328.

Lancy, D. F. (Ed.) (1979).  Education research 1976-1979:  Reports and essays. Port

      Moresby:  UNESCO/Education.

Lancy, D. F. (Ed.) (1979).  The community school.  Papua New Guinea Journal of Education,

      15, special issue.

Lancy, D. F. (Ed.) (1978).  The indigenous mathematics project.  Papua New Guinea

      Journal of Education, 14, special issue.

Lancy, D. F. (1977).  The impact of the modern world on village life:  Gbarngasuakwelle,

      Papua New Guinea Journal of Education, 13(1), 36-44.

Lancy, D. F. (1976).  The play behavior of Kpelle children during rapid cultural change. 

      In The Anthropological Study of Play:  Problems and Prospects, 72-79.

Lancy, D. F. (1976).  The beliefs and behaviors of pupils in an experimental school:

      (ED 127300); 21 (ED 134573). ISBN# 0318-14697-5

Fantino, E., Weigele, S., & Lancy, D. (1972).  Aggressive Display in the Siamese Fighting

      Fish  (Betta Splendens).  Learning and Motivation, 3, 457-468. 

Presentations(since1982)

Lancy, D.F. (2007) Organizer/Chair Panel on  Culture and Childhood: The Relative Value of

       Children/Youth, Annual Meetings, Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Society for

Lancy, D.F. (2007) Toddler Rejection. Paper presented at Annual Meetings, Society for Cross-

      Cultural Research, Society for Anthropological Sciences, San Antonio, Feb. 21st-24th.

Lancy, D.F. (2006) Nature redefined as nurture: The case of mother-infant play. Paper

       presented at annual meeting American Anthropological Association, San Jose, Nov.

Lancy, D. F., Grove, M. A. (2006) “Baby-parading:” Child care or showing off? Paper

Lancy, D.F. (2005) Gods or Gremlins: Cultural solutions to the problem of infant mortality.

Lancy, D.F. (2004) Teaching and Culture. Invited presentation for a Workshop on Teaching

       & Cognition sponsored by the McDonnell Foundation. St. Louis, Dec 4th.

Lancy, D. F. (2003) Anthropology and Children: A Critical Appraisal of Hirschfield’s

Lancy, D. F. (2003) A developmental ecology of Kpelle children’s play. Invited Paper

Lancy, D. F. (2002) The Achievement Gap: Ideology and Policy in Educational

Lancy, D. F. & Dethier, B. (2002) Get the word out! Informing undergraduates of

Lancy, D.F. (2001) Lead Presenter, First Annual Institute on Teaching, American

      Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., Nov.

Lancy, D. F. (2001) Whose Mummy is it?, presentation at the annual meeting, American

      Research Center in Egypt, Providence, April

Lancy, D.F.(2001) What value do parents from differing societies attach to play? Paper

      presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Play, San

      Diego, Feb.

Lancy, D. F. (2001) Teaching with technology, invited presentation, 4th annual “What is

      an educated person?” conference. Provo, Feb.

Lancy,D.F (2000) The NCUR/Lancy Summer Research Fellowships, Invited Presentation

      at panel on undergraduate research, Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences,

      Toronto, November

Lancy,D.F (2000) Taking the pain out of testing. Invited Presentation at panel on

      teaching anthropolgy. American Anthropological Assoc, San Francisco, Nov.

Lancy,D.F. (1999) Presenter and organizer two part symposium on "Course WEB sites, WEB

Lancy, D.F. (1999) EDUtainment in anthropology. Presentation at Society for Information

      Technology and Teacher Education, San Antonio, March 3rd.

Lancy, D. F. (1999) Play studies in an undergraduate ethnography class. Paper presented

      at joint annual meeting of The Association for the Study of Play and The Society

      for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa Fe, February 5th.

Lancy, D. F.(1999) “Myths, folk tales and chores in the anthropology of childhood.”

      Invited colloquium speech, University of California, Los Angeles, February 17th.

Lancy, D, F. (1998) Blurring Genres: Using Multimedia to Widen the Audience for Media,

      Anthropology. Invited session Anthropology Courseware: Teaching with

      Electronic American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, December.

Lancy, D.F. (1998) Organizer/Chair/Presenter Using Multimedia to Teach Anthropology.

      Workshop for 14th International Congress of  Anthropological and

      Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, VA, July.

Lancy, D.F. (1998) Cultural Constraints on Children's Play and Toys, Invited address, The

      Culture of Toys Conference, Emory University, January.

Lancy, D.F. (1997) Playing on the Mother Ground:  Cultural  Routines for Children's

      Development paper presented at joint meeting,  Society for Research in Child

      Development, Association for the Study of Play Washington, D.C., April

Lancy,D.F. (1995) Culture, social class and emergent literacy. Invited address. Royal

      Danish College of Education, December.

Lancy,D.F. (1995) Culture, social class and emergent literacy. Invited address. Lund

      University,  November.

Talley, S. & Lancy, D. F. (1995) The effects of a CD-ROM storybook program on Head Start

      children's  emergent literacy. paper presented at biennial meeting, Society for

      Research in Child  Development, Indianapolis, March.

Lancy, D.F. & Talley, S. (1995) The effects of a CD-ROM storybook program on Head Start

      children's emergent literacy. paper presented at annual meeting, European

      Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Nijmegen, August.

Lancy, D.F. (1994) "On not throwing the baby out with the bathwater or, please let's not

      blur our genres." keynote address, First Annual University of Northern Colorado

      Symposium on Qualitative Research, April.

Organizer/Chair (1994) "Parental Responses to Family Literacy Initiatives", session at

      the annual meeting, American Educational Research Association, New Orleans,

      April.

Aldridge, J. & Lancy, D.F. (1994) Profiles of Even Start participants, paper presented at

      above  session at the annual meeting, American Educational Research

      Association, New Orleans,  April.

Kinkead, J. & Lancy, D.F. (1994)  "Making a virtue of necessity: Using undergraduates

      in instruction." paper presented at American Anthropological Association

      symposium on Reform in Higher Education, Atlanta, November.

Lancy, D. F., Kinkead, J., Rhees, A. (1993) "A sense of community: Collaboration and  interdependency in an introductory Anthropology course."  paper  presented at annual meeting, American Anthropological Association,

      Washington, D.C., November.

Lancy, D. F. Kinkead, J., Rhees, A., Larsen, K., O'Rourke, N. (1993) "Multiple

      perspectives on cooperative learning groups." panel presentation,

      International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, Ogden, UT, October.

Lancy, D.F. (1993) "Cultural perspectives on children's acquisition of literacy and  numeracy," paper presented at the 13th International Congress of

      Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Mexico City, August.

Lancy, D.F. (1992) "Using mini-proposals in teaching qualitative research methods,"

      panel  presentation, annual meeting, Am Anthro Assoc, San Francisco, Dec.

Lancy, D. F. & Bergin, C. (1992) The relationship between reading affect and parent-

      child  interaction in beginning readers. paper presented at annual meeting,  

      American Educational Research Assoc, San Francisco, April

Lancy, D. F. & Zupsic, A.B.(1991) A case study of Running Start. paper presented at conference on Family and

       School Support for Early Literacy, Toledo, May.

Bergin, C. & Lancy, D.F.(1991) The role of parents in supporting beginning reading. paper presented at a

      conference on New Directions in Child and Family Research, Washington,D.C., June.

Lancy, D. F. (1991) The role of parents in early reading. Paper presented at annual conference National Council of

      Teachers of English, Seattle, November.

Organizer/Chair (1991) Family and School Support for Early Literacy, Conference University of Toledo SeaGate

      Center, May

Dewitz, P.A., Lancy, D.F., Bergin, C. & Humberger, J.(1991) Student Literacy Corps: Catalyst for student,teacher

      and institutional change. paper presented at annual meeting, National  Reading Council, Palm Springs,

Organizer/chair  (1990).  The social context of story-book reading:  Home, School,

      Community.   Thirteenth World Congress of the International Reading

      Association, Stockholm, July.

Lancy, D. F. (1987).  The expert/novice dimension in cross-cultural studies of

      cognition.  Paper  presented at the Third International Conference on

      Thinking, Honolulu, January.

Lancy, D. F. (1989).  Cultural Literacy:  Implications for Curriculum in the Caribbean.

      broadcast  lecture over UWIDITE network, April.

Lancy, D. F. (1988).  Individual variation in working/playing with computers.  Paper  presented at the annual

      meeting International   Association for Computing in  Education, New Orleans, April.

Lancy, D. F., & Draper, K. D. (1988).  Parents' strategies for reading to and with their

      children.  Paper presented at the SIG:  Families as Educators, American Education

      Research Association annual meeting, New Orleans, April.

Organizer/Chair (1987).  Symposium:  Current Issues in Home Schooling, Northern

      Rocky Mountain Education Research Association, Park City,October.

Schramm, M. & Lancy, D. F. (1987).  Reasons for Schooling at Home:  A Utah Survey. 

      Paper  presented at the annual meeting, NRMERA, Park City,October.

Organizer/Chair (1986).  Symposium:  The Computer as an Environment for Learning, American Education

       Research Association, San Francisco, April.

Lancy, D. F. (1986).  Models of computer use in schools:  A comparative analysis. Paper

      presented at  CIES Western Region Conference on Education in the Age of

      Information and Technology: International Perspectives, Honolulu, December.

Lancy, D. F., & Hayes, B. H. (1986).  Building an Anthology of Interactive Fiction.  Paper

      presented at  the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association,

      San Francisco, April.

Lancy, D. F. (1986).  The message is the medium:  A framework for understanding for the

      computer use in  schools.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

      Association Anthropological Study of Play, Tempe, Arizona, March.

Lancy, D. F. (1985).  Will video games alter the relationship between play and

      development?  Invited paper presented to the biennial meeting of the Inter-

      national Society for the Study of  Behavior Development, Tours, France, July.

Lancy, D. F., Evans, B., & Forsyth, A. S., Jr. (1985).  Five models for using computers in the

      schools:  Perspectives from the USA.  Paper presented at the 12th CESE Congress on Impact of Technology on

Lancy, D. F., Goldstein, G. I., & Rueda, R. S. (1984).  Concept acquisition in language handicapped populations

      .  Paper presented at the annual meeting, American Education  Research Association, New Orleans, April.

Lancy, D. F. (1983).  A Comparative, Structural Analysis of Playforms in Six Papua New Guinean Societies.  Paper

       presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Anthropological Study of Play, Baton Rouge, April.

Organizer/Chair (1982).  Symposium:  Problem Finding and Problem Solving:  LEA and IHE  Collaborative

       Research, American Education Research Association, New York City, March.

Organizer/Chair (1982).  Symposium:  Culture and Mathematics I:  Learning in School; II: Out-of-School Learning,

       American Education Research Association, New York City, March.

Lancy, D. F., Englehardt, J., Cohen, H., Smith, L., & Watts, L. (1982,).  The Navajos and Geometry.  Paper presented

       at the annual meeting, American Education Research Association, New York  City, March.