Galen Joseph, PhD

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, B.A., 1988, Anthropology
University of California, Santa Cruz, M.A., 1993, Cultural Anthropology
University of California, Santa Cruz, Ph.D., 1999, Cultural Anthropology

• 1988-1989
  Northern Manhatten Improvement Corporation, Immigrant Advocate Permanent Housing Program for Homeless Families
• 1989-1991
  National Council of Jewish Women Program Manager Child Care Program for Working Women
• 1991-2000
  University of California, Santa Cruz Instructor, Teaching Fellow, Teaching Assistant Departments of Anthropology, Sociology, Women's Studies
• 1999-2002
  Institute for the Future , Research Manager , Palo Alto, CA
• 2002-2003
  Criterion Consulting Ethnographic Research Consultant, Health Insurance for Faith Organizations Project
• 2003-2004
  University of California, San Francisco, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Institute for Health and Aging
• 2004-2008
  University of California, San Francisco, Research Specialist, Comprehensive Cancer Center; Institute for Health Policy Studies
• 2008-2010
  University of California, San Francisco, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Step 2 Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine
• 2010 - present
  University of California, San Francisco, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Step 3 Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine

• 1987
  Wesleyan University, Anthropology Department Research Grant
• 1992-1994
  University of California, Santa Cruz, Anthropology Department Research Grant
• 1992
  National Science Foundation, Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention
• 1993
  Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Grant
• 1991-1999
  University of California, Santa Cruz, Graduate Division Fellowship
• 1994-1997
  Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Dissertation Fellowship
• 1998-1989
  Spencer Foundation for Research Related to Education Dissertation Fellowship
• 2000-2001
  Spencer Foundation Advanced Studies Fellowship, Anthropology and Education Institute
• 2001
  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Migration, Globalization, & Citizenship, Yale University
• 2008
  UCSF National Center for Excellence in Women's Health Pilot Award
• 2009
  UCSF Breast Cancer SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence), Developmental Award

• Joseph G. Taking Race Seriously: Whiteness in Argentina's National and Transnational Imaginary in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. 7(3) 2000.
• Joseph G, Pasick RJ. Kaplan C. Recruiting Healthy Low-Income Women to Research: An Exploratory Study in Ethnicity and Health.2007 Nov;12(5):497-519.
• Joseph G, Dohan, D. Diversity of Participants in Clinical Trials in an Academic Medical Center: The Role of the ‘good study patient’? Cancer 2009 Feb 1;115(3):608-15. [Chosen by Cancer for media promotion]
• Joseph G, Dohan D. Recruiting Minorities Where They receive Care: Institutional Barriers to Cancer Clinical Trials Recruitment in a Safety Net Hospital. Contemp Clin Trials. 30:6, 2009:552-559.
• Joseph G, Burke NJ, Tuason N, Barker JC, Pasick RJ. Perceived Susceptibility to Illness and Perceived Benefits of Preventive Care: An Exploration of Behavioral Theory Constructs in a Transcultural Context. Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 71S-90S.
• Burke NJ, Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Barker JC. Theorizing Social Context: Re-Thinking Behavioral Theory. Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 55S-70S.
• Washington P, Burke N, Joseph G, Pasick RJ. Adult Daughters’ Influence on Health-Related Decision Making in Health Educ & Behav. Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 129S-144S.
• Pasick RJ, Burke NJ, Barker JC, Joseph G, Bird JA, Otero-Sabogal R, Tuason N, Stewart SL, Rakowski W, Clark M, Washington PK, Guerra C. Behavioral Theory in a Diverse Society: Like a Compass on Health Educ & Behav. Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 11S-35S.
• Pasick RJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Barker JD, Burke NJ, Joseph G. Intention, Subjective Norms, and Cancer Screening in the Context of Relational Culture. Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 91S-110S.
• Pasick RJ, Burke NJ, Barker JC, Joseph G. Authors' Response to Commentaries Health Educ Behav, Oct 2009; vol. 36: pp. 167S-171S.
• Joseph G, Beattie MS, Lee R, Braithwaite D, Wilcox C, Metrikin M, Lamvik K, Luce J. Pre-Counseling Education for Low Literacy Women at Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC): Patient Experiences Using the Cancer Risk Education Intervention Tool (CREdIT). Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2010, 19 (5):447-462.
• Mozersky, J. and Joseph, G. Case Studies in the Co-Production of Populations and Genetics: the Making of 'At Risk' Populations. BioSocieties 2010 (5) 4:415-439.
• Sahra Gibbon S, Joseph G, Kalender U, Kampriani E, Mozersky J, Nieden AZ and Palfner S. Introduction to Special section: Perspectives on globalising genomics: The case of ‘BRCA’ breast cancer research and medical practice. BioSocieties 2010 (5) 4: 407-414.