Background
Weidman, Hazel Hitson was born on August 3, 1923 in Taft, California, United States. Daughter of Frederick Dhu and Estell M. (Griesemer) Hitson.
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Hazel Hitson Weidman
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Bachelor of Science in Social Anthropology, Northwestern University, 1951; A.M. (Thomas Dana Scholar in Social Anthropology), Radcliffe College, 1957; United States Public Health Service fellow, Burma, 1957-1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1959.
Career
Staff anthropologist, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, 1959-1960;
consultant social science, United States Public Health Service, Washington, 1960;
consultant social science, California Department Public Health, 1964;
assistant professor sociology and anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1964-1965;
assistant professor social anthropology department psychiatry, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1965-1967;
associate research fellow, Social Science Research Institute, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1967-1968;
associate professor social anthropology department psychiatry, U. Miami School Medicine, Miami, 1968-1972;
professor, U. Miami School Medicine, 1972-1989;
professor emerita, U. Miami School Medicine, since 1989;
staff anthropologist and senior social scientist, U. Miami School Medicine, 1979-1981;
director Office Transcultural Edition and Research, U. Miami School Medicine, 1981-1989;
retired, U. Miami School Medicine, 1990. Associate professor department anthropology U. Miami, Coral Gables, 1968-1972, professor, 1972-1977. Cons. social science U. Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, Birmingham,1965-1967.
Consultant social anthropology National Center for Health Services Research and Development, 1970-1971. Social science consultant American Foundation Blind, 1973-1976. Consultant to Miccosukee Indian tribe and secretary higher education executive com.Miccosukee Corporation, 1978-1982.
Mental health research education review committee National Institute of Mental Health, 1980-1984. Member visiting committee Southern Association Colleges Schools, 1980. Member medical advisory board Ednl.
Film Production, Riverside, California, 1969-1972. Director programs in cross-cultural training health professionals, 1981-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Member national advisory committee for cross-cultural demonstration project, Epilepsy Foundation American, 1985-1989. Member national advisory council Transcultural Nursing Research Institute University Miami, 1986-1989. Fellow Society Applied Anthropology, American Anthropological Association (chairman steering committee group for medical anthropology 1967-1969, member committee on membership 1968-1970, chairman organizing committee group for medical anthropology 1969-1970).
Member Southern Anthropological Society, Association for Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education, Society for Medical Anthropology, Council on Anthropology and Education, Society Anthropology of Visual Communication, Society Psychological Anthropology (member board directors 1979-1981), Association Anthropology and Gerontology, World Federation Mental Health, World Future Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married William H. Weidman, September 9, 1960. Children: William, Charles.
