Background
Bernstein, Jay H. was born on January 12, 1959 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Flora Bernstein.
Bernstein, Jay H. was born on January 12, 1959 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Flora Bernstein.
Bachelor, State University of New York College, Purchase, 1980. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1991.
Master of Library Science, St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 1998.
Research officer University Kent, Canterbury, England, 1992—1996. Library Purchase College, 1998—1999. Executive director Library.
Social Science, Flushing, 1998—2004. Library Fordham University, Bronx, 1999—2002. Reader services library/assistant professor Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, since 2004.
Achievements include research in folk medical knowledge and reasoning. Research in informetrics. Research in ecology and ethnobiology of human-rainforest interaction.
Research in history of anthropology.
Author: (book) Spirits Captured in Stone: Shamanism and Traditional Medicine Among the Taman of Borneo. Contributor articles to professional journal.
Member of American Library Association, Library. Association City University of New York, Association College and Research Libraries, Mensa.
Married Budi Bernstein (divorced). Children: Jordan Avery Daniel, Jason Prabumas.