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Forman, Sylvia Helen was born on December 31, 1943 in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Daughter of Sidney and Mary Frances (O'Kelly) Forman.
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Sylvia Helen Forman
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Sylvia Helen Forman, American Anthropologist, educator. Danforth Foundation fellow, 1968-1972. Fellow American Anthrop Association (Executive Committee 1986-1988, program editor 1981), Society for Applied Anthropology, American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Association for Feminist Anthropology (organizing board 1987-1988), Science Research Society, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.
Career
Assistant professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972-1978; associate professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979-1989; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, from 1989. Consultant Pan-American Health Organisation, Quito, Ecuador, 1979, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1979, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado, 1980.
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Fellow American Anthrop Association (Executive Committee 1986-1988, program editor 1981), Society for Applied Anthropology, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association for Feminist Anthropology (organizing board 1987-1988), Science Research Society, Sigma Xi.
