Background
Berman, Tressa Lynn was born on December 31, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Berman, Tressa Lynn was born on December 31, 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor cum laude, San Francisco State University, 1982. Master of Arts, University Colorado, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1994.
Assistant curator and acting collections manager California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 1982-1985. Assistant curator University Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1985-1986. Teaching associate University California, Davis, 1990, research associate, 1990.
Ethnologist National Museum Natural History Smithsonian, Washington. Visiting scholar Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 1998. Assistant professor Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1995-1999.
Research associate department anthropology California Academy of Sciences, since 1999. Advisor Three Affiliated Tribes Museum, Fort Berthold, North Dakota, 1991-1992. Member advisory board Cañon Journal of America Studies, Phoenix, 1997-1999.
Member editorial advisory board Collegiate Press, San Diego, California, since 1999. Executive director BorderZone Arts, San Francisco, since 1999.
Lecturer to public, National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, 1993, Queensland College Art, Brisbane Australia, 1998. Panel reviewer Arizona State Commission on Ats, Phoenix, 1995. Project evaluator Boys and Girls Club American, Phoenix, 1997.
Member Society for Applied Anthropology (president anthropology and intellectual propertyrights group since 1997), Native American Art Studies Association (member executive committee, scholarship fund committee), American Anthropological Association, International Association for Study of Common Property.
Eugene Adam Berman and Judith Ann Bateman.