Background

Balée, William L. was born on October 12, 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Son of William Lockert Balée and Lorraine Kathryn Monahan.

Education

Bachelor with high honors, U. Florida, 1975; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1979; Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1984.

Career

Associate researcher ecology, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil, 1988-1991; chair ecology, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil, 1990-1991; associate professor anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1991-1998; professor, chair department anthropology, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1998. Adjunct Professor anthropology CUNY, 1983, 84, State University of New York, Purchase, 1982. Adjunct Professor social science CUNY, 1983.

Adjunct Professor sociology and anthropology Rutgers University, 1984. Visiting associate professor Center for L.Am. Studies, U. Florida, 1990.

Extensive fieldwork with forest peoples in Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia, 1980-1997.

Achievements

• William L. Balée has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member International Society Ethnobiology, Society Ethnobotanists (India), Society Ethnobiology, Society Ethnobotanists, Phi BetaKappa (president Alpha of Louisiana 1997-1998), Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi (Distinguished Lecturer since 1997).

Connections

Married Pamela Van Rees, May 24, 1980 (divorced December 1986). Married Maria da Conceiç+220o Bezerra, March 9, 1987. Children: Nicholas, Isabel.

Father:

William Lockert Balée

Mother:

Lorraine Kathryn Monahan

Spouse:

Pamela Van Rees

Spouse:

Maria da Conceiç+220o Bezerra

child:

Nicholas Balée

child:

Isabel Balée