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Leanna
Wolfe, Ph.D.
is a social anthropologist and a
sexologist specializing in the dynamics of multiple partner
sexuality. She did her doctoral research on "Jealousy and
Transformation in Polyamorous Relationships". She has
been a professor of anthropology for upwards of 20 years,
designing specialized courses including Gender, Sex &
Culture and Magic, Religion & Witchcraft.
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Her research has
taken her to the hinterlands of East Africa, the Highlands of
Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Cuba, Mexico and Bali. She has been
featured widely on TV, radio, and in print and is the author of Women
Who May Never Marry.
For
more information on Leanna Wolfe's poly history read, Adding a Co-Wife, When One Lover is Not
Enough and As the Other Shoe Drops.
Education: see web page: http://www.lavc.edu/anthr2lw/index.html
Credentials: Ph.D. Sexology 2003 Institute for Advanced Study of
Human Sexuality (San Francisco)
MA Anthropology 1980 New School for Social Research (New York
City)
BA Anthropology 1975 UC Berkeley
Dr. Leanna Research
5105 Williams Place
Los Angeles, CA 90032
phone: 323-717-6167
LAWolfe@aol.com
http://www.lavc.edu/anthr2lw/index.html
www.drleannawolfe.com
TEL: (323) 223-1507 / FAX: (323)
226-9476
email: LAWolfe@aol.com
Education:
Ph.D. Sexology, 2003
The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San
Francisco, CA
Dissertation: "Jealousy and Transformation in Polyamorous
Relationships"
MA Anthropology, 1980
New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Thesis: "Towards a Cross-Cultural Understanding of
Female Sexuality"
BA Anthropology, 1975
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Fields of Concentration: Social-Cultural,
Physical, Marriage and Family, Sexuality, Gender, Evolutionary
Psychology, Women, Latin America, Africa, Melanesia, Media, and
Religion.
Field Research:
Thailand, August 2003. Sex
workers and cross-national relationships
Cuba, March 2003. Sexuality and health care since the revolution
Papua New Guinea, August 2001. Polygyny and sexuality amongst
the Enga and Huli.
East Africa, Spring 1998. Polygyny and jealousy in Kenya, Uganda
and Tanzania.
Yucatan, Mexico. 1975, 1985, 1990, 2001. Immigration, changes in
marriage patterns
United States. 1987-1993. Singles Culture--dating and mating
patterns. 1990-2004. Multiple Partner Sexuality including
polyamory and swinging.
Teaching Experience:
Anthropology Professor, LA
Valley College, (1/96 present)
Instructor of Gender, Sex and Culture, Cultural Anthropology,
Physical Anthropology, Women in Culture, and Magic, Religion and
Witchcraft (part & full time)
Anthropology Professor, LA
Trade Technical College (Fall 1995; Spring 2000/2002)
Instructor of Cultural and Physical Anthropology (full time)
Anthropology Professor, LA
Southwest College (9/89 present)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology and Physical Anthropology
(part & full time)
Professor, CSU Los Angeles
(Fall 2000)
Intercultural Proficiency Program (part time)
Social Sciences Professor,
Pasadena City College (Fall 2000present)
Instructor, of Sociology and Cultural Anthropology (part time)
Anthropology Professor,
Long Beach City College (Spring 2000--Spring 2001)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology Professor, LA
City College (Summer 1999)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology Professor, El
Camino College (6/90 12/98)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology and Physical Anthropology
(part & full time)
Anthropology Professor, CSU
Dominguez Hills (9/90 1/98)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Pluralism (focus
on gender, sexuality & family), Technology and Culture,
Ethnicity, and Psychological Anthropology (part time)
Anthropology Professor, LA
Harbor College (8/96 12/96)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology (full time)
Anthropology Professor, Antioch
University (7/95)
Workshop Instructor on my book, Women Who May Never Marry
Anthropology Professor, Instructional
Television, LA Com. Colleges (8/94-12/94) Instructor for the
Cultural Anthropology Telecourse, "Faces of Culture"
(full time)
Anthropology Professor, LA
Pierce College (1/93 6/93; Spring 2001 - present)
Instructor of Physical Anthropology (full/part time)
Anthropology Lecturer, CSU
Long Beach (1/87 6/87)
Instructor of Cultural Anthropology and Culture &
Communications
Anthropology Instructor,
Empire State College, New York, NY (3/82 8/83)
Mentor for individualized courses and evaluations in cultural
anthropology
Sociology Instructor,
Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey (9/80 1/81)
Instructor for introductory sociology courses.
Sociology Instructor,
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey (9/80 1/81)
Instructor for introductory sociology courses.
PACE Program Experience
(An intensified college degree program for working adults)
LA Trade Technical College
(Spring 2000/2002) (Physical and Cultural Anthropology)
LA Sothwest College (Fall 1989; Spring'90/'99) (Physical;
Cultural Anthropology)
CSU Dominguez Hills (Fall 1990 Spring 1992) (Interdepartmental
Studies)
LA Pierce College (Spring 1993) (Physical Anthropology)
LA Harbor College (Fall 1996) (Cultural Anthropology)
LA Valley College (Spring 1998) (Cultural Anthropology)
Publications:
"As
The Other Shoe Drops: Unraveling A Relationship and A
Story"
Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Vol. 9, No. 1, Fall
2002
Loving More Magazine #31, Fall 2002
"When
One Lover Isn't Enough," Loving
More Magazine #22, Summer 2000
Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Vol. 7, No.2,
Spring-Summer 2001
"America's
Fidelity Crisis," Loving More Magazine #20,
Winter 2000
Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Vol 6, No. 2,
Fall-Winter 1999
"Academic Careers," Great
Jobs for Anthropology Majors, pages 197-199
By Blythe Camenson, VGM Career Horizons, 2000
"The
Magic of Burning Man," The Los Angeles Free Press, Vol
36, #16, October 1999
Newsletter of the Southern California Applied Anthropology
Network, December 1999
"African Polygamy," Loving
More Magazine #17, Spring 1999
"Adding
a Co-Wife," Loving More Magazine #15, Fall 1998
Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Vol 5, No 2,
Fall-Winter, 1998
California Anthropologist, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1999
Cupid's Coupons, November
1998 by Longstreet Press
A veritable relationship book for the sound-bite generation;
co-created with Don Byrd
Formerly released as Love Coupons (1994) and Permission
Granted (1995).
More Cupid's Coupons,
November 1998 by Longstreet Press
Part of the best-selling relationship coupon series; co-created
with Don Byrd
Formerly released as More Love Coupons (1995) and More
Permission Granted (1995).
Cupid's Romance Coupons,
November 1998 by Longstreet Press
Part of the best-selling relationship coupon series; co-created
with Don Byrd
Formerly released as Romance Coupons (1995)
Women Who May Never Marry: The
Reasons, Realities, and Opportunities,
November 1993 by Longstreet Press. Reviewed in over 80 papers
nationwide including USA Today, Los Angeles Times,
and Copley and Gannett News Services. Guest on 100 television
and radio shows including Phil Donahue, Jane Whitney, and Good
Day LA.
"Exploring Nonmonogamy,"
Floodtide, Fall 1992 and Winter 1992
Giving Birth in New York City:
A Guide to Childbirth Option, 1981 by The New York Public
Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). Reviewed in the New York
Times and New York Magazine. Reprinted three times.
Flatbush from the Youth
Perspective: Histories, Research and Stories of African-
American and Caribbean Youth, 1981 by Citibank and City
University of New York. Selected by the National Commission on
Resources for Youth as a model program for youth employment.
"A Stay in a Mayan Village:
A Personal Account," From the Margins, 1978.
"The Informal Use of and
Potential for Anthropology in the San Francisco Neighborhood
Arts Program," Kroeber Islanders, 1976
Presentations:
"Marrying Sex and
Anthropology"
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Montreal,
Canada--April 1, 2004
"Negotiating Jealousy in
Polyamorous Relationships,"
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Western Regional
Conference, San Diego, CA -- April 17, 2004
"Jealousy and Transformation
in Polyamorous Relationships,"
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Western Regional
Conference, San Diego, CA -- April 11, 2003
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco,
CA -- June 24, 2003
Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA -- July 27, 2003
Live the Dream, Woodland Hills, CA -- September 6, 2003
Institute for 21st Century Rerlationships Conference, Seattle,
WA -- October 19, 2003
Los Angeles Polyamory Support, Carson, CA -- February 21, 2004
"Orgasm, Arousal,
Satisfaction and Desire"
Conversations, Santa Monica, CA -- June 29, 2003
"Why Women Swing"
Lifestyles Convention, Las Vegas, NV -- July 28, 2001
World Congress on Sexology, Havana, Cuba -- March 13, 2003
"Hierarchy and Jealousy in
Polygamous Relationships"
American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA --
November 23, 2002
"Just Below the Surface: The
Erotic Power of Jealousy"
Lifestyles-East Convention, Miami, FL -- April 13, 2002
Lifestyles Convention, Reno, NV -- August 3, 2002 (with Jim
Herriot)
"Women Who Share Men...Men
Who Share Women"
Lifestyles Convention, Reno, NV August 2, 2002 (with Don Byrd)
"The Importance of Station:
Hierarchy, Power and Stability in Polyamorous
Relationships"
Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA -- June 15, 2002
(with Jim Herriot)
Tourism and Socio-Economic Change
in Papua New Guinea"
Channing House, Palo Alto, CA -- October 26, 2001
Servas International, Los Angeles, CA -- November 4, 2001
Southern California Applied Anthropology Network -- December 13,
2001
Southern California Travel Network -- February 9, 2002
Campus Conversations, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA --
February 26, 2002
"Weathering the
Extraordinary: The Cultural Invention of Polyamory"
Communal Studies Association, New Harmony, IN -- September 28,
2001
"Mani: A Yucatan Mayan
Village 25 Years Later"
Channing House, Palo Alto, CA -- June 28, 2001
"Playing the Media as an
Anthropologist,"
American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA
November 17, 2001
Pomona College, Applied Anthropology Class, January 31, 2001
"Polyamory Salon, "
Elysium, Topanga, CA May 21, 2000 and July 23, 2000.
"Positions: When One Lover
Isn't Enough," Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs,
CA -- August 15, 2000
"When One Lover Isn't
Enough: My Adventure in the Cultural Behavior of Sluts,"
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Seattle, WA
April 6, 2000
"Sharing /Being
Shared," The Dynamics of Polygyny and Polyandry
Live the Dream, Los Angeles, CA March 18, 2000
"Adding A Co-Wife,"
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges, Santa Fe,
New Mexico April 17, 1998; Los Angeles Polyamory Support,
Long Beach, CA November 14, 1998; and Southwestern
Anthropological Association, Fullerton, CA April 16, 1999
"Coming Out to Our
Students," Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges,
Boston, MA April 9, 1999
"Co-Wives in East
Africa," Loving More Conference, Berkeley, CA August 8,
1998
"The Dynamics of Sharing a
Partner," Conversations, Brentwood, CA July 29, 1998
"The Dynamics of Sharing a
Man: What I Learned in Africa," Lifestyles Convention,
Las Vegas, NV July 18, 1998
"When One Partner Isn't
Enough," National Congress on Women's Health, Washington
D.C. June 22, 1998
"What I Learned in Africa:
The Dynamics of Sharing a Man," Southern California Applied
Anthropology Network, Los Angeles, CA May 19, 1998
"How Swingers and
Practitioners of Polyamory Mimic Darwinian Reproductive
Strategies," Human Behavior and Education Society, Tucson,
AZ June 7, 1997
"Do We Really Need to Marry
Again?" Conversations, Brentwood, CA May 21, 1997
"Teaching Ethnographic
Research Techniques," Conference on Undergraduate Teaching
and Learning, CSU Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA April 27, 1997
"Making Polygamy Come
Alive," Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 18, 1997
"Plural Marriage: A World
View," Live The Dream, Los Angeles, CA March 16, 1997
"Spinsters, Old Maids, and
Fallen Women," Women's Day Celebration, El Camino College,
Torrance, CA March 10, 1997
"Man Sharing: A
Multi-Dimensional Examination," American Anthropological
Association, San Francisco, CA November 21, 1996
"The James Dean Syndrome:
Why We're Attracted to Dangerous People," Conversations,
Santa Monica, CA July 16, 1996 and June 11, 1997
"The Dynamics of
Polysexuality," Lifestyles Convention, San Diego August
23, 1996
"America's Fidelity
Crisis," Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA
July 27, 1996
"The Dynamics of
Polysexuality," Elysium, Topanga, CA July 17, 1996
"Man Sharing: A
Multi-Dimensional Examination," Southwestern
Anthropological Association, Pasadena, CA April 13, 1996
"The Impact of Consciousness
on Human Mate Selection," Society for the Anthropology of
Consciousness, Encino, CA March 29, 1996
"Well Beyond Monogamy: The
Social Cultural Behaviors of Americans Who Practice Consensual
Nonmonogamy," Society for Anthropology in Community
Colleges, Santa Monica, CA February 24, 1996
"Never Say I Do: Why It May
Be Better to Stay Single," Three Keynote Addresses to
Committed Singles of Southern, CA September 22 24, 1996
"Bringing Anthropology to
the Masses," Southern California Applied Anthropology
Network, Los Angeles, CA September 14, 1995
"Managing Variety: How
People Everywhere Make it Work," Lifestyles Convention,
San Diego, CA August 26, 1995
"The Mating Game: Why We
Choose Who We Do," Elysium, Topanga, CA
July 16, 1995 and October 7, 1995
"Consensual Nonmonogamy:
Challenging Evolutionary Directives," Human Behavior and
Evolution Society, Santa Barbara, CA July 1, 1995
"Women Who May Never
Marry," 25 lectures and workshops from 1990 -1995 in
churches, bookstores, universities, the American Anthropological
Association Annual Meeting (Nov. 1993), women's professional
organizations, and singles groups.
"The Origins of and Future
for Family," Humanist Association of Los Angeles, CA
November 6, 1994
"Writing Your Life Story,
" Women Empowered, Fallbrook, CA October 4. 1994
"We're Hardly Alone:
Cross-Cultural and Sociobiological Precedents for Poly-Living,
" Loving More Conference, Harbin Hot Springs, CA August
12, 1994
"The Fidelity Crisis,"
Conversations, Brentwood, CA July 4, 1994; May 3, 1995 and
May 29, 1996
Becoming Polysexual: Who Does it
and How?" Live the Dream, Los Angeles, CA
May 22, 1994
"An Anthropological Look at
Poly Culture," Los Angeles Intimate Network, CA
May 15, 1994
"Becoming Polysexual: Shifts
in Consciousness Made by Americans Who Engage in Consensual
Nonmonogamy," Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness
1994 Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
"Multiple Negotiated
Relationships," Society for the Anthropology of
Consciousness 1993 Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA
"Sex, Culture, and
Fidelity," Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA January 27,
1993
"Uncover Your Life
Story," Elysium, Topanga, CA January 9, 1993 and May 29,
1993
"The Fidelity Crisis,"
Live the Dream, Los Angeles, CA November 21, 1992
"Secrets of Sexuality,"
The Love Network, Encino, CA October 25, 1992
"Sex and Culture," LA
Sex Education Resources, CA May 9, 1992
"Dating Strategies and Sex
Roles in the 90s," Valley Cities Jewish Community Center,
Van Nuys, CA September 1991
"Must One Marry Again to be
Happy?" Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, CA May 1991
"Why Are There So Many
Singles?" The Relationship Center, Hollywood, CA July
1991 and West Valley Jewish Community Center, Woodland Hills, CA
May, 1990
"Reflections on Field Work
in Yucatan," Central College, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
October 1990
"Sex, Relationships, and
Reproduction," Linden Center (Adolescent Girls Group Home),
Los Angeles, CA October 1990
"Why Women Give Sex to Get
Love and Men Give Love to Get Sex," West Valley Jewish
Community Center, Woodland Hills, CA July 1990
"Sex, Singles and Straight
Talk," Round Table Singles, Pasadena, CA May 1990
"Being Singles and Having it
All," Round Table Singles, Pasadena, CA June 1990
"Sex in the 90s: The Future
of Intimacy," Tikkun Singles Group, Los Angeles, CA March
1990
Media
Education:
AA Television Production, 1984
Laney College, Oakland, CA
Certificate, Broadcast
Journalism, 1980
Community Film Workshop, New York, NY
Selected Media Productions and
Activities:
Documentary
Producer/Director/Editor
"Internet Chat with Dr. James Herriot," (2002)
"Changes in Childbirth," (1986) winner: Tucson Video
Fest.; finalist: Hometown USA Video Fest.
"Running with Jesse Jackson," (1985)
"Wireless! Ham Radio's Social-Political Impact on
Telecommunications," (1985)
"Throwing Ceramic Pots," finalist: Hometown USA Video
Festival, 1986
Film Festival Judge
International Documentary Association Festival, 1989
National Education Film Festival, 1984
San Francisco International Film Festival, 1983-4
Series Producer/Host
"Taking it the People" (live audience show with
field packages) (1983-5)
"Women in Focus" (winner: Foundation for Community
Cable TV grant) (1982-4)
Film Program Director
New Jewish Agenda National Conference, 1987
Additional Employment:
Experiential Analyst/Videographer,
Context-Based Research Group, Baltimore/Los Angeles,
2003-present
Ethnographic Interviewer, Tell Your Story, Los Angeles,
CA (1992 1994)
Radio Talk Show Host, "Intimate Matters," KIEV
Radio, Glendale, CA (1991)
Proposal Writer/Production Consultant, National Latino
Communications Center,
KCET Television, Los Angeles, CA (1988 1991)
Assistant Producer, "Hush Little Baby: The Challenge
of Childcare," Dennis Lofgren
Productions in partnership with Lifetime Television, Los
Angeles, CA (1988)
Video Editor, "Cover-Up: Behind the Iran Contra
Affair," Los Angeles, CA (1987)
Writer/Researcher, Xiphias, Los Angeles, CA (1987)
Film Event Coordinator/Publicist, Empowerment Project,
Los Angeles, CA (1987)
Editor/Still Photographer/Script Supervisor, "Roddy
McDowall's Legends of
Hollywood," Coffee Table Videos (1986)
Video Production Instructor, Peralta Colleges Television,
Oakland, CA (19841986)
Community Affairs Director, Peralta Colleges Television,
Oakland, CA (19831985)
Producer/Reporter, Community Television News, New York,
NY (19801982)
Research Assistant, Bushwick Research Project, New York,
NY (19801981)
Community Studies Project Coordinator, Flatbush
Development Corporation,
Brooklyn, NY (19781979)
Ethnographic Researcher, Mission Reading Clinic, San
Francisco, CA (1977)
Research Advocate, San Francisco Legal Assistance
Foundation, CA (19741976)
Foreign Languages:
Fluent in Spanish, knowledge of French, Italian, and Mayan
Professional/Community
Affiliations:
Southern California Applied Anthropology Network (President
1998 1999)
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
Society for Applied Anthropology
Human Behavior and Evolution Society
American Anthropological Association
Communal Studies Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness
Servas International
Institute for 21st Century Relationships
Loving More
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