Rhythms of Communication: An introduction to my research
Born: Pittsburg, Kansas, March 14, 1920.
Married.
Two children.
Before Academic Life
1937-38 Undergraduate, Kansas State Teachers College.
1938-49 Undergraduate, University of Chicago.
1940 Residence (6 months) in Mexico. Writing.
1940-41 Reporter, City Press, Chicago. Six months.
1942-46 U.S. Navy. Communication Specialist. Cryptanalyst
in Washington, D.C. and Melbourne, Australia.
1946-53 Residence in Australia (with family).
1946-50 Full time music study (piano) in Melbourne.
1950-51 Editor, Adult Education Publications, Commonwealth
Office of Education,Commonwealth of Australia,
Sydney. Job description: "to plan and execute a
programme of Australianization for European
migrants to Australia."
1951-52 Staff Writer, People Magazine. Sydney, Australia.
1952-53 Free-lance photographer in Australia.
1953 Residence in Belgrade, Jugoslavia. Photographer
with Jugo-Foto. Six months.
1953-64 Free-lance photographer in U.S. with emphasis on
work with behavioral scientists.
Higher Education
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1959-61 Three courses in Communication at Teachers College,
Columbia University.
1961-64 Three intensive teaching seminars in
Linguistic-Kinesic Context Analysis. Taught by Ray
L. Birdwhistell and Albert E. Scheflen at Eastern
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1964-72 Graduate Study of Anthropology at Columbia
University. Ph.D., Spring, 1972.
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Teaching Experience
1962-68 Lecturer, Columbia University School of the Arts.
Course: Photography of Human Behavior.
1962-65 Lecturer, Columbia University, Department of
Anthropology. Course: Techniques of Micro-cultural
Analysis.
1966 Trainer, Peace Corps Training Conference. Summer.
For Scientific Resources, Inc.
1970-72 Field Faculty, Goddard College graduate degree
program.
1970-72 Appointment as Instructor, Department of Family and
Community Education, Teachers College,
Columbia University. Courses:
Interdisciplinary Study of the Family
Future Alternatives for Marriage and the Family
Communication with Families Across Culture, Class,
and Race
Research Methods: Structural Analysis and Systems
Theory
1971-72 Conducted workshops at second and third annual
conference on Anthropological Films, Temple
University.
1971- Special lectures and/or workshops at:
present
Bank Street College of Education
Yale University, Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bennington College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, N.Y.
School of Visual Arts, N.Y.
Goddard Collge
Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y.
Michigan State University
Hunter College
Rockland Community College (N.Y.)
Queensboro Community College (N.Y.)
Kingsboro Community College (N.Y.)
New School for Social Research (N.Y.)
Queens College (N.Y.)
Fordham University
Brooklyn College (N.Y.)
New York University
1972 Present academic appointment: Adjunct Associate
Professor of Education, Department of Family and
Community Education, Teachers College, Columbia
University.
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Miscellaneous Involvements
1963 Consultant to research: "Interethnic Encounters."
(Dr. Edward T. Hall, Principal Investigator.
Chicago.)
1964 Brief Expedition to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico, to
film monkey interaction.
1970 Member, Forum 14 (Changing Family) for White House
Conference on Children and Youth.
1972 Appointed to editorial board of the Journal of
Psycholinguistic Research.
1972 Appointed Research Associate, Institute for
Intercultural Studies.
1976 Appointed to Board of Directors, The Dance Notation
Bureau, New York City.
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Memberships and Awards
1965 Grant from The Edward W. Hazen Foundation for
preparation of The Small Conference. See
publications._
1965-67 Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology,
Columbia University.
1967-71 Pre-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental
Health.
1970-71 Research grant: N.I.M.H. 2F01 MH 29,086 - 04.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of
Science.
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology.
Member, American Anthropological Association.
Member, Society for Transpersonal Psychology.
Charter member, Eastern Biofeedback Research
Society.
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Publications (science related only)
1963 "Photography in the University." In Infinity
(journal of the Society of Magazine
Photographers), Vol. XII, No. 1.
1964 "Still Photography in the Systematic Recording and
Analysis of Behavioral Data." In Human
Organization, Vol. 25, No. 1. Reprinted in
Afterimage, (publication of the Visual Studies
Workshop, Rochester, N.Y.), Vol. 4, No. 10, April
1977.
| 1966 | "Cameras Don't Take Pictures." The Columbia University Forum, Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter. Reprinted in Afterimage, Vol. 4, No. 10, April 1977. |
| 1967 | "Conference Behavior." (with Margaret Mead) The Columbia University Forum, Vol. 10, No. 2. |
1968 The Small Conference: An Innovation in
Communication. (with Margaret Mead) Mouton: The
Hague.
1970 "Nonverbal Communication." (with Happie Byers) In
Cultural Affairs, Summer 1970.
1970 "On Rhythms." Paper delivered at 69th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropologial Association
in Symposium on Film Analysis. December.
1971 "Rhythmic Relations of People in Communication."
Paper delivered at 70th Annual Meeting of the
American Anthropological Association in New York
City. November.
1971 "Sentics, Rhythms, and a New View of Man." Paper
delivered at the 138th Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Philadelphia. December 30. As part of
Symposium: Sentics, Brain Function, and Sources of
Human Values.
1972 "Nonverbal Communication and the Education of
Children." (with Happie Byers) In Functions of
Language in the Classroom. Edited by Courtney
Cazden, Vera John, and Dell Hymes. New York:
Teachers College Press.
1972 From Biological Rhythm to Cultural Pattern. Ph.D.
Dissertation. Department of Anthropology, Columbia
University.
1972 Review of film "Lecture on Kinesics by Ray L.
Birdwhistell at the Second Linguistic-Kinesic
Conference, Nov. 4-7, 1964." American
Anthropologist, Vol. 74, Nos. 1-2, pp. 192-193.
1972 "Sentics and Anthropology." Paper delivered to the
American Psychiatric Association, Dallas, Texas.
May.
1975 "Dimensions of Nonverbal Communication." In
Dimensions of Language Experience, edited by
Charlotte B. Winsor. New York: Agathon Press.
1976 "Biological Rhythms as Information Channels in
Interpersonal Communication Behavior." In
Perspectives in Ethology Vol. 2, edited by P.P.G.
Bateson and Peter H. Klopfer. New York: Plenum
Press.
1977 "A Personal View of Nonverbal Communication." In
Theory into Practice (journal of the College of
Education, The Ohio State University). Vol. xvi No.
3. June 1979.
1978 Review of The Silent Pulse by George Leonard.
in Kinesis Vol. 2, No. 1.
1979 "Margaret Mead: A Remembrance." in Kinesis Vol. 1,
No. 3.
1982 Chapter 6--"Discussion," in Interaction Rhythms,
edited by Martha Davis. New York: Human Sciences
Press.
1984- Yearly two-lecture series at the Gallatin
Division, New York University: "Gregory Bateson."
1984 "The Fall and Redemption of Science." Paper
presented at New Ecumenial Research Association
conference. Seoul, Korea. Summer.
1984 Invitational lecture tour in Japan. "Universal and
Nonverbal Bases of Human Communication." Four
universities.
1985 "Communication: Cooperation or Negotiation."
in Theory Into Practice. Vol. 24, No. 1.
1985 "Conversation: a Context for Language." in Speech
and Language Learning No. 13, Nagoya, Japan.
1985 Public lecture at American Museum of Natural
History. "Margaret Mead and Photography in
Anthropology." May 15.
1988 "Toward a Cultural Epidemiology of
Emotion." in Emotions and Psychopathology
edited by Manfred Clynes and Jaak
Panksepp. Plenum Press. New York 1988.
1992 "Rhythms of Vocal Sound." Appendix E in
Ambiguous Harmony by Hervé Varenne. Ablex
Publishing Corp. Norwood, New Jersey.
1992.
1992 "The Spiritual in the Clasroom." in
Holistic Education Review Vol. 5 No. 1.
Spring 1992.
1994 Review of Peripheral Visions: Learning
Along the Way. by Mary Catherine Bateson.
Harper Collins. New York 1994. in
Holistic Education Review Vol. 7 No. 4.
December 1994.
1995 "A Conversation on Multiculturalism with
Paul Byers and Mary Catherine Bateson."
in Holistic Education Review Vol. 8 No.
2. Summer 1995.