Curriculum Vitae
Education
1999-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,
UCLA
1999 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Psychology
1996 M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Psychology
1994 B.A. University of Virginia, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Academic appointments
2007- Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii
2006-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii
2002- International Field Research Supervisor, UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development
2002- Affiliate Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii Department of Educational Psychology
Honors and Awards
2000 New York Academy of Sciences, James McKeen Cattell Dissertation Award in Psychology
2000 APA Division 7 Dissertation Award
1999 Joseph A. Gengerelli, Distinguished Dissertation Award, UCLA Department of Psychology
1999 Millard Madsen Dissertation Prize in Developmental Psychology, UCLA Department of Psychology
1999-2001 University of California, Office of the President Postdoctoral Fellowship
1998-99 University of California, Office of the President, Dissertation Research Fellowship
1995-98 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Three year fully-funded fellowship for graduate study
1995-97 Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life Research Fellowship
1994-95 NIMH Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
1993 Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
Foreign Languages Used in Research
Spanish, Tzotzil (Maya), French, American Sign Language
Publications
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Maynard, A. E. (in press, 2009). Context and Structure in Social Interaction and Cognitive Development. To appear in Human Development.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., & Martí, F. A. (in press, 2009). Implications of Commerce and Urbanization for the Learning Environments of Everyday Life: A Zinacantec Maya Family Across Time and Space. To appear in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Maynard, A. E. & Greenfield, P. M. (2008). Women’s schooling and other ecocultural changes: A longitudinal study of textile production among the Zinacantec Maya. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 15: 165-175.
Maynard, A. E. (2008). What we thought we knew and how we came to know it: Four decades of cross-cultural research on cognitive development from a Piagetian perspective. Human Development, 51: 56-65.
Valdez, M. F., Dowrick, P. W., & Maynard, A. E. (2007). Interactions between Home and School in a Samoan Community. The Urban Review, 39 (1): 67-92.
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2006). Le rôle des outiles et des artifacts culturels dans le développement cognitif. Enfance. (French peer-reviewed journal). pp. 135-145.
Maynard, A. E. (2006). Fieldwork first, experiments later: The development of a research program in psychology based on ethnographic fieldwork. Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin, 40 (1-2): 10-18.
Maynard, A. E. (2005). Maya children’s education. Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 36 (4), 424-425.
Maynard, A. E. (2004). Cultures of teaching in childhood: Formal schooling and Maya sibling teaching at home. Cognitive Development, 19 (4): 517-536.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., & Childs, C. P. (2003). Historical change, cultural apprenticeship, and cognitive representation in Zinacantec Maya children. Cognitive Development, 18: 455-487.
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2003). Implicit cognitive development in cultural tools and children: Lessons from Mayan Mexico. Cognitive Development, 18: 489-510.
Rabain-Jamin, J., Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2003). Implications of Sibling Caregiving for Sibling Relations and Teaching Interactions in Two Cultures. Ethos (31) 2: 204-231.
Maynard, A. E. (2002). Cultural teaching: The development of teaching skills in Zinacantec Maya sibling interactions. Child Development, 73 (3): 969-82.
Republished in M. Gauvain & M. Cole (Eds.) (2004). Readings on the Development of Children, 4th Edition, pp. 255- 269.
Republished in D. Kaoukji and N. M’Jid (Eds.) (2009). Chidren’s Services in the Developing World.
Maynard, A.E. (2001). Exploring borders: Understanding culture and psychology. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. 11 (1):156-8.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., & Childs, C. P. (2000) History, Culture, Learning, and Development. Cross-Cultural Research: The Journal of Comparative Social Science, 34(4): 351-74.
Maynard, A. E., Greenfield, P. M., & Childs, C.P. (1999). Culture, history, biology, and body: Native and non-native acquisition of technological skill. Ethos, 27(3): 379-402. French version in press through the Fondation Fyssen.
Maynard, A. E., Slavoff, G. R., & Bonvillian, J. D. (1994). Learning and recall of word-sign pairs: The impact of sign etymology. Sign language studies, 82, 55-78.
Review Article
Greenfield, P. M., Keller, H., Fuligni, A., & Maynard, A. E., (2003). Culture and cognitive development. Annual Review of Psychology, 54: 461-90.
Edited Book
Maynard, A. E., & Martini,, M. I. (2005). Learning in cultural context: Family, Peers, and School. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Book Chapters
Maynard, A. E., & Tovote, K. E. (in press, 2010). Learning from other children. To appear in D. Lancy, S. Gaskins, & J. Bock (Eds.), The anthropology of learning in childhood.
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (in press, 2010). Changing Maya Dress and the Introduction of Fashion in Chiapas, Mexico. To appear in The Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion. Berg Fashion Library.
Trumbull, E., Greenfield, P. M., Rothstein-Fisch, C., & Maynard, A. E. (in press). Altering the Discourse of Schooling: How Teachers Bridge Cultures in Latino Immigrant Education. To appear in Bridging Cultures in Latino Immigrant Education. NY: Russell Sage.
Maynard, A. E., & Kim, S. Y. (2006). Cross-cultural development. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Development. Sage Publications. Pp. 326-329.
Maynard, A. E. (2005). Cultural Learning in Context. In A. E. Maynard & M. I. Martini (Eds.) Learning in cultural context: Family, Peers, and School. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. pp. 1-7.
Maynard, A. E.. (2005). Activity Settings Analysis of Changing Cultural Practices in Developmental Psychology. In C. O’Donnell & L. Yamauchi (Eds), Behavior and change: Theory, research, and practical application. NY: Peter Lang. pp. 41-62
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2005). Cultural Teaching: Processes, Effects, and Development of Apprenticeship Skills. In Z. Bekerman, N. C. Burbules, & D. Silberman-Kellers (Eds.), Learning in Places: The Informal Education Reader. NY: Peter Lang. pp. 139-162.
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (2005). An Ethnomodel of Teaching and Learning:Apprenticeship of Zinacantec Maya Women's Tasks. In A. E. Maynard & M. I. Martini (Eds.) Learning in cultural context: Family, Peers, and School. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. pp. 75-103.
Maynard, A. E., Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (2005). Technology and the development of intelligence: From the loom to the computer. In R. Sternberg & D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence and technology. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Pp. 29-53.
Greenfield, P. M., Keller, H., Maynard, A., & Suzuki, L. K. (2004). Lifespan development and culture. In C. D. Spielberg (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (pp. 567-574). London: Elsevier, Inc.
Maynard, A.E. (2004). Sibling interactions. To appear in U. Gielen & J.L.
Roopnarine (Eds.), Childhood and adolescence: Cross-cultural perspectives and applications. Westport, CT: Praeger. pp. 229-252.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., & Suzuki, L. K. (2000). Culture and development. In Encyclopedia of Psychology. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., Boehm, C., & Yut-Schmidtling, E. (2000). Cultural apprenticeship and cultural change: Tool learning and imitation in chimpanzees and humans. In S. T. Parker, J. Langer, & M. L. McKinney (Eds.) The evolution of behavioral ontogeny. Santa Fe: SAR Press. pp. 237-77.
Tsai, A., Yu, H., Maynard, A. (1999). Mother-child conflict resolution styles among Chinese college students. In W. J. Lonner, D. L. Dinnel, D. K. Forgays, & S. A., Hayes, (Eds.), Merging past, present, and future in cross-cultural psychology. Selected papers from the fourteenth international congress of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlingher. pp. 461-72.
Reviewed Conference Presentations
Maynard, A. E. (forthcoming December, 2009). Culture, Development, and Children’s Agency: Perspectives from Psychological Anthropology. In D. Lancy (Chair), Cultural Transmission and the Paradox of Children’s Agency. Invited session at the 108th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Maynard, A. E.,& Kärtner, J. (July, 2008). Mirror Self-Recognition Among the Zinacantec Maya of Mexico. Paper presented at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bremen, Germany.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2008). What We Thought We Knew and How We Came to Know It: Four Decades of Cultural Research from a Piagetian Point of View. Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society, Québec City, Québec.
Maynard, A. E. (February, 2008). Fieldwork First, Experiments Later: The Use of Ethnography in Psychological Research. Paper presented at the Cultural Psychology Pre-Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2007). Methods in Cross-Cultural Research: Emics, Etics, Pleasures, and Pitfalls. Symposium presented at the Jean Piaget Society meetings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2007). Innovative methods in culture and developmental social cognitive neuroscience. Jean Piaget Society meetings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2007). “I know how to teach but my younger sister does not”: Having “Soul” and Teaching in Zinacantec Maya Sibling Interactions. Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society meetings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Shimazu, K., & Maynard, A. E. (June, 2007). Family functioning and delinquency among at-risk youth in Hawai`i: An ecocultural approach. Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society meetings, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maynard, A. E. (March, 2007). Changes in Cultural Teaching: Schooling and Sibling Interactions Among the Zinacantec Maya, 1997-2006. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Manhattan Beach, CA.
Maynard, A. E., (March, 2007). Structural equation modeling in cultural research. In Maynard, A. E., (Chair), Statistical and mixed methods for cultural research. Symposium presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Manhattan Beach, CA.
Maynard, A. E. (March, 2007). Statistical and mixed methods for cultural research. Symposium presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Manhattan Beach, CA.
Maynard, A. E. (July, 2006). Ethnographic Fieldwork As The Basis For A Research Program in Psychology: Examples from Studies with the Zinacantec Maya. Paper presented in a symposium at the meetings of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Spetses, Greece.
Shimazu, K. B., & Maynard, A. E. (June 2005). Family functioning and delinquency in Hawaii: An ecocultural approach. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2005). Sibling Interactions Across Cultures and the Lifespan. In H. Keller & D. Best Family Relationships Across the Lifespan. Paper to be presented at the biennial Inter-American Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Maynard, A. E. (August, 2004). Sibling talk and play in Maya Mexico: Processes of social organization and adaptation. In T. Tulviste and H. Keller (Chairs), Interdependence or autonomy and cultural styles of talking, Symposium presented at the meetings of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Xi’an, China.
Maynard, A. E. (July, 2004). Men don’t make tortillas: Gender-role development in Zinacantec
Maya children. Poster presented at the meetings of the American Psychological Association,
Honolulu, Hawai`i.
Honolulu, Hawai`i.
Fischer, M. J., & Maynard, A. E. (June, 2004). Parent involvement in schools: Perspectives from a Samoan community in Hawaii. Poster presented at the meetings of the Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Canada.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2004). Men don’t make tortillas: Zinacantec Maya children’s understanding of gender roles. Paper presented at the meetings of the Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Canada.
Maynard, A. E. (February, 2004). Baby boys can make tortillas, but men can’t: Young Zinacantec children’s understanding of gender roles. In C. Edwards and C. Ember (Chairs), The Company They Keep: A Symposium in Honor of Beatrice Whiting. Symposium presented at the meetings of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, San Jose, CA.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2003). The social organization of Zinacantec Maya sibling support: Language and teaching in everyday interactions. In K. Jensen de Lopez (Chair), Symposium presented at the meetings of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, IL.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 2002). Maya sibling socialization of movement in everyday learning tasks.
In A. E. Maynard (Chair), Symposium presented at the meetings of the Jean Piaget Society,
Philadelphia, PA.
Maynard, A. E., & Greenfield, P. M. (June, 2001). The role of cultural tasks in the transition to concrete operations: Mental transformation in Zinacantec Maya weaving. In A. E. Maynard & P. M. Greenfield (Chairs), Symposium presented at the meetings of the Jean Piaget Society. Berkeley, CA.
Maynard, A. E. (November, 1999). The social organization and development of teaching in Zinacantec Maya sibling play. In S. Gaskins (Chair), Symposium presented at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago, IL.
Tsai, A. Y., Yu, H., & Maynard, A. E. (August, 1999). Mother-child conflict resolution styles among Taiwanese college students. Invited symposium on Conflict. Third Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Rabain-Jamin, J. & Maynard, A. E. (July, 1999). Cooperation and negotiation between 2;6 and 6-8 year-old siblings in Senegal and Chiapas. In S. Ervin-Tripp (Chair), Peer Talk in Cross-linguistic Perspective. Symposium at the VIIIth International Congress for the Study of Child Language. San Sebastian-Donostia, Spain.
Maynard, A. E. (June, 1999). The development of teaching in its social context. In P. Greenfield (Chair), Cultural context and developmental theory: Evidence from the Maya of Mexico. Symposium presented at the Jean Piaget Society Meetings. Mexico City, Mexico.
Trumbull, E., Greenfield, P.M., Rothstein-Fisch, C., & Maynard, A. E. (April, 1999). From altered perceptions to altered practice: Teachers bridge cultures in the classroom. In Rosalinda Quintinar (Chair), Incorporating Cultural Knowledge in Teacher Preparation. Symposium presented at the annual meetings of the AERA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Greenfield, P. M., & Maynard, A. E. (November,1997). Women, girls, apprenticeship, and schooling: A longitudinal study of historical change among the Zinacantecan Maya. In I. Zambrano (Chair), Symposium entitled: Women’s Schooling in Maya Chiapas: Naming the Unnamed. 96th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC.
Maynard, A. E., Greenfield, P. M., & Childs, C. P. (June, 1997). The interplay of culture and biology: Apprenticeship of Zinacantecan Maya weaving. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Jean Piaget Society. Santa Monica, CA.
Greenfield, P. M., Maynard, A. E., & Childs, C. P. (April, 1997). History, culture, learning and development. In E. Turiel (Chair), Culture, development, and cognition. Symposium presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development. Washington, DC.
Maynard, A. E., Greenfield, P. M., & Childs, C. P. (March, 1996). Culture, history, biology, and body: How the Zinacantec Maya learn to weave. Paper presented at the Fondation Fyssen, Paris, France.
Bonvillian, J. D., Maynard, A. E., & Patterson, F. G. P. (July, 1994). The acquisition of sign formational aspects in a lowland gorilla. Poster presented at the 6th annual convention of the American Psychological Society. Washington, DC.
Slavoff, G. R., Maynard, A. E., & Bonvillian, J. D. (July, 1994). Learning and recall of sign and word pairs: The impact of sign etymology. Poster presented at the 6th annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
Invited Colloquia (Post-Ph.D.)
University of Hawaii Department of Anthropology; University of Osnabrück, Germany; University of Hawaii Intercultural Group; University of California Riverside; University of California Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education; Stanford University Department of Psychology; Stanford University School of Education; University of Wisconsin Department of Child and Family Studies; Fairhaven College at Western Washington University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Education; UCLA Department of Psychology; UCLA Behavior Evolution and Culture Group; UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life; UCLA School of Education
Grantsmanship
Funded Grants
2006-2007 Research Relations Grant, UH University Research Council, Developing a Zinacantec Self: From Infancy to Adolescence in a Changing World.
2003-2004 Research Relations Grant, UH University Research Council, Cultural Models of Cognition, Teaching, and Learning in the Zinacantec Maya.
1999-2001 University of California, Office of the President, Sibling Interactions in the Zinacantec Maya,
1999-2000 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Culture and Health Center, Ethnotheories of Learning and the Development of Children’s Teaching in a Mayan Population.
1998 University of California, Office of the President, Sibling Caretaking in the Zinacantec Maya
1998-99 Center for Psychocultural Studies Grant, The Development of Teaching in the Zinacantec Maya.
1998 UCLA Graduate Division Grant for Dissertation Research.
1997 UCLA Latin American Center, “The Zinacantec Model of Teaching and Learning”.
1996 UCLA, Department of Psychology, “Teaching and Learning in Zinacantec Maya Culture”.
Professional service
2009- Ad hoc reviewer for Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
2006-8 Ad hoc reviewer for Social Development, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Medical Anthropology Quarterly
2006- Treasurer, Jean Piaget Society
2006-10 Secretary-Treasurer of the Society for Psychological Anthropology
2006 Grant reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation
2005 Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
2003-6 Board of Directors, Jean Piaget Society
2004-6 Jean Piaget Society, Chair of Publicity and Outreach
2003- Ad hoc reviewer for Developmental Psychology (8 articles)
2004 Grant reviewer for University Grant Council in Hong Kong
2004 Grant reviewer for Spencer Foundation
2004 Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Behavioral Development (2 articles)
2003 Ad hoc reviewer for Aggressive Behavior (2 articles)
2003 Reviewer for Jean Piaget Society Conference Submissions
2002 Ad hoc reviewer for Medical Anthropology Quarterly
2000 Ad hoc reviewer for Educational Researcher
1997 Ad hoc reviewer for Merrill Palmer Quarterly
1997 Assistant for Minority International Research Training Grant ,
Fogarty International Research Program of NIH. El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
1996-1999 Coordinator for the annual symposium of the Center for the Study of Evolution and the
Origin of Life
University Service (UH Manoa)
Chancellor’s Budget/Prioritization Process Workgroup, April, 2009-
Chancellor’s Prioritization Process Committee, 2008-9
Faculty Mentoring Program, Speaker, January, 2009
Maui Manoa Experience, Speaker, September, 2008
Judge, Undergraduate Honors Research Symposium, May, 2008
External Advisory Committee Member, P20 Grant: ‘Ohana and Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses in Hawaii: Building Research Teams for the Future. School of Nursing, UH Manoa, 2007-12
Advisory Council Member, EARDA (Extramural Associates Research Development Award). School of Nursing, UH Manoa, 2007-12.
UH Institutional Review Board, 2003-2007
Vice Chancellor’s Selection Committee for Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships, 2006
Department of Educational Psychology, Search committee for Learning and Development position, 2004-5
Departmental Service (UH Manoa)
Department Chair, 2007-
Chair of Graduate Studies, 2007 (February to August)
Area Coordinator, Developmental Concentration, 2004-2007
Chair, Search Committee, Developmental Position, 2003-2004
Search Committee, Quantitative Position, 2003-2004
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Psychology, 2003-4
Faculty Advisor, Psi Chi Honor Society in Psychology, 2002-2007
Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Psychology, 2002-2005
Presentation at event: Opportunities for Psychology Majors in Hawaii, October, 2003
Planning Committee 2002- 2003
Search Committee, Social Cognition Position, 2002-2003
Search Committee, Cognitive Position, 2002-2003
Search Committee for Administrative Assistant, 2002
Search Committee, Child Clinical, Position 2001-2003
Comprehensive Exams, Thesis, and Doctoral Committees (N = 36)
Acting Chair, June 2002
Community Service
State of Hawaii Judiciary Task Force on Child Custody, 2008-9
Professional Societies
Jean Piaget Society (Board Member, 2003-2006; Executive Board Member 2006-, Treasurer, 2006-)
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
Society for Psychological Anthropology (Secretary-Treasurer, 2006-2010)
Society for Research in Child Development
American Psychological Association
APA, Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
American Anthropological Association
American Psychological Society
Courses Taught at UH Manoa
Undergraduate
Developmental Psychology (PSY 240)
Social Development (PSY 341)
Culture and Human Development (PSY 449)
Cognitive Development and the Media (PSY 449)
Directed Research in Developmental Psychology (PSY 499)
Co-taught Community Psychology (PSY 280)
Graduate
Developmental Foundations (PSY 640)
Culture and Human Development (PSY 781)
Culture and Biology in Human Development (PSY 741)
Topics in Adult Development (PSY 741)
Directed Research in Developmental Psychology (PSY 749)
Directed Research in Community Psychology (PSY 789)
Research Interests
The Development of Teaching in Childhood
Sibling and Peer Socialization
Cognitive Development, Schooling, and Learning in Context
Cultural Psychology
Ecocultural Theory
Cultural Change and Socialization
Activity Settings
