Robert M. Schacht

Mailing Address:
Pacific Research and Training Center
Research Center, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
96814

Phone:  (808) 592-5904   Fax: (808) 592-5909
E-mail:  schacht@hawaii.edu

 
Major Influences on Professional Life:
1. A grad student (when I was an undergrad), who helped show me the 'ropes.'
2. My major professor (last two years at Wisconsin), who steered me to Michigan.
3. My first faculty sponsor at Michigan, Blessed be he, who not only tolerated my shifting interests (from human genetics to archeology), but lowered his demands on my time as a first year teaching fellow.
4. Henry Wright, Kent Flannery, Roy Rappaport, and the other faculty at the University of Michigan, who inspired and guided me during my graduate student years.
5. Bill Stuart, colleague and friend at the University of Maryland, who encouraged my inclination to regard Anthropology as a holistic field of inquiry.
6. Frank Hole, who encouraged my development as a young professional.
7. Joanne (O'Connell) Sontag and Bill Martin, who took a chance on me, introduced me to my present field of work, and helped me to succeed.
 
Subfields of interest within Anthropology:
Currently: Applied Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Anthropology & Work

Interests in the Anthropology of Work:
Cross-cultural perspectives on work and employment; vocational rehabilitation; Cross-cultural perspectives on work disabilities

Regions of specialization and Languages:
Hawaii region

Major Publications:
Schacht, R. M., Clay, J.A., & Maul, C. [1998].  Independent Living Services to American Indians and Alaska Natives: The Counselor Perspective.  In R. A. Middleton, P. Leung, & C. W. Rollins (Eds.), Conference Proceedings of the National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns: Combined Proceedings for 1995 and 1997 (pp. 93-98). Hot Springs, AR: University of Arkansas.

Schacht, R. M. & Gaseoma, L. (1997).  A survey of vocational rehabilitation counselors concerning American Indians and Alaska Native clients with alcohol and other drug abuse disorders.  American Indian Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 7 (3), 50-67.

Sontag, J. C., & Schacht, R. M.  (1994).  An ethnic comparison of parent participation and information needs in early intervention. Exceptional Children, 60(5), 422-433.

Sontag, J. C., & Schacht, R. M.  (1993).  Family diversity and patterns of service utilization in early intervention.  Journal of Early Intervention, 17(4), 1-14.

In addition to these juried publications are numerous reports published by the American Indian Rehabilitation Research & Training Center.

Other Relevant Information (Current research, interests, goals):
Cultural construction of disabilities; landscape archaeology