Biographical Summary:

Name: Monica F. Goubaud
Date of Birth: 1945 – 2025
Place of Birth: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Place of Death: Cape Cod, Massachussets
Parents: Antonio Goubaud Carrera and Frances Westbrook de Goubaud
Sibling: Cristina María Goubaud Amburgey
Current Residence: Orleans, Massachusetts, USA

Education:

• High School: St. Mary’s High School, Raleigh, North Carolina (1963)
• B.A. in Latin American Studies, University of Colorado (1967)
• Practical Nursing Degree, St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1971)
• M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, University of New Mexico (1981)
• PhD Program in Applied Medical Anthropology, University of New Mexico (1981–1988)

Professional Experience:

• Peace Corps Volunteer in Rural South Korea, Public Health (1967–1968)
• Hospital and research nursing in New Mexico, Hawaii, and Oregon (1971–2010)
• Field Research Coordinator in Rural Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
• Early Childhood Education Teacher in Taos Pueblo and Llano Quemado, NM (1969–71, 1984–88)

Research and Publications:

• Anthropological research on curanderos’ use of western pharmaceuticals in Panama (1981)
• Dissertation research on beliefs and treatments for high blood pressure among northern New Mexican Hispanos (1984–1988)
• Co-authored publications with Caroline Bledsoe on reinterpretation of western pharmaceuticals among the Mende people of Sierra Leone
• Contributions to The Context of Medicines in Developing Countries: Studies in Pharmaceutical Anthropology (Sjaak van der Geest & Susan Reynolds Whyte, 2012)