Mayling Elizabeth SimpsonMayling Simpson is a cultural anthropologist who has conducted original research in Ireland, Iran, the Philippines, and Serbia on public health issues and served as a senior technical officer to the World Health Organization. Her previous published wrks include A Paper Life: Belgrade's Roma in the Underworld of Waste Scavenging and Recycling; Ecological Sanitation; and Mrs. Nickle Pickle, winner of an Aspen Times short story contest. She earned her PhD in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her BA in biology from Longwood University in Farmville, Va. Read More Read Less