Biographical Sketches

		 (New Staff/consultants as of April 13, 1995)

			   MONICA SCHOCH-SPANA
				Consultant


Monica Schoch-Spana is a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology
at the John Hopkins University, where she also received her Masters
Degree.  An ethnographer who studies the United States, she is
interested in the domains of work and family, and in the analysis of
science and technology as cultural processes.  Currently, 
Ms. Schoch-Spana is writing her dissertation--an historical account
of "work" at a nuclear materials facility, that examine the cultural
values associated with work in environmental fields versus that in
materials production.  Immediately prior to joining the Advisory
Committee staff, she concluded 17 months of fieldwork at a DOE 
operations facility.