Frank Araujo
Author, Ph.D, Linguist, Folklorist, Veteran
Raised in California’s rural Central Valley, Frank Araujo is a cultural and cognitive anthropologist, linguist, and folklorist with a deep-rooted passion for understanding human behavior and storytelling.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he pursued an extensive academic journey, earning degrees from Bakersfield College (AA), UC Berkeley (AB, MPH), and UC Davis (MA, MS, Ph.D.). His expertise spans applied human and behavioral epidemiology, and he has served as an international consultant for organizations such as WHO, USAID, CRS, and AID. In addition, he worked as a consultant for the Japanese-American company CAL-PAN.
Now retired, Araujo continues to share his knowledge as a professor, lecturer, and researcher, blending his rich background in anthropology with a lifelong dedication to cultural and linguistic studies.
My Story
My approach to writing fact, fiction or fantasy is grounded in the concept of my longtime interest in Structuralism. I am committed to applying the scientific method in any work requiring empirical evidence.
My interest in the human condition provides the blank slate upon which I create and post my art and interests. Having developed a fascination with the mind at an early age, I base all my writing efforts using the three point model of Substance, Structure and Style.
Substance comprises the area of interest and the medium in which my work’s development and explication unfold. As a writer, I work in the medium of using words to create actions and image which lead to creating a Story, a work of interest.
Structure consists of two important components, a set of primitive elements, e.g., words, ideas, images, action which are arranged in an order to generate a product—either a conclusion or an interesting sequence of events.
Style is the product of the two prior components rendered in the form of a beginning and end. However, unlike the two previous components, the more interesting arrangement of the constituent part present a thoughtful adventure from beginning to end. In sum, a real story should come from the heart, a metaphor for the unconscious.