Wood was born Anne Lyttleton Lomax , in New York City on November 20 , 1944 , and grew up immersed in the folk music scene , both in New York City and abroad . While still in her teens she assisted her father 's recording in the Caribbean . Later she helped him in his Cantometric and other research . While in college , she also worked as an assistant film editor on Lionel Rogosin 's film '' Black Roots '' ( 1971 ) and on four films by independent filmmaker Les Blank . As a folklorist , Wood has researched the folkways of Italian , Greek , and Spanish immigrant communities in the United States . In the wake of the 1980 Irpinia earthquake , she did research on disaster recovery and reconstruction ; the local impact of NGO disaster aid ; and the impact of rural industrialization programs . She also has worked in children 's mental health planning for the Children 's Board of Hillsborough County , Florida , and designed mental health ethnographies for the Florida Mental Health Institute of the University of South Florida , where she also taught
1980 Irpinia earthquake
1980 Irpinia earthquake
Anna Lomax Wood