Mahri Anderson Irvine American University 240-462-6214 (mobile) 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW mahri.irvine@american.edu Washington, DC 20016 www.mahri-irvine.com EDUCATION CURRICULUM VITAE Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology May 2011 present (May 2014 defense) Concentration: Race, Gender, and Social Justice Graduate Certificate: Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Dissertation Title: My Life was Fine Until That Day : The Impact of Sexual Violence in the Lives of Formerly Incarcerated Women M.A. in Public Anthropology May 2013 Ph.D. Student in Anthropology August 2008 May 2011 Concentration: Race, Gender, and Social Justice Graduate Certificate: Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English (Summa Cum Laude) May 2007 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Minor: German Undergraduate Certificate: Museum Studies RESEARCH and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Ethnographic Researcher 2010 2012 Open Arms prison reentry organization Washington, DC Conducted forty-four interviews with twenty-three research participants as well as one focus group; conducted eighteen months of observation during role as support group facilitator for formerly incarcerated women Research Assistant Fall 2011 Dr. Sabiyha Prince Assisted with historical research 1
Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Summer 2007 Spring 2007 Dr. Lance Greene Assisted with manuscript editing and historical research Dr. Jacquelyn Frank Center for Aging and Community University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Assisted with qualitative and quantitative data analysis; developed conference presentation poster Data Coder and Interviewer 2009 2011 Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. Alexandria, VA Converted qualitative research interview data into quantitative codes Collections Intern 2006 Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Indianapolis, IN Constructed custom boxes and preservation materials for Kachina collection TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record Designed and taught the following courses: Spring 2014 Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 101) St. Mary s College of Maryland, St. Mary s City, MD Fall 2013 Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 101) St. Mary s College of Maryland, St. Mary s City, MD Spring 2013 Gender and Violence (WGSS 350) Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Fall 2012 Gender, Culture and Conflict (WGSS 350) Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program 2
Summer 2012 Sex, Gender and Culture (ANTH 215) Spring 2012 Language and Culture (ANTH 254) Summer 2011 Sex, Gender and Culture (ANTH 215) Teaching Assistant Assisted faculty members with classroom discussions, lectures, and grading: Fall 2011 Sex, Gender, and Culture (ANTH 215) Spring 2011 Human Origins (ANTH 250) Fall 2010 Perspectives in Anthropology (ANTH 251) Spring 2010 Language and Culture (ANTH 254) Fall 2009 Language and the Human Experience (ANTH 225) Spring 2008 Sex, Gender, and Culture (ANTH 215) Fall 2008 Culture: Human Mirror (ANTH 110) 3
Spring 2008 Culture and Society (ANTH 104) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Fall 2007 Culture and Society (ANTH 104) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN ADVISING Spring 2013 Undergraduate Honors Capstone Adviser to Dani Nispel, Sexual Assault Policies on College Campuses: A Beginning Look at Which Policies Influence Reports of Sexual Assault at Institutions of Higher Education Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program PUBLICATIONS 2012 Public Anthropology in the Field: Balancing Dual Identities as Researcher and Staff Member. North American Dialogue 15(1):17-22. 2011 Praxis and Collaborative Action in the Midst of Hegemonic Bureaucracy. Society for Applied Anthropology online newsletter. 2010 Myth-Busting: False Rape Reports. American University American Way of Life online magazine. PUBLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR REVIEW 2014 In My Head, I Didn't Feel Like I Had Done Anything Wrong : Women s Experiences Prostituting Women and Girls. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society special issue, Problematizing Prostitution: Critical Research and Scholarship. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS November 2013 March 2013 I'm Feeling that I'm Releasing Something : The Potentially Therapeutic Nature of Research Interviews Feminism in the Field: Feminist Reflections on Methodologies, Goals, and Risks during Fieldwork roundtable organizer and participant Chicago, IL An Auto-Ethnography of Anger: Why I Support a Punitive State Society for Anthropology of North America meeting Durham, NC 4
November 2012 March 2012 November 2011 November 2011 March 2011 November 2010 October 2010 April 2010 Ideological Values of Self-Sufficiency in Formerly Incarcerated Women s Narratives: Identifying Connections between Neoliberalism, Drug Treatment Programs, and Christianity Punishment and the State: Imprisonment, Transgressions, Scapegoats, and the Contributions of Anthropology roundtable participant San Francisco, CA Surviving Sexual Violence: Structural Inequities and Systemic Indignities Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting Baltimore, MD Punishing Survival? Rethinking the Incarceration of Sexual Violence Survivors Montreal, Canada Criminalizing Survival: Preliminary Research Findings on Connections between Sexual Victimization and Incarceration in the United States National Women s Studies annual conference Atlanta, GA Gender-Based Violence: Confronting Applied, Theoretical, and Methodological Issues roundtable participant Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting Seattle, WA A Critical Feminist Reflection of Street Harassment in Washington, DC New Orleans, LA Revolutionizing Ourselves through Self-Care: Making the Connection between Minds, Bodies, and Research workshop facilitator with Karen Lindsey Public Anthropology Conference Washington, DC Frankly, We Weren t in Those Meetings : Identifying and Challenging Hegemonic Bureaucracy in a Rape Crisis Center Association for Black Anthropologists/Society for Anthropology of North America conference Denver, CO 5
December 2009 October 2009 April 2009 November 2008 August 2008 Toward an Archaeology of Gender-Based Violence Philadelphia, PA When Times of Crisis are the Norm: Activism against Gender-Based Violence session organizer and discussant Public Anthropology Conference Third Place or Marketplace? Language, Spatiality, and Consumption in Neoliberal Coffee Shops with Deborah Murphy Matthias Student Research Conference Strengthening the Anti-Sexual Violence Movement session organizer and facilitator Public Anthropology Conference Needs, Barriers, and Coping Mechanisms among Dementia Family Caregivers in Indiana poster presentation Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference Garden Grove, CA INVITED LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS March 2014 February 2013 April 2012 November 2011 April 2011 Women s Pathways to Prison: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Violence in Incarcerated Women s Lives Gender Violence and Public Policy class Interrupting Violence: A Critical Dialogue panelist Department of Women s Studies University of Maryland, College Park, MD Crisis Counseling: Goals and Strategies General Psychology class Catholic University, Washington, DC Sexual Violence: Motivations and Rationales of Perpetrators Sex, Gender and Culture class Crisis Counseling: Goals and Strategies General Psychology class Catholic University, Washington, DC 6
September 2010 November 2010 March 2010 September 2009 March 2009 October 2008 Responding to Sexual Violence Disclosures: How to Help Survivors and Take Care of Yourself with Jane Palmer Women s Initiative student group Feminist Anthropology Perspectives in Anthropology class Starbucks, Ideology, and Neoliberalism Language and Culture class Victim-Blaming in the Media: How to Recognize Sneaky (and Not-So- Sneaky) Rhetorical Strategies that Blame Victims for Sexual Violence Language and the Human Experience class Sexual Violence Sex, Gender and Culture class Gender-Based Violence Culture: Human Mirror class FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2013 Dissertation Fellowship Award, American University 2012 Doctoral Student Research Award, American University 2011 Greenberg Seminars Professional Development Conference Grant Award, American University 2011 Mellon Graduate Student Research Award, American University 2011-2012 Merit Fellowship,, American University 2011 Mellon Conference Travel Award, College of Arts and Sciences, American University 2010 Mellon Conference Travel Award, College of Arts and Sciences, American University 2010-2011 Merit Fellowship,, American University 2009 Mellon Conference Travel Award, College of Arts and Sciences, American University 2009-2010 Merit Fellowship,, American University 2008-2009 Merit Fellowship,, American University 2007 Outstanding Museum Studies Student Award, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 7
2007 Academic Achievement Award, Anthropology Department, Indiana University- Purdue University Indianapolis 2006 Education scholarship, Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault 2006 Loretta Lunsford Service Scholarship, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 2006 Friends of Anthropology Award, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis 2005 Mary F. Crisler Research Scholarship, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis ACADEMIC SERVICE 2013 present Webmaster Anthropology and Mental Health Interest Group 2010 present List Serve Moderator Society for Anthropology of North America 2010 2013 Peer Reviewer National Association for Student Anthropologists e-journal 2009 2012 Graduate Student Board Member Society for Anthropology of North America 2010 Conference Coordinator with Julie Maldonado Seventh Annual Public Anthropology Conference: Revolutions! Building Emancipatory Politics and Action American University, Washington DC 2009 Conference Coordinator with Julie Maldonado Sixth Annual Public Anthropology Conference: Advancing Social Justice in Times of Crisis 2009 Graduate Student Representative Education Policy Committee 2009 Anthropology Department Graduate Student Representative College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Council 8
2008 2009 Treasurer Anthropology Department Student Council 2007 2008 Coordinator Take Back the Night events Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 2007 Coordinator Take Back the Night events Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN TRAININGS and SKILLS 2013 Introduction to Social Network Analysis Chicago, IL Training in analysis of whole networks and personal networks, and training in UCINET, NetDraw, and EgoNet software 2013 Online Learning Faculty Training 4-week training course in Blackboard, Collaborate, Panopto, Piazza, Wordpress, and other hybrid and online course tools 2009 2012 Greenberg Seminars for Effective Teaching Training program in syllabus preparation, classroom management, best practices in pedagogy, and faculty legal and ethical responsibilities 2011 Text Analysis: Systematic Methods for Analyzing Qualitative Data Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting Seattle, WA Training in qualitative data analysis including theoretical approaches, theme identification, code and codebook development, inter-rater reliability, and MAXQDA software 2011 National Sexual Assault Conference Baltimore, MD Research updates about sexual assault in United States and best practices in sexual violence response and prevention 9
2009 2011 Data Coding and Inter-Rater Reliability Training Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. Alexandria, VA Training in converting qualitative data to quantitative data using rubric system, and best practices in inter-rater reliability 2009 National Sexual Assault Conference Alexandria, VA Research updates about sexual assault in United States and best practices in sexual violence response and prevention 2009 Rape Crisis Counseling DC Rape Crisis Center, Washington, DC 65-hour training in responding to survivors of sexual violence in the recent and long term past 2001 Rape Crisis Counseling Rape Victim Advocates, Chicago, IL 45-hour training in responding to survivors of sexual violence in the recent and long term past COMMUNITY SERVICE 2010 2011 Back-Up Supervisor DC Rape Crisis Center, Washington, DC 2009 2010 Hospital Advocate and Hotline Counselor DC Rape Crisis Center, Washington, DC 2002 2008 Office Assistant Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Indianapolis, IN 2002 Hotline Counselor Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline, Chicago, IL 2001 2002 Hospital Advocate Chicago Rape Victim Advocates, Chicago, IL 10
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Anthropological Association Association for Feminist Anthropology Society for Applied Anthropology Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges Society for Anthropology of North America Anthropology and Mental Health Interest Group 11