Ananth 1 AKHILA L. ANANTH CURRICULUM VITAE 2340 Social Ecology II Irvine, CA 92697-7080 E-mail: aananth@uci.edu Website: www.akhila-ananth.com EDUCATION Ph.D. Criminology, Law & Society (March 2014) Graduate Feminist Emphasis, Women s Studies (2011) Thesis: Spatializing Child Welfare: Edelman Children s Court and the Geography of Juvenile Dependency Committee: Susan Bibler Coutin (Chair), Sora Y. Han, Geoff K. Ward, Lilith Mahmud, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard M.A. Social Ecology (2011) B.A. New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study (2004) RESEARCH INTERESTS Law and Society, Gender Studies, Cultural Geography, Critical Race Theories, Critical Criminology, Juvenile Dependency Law, Childhood and Family, Prison & Punishment Studies, Aesthetics of Law. PUBLICATIONS Refereed Publications In Press Ananth, Akhila (Forthcoming). The Gracious Spaces of Children s Law: Innocence and Guilt in the Construction of Edelman Children s Court. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Manuscripts in Submission Ananth, Akhila (Under Review). The Home the Law Built: Domesticity and the Racialization of Dependency Law. Politics and Gender. Web-Based Publications Ananth, Akhila (2009). Continuing Conversation: Studying the Trial. Association for Political and Legal Anthropology: http://www.aaanet.org/sections/apla/spillover_irvine_ananth.html.
Ananth 2 Manuscripts in Preparation Ananth, Akhila (In Progress). The Maternalistic Force of Law: Feminism and the History of the Juvenile Justice System in California. Ananth, Akhila & Anjali Nath (In Progress). The Darker Aspects of Childhood : Racialization and Child-play in Jonathan Hobin s Photo-Essay, In the Playroom. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2013 Graduate Student Mentoring Award. Social Ecology (UC Irvine). 2013 Dissertation Writing Fellowship. Social Ecology (UC Irvine). 2012 President s Dissertation Year Fellowship (Alternate). Graduate Division (UC Irvine). 2011 Professional Development Fellowship. Criminology, Law and Society (UC Irvine). 2011 Pedagogical Fellowship. Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (UC Irvine). 2010 Pedagogical Fellowship. Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (UC Irvine). 2007 Social Ecology Stipend and Fee Fellowship. School of Social Ecology (UC Irvine). GRANTS 2012 Law and Society Association Graduate Student Travel Award. 2012 Research Travel Grant (California State Archives, Sacramento, CA). Department of Women s Studies (UC Irvine). 2008- Summer Research Grants. Criminology, Law, and Society (UC Irvine). 2012 2010 Financial Award for The Transnational Family Reading Group. Center in Law, Society, and Culture, (UC Irvine). 2009 Financial Award for Gender and Power in Law and Society Reading Group. Center in Law, Society, and Culture (UC Irvine). CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Panels Organized: 2012 Media(ted) Resistance: Blueprints, Archives, and the Politics of Visibility (Co-organizer). American Studies Association Annual Meeting (November 14-18). Panelists: Anjali Nath, Rukshana Singh, Akhila Ananth, John Cheney-Lippold.
Ananth 3 2012 Diffusing Governance: Community, Justice, and the Changing Role of Local Government in Los Angeles (Organizer and Discussant). International Law and Society Conference (June 5-8). Panelists: Aaron Roussell, Nick Peterson, Tim Goddard, Akhila Ananth. 2009 Deconstructing Prisons/Education: A Trade-off for California? (Co-organizer). UC Irvine (March 9). Panelists: Angela Y. Davis, Elliot Currie, Cassandra Shaylor, and Sora Han. Conference Presentations: 2013 Deconstructing Black Motherhood: Race, Kinship, and the Domestic Spaces of the Edelman Children s Court Law and Society Conference (May 30-June 2). 2013 Policing Black Domesticity. USC American Studies & Ethnicity Graduate Student Conference (March 29-30). 2012 Blueprints on Pink Walls: Reading the Blueprints of the Edelman Children s Court. American Studies Association Annual Meeting (November 14-18). 2012 On the architectures of childhood and criminality. International Law and Society Conference (June 5-8). 2011 The Gracious Spaces of Children s Law. West Coast Law and Society Retreat (February 11-12). 2010 The Gracious Spaces of Children s Law. Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (June 10-12). 2009 Children s Courts and Public Architecture. West Coast Law and Society Retreat, Stanford University (October 16-17). OTHER SCHOLARLY TALKS 2012 Mandating and Mimicking of Domestic Space: An Examination of Monitored Family Visits in Edelman Children s Court. Department of Women s Studies, UC Irvine (November 28). 2012 Criminalizing Dependency. Center in Law, Society and Culture, UC Irvine (March 22). 2012 Foster Care and the Black American Family African Consciousness Quarter lecture for the Black Student Union, UC Irvine (February 17). 2009 Society in Law: An Ethnographic Study of the Dependency Courts in Los Angeles County. Department of Criminology, Law, and Society Graduate Student Colloquium (April 22).
Ananth 4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record: Ethics and the Politics of Justice (Undergraduate): Spring 2012 Naturalistic Field Methods (Undergraduate): Summer 2012, Summer 2013 Course Development: Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program (Graduate): 2010, 2011 Law and Society Module Reading List (Graduate): 2011 Children s Rights Course Syllabus and Anthology (Undergraduate) Ethics and the Politics of Justice Syllabus (Undergraduate) Naturalistic Field Research Syllabus (Undergraduate) Guest Lectures: The Evolution of Children s Law. Children s Rights (Undergraduate) Analyzing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. Naturalistic Field Research (Undergraduate) Indian Child Welfare and American Justice. Federal Law Enforcement (Undergraduate) Theories of Juvenile Justice. Intro to Criminology, Law and Society (Undergraduate) The Mark of a Criminal Record. Race, Ethnicity, and Social Control (Undergraduate) Teaching Assistantships: Race, Ethnicity, and Social Control (Undergraduate) Introduction to Criminology, Law, and Society (Undergraduate) Naturalistic Field Methods (Undergraduate) Criminological Theory (Undergraduate) Federal Law Enforcement (Undergraduate) Miscarriages of Justice (Undergraduate) Crime Hotspots (Undergraduate) Crime and Cinema (Undergraduate) PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, Doctoral Program Learning Outcomes & Strategic Plan (2011-2012) Directors: Susan B. Coutin (UCI), John Dombrink (UCI), Geoff K. Ward (UCI) Graduate Student Assistant, The Post-Public University and Its Discontents (2010-2011) Directors: Sora Han (UCI) & Roshanak Kheshti (UCSD) Conference Assistant and Co-Organizer, On Becoming Human (April 2011) Faculty Organizer: Sora Han (UCI, Criminology, Law and Society) Graduate Student Assistant, Center in Law, Society and Culture (2010-2012) Directors: Mona Lynch (UCI, Criminology, Law and Society) and Catherine Fisk (UCI, Law) Research Assistant, Introduction to Criminology, Law, and Society Assessment Project (2009) Principal Investigator: Donna Schuele (UCI, Criminology, Law and Society)
Ananth 5 Research Assistant, Transgender Inmate in California Prisons Project (2008) Principal Investigator: Valerie Jenness (UCI, Criminology, Law and Society) Research Analyst, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (2006) Director: Ravi Nair (New Delhi, India) DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Organizer, Dissertation Proposal Writing Group: 2013 Present. Member, Diverse Educational Community and Doctoral Experience (DECADE): 2012 Present. Workshop Facilitator, Social Ecology Honors Program: 2013. Graduate Student Representative, Assistant Professorship Hiring Committee: 2011. Panelist, Social Ecology Undergraduate Leadership Retreat: 2010. Member, Committee on Workshops, IRB, and Grants: 2009-2010, 2011-2012. Graduate Student Mentor, Criminology, Law and Society: 2008 Present. Organizer, Gender and Power in Law and Society Reading Group: 2009-2010. Volunteer, Graduate Student Recruitment: 2008, 2009. Coordinator, Graduate Student and Faculty Colloquium Series: 2008-2009. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH Workshop Facilitator, Heart of Los Angeles Alumni Retreat (Los Angeles, CA): 2013. National Organizer and L.A. Chapter Co-Founder, South Asians for Justice: 2011 Present. Volunteer Gardener, Community Services Unlimited (Los Angeles, CA): 2011 Present. Volunteer Caretaker, 1736 Family Crisis Center (Los Angeles, CA): 2010 Present. Volunteer Educator, Break the Cycle (Los Angeles, CA): 2007-2008 Tutor, Someone Cares Soup Kitchen (Costa Mesa, CA): 2008-2010. LANGUAGES English (speaking, reading, writing: fluent) Spanish (speaking, reading, writing: fluent) Kannada (speaking: fluent, reading and writing: good) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Law and Society Association: 2007 Present. American Studies Association: 2011 Present.
Ananth 6 REFERENCES Susan Bibler Coutin Associate Dean, Graduate Division Professor of Criminology, Law and Society; Anthropology 2369 Social Ecology II Irvine, CA 92697-7080 (949) 824-1447 scoutin@uci.edu Sora Han Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law & Society; Culture and Theory 2319 Social Ecology II Irvine, CA 92697-7080 (949) 824-0050 sora.han@uci.edu Lilith Mahmud Assistant Professor of Women s Studies; Anthropology; Culture and Theory 3214 Humanities Gateway Irvine, CA 92697-2655 (949) 824-6406 lmahmud@uci.edu Geoff K. Ward Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society; Sociology 2317 Social Ecology II Irvine, CA 92697-7080 (949) 824-4695 gward@uci.edu Tiffany Willoughby-Herard Assistant Professor, African-American Studies; Women s Studies; Culture and Theory 3224 Humanities Gateway Irvine, CA 92697-6850 (949) 824-7035 twilloug@uci.edu