Meghan Krausch Department of Sociology 909 Social Sciences Building 267 19th Ave South kraus310@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-4300 EDUCATION 2014 (expected) Ph.D. Sociology, Dissertation Committee: Douglas Hartmann (advisor), David Naguib Pellow, Teresa Gowan, Rachel Schurman, Amy Kaminsky Title: Redefining Social Movement: Utopianism and Popular Education in Buenos Aires 2002 B.A. (Honors), International Studies, University of Chicago 2000-01 Study abroad program, Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Utopianism, social movements, global and transnational sociology, feminisms and gender, social change and political sociology, Argentina and Latin America, ethnography and qualitative methodology, race/ethnicity RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE Designed and instructed three courses independently at the Conducted 11 months ethnographic fieldwork in Argentina Established international contacts and designed multi-sited qualitative dissertation research Conducted open-ended interviews with diverse populations in English and Spanish (multiple projects) Assisted with course grading, preparation, and discussion sections for 8 courses Prepared bibliography for Hartmann public sociology talk Assisted with editorial tasks and article development for Contexts FELLOWSHIPS 2011 Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development Fellowship ($25,000) For 11 months of dissertation research in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2007-12 Beverly and Richard Fink Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota ($25,000) $12,500 each for first and fifth years of study
TEACHING Instructor Spring 2013 SOC 1001 Introduction to Sociology Fall 2012 SOC 3211W American Race Relations Summer 2012 SOC 3251W Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender Teaching Assistant Fall 2010 SOC 3251 Consume This! Spring 2010 SOC 3801 Lab instructor- Sociological Research Methods Fall 2009 SOC 3801 Lab instructor- Sociological Research Methods Spring 2009 SOC 3251W Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender Fall 2008 SOC 4966W Senior Projects Summer 2008 SOC 3801W Lab instructor- Sociological Research Methods University of Chicago Teaching Assistant Fall 1999 Winter 1999 MATH 10500 Fundamental Mathematics I MATH 10600 Fundamental Mathematics II Pedagogical Training 2012 Commenting on and Grading Student Writing 2-day workshop 2010 GWSS5103 Feminist Pedagogies 2008 TA Training and Mentoring Workshop Experimental Community Education of the Twin Cities (EXCO), Minneapolis, MN Facilitator Summer 2013 Fall 2012 Latin American Film Festival Before Occupy: Horizontalism and Social Movements in Argentina People s High School, Buenos Aires, Argentina Co-instructor March December 2011 Social Sciences (secondary school level for adults) Meghan Krausch (Page 2 of 6)
RESEARCH Publications: Academic Krausch, Meghan. 2013. Building Schools and Futures with Utopian Social Movements in Buenos Aires. In Global Movements, National Grievances: Mobilizing for Real Democracy and Social Justice, edited by Benjamín Tejerina and Ignacia Perugorría. Bilbao, Spain: Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco. Krausch, Meghan. 2008-2009. Discoveries section. Contexts 7(2), 7(3), 7(4), 8(1), 8(2), 8(3), 8(4). Corl, Amelia Cotton, and Meghan Krausch. 2008-2009. Reflected Appraisals. Contexts 7(4), 8(1), 8(2), 8(3). Publications: Popular Krausch, Meghan. 2012. Racist Halloween Costumes. Teaching TSP, October 25, http://thesocietypages.org/teaching/2012/10/25/racist-halloween-costumes/ Krausch, Meghan. 2006. The Fast and the Furious. Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Issue 33. Krausch, Meghan. 2004. Homeless in C-U. Public i, August 2004, page 4-5. Newspaper of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. Krausch, Meghan. 2003. You Have the Right to Remain Silent. Public i, December 2003-January 2004, page 6-7. Newspaper of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. Krausch, Meghan. 2003. Why We Must Stop the FTAA. Public i, November 2003, page 10. Newspaper of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. Krausch, Meghan. 2003. The Neoliberal Noose Hanging Nicaragua. Public i, May 2003, page 8-9. Newspaper of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. From December 2004 to May 2005, I also wrote a weekly column Know Your Neighbors for the Hub, an arts and entertainment paper in Champaign, IL. Work in Progress Krausch, Meghan, and Douglas Hartmann. Revitalizing Social Movement Theory by Rethinking Social Change. Working paper; draft available. Krausch, Meghan. Feminism(s) in Practice: The Sport, Business, and Politics of Roller Derby. Working paper; draft available. Antón, Gustavo, and Meghan Krausch. Radical Disobedience: A Conceptual Model for Feminist Social Change. Working paper; draft available. Meghan Krausch (Page 3 of 6)
Presentations Krausch, Meghan. August 2013. Changing the Present: Utopianism and Social Movements in Buenos Aires. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Race, Gender, and Class Roundtable. New York, NY. Krausch, Meghan. August 2012. Redefining Social Movement: Utopianism and People s Education in Buenos Aires. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Panel Session. Denver, CO. (Accepted but unable to attend.) Krausch, Meghan. August 2012. Building Schools and Futures with Utopian Social Movements in Buenos Aires. International Sociological Association Second Forum of Sociology, Joint panel session of RC07 and RC48. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Krausch, Meghan. May 2012. From Marginalization to Utopianism in Post-2001 Buenos Aires. Latin American Studies Association Congress, Panel Session. San Francisco, CA. Krausch, Meghan, and Douglas Hartmann*. March 2011. Revitalizing Social Movement Theory by Rethinking Social Change. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Panel Session on Social Movements. St. Louis, MO. Krausch, Meghan. August 2009. Feminism(s) in Practice: The Sport, Business, and Politics of Roller Derby. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Regular Session on Sociology of Sport. San Francisco, CA. Antón, Gustavo, and Meghan Krausch*. August 2009. Disobedience, Gender, and Autonomist Social Movements. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Regular Session on Social Justice. San Francisco, CA. Krausch, Meghan. April 2009. Feminism(s) in Practice: The Sport, Business, and Politics of Roller Derby. Sociological Research Institute, Department of Sociology, Minneapolis, MN. Contexts: A Town Hall Meeting Featured panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society. St. Louis, MO, March 2008 * Presenting authors. OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 2013 Anna Welsch Bright Memorial Award, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota ($5000) 2008-2013 Professional Development Award, Department of Sociology, ($3000) 2012 Council of Graduate Students Travel Award, ($2073.60) Meghan Krausch (Page 4 of 6)
2011 Public Sociology Award, Sociological Research Institute, Department of Sociology, 2010 Graduate Research Partnership Program, with Prof. Douglas Hartmann, College of Liberal Arts, ($4,000) 2008 Minnesota Exits and Entries Project Research Fellowship, Life Course Center, Department of Sociology, ($500) 2008 Director of Graduate Studies Discretionary Funds Award, Department of Sociology, ($750) 1998-2002 Dean s List, University of Chicago 1998-2002 National Merit Award, University of Chicago 2000-2001 Bridging Scholarship, Association of Teachers of Japanese 1998 National Merit Finalist, National Merit Scholarship Corporation PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY 2012- Co-organizer, Popular Education and Militant Research Center, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Speaker, Equal Justice Alliance Speaker Series, with Raphi Rechitsky and David Naguib Pellow. Anarchists as Domestic Enemies, Academic Research as Conspiracy: Old Tropes in a Recent Green Scare Case. 2010 Speaker, Third Annual Conference on Rightist Movements, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY. With Raphi Rechitsky and David Naguib Pellow. Anarchists as Domestic Enemies, Academic Research as Conspiracy: Old Tropes in a Recent Green Scare Case. 2007-09 Board member, Contexts Graduate Student Editorial Board OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 2009 Interim Managing Editor, Contexts 2008 Academic Editor, Routledge Social Issues Collection 2006-2007 Housing and Benefits Advocate, Sanctuary for Families, a domestic violence shelter and services provider in New York City, NY 2005-2006 Case Manager, Safe Horizon Queens Criminal Court Program, a walk-in service Meghan Krausch (Page 5 of 6)
provider to victims of violent crimes in New York City, NY 2003-2005 House Supervisor, Center for Women in Transition, a transitional shelter for homeless women and children in Champaign, IL 2004-2005 Coordinator, Union of Professional Employees, membership organization for faculty of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 2002-2006 Assistant Journals Production Editor and Freelance Copyeditor, University of Illinois Press SERVICE 2009-2014 First Year Mentoring Program 2010-2011 Scholars for Academic Justice 2010 Sociological Research Institute Planning Committee PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Sociologists for Women and Society International Sociological Association Latin American Studies Association Society for the Study of Social Problems American Sociological Association Minnesota Sociologists for Women and Society REFERENCES Douglas Hartmann Professor, Sociology 909 Social Sciences 267 19 th Avenue South (612) 624-0835 hartm021@umn.edu Teresa Gowan Associate Professor, Sociology 909 Social Sciences 267 19 th Avenue South (612) 626-1863 tgowan@umn.edu David Pellow Professor, Sociology Don Martindale Endowed Chair 909 Social Sciences 267 19 th Avenue South (612) 624-5006 dpellow@umn.edu Meghan Krausch (Page 6 of 6)