July 2016 EDUCATION Curriculum Vitae ANIMA ADJEPONG Department of Sociology The University of Texas at Austin 305 E. 23 rd Street Austin Texas 78712 Email: adjepong@utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., Sociology, expected May 2017 Doctoral Portfolios. African and African Diaspora Studies; Women s and Gender Studies Dissertation. Afropolitan Projects: Creating community, identity, and belonging. Committee. Ben Carrington (Chair), Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Nestor Rodriguez, Toyin Falola (History), Jemima Pierre (Anthropology UCLA) M.A., Sociology, May 2013 Thesis: We kind of bro out with each other too : Gender, race and sexuality on and off the rugby pitch. Committee. Christine Williams (supervisor) and Ben Carrington (reader) Princeton University A.B., Comparative Literature, June 2009 Thesis. Radiant lyres! Gender and desire in the poetry of Sappho, Labé, and Tsvetaeva. Committee. Olga Hasty (supervisor) and Wendy Belcher (reader) RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Sexualities, Immigration, Culture, and Qualitative Methodology EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS 2016. Honorable Mention. Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. 2013. Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (3-year award). 2013. Barbara Brown Outstanding Student Paper Award, North American Sociology of Sport Society. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Adjepong A. In press. They are like badges of honour : Embodied respectability and women rugby players experiences of their bruises. Sport in Society. Adjepong, A. In press. We re, like, a cute rugby team : How whiteness and heterosexuality shape women s sense of belonging in rugby. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 1
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Adjepong, A and Carrington B. 2014. Black female athletes as space invaders in Jennifer Hargreaves and Eric Anderson (Eds). Routledge Handbook of Sports, Gender and Sexuality. London: Routledge Adjepong, A, Brown L, and Carrington B. 2013. Olympic Games in Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2 nd Edition). Farmington Hills, MI: Gage Cengage Learning MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW AND IN PROGRESS Adjepong, A. Periodically I pondered over it : Reading the absence/presence of women in Beyond a Boundary (book chapter submitted for 50 th anniversary of Beyond a Boundary). Adjepong, A. Invading ethnography: A queer of color approach (under review) Adjepong, A. Afropolitan Projects: African immigrant identities and solidarities in the United States (under review). Adjepong, A. All lives matter? On the racial politics of black African immigrants to the United States (working title, in preparation) INTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS 2015. COLA Summer Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts Ethnography Lab Dissertation Research Funding, Department of Sociology 2014. Graduate Dean s Prestigious Fellowship Supplement, College of Liberal Arts 2013. David Bruton, Jr. Endowment for Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships 2012. Summer Research Fellowship from the Sociology Department, University of Texas-Austin 2012-16. Professional Development Award, College of Liberal Arts 2011. Graduate School Fellowship, University of Texas-Austin 2008. Grant Award: Hendricks Fund in Comparative Literature, Princeton University. HONORS AND AWARDS 2014. Comprehensive Exams with Distinction. Race and Ethnicity / Postcolonialism and Diaspora: African Migration. Temple Award in the Study of Women in History, Center for Women and Gender Studies, The University of Texas at Austin Michael H. Granof Outstanding Masters Thesis Award, The University of Texas at Austin 2
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 2016. All lives matter? On the racial politics of black African immigrants to the United States. Paper to be presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. They said here is a Christian country : How Ghanaians in Houston Employ Christianity to Gain Sociopolitical and Cultural Belonging. Paper to be presented at the Third ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna Austria. Invading ethnography: A queer of color critique. UT Africa Conference. The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX. 2015. I want Ghana to continue to live in the U.S. : Cultural identity among second-generation Ghanaian immigrants. Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 2014. Reflecting reflexivity: How perceptions of researcher s perceived race, gender, and sexuality construct the in-depth interview. Paper presented at North American Sociology of Sport Society Annual Conference, Portland, OR. Culture, belonging and gendered friendships - An ethnographic study of ethnic associations in Central Texas. Paper presented at the Conference of Ford Fellows. Irvine, CA. 2013. (Dis)investing in privilege: Race, gender, and sexuality on and off the rugby pitch. Paper presented at the Conference of Ford Fellows. Washington, DC. What do you call a white woman with one black eye? Alternate readings of bruises on women rugby players. Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. Reading gender in Beyond a Boundary. Paper presented at CLR James Beyond a Boundary, 50 th Anniversary Conference. Glasgow, Scotland. 2012. Contesting gender and racialized identities: An analysis of women's rugby in the U.S. Paper presented at North American Sociology of Sport Society Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Play-forms of association: An examination of how women s rugby teams develop sociability and organic solidarity. Paper presented at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Race, class, and female masculinities: Women s rugby as a site for examining black female masculinities. Paper presented at International Sociology of Sports Association Congress, Glasgow, Scotland. Black female masculinities. Paper presented at Fourth Biennial Graduate Gender Symposium, Akron, OH. 3
INVITED TALKS 2015. Guest Lecture, African sexualities: A brief introduction. Introduction to African Studies. 2014. Guest Lecture, Violence and bullying in schools: Policing masculinity in high school. Sociology of Education. Guest Lecture, Fitness and a healthy body: Sports, gender, and the social construction of healthy bodies. Sociology of Health and Well-Being. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013. Research Consultant, Education is Freedom (Education Pioneers) Dallas, TX. 2012. Research Assistant for Dr. Ben Carrington, University of Texas Center for African and African American Studies. 2012-13. Prevention and Outreach Graduate Assistant, Voices Against Violence University of Texas. 2009-11. Research Associate, Education Advisory Board. November 2009 July 2011 2009. Rugby Education, Finance & Administration Officer, Lao Rugby Federation (Princeton-in- Asia Fellow). 2008-09. President, SpeakOut (Advocacy and Awareness Group), Princeton University TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012-15. Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin Sport in English Society; Sociology of Health and Well-Being; Life and Death Decision SERVICE 2014 Co-organizer, Race and Ethnicity Group, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin. 2014 Graduate student representative, Graduate Steering Committee, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin. 2013. Panelist for Departmental External Review, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin. 2013. Organizer, LGBT Family Summit, The University of Texas at Austin. 2011 Prospective Applicant Interviewer, Princeton University. REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS Gender & Society; International Review for the Sociology of Sport; Sociological Focus; Sociological Insights Journal 4
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association (Sections: Race, Gender, and Class; Sociology of Culture; International Migration). North American Sociology of Sports Society. LANGUAGES Moderate fluency in French; Moderate fluency in Akan 5