Caitlin B. Homrich-Knieling has extensive experience in community organizing, anti-racism education, and teaching. She received her M.A. in Anthropology from UMass Amherst with a thesis on forms of antiracism and her B.A. in Anthropology from Central Michigan University summa cum laude. Her community organizing internships included outreach in Spanish and English, leadership development, and website design. As an anti-racism educator she facilitated discussions and engaged stakeholders. She also has experience as a graduate teaching assistant leading discussion sections and assisting professors.

1. Caitlin B. Homrich-Knieling
497 Prentis Street, Detroit, MI | (989)551-2248 | caitlin.homrich@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.A. Anthropology 2014-2016
Thesis: The Process to Political Mobilization in Five College Capitalism: Forms of Antiracism,
Personal Reflection, and Community-Building.
Central Michigan University
B.A. Anthropology, Minors: English Liberal Arts and Spanish 2010-2014
Summa cum Laude
University Honors Program Thesis: The drudgery of society: A school reconciles public education
policy with rural community values.
Spanish Immersion Semester, Dominican Republic Spring 2013
Study Abroad, Bolivia Summer 2012
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Pioneer Valley Project
Coalitional Organizing Intern May-August 2015 and June 2016
 Conducted community outreach throughout the diverse neighborhoods of Springfield,
Massachusetts. Spoke in Spanish and English with community members who were citizens,
immigrants, and refugees about their needs, struggles, and personal experiences with housing,
schools, and the criminal justice system. This outreach grew the organization and strengthened its
policy campaigns.
 Researched, cataloged, and presented data on: new target communities and their potential needs,
city government policies and property, tax, and title data, and existing conditions of housing,
schools, and employment through academic reports, government data, interviews, and fieldwork.
 Engaged community members in leadership development through creating collaborative spaces
between diverse community organizations of refugees, immigrants, unions, places of worship, and
city government officials in which we collectively solved problems in the community.
 Designed the organization’s new, upcoming website and outreach flyers in Spanish and English.
Amherst Coming Together for Racial Justice
Anti-Racism Education Facilitator November 2014-May 2016
 Engaged and educated the public in a curriculum on past and present racism in the U.S., which
required public outreach, facilitating community events, public speaking, maintaining a database of
members, and planning and facilitating highly-individualized educative processes for long-term
focus groups.
 Met with various community stakeholders with different perspectives to engage in dialogue,
education, and problem-solving regarding the problem of racism in Amherst.
University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology
Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2014-May 2016
 Lead three, 20-student sections in discussion each week, which required lesson-planning,
facilitation of discussion, and considering the backgrounds of a diverse array of youth in order to
effectively bridge each student’s knowledge and perspectives with course content.
 Assist the professor in developing, executing, and grading course assignments and exams, using
university software, answering student questions, and managing lectures of 200+ students.
LANGUAGES English for Research and Marketing Spanish for Conversation and Reading
REFERENCES Jen Sandler Tara Parrish Russ Vernon-Jones
UMass Anthropology Pioneer Valley Project Coming Together
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