1. LAURA CUNNINGHAM
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY  WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY  DETROIT, MI
laura.cunningham@wayne.edu  309-310-8703 (CELL)
Anthropology Gradute Student Organization Social Media Director
Transformations Graduate Conference Director
wayne.academia.edu/Cunningham
E D U C A T I O N
2016 M.A. IN ANTHROPOLOGY, LINGUISTICS
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Essay: “The Micro and Macro Sphere Model of Discourse Within Twitter: Hashtag
Activism and the National Hockey League
Advisor: Stephen Chrisomalis
2013 B.S. IN ANTHROPOLOGY (Religious Studies Minor)
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Thesis: “I Am My Brother’s Keeper: Fictive Kinship in an American Subculture”
2011 A.S. IN GENERAL STUDIES
Heartland Community College, Normal, IL
G R A N T / H O N O R S
2015 GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, $12,000
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2014 GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, $12,000
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2013 LAMBDA ALPHA HONORS SOCIETY
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
P R O F E S S I O N A L
E X P E R I E N C E
2013 - 2015 CONTRACT ARCHAEOLOGIST
Public Service Archaeology & Architecture Program
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2012 - 2013 UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2011 - 2013 ARCHAEOLOGY LAB ASSISTANT
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
R E S E A R C H
E X P E R I E N C E
PRIMARY RESEARCHER
2015-2016 Online ethnographic research, Spheres of Discourse on Twitter
Data collection, analysis, presentation.
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Chrisomalis, Wayne State University
2015 Online ethnographic research, Twitter Hashtags

2. Data collection, analysis, presentation.
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Chrisomalis, Wayne State University
2014 Online ethnographic research, Feminism in Subculture
Data collection, analysis, presentation.
Advisor: Dr. Jim Stanlaw, Illinois State University 2010
2013 Ethnographic fieldwork, Fictive Kinship
Data collection, analysis, presentation.
Advisor: Dr. Jim Stanlaw, Illinois State University
2012 ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL
Grand Island Archaeology Project, Munising, MI
Phase III Excavation
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Skibo, Illinois State University and Eric Drake, United States
Forest Service
P R O F E S S I O N A L
P R E S E N T A T I O N S
2016 Cunningham, Laura
2015 The Impact of the Haudenosaunee on the Canadian Toponymic Landscape. Paper
presented at the annual Transformations Graduate Conference, Detroit, MI.
2015 Cunningham, Laura
2015 #NotAllMen and the Blame Game: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Rape Culture in On-
line Media. Poster presented at the annual American Anthropological Association
Meeting, Denver, CO
2015 Cunningham, Laura
2015 #NotAllMen and the Blame Game: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Rape Culture in On-
line Media. Paper presented at the annual Wayne State Masters Showcase, Detroit, MI.
Cunningham, Laura
2015 #NotAllMen and the Blame Game: a critical discourse analysis of a Twitter hashtag.
Paper presented at the annual Transformations Graduate Conference, Detroit, MI.
2014 Cunningham, Laura
2014 Warrior Goddesses and Matronly Allies: An Exploration of Sex, Class, and Leadership in
an American Subculture. Paper presented in the panel “Ethnographies of American
Youth Subcultures" at the annual meeting of the Central States Anthropology Society,
Normal, IL.
2013 Jolliff, Laura
2013 Fictive Kinship in American Sub-culture: We are our Brother's Keeper. Paper presented
in the panel “The Dynamics of Presentation of Self Betwixt and Between Subcultures,
Foreign and Domestic " at the annual meeting of the Central States Anthropology
Society, St. Louis, MO.
P R O F E S S I O N A L
A N D E D U C A T I O N A L
M E M B E R S H I P S

3. 2015 SOCIETY FOR LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
2013 ALPHA LAMBDA ANTHROPOLOGY HONORS SOCIETY
2013 CENTRAL STATES ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY
2015 AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY ASSOCIATION
2015 MICHIGAN STATE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
2015 AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION