CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING
M.A. Anthropology | University of Massachusetts Amherst | caitlin.homrich@gmail.com
RESEARCH INTERESTS
U.S. culture and politics, critical race theory, violence theory, inequality and oppression, antiracism
education, social justice movements, community organizing, schooling, policy, ethics, participatory-
action research, autoethnography
EDUCATION
M.A. 2014-2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst Anthropology
M.A. Thesis: The Process to Political Mobilization in Five College
Capitalism: Forms of Antiracism, Personal Reflection, and Community-
Building. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Walker Johnson
B.A. 2010-2014 Central Michigan University, Anthropology
Summa cum Laude
University Honors Program Thesis: The drudgery of society: A school
reconciles public education policy with rural community values.
Faculty advisor: Dr. Lauren Miller Griffith
Spring 2013 Spanish Immersion Semester, Dominican Republic
Summer 2012 Anthropology Field School, Bolivia. Faculty advisor: Dr. Sergio Chavez
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2014-16 Principal Investigator, Identity & Action in Anti-Racism Community Education, University
of Massachusetts Amherst. Long-term participatory and autoethnography research with
community-based focus group, Amherst Coming Together. Faculty advisor: Dr. Amanda
Walker Johnson.
Spr 2016 Co-Investigator, Grassroots Community Organizing Course, University of Massachusetts
Amherst. Faculty advisor: Jen Sandler.
Fall 2015 Co-Investigator, W.E.B. Du Bois Library applied anthropological research, University of
Massachusetts Amherst. Faculty Advisor: Krista Harper.
2013-14 Co-Investigator, Honors & Intersectionality Research Project, Central Michigan
University Honors Program. Oral history research, interview, coding, interpretation, and
writing. Two student co-investigators, faculty advisor Dr. Phame Camarena.
Fall 2013 Research Assistant, Achieving in the Academy Project, Central Michigan University
Honors Program. Oral history research, transcribing, grounded theory coding, validity
checking. 10-student team, faculty advisor Dr. Phame Camarena.
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Fall 2012 Principal Investigator, What is Rural Educational Achievement?, Central Michigan
University. BA ethnographic field research, interviews, participant observation, coding,
interpretation, and writing. Faculty advisor Dr. Lauren Miller Griffith.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015-16 Editorial team member, Landscapes of Violence Journal, University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
2015-16 Community Organizing Internship, Pioneer Valley Project and UMass Allied for
Community Transformation.
Smr 2015 Marketing and Publicity Internship, University of Massachusetts Press.
Spr 2015 Moodle training, Office of Instructional Technology, University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
Fall 2011 Informal internship, Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching, Central Michigan University.
LANGUAGES
Spanish (4 years formal training)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Spr 2016 Archaeology and Prehistory UMass Amherst Dr. Sonya Atalay
Fall 2015 Culture, People, and Society UMass Amherst Dr. Milena Marchesi
Spr 2015 Archaeology and Prehistory UMass Amherst Dr. Katie Kirakosian
Fall 2014 Ancient Civilizations UMass Amherst Dr. Michael Sugarman
Spr 2014 Latino America in the U.S. CMU Dr. Alejandra Rengifo
TUTOR
2012-14 English as a Second Language CMU English Language Institute
2011-12 Archaeology of the Americas CMU
2011-12 Human Origins CMU
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Harper, K. M; Sesma, E; Giraldo, V., “The Library as a Campus Space: Social Belonging
and Inequality.” Article in process.
2014 Dziesinski, A; Homrich, C; & Camarena, P., “Navigating intersectionality in the context of
honors: A responsibility for enlightenment and empowerment”.Chapter in edited
volume, Occupy Honors Education, National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs
Series, revise and resubmit.
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PRESENTATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
2012 Homrich, C., “The rural community on education and the university: Exploring a
disconnect,” paper presented to the Annual meetings of the American Anthropological
Association on an invited panel session, San Francisco, November 17.
2012 Homrich C; & Page, A., “Learning Roots: A student initiative,” paper presented to the
Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mount Pleasant, May 9.
2011 Camarena, P; Homrich, C; Schrand, K; & Schrand, E., “What Hollywood can teach us
about Transformative Learning Theory,” paper presented to the Lilly Conference on
Teaching and Learning, Traverse City, September 22.
POSTERS
Homrich, C., “The drudgery of society: A school reconciles public education policy with rural
community values,” poster presented to:
2014 The Central Michigan University Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition,
Mount Pleasant, April 22.
2014 The Central Michigan University Capitol Scholars, Lansing, March 25.
2013 The Central Michigan University Honors Exhibition, Mount Pleasant, December 3.
2013 The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 23.
2012 Camarena, P; Homrich, C; Schrand, K; & Schrand, E., “Transformative Learning in Film,”
poster presented to the Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mount
Pleasant, May 8.
2012 Homrich, C; & Doyel, J., “Education and the Miami Latino population,” poster presented
to the Central Michigan University Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition,
Mount Pleasant, April 19.
AWARDS GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation (Honorable
mention)
2014 Margaret Mead Fellowship, Columbia University Teachers College ($13,440, awarded
and declined)
2014 Outstanding Social Science Research Project Award, Central Michigan University Honors
Program
2013 Best Job Presenting Project, Central Michigan University Honors Program
2012 Student Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences ($250)
2012 Undergraduate Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University Office of Research and
Sponsored Programs ($350)
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2012 Conference Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University Department of Sociology,
Anthropology, and Social Work ($94)
2010 Centralis Scholar Award, Central Michigan University Honors Program ($82,000)
SERVICE
Spr 15 Graduate Student Facilitator, UMass Amherst Anthropology Community-Building
Workshop
2015-16 Graduate Representative, UMass Allied for Community Transformation Advisory Board
2013-14 Student Representative, Quality Initiative of Central Michigan University
2011-12 Student Representative, Speaker Series Committee of the Central Michigan University
Academic Senate. Speaker brought to university: Dr. Jane Goodall.

HomrichKnieling CV 2016 Research

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    CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING M.A. Anthropology| University of Massachusetts Amherst | caitlin.homrich@gmail.com RESEARCH INTERESTS U.S. culture and politics, critical race theory, violence theory, inequality and oppression, antiracism education, social justice movements, community organizing, schooling, policy, ethics, participatory- action research, autoethnography EDUCATION M.A. 2014-2016 University of Massachusetts Amherst Anthropology M.A. Thesis: The Process to Political Mobilization in Five College Capitalism: Forms of Antiracism, Personal Reflection, and Community- Building. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Walker Johnson B.A. 2010-2014 Central Michigan University, Anthropology Summa cum Laude University Honors Program Thesis: The drudgery of society: A school reconciles public education policy with rural community values. Faculty advisor: Dr. Lauren Miller Griffith Spring 2013 Spanish Immersion Semester, Dominican Republic Summer 2012 Anthropology Field School, Bolivia. Faculty advisor: Dr. Sergio Chavez RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2014-16 Principal Investigator, Identity & Action in Anti-Racism Community Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Long-term participatory and autoethnography research with community-based focus group, Amherst Coming Together. Faculty advisor: Dr. Amanda Walker Johnson. Spr 2016 Co-Investigator, Grassroots Community Organizing Course, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Faculty advisor: Jen Sandler. Fall 2015 Co-Investigator, W.E.B. Du Bois Library applied anthropological research, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Faculty Advisor: Krista Harper. 2013-14 Co-Investigator, Honors & Intersectionality Research Project, Central Michigan University Honors Program. Oral history research, interview, coding, interpretation, and writing. Two student co-investigators, faculty advisor Dr. Phame Camarena. Fall 2013 Research Assistant, Achieving in the Academy Project, Central Michigan University Honors Program. Oral history research, transcribing, grounded theory coding, validity checking. 10-student team, faculty advisor Dr. Phame Camarena.
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    CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING PAGE2 Fall 2012 Principal Investigator, What is Rural Educational Achievement?, Central Michigan University. BA ethnographic field research, interviews, participant observation, coding, interpretation, and writing. Faculty advisor Dr. Lauren Miller Griffith. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2015-16 Editorial team member, Landscapes of Violence Journal, University of Massachusetts Amherst. 2015-16 Community Organizing Internship, Pioneer Valley Project and UMass Allied for Community Transformation. Smr 2015 Marketing and Publicity Internship, University of Massachusetts Press. Spr 2015 Moodle training, Office of Instructional Technology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Fall 2011 Informal internship, Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching, Central Michigan University. LANGUAGES Spanish (4 years formal training) TEACHING EXPERIENCE TEACHING ASSISTANT Spr 2016 Archaeology and Prehistory UMass Amherst Dr. Sonya Atalay Fall 2015 Culture, People, and Society UMass Amherst Dr. Milena Marchesi Spr 2015 Archaeology and Prehistory UMass Amherst Dr. Katie Kirakosian Fall 2014 Ancient Civilizations UMass Amherst Dr. Michael Sugarman Spr 2014 Latino America in the U.S. CMU Dr. Alejandra Rengifo TUTOR 2012-14 English as a Second Language CMU English Language Institute 2011-12 Archaeology of the Americas CMU 2011-12 Human Origins CMU PUBLICATIONS 2016 Harper, K. M; Sesma, E; Giraldo, V., “The Library as a Campus Space: Social Belonging and Inequality.” Article in process. 2014 Dziesinski, A; Homrich, C; & Camarena, P., “Navigating intersectionality in the context of honors: A responsibility for enlightenment and empowerment”.Chapter in edited volume, Occupy Honors Education, National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs Series, revise and resubmit.
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    CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING PAGE3 PRESENTATIONS PROFESSIONAL PAPERS 2012 Homrich, C., “The rural community on education and the university: Exploring a disconnect,” paper presented to the Annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association on an invited panel session, San Francisco, November 17. 2012 Homrich C; & Page, A., “Learning Roots: A student initiative,” paper presented to the Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mount Pleasant, May 9. 2011 Camarena, P; Homrich, C; Schrand, K; & Schrand, E., “What Hollywood can teach us about Transformative Learning Theory,” paper presented to the Lilly Conference on Teaching and Learning, Traverse City, September 22. POSTERS Homrich, C., “The drudgery of society: A school reconciles public education policy with rural community values,” poster presented to: 2014 The Central Michigan University Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition, Mount Pleasant, April 22. 2014 The Central Michigan University Capitol Scholars, Lansing, March 25. 2013 The Central Michigan University Honors Exhibition, Mount Pleasant, December 3. 2013 The American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 23. 2012 Camarena, P; Homrich, C; Schrand, K; & Schrand, E., “Transformative Learning in Film,” poster presented to the Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mount Pleasant, May 8. 2012 Homrich, C; & Doyel, J., “Education and the Miami Latino population,” poster presented to the Central Michigan University Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition, Mount Pleasant, April 19. AWARDS GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2015 Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation (Honorable mention) 2014 Margaret Mead Fellowship, Columbia University Teachers College ($13,440, awarded and declined) 2014 Outstanding Social Science Research Project Award, Central Michigan University Honors Program 2013 Best Job Presenting Project, Central Michigan University Honors Program 2012 Student Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences ($250) 2012 Undergraduate Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University Office of Research and Sponsored Programs ($350)
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    CAITLIN HOMRICH-KNIELING PAGE4 2012 Conference Presentation Grant, Central Michigan University Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work ($94) 2010 Centralis Scholar Award, Central Michigan University Honors Program ($82,000) SERVICE Spr 15 Graduate Student Facilitator, UMass Amherst Anthropology Community-Building Workshop 2015-16 Graduate Representative, UMass Allied for Community Transformation Advisory Board 2013-14 Student Representative, Quality Initiative of Central Michigan University 2011-12 Student Representative, Speaker Series Committee of the Central Michigan University Academic Senate. Speaker brought to university: Dr. Jane Goodall.