Curriculum Vitae

Education

December 2017
PhD Anthropology, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

May 2009
MA Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

March 2005
BA International Politics & Economics, Russian, Middlebury College

Employment

April, 2018 – present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany

•    Department “Resilience and Transformation in Eurasia.” (April 2018 – September 2022, including parental leave). Project: “Words to Sow: Language, Land, and Violence in Ukraine”
•    Max Planck-Cambridge Center for the Study of Ethics, Economy, and Social Change (2019-2021). Project: “Ghostwriters: Authorship, Ethics, and Labor in the Digital Age”
•    Department “Anthropology of Economic Experimentation.” Project in Development: “Where the World Says ‘I Do’: Marriage, Migration, and How Denmark Became Capital of the International Wedding Industry”

Honours, Fellowships, and Grants

United States & International Competitions:

2012    
Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship

2012    
Fulbright Fellowship (Ukraine)

2012    
International Research & Exchange Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Research     Opportunities Fellowship

2011    
U.S. Department of State Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Grant

Competitive Awards from University of Michigan (selected)

2017    
Proquest Distinguished Dissertation Award (nominated)

2015    
Rackham Humanities Fellowship (declined)

2014    
Ukrainian National Women’s League Research Grant

2012    
Rackham International Research Award

2010    
Center for International & Comparative Studies Pre-Candidacy Research Grant

2008    
Foreign Language & Area Studies (U.S. Title VI FLAS) Grant for Summer Study of Ukrainian at Ivan Franko National University in L’viv, Ukraine

2007-9    
Foreign Language & Area Studies (U.S. Title VI FLAS) Fellowship for Academic Year Study of Ukrainian at University of Michigan.

Teaching

Instructor of Record

Autumn/Winter 2018-2019 – “Introduction to Economic Anthropology.” Seminar for Ethnology, University of Halle-Wittenberg.

Winter 2018 – “Stranger Danger?” Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Middlebury College

Winter 2015 – “Gossip, Rumor, and Lies.” Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Middlebury College

Spring 2014 – “Gossip, Rumor, and Lies.” Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Graduate Student Instructor

Winter, 2012 – “Introduction to Four-Field Anthropology” with Dr. Thomas Chivens at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Fall, 2011 – “Language and Culture” (upper division) with Prof. Alaina Lemon at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Winter, 2011 – “Language in Society” (lower division) with Prof. Michael Lempert at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Fall, 2010 – “Language and Culture” (upper division) with Prof. Michael Lempert at University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Service

2016-2019
Independent editor for academic book and article manuscripts in the social sciences and humanities

2015-2019
Contributing Editor at Anthropology News for Soyuz, the postsocialist studies research network. Solicited and edited fresh ethnographic takes on postsocialist life

2015-2016
Editorial Assistant at Comparative Studies in Society and History. Processed new manuscripts and coordinated internal and external review. Helped facilitate the transition between editors-in-chief. Provided additional editorial assistance as needed

Reviewer for American Anthropologist, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Europe-Asia Studies, Lithuanian ethnology and Routledge Publishing.