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María Lis Baiocchi Department of University of Pittsburgh 3302 WWPH Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-7500 [email protected]

Education 2012-current University of Pittsburgh (U Pitt), Pittsburgh, PA PhD Anthropology (Social & Cultural Anthropology sub-field) Doctoral Certificate in Cultural Studies Doctoral Certificate in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies PhD Dissertation: “Becoming Workers: Changing Labor and Domestic Workers’ Challenges in Buenos Aires, Argentina” GPA: 3.97 (on a 4-point scale)

2007-2008 Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary MA Sociology and Social Anthropology with Distinction MA Thesis: “The Activist Self: Collective Identity in Anti-Nationalist, Anti- Militarist, Feminist Mobilization in Serbia” GPA: 3.89 (on a 4-point scale)

2003-2007 College of the Atlantic (COA), Bar Harbor, ME BA Human BA Senior Project: “The Personal is the Political: A Study of the Development of Feminist Consciousness in Rosario, Argentina” GPA: 3.79 (on a 4-point scale)

Spring 2006 School for International Training (SIT), Zagreb, Croatia Study Abroad: The Balkans: Gender, Transformation, and Civil Society Independent Study Project: “Muslim Women’s Religious and Feminist Identities A Study of Muslim Feminism in the Bosnian Context” GPA: 4.00 (on a 4-point scale)

Publications 2019 Book Review: Gender, Migration, and the Work of Care: A Multi-Scalar Approach to the Pacific Rim Edited by Sonya Michel and Ito Peng. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 316 pp., $159.99 (cloth); $119 (e-book). Gender & Society, 33(1): 150-152.

2009 “Women in Black: Mobilization into anti-nationalist, anti-militarist, feminist activism in Serbia.” CEU Journal, 4(4), 469-500.

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Conference Presentations Fall 2018 “The Patriarchal State and its Limits: On Domestic Workers Experiences with Equal Labor Rights in Buenos Aires, Argentina.” Presented at the session “Care Work, Sex Work, and the Fear of Trafficking,” Association for Feminist Anthropology section, 117th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting: Change in the Anthropological Imagination, November 14th-18th, San Jose, CA.

Spring 2018 “‘When Are You Going to “Whiten Me” (i.e., “Register Me,”) Ma’am?’: on Domestic Workers’ Emotional Labor in Becoming Subjects with Rights in Buenos Aires, Argentina.” Presented at the panel “Interdisciplinary Contributions on the Reality of Domestic and Care Work in Latin America,” Labor Studies and Class Relations section, XXXVI Latin American Studies Association Annual Congress LASA2018: Latin American Studies in a Globalized World, May 23rd- 26th, Barcelona, Spain. I also served as Session Organizer for this panel.

Fall 2017 “‘If They Had Valued What I Did for Their Mother I Would Not Have Done This to Them’: On Domestic Workers’ Ways of Relating in the Workplace since the Implementation of 26844.” Presented at the Working Group “Economy, Proximity, and Affect: Anthropological Approaches,” XII Mercosur Anthropology Meeting (RAM XII): Ethnographic Experiences, Challenges, and Actions for the Twenty-First Century, December 4th-7th, Posadas, Argentina.

Fall 2015 “Domestic Work in Latin America: A Policy Analysis of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.” Presented at the panel “Economic Development,” 20th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference, November 13th-14th, Pittsburgh, PA.

Spring 2015 “‘Neither Maids, nor Servants: Workers’: An Analysis of the Exclusion of Domestic Work from Labor Law in Argentina.” Presented at the panel “Inclusion and Exclusion in Latin America,” U Pitt’s Graduate Program for Cultural Studies Annual Common Seminar Colloquium, April 1st-2nd, Pittsburgh, PA.

Spring 2009 “The Activist Self: Collective Identity in Anti-nationalist, Anti-militarist, Feminist Mobilization in Serbia.” Discussed at the panel “Civil Society,” 5th CEU Graduate Conference in Social Sciences: Old Challenges in a New Era: Development and Participation, June 19th-21st, Budapest, Hungary.

Invited Speaker 2018 “Affective Capital and the Labor Rights of Migrant Domestic Workers.” Presented at the panel “Migration and Care Work in Argentina” organized by the Study Group on Migration, Family, and Public Policy, Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, October 30th, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2017 “Discourses and Practices of Domestic Workers since the Implementation of Law 2

Last updated: 10/18/18 26844: An Analysis from the Perspective of Migrant Women.” Presented at the round-table discussion “Refuge, Displacement, and Territory,” 2nd Conference on Migration, National University of Jose C. Paz, April 26th-27th, Jose C. Paz, Argentina.

Refereeing Peer review written for the journal Nationalities Papers.

Extramural Fellowships and Grants 2018-2019 Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies 2017-2018 Latin American Studies Association LASA2018 Travel Grant 2016-2017 Inter-American Foundation Grassroots Development PhD Fellowship

Fellowships and Scholarships 2018-2019 U Pitt Cultural Studies Fellowship U Pitt Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship (turned down) 2017-2018 U Pitt Social Science Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 2016-2017 U Pitt Cultural Studies Fellowship (turned down) 2015-2016 U Pitt Teaching Fellowship 2014-2015 U Pitt Arts and Sciences Fellowship 2013-2014 U Pitt Teaching Fellowship 2012-2013 U Pitt Arts and Sciences Fellowship 2007-2008 Full CEU Fellowship for Master’s Students 2003-2007 Davis United World College Scholarship

Awards Fall 2018 U Pitt CLAS David B. Houston Human Rights and Social Justice in Latin America Award Summer 2015 U Pitt Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) Program Tamara Horowitz Graduate Student Paper Prize Spring 2008 CEU Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Grants Fall 2018 U Pitt CLAS Travel to Professional Meeting Grant Spring 2018 U Pitt Arts & Sciences (A&S) Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Travel Grant U Pitt A&S-PBC and Alumni Travel Fund Grant Fall 2017 U Pitt CLAS Travel to Professional Meeting Grant Summer 2016 U Pitt GSWS Program Research Award University Center for International Studies at the U Pitt International Studies Fund Grant Summer 2015 U Pitt CLAS Graduate Student Field Research Grant U Pitt Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Small Grant for Pre- Dissertation Research Summer 2014 U Pitt GSWS Program Research Award U Pitt Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Small Grant for Pre- Dissertation Research

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Last updated: 10/18/18 Spring 2008 CEU MA Research Grant

Higher : Teaching 2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA (half time) Dr Tomas Matza, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Spring 2016) • Attended Dr Matza’s bi-weekly lectures • Planned lessons based on material covered in lectures and readings • Led four weekly discussion recitation sections (25 students each) • Designed and updated recitations’ CourseWeb sites • Assisted with suggesting terms for review sheets, writing questions for exams, administering exams to students, and preparing, scheduling, and proctoring make-up exams • Received and graded students’ written assignments • Held office hours, communicated with students, and met with them for individual consultations • Met weekly and communicated with Dr Matza and with another TA about events in the course, potential student problems, and workload • Designed and delivered a full lecture to the whole class

Dr Laura C. Brown, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Fall 2015) • Attended Dr Brown’s bi-weekly lectures • Planned lessons based on material covered in lectures and readings • Led four weekly discussion recitation sections (25 students each) • Designed and updated recitations’ CourseWeb sites • Assisted with suggesting terms for review sheets, writing questions for exams, administering exams to students, and scheduling and proctoring make-up exams • Received and graded students’ written assignments • Held office hours, communicated with students, and met with them for individual consultations • Met weekly and communicated with Dr Brown and with other TAs about events in the course, potential student problems, and workload

2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA (half time) Dr Gabby M.H. Yearwood, Human Sexuality in Cross Cultural Perspective (Spring 2014) • Attended Dr Yearwood’s bi-weekly lectures and took attendance • Prepared grading rubrics for formative and summative essay assignments • Graded students’ essay assignments • Held office hours, communicated with students, and met with them for individual consultations • Met weekly and communicated with Dr Yearwood about events in the course, potential student problems, and workload • Designed and delivered a full lecture to the whole class

Dr Laura C. Brown, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Fall 2013) 4

Last updated: 10/18/18 • Attended Dr Brown’s bi-weekly lectures • Planned lessons based on material covered in lectures and readings • Led four weekly discussion recitation sections (25 students each) • Assisted with suggesting terms for review sheets, writing questions for exams, administering exams to students, and scheduling and proctoring make-up exams • Received and graded students’ essay assignments • Held office hours, communicated with students, and met with them for individual consultations • Met weekly and communicated with Dr Brown and with other Tas about events in the course, potential student problems, and workload

Higher Education: Administration 2009-2012 Program Manager, Special Projects Office, Special and Extension Programs, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary (full time except as noted) Modular Doctoral Program (2011-2012; half time) • Processed applications and corresponded with applicants to CEU • Advertised the Program through different channels • Communicated and liaised with the CEU Admissions Office and with CEU academic departments • Prepared financial and narrative reports for the Program’s donors under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager • Reported to the Senior Program Manager

Roma Access Program (RAP) (2010-2011) • Managed recruitment and organized selection of students • Made visa arrangements, dorm reservations, travel coordination, and all other necessary arrangements for student arrival and orientation • Provided overall support and advice to RAP students • Communicated and liaised with relevant CEU departments and offices • Developed course schedules, including classroom bookings and equipment booking • Provided logistical and administrative support for student and alumni events • Prepared financial and narrative reports for the Program’s donors under the supervision of the Program Director and with the support of the Academic and English Language Directors • Jointly with the CEU Development Officer, with the collaboration of the Academic and English Language Directors, and under the supervision of the Program Director, fundraised and successfully diversified the sources of funding for the Program • Jointly with the Program Director, contributed to raising the visibility of the Program in the target region • Reported to the Program Director • Provided logistical and administrative support in the selection of the incoming Program Manager 5

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• Trained the incoming Program Manger

Higher Education Policy and Management Workshop Series (2009-2010) • Made visa arrangements, hotel reservations, travel coordination, and all other necessary arrangements for participants’ arrival and orientation • Provided overall support to workshops’ participants • Communicated and liaised with relevant CEU departments and offices • Developed workshops’ schedules, including room bookings and equipment booking • Provided logistical and administrative support for workshops’ events • Prepared financial and narrative reports for the donors under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager • Contributed to raising the visibility of the program in the target region • Fundraised toward the development of the Program by recruiting fee- paying participants • Reported to the Senior Program Manager

Gender Studies Program Development Project (2009-2010) • Organized a curriculum development workshop for faculty from the Department of Gender Studies at CEU, the Institute of Gender Studies at Tbilisi State University (TSU), and the Center for Gender Studies at European Humanities University (EHU) at TSU • Arranged visits to the CEU library for Gender Studies scholars from TSU and EHU • Updated the project’s website • Prepared financial and narrative reports for the donors under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager • Reported to the Senior Program Manager

Comparative Project and Human RightS Initiative (2009-2010) • Oversaw narrative and financial reports prepared by the projects’ Coordinators prior to submission to the projects’ donors • Supervised the work of the projects’ Coordinators • Acted as a liaison between these projects and other offices and CEU departments

Higher Education: Service Spring 2019 Organizer, Anthropology Graduate Student Writing Group, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA Organizer, Anthropology Dissertation Colloquium, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA Organizer, Anthropology Graduate Student Peer-Mentoring Session, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA

Spring 2018 Reviewer, GSO Summer Research Grant Selection Committee, A&S GSO, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA

2017-2018 Founding member, GSWS GSO, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA 6

Last updated: 10/18/18 Member, Cultural Studies GSO, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA

Spring 2016 Moderator, Latin America Panel, Undergraduate Conference on Gender and the nd Body, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2

Reviewer, Elizabeth Baranger Teaching Award Selection Committee, A&S GSO, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA

Fall 2015 Contributor, Department of Anthropology New Teaching Assistant Orientation, th U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA, August 27

2013-present Graduate Admissions Student Liaison, Department of Anthropology, U Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA

Higher Education: Pedagogical Training Spring 2019 U Pitt Center for Teaching and Learning Graduate Student Teaching Initiative Achievement in Pedagogy Badge

Spring 2014 U Pitt Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE) Teaching Assistant (TA) Services Workshops: • Constructing a Syllabus • Leading Effective Classroom Discussions • Teaching a Six-Week Course • Developing a Lesson Plan • Teaching with PowerPoint • Gender, Authority, and Teaching • Grading, Feedback, and the Curve • Designing in-Class Activities • Using Office Hours Effectively

U Pitt GSWS Program Workshop for Instructors: • The Trans* Inclusive Classroom

Fall 2013 CIDDE’s TA Services Workshops: • Developing a Teaching Portfolio • Cheating and Plagiarism • The American Recitation • Designing Effective Assessments • The Role of the TA • Encouraging Student Participation • Getting Off to a Good Start in the Classroom

Academic Affiliations Visiting scholar, Study Group on Migration, Family, and Public Policy, Gino Germani Research Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, coordinated by Drs Carolina Rosas and Sandra Gil Araujo.

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Last updated: 10/18/18 Member, Study Group on Intimacy, Culture, and Society, Economic and Social Development Institute, National University of San Martín, San Martín, Argentina, coordinated by Drs Santiago Canevaro and Victoria Castilla.

Member, Domestic Work in Latin America Research Network (RITHAL), coordinated by Dr Erynn Masi de Casanova, Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Language Competence Spanish (native), Italian (fluent), French (advanced), Croatian, (beginner), Hungarian (elementary)

Professional Memberships American Anthropological Association Association for Feminist Anthropology Society for Applied Anthropology Latin American Studies Association National Women’s Studies Association Cultural Studies Association

References Dr Robert M. Hayden Advisor and Doctoral Dissertation Committee Co-Chair Professor Department of Anthropology University of Pittsburgh 3302 WWPH Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-8847 [email protected]

Dr Kathleen Musante Doctoral Dissertation Committee Co-Chair Professor Department of Anthropology University of Pittsburgh 3302 WWPH Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-7551 [email protected]

Dr Gabriella Lukacs Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member Associate Professor Department of Anthropology University of Pittsburgh

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Last updated: 10/18/18 3302 WWPH Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-7500 [email protected]

Dr Lisa D. Brush Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member Professor Department of Sociology 2400 WWPH Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-7595 [email protected]

Dr Lara Putnam Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member Professor and Chair Department of History 3702 WWPH Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA (+1 412) 648-7452 [email protected]

Dr Carolina Rosas Mentor Researcher National Scientific and Technical Research Council Gino Germani Research Institute Faculty of Social Sciences University of Buenos Aires Uriburu 950, 6to piso (C1114AAD) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina (+54 11) 4508-3815 [email protected]

Dr Sandra Gil Araujo Mentor Researcher National Scientific and Technical Research Council Gino Germani Research Institute Faculty of Social Sciences University of Buenos Aires Uriburu 950, 6to piso (C1114AAD) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina 9

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Dr Santiago Canevaro Mentor Researcher National Scientific and Technical Research Council Institute of High Social Studies National University of San Martín Campus Miguelete, 25 de Mayo y Francia (1650) San Martín, Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina (+54 11) 4006-1500 [email protected]

Dr Tatiana Yarkova Former Supervisor Academic Secretary Central European University Nador u. 9, 1051 Budapest Hungary (+36 1) 327-3865 [email protected]

Dr Sophia Howlett Former Supervisor President School for International Training 1 Kipling Road Brattleboro, VT 05302 USA (+1 802) 257-7751 [email protected]

Dr Pusa Nastase Former Supervisor Senior Manager Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education Central European University Nador u. 9, 1051 Budapest Hungary (+36 1) 327 3000, ext. 2398 [email protected]

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