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Contact: annikayates@gmail.com     |     yates104@umn.edu

Education

University of Minnesota, PhD student
Anthropology; focus on political and urban ecology, materialism and embodiment, Southeast Asia and Vietnam (formerly a PhD student in the Sociology department)

Master’s degree, University of Chicago, 2018
Sociology, focus on Urban Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Southeast Asia and Vietnam

Bachelor of Arts, Mount Holyoke College, 2011
Philosophy & Sociology

Publication Credits

  • “Heavy Lifting.” Mekong Review, Vol 29, November 2022.
  • “Film Review: Farewell, Halong [Tạm Biệt Hạ Long].” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 15, no. 3 (2020): 119-125.
  • Racism’s Toll: Report on Illinois Poverty, February 2016, Social IMPACT Research Center
  • Poor by Comparison: Report on Illinois Poverty, January 2015, Social IMPACT Research Center
  • Translation Editor; “Nguyễn Thụ, Con đường phương Đông; Nhà xuất bản Mỹ thuật, 2014 (Nguyễn Thụ, Eastern Road, Fine Arts Press, Vietnam, 2014).
  • “The Invisible Uninsured: Non-Citizens and Access to Health Care Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act.” Public Interest Law Reporter 17.3, 2012

Languages: English (native speaker), Vietnamese (intermediate-advanced), German (B1 level certified), Swedish (beginner)

Awards

  • FLAS Academic Year Fellowship; academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022
  • FLAS Summer Fellowship, Summer 2019 and 2020
  • Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Fellowship, awarded 2018
  • CLA Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2018-2019.
  • Usha Mahajani Award for Excellence in Language Study, 2017 Awarded the most outstanding language student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.
  • SEASSI Scholarship, 2017 Fully funds the study of Vietnamese at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.
  • Katherine Adler Astrove Award, 2010; Scholarship for summer internship in museum studies and museum education at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia

Presentations

  • AAG Panel: Potential: The Political Ecologies of Other Possible Worlds (cancelled due to Covid-19)
  • Voices of Dissent? Art and Freedom of Expression in Vietnam; Development and Equity & Inclusion Research Symposium, University of Minnesota  (May 2019)
  • Engaging With Vietnam Conference, Vietnamese Artists and the Global Art Market (December 2017)
  • WISLI Student Conference; Panelist; National Identities in Transnational Vietnamese Artist Communities (July 2017)

International Professional Experience

  • Freelance Writer/Translation editor (January 2014–Present)
  • Course developer and Writing Instructor- Summit Education Services, Hanoi (February–May 2014)
  • English Instructor- VUS, Ho Chi Minh City (April 2013–January 2014)

US Professional Experience

  • Communications Coordinator – Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights (December 2014–2016)
  • New Media and Community Manager – Health and Disability Advocates (May 2011–March 2013)
  • Intake Coordinator – Health and Disability Advocates (May 2011–March 2013)
  • Arts and Entertainment Editor (Aug-Dec 2008); PR Coordinator (Jan–May 2009) Mount Holyoke News

Skills: Qualitative Research, Qualitative data analysis software, STATA, 144 Hours TESOL certificate, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Prevail, Quark, Social Media, Google Analytics, Tumblr, WordPress, PR Web, Mailchimp, Asana, Convio, Vocus, Vertical Response and a variety of CMS platforms.

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