Mollie E. Pepper. Curriculum Vitae

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1 Mollie E. Pepper Curriculum Vitae Department of Sociology and Anthropology Snee Oosh Rd Northeastern University La Conner, WA Renaissance Park Boston, MA EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, 2019 (expected) Graduate Certificate: Women s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Dissertation: Gender, Ethnicity, and Power in Peacebuilding: Ethnic Women s Organizations in Myanmar s Peace Process Committee: Kathrin Zippel (chair), Ardeth Thawnghmung, Alan Klein, Gordana Rabrenovic, Nina Sylvanus M.A. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, 2015 M.A. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, 2013 Advisor: Karen Jacobsen B.A. Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, 2006 APPOINTMENTS 2017-Present 2017-Present Visiting Scholar, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Visiting Researcher, Women s Studies Center, Chiang Mai University PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles 2018 Ethnic Minority Women, Diversity, and Informal Participation in 1

2 Peacebuilding in Myanmar. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 13(2): DOI: / Mollie Pepper and Anjuli Fahlberg.* Masculinity and Sexual Violence: Examining the State of the Field. Sociology Compass, 10(8): DOI: /soc (*Equal coauthors) 2016 Ne Lynn Zaw and Mollie Pepper. Poverty and Health in Contemporary Burma. The Independent Journal of Burma Studies, 1(1): Book Chapters 2018 Victims, Nationalists, and Supporters: Ethnic Women s Organizations and Peacebuilding in Myanmar. Pp in S. Shekhawat (ed.) Gender, Peacebuilding, and UNSCR New York: Lexington Press Coping with Vulnerability: The Experiences of Burmese Muslim Refugee Children in Thailand. Pp in M. Denov and B. Akesson (eds.) Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method, and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press. Manuscripts in Preparation Social Exclusion, Livelihoods, and Gender-Based Violence: Burmese Muslim Refugees in Thailand. Violence Against Women. Border as Site of Exception: Globalizing the Thailand-Burma Border. Mobilities. Web-Based Publications 2017 Gender and the Peace Process in Myanmar. Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies Dialogue. Published 5 October. Available: Reports 2011 Gender and Livelihoods in the Muslim Community of a Refugee Camp in Thailand. Prepared for the International Rescue Committee Women s Protection and Empowerment Program, Thailand Investigation of the Need for Services in Indigenous Languages (Investigacion de la Necesidad de Servicios en Idiomas Indigenas) and Evaluation of the New Training Program (Evaluacion de la Neuva Sistema de Capacitation). Bilingual reports prepared for Pro Mujer, Bolivia. 2

3 Training Manuals 2009 Financial Literacy and Health and Human Services. Prepared for Jewish Family Service, Seattle Business Skills for Entrepreneurs. Prepared for the American Refugee Committee International, Thailand. GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2018 United States Institute of Peace Jennings Randolph Peace Scholarship Dissertation Fellowship (20,000) 2018 Northeastern University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Graduate Research Development Grant ($1,650) 2017 Graduate Dissertation Research Grant, Northeastern University (3,000) 2016 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Southeast Asia Studies Summer Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison ($6,500) 2016 Northeastern University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Graduate Research Development Grant ($2,000) 2015 Hong Liu Asian Studies Fund, Asian Studies Research Award ($1,500) 2015 Northeastern University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Graduate Research Development Grant ($1,000) 2011 Tufts University Feinstein International Center, Research Grant ($3,000) 2010 Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Scholarship ($60,000 over two years) INVITED TALKS 2018 Activism Across Borders: Ethnic Women s Organizations and the Challenges of Change in Myanmar, University of Washington, April Gender and Conflict in Myanmar, Virginia Tech, March 1 3

4 CONFERENCE ACTIVITY Conferences Organized 2015 Complicating Violence Graduate Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, March 27 Panels Organized 2018 Discourse, Power, and Development: Turning a Critical Lens on INGOs, Panel for International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, July Global and Transnational Sociology Table, Breakfast with Scholars, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, Albuquerque, February 9-12 Papers Presented 2018 Gender, Ethnicity, and Power on the Border: Ethnic Women s Organizations on the Thailand-Myanmar Border. International Feminist Journal of Politics Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April What Difference Does a Status Make: Navigating (Il)Legality on the Thailand-Burma Border. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Montreal, August Gender and Nationalism at the Border: Transnational Activism, Ethno-Nationalist Identity, and Armed Conflict in Burma. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, August Law on the Books vs. Law on the Ground: Navigating Citizenship on the Thailand- Burma Border. Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Seattle, March 31- April Transnational Women s Networks in Thailand and Burma. Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, Memphis, February Victims, Nationalists, and Supporters: The Role of Ethnic Women's Organizations in Armed Conflict in Burma. The Politics of Victimhood Conference, George Mason University, Washington DC, November Social Exclusion, Livelihoods, and Gender-Based Violence: Burmese Muslim Refugees in Thailand. American Sociological Association Meeting, Chicago, August Social Exclusion and Its Implications for Burmese Muslim Refugees in Thailand. 4

5 Burma/Myanmar in Transition Conference, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, July Third Gender Laws: A Cruel Optimism. Graduate Consortium of Women s Studies Graduate Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, March Perception, Intervention, and the Perpetuation of Marginalization: Violence and Social Exclusion of Minorities among Burmese Refugees. International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, February Masculinity and Sexual Violence: Examining the State of the Field. With Anjuli Fahlberg, Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, Nashville, February Geek Masculinity and Virtual Gender Violence. American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November Virtual Borders: Geek Culture, Masculinity, and the Challenge of Virtual Identity. Graduate Consortium of Women s Studies Graduate Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, March Discussant 2018 Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section Panel, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August Place/Space, Graduate Consortium of Women s Studies Conference, MIT, Cambridge, March 28 CAMPUS TALKS 2012 Report on an Exploratory Analysis of Gender at the Fletcher School, Gender Mainstreaming Town Hall Meeting, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, March Refugee Livelihoods and Gender-Based Violence in Thailand, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, November 16 TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Washington, Study Abroad Program Director Gender, Human Rights, and Livelihoods in Exile, Thailand Study Abroad (winter 2019) 5

6 University of Washington, Sole Instructor Ethnicity, History and Intersectional Identities in Myanmar (winter 2019) Human Rights, Social Movements and Conflict Transformation (winter 2019) Northeastern University, Teaching Assistant Peoples and Cultures (fall 2013, fall 2014, spring/fall 2015, spring 2016) Gender and Culture (fall 2015) Sociology of Violence and Hate (spring 2014) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Teaching Assistant Human Rights in the Arab World, Graduate Course (fall 2012) Osher Institute, Tufts University, Sole Instructor Mindfulness in Theory and Practice: An Exploration (winter 2012) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Research Assistant 2013 Advisor: Nancy Hite 2012 Advisor: Kathleen Hamill, Human Rights in the Arab World 2011 Advisor: Carolyn Gideon, Poverty and Communications Access SERVICE TO PROFESSION Peer Reviewer, Gender and Society, 2016-present Peer Reviewer, Sociology Compass, 2016-present Member, Sociologists for Women in Society International Committee, 2014-present DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE Senator, Graduate Student Government, Northeastern University,

7 President, Graduate Sociology Society, Northeastern University, Faculty Search Committee Member, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2013 President, Gender Equality Project, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Leadership Committee Member and subgroup chair, The Gender Initiative, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Undergraduate Mentor, Fletcher Mentors Program, EXTRA TRAINING 2017 Certificate, Summer School on Transitional Justice, Ulster University, Belfast COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2017-present Executive Committee Member and Communications Committee Co-Chair, Fletcher Women s Network 2017 Gender, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: Myanmar, talk given to Rotary International, La Conner, WA 2016-present Sociologists for Women in Society Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Advisory Board Member, Peace and Hope Initiative, Rwanda Student Mentor, We Women of Burma Foundation, Myanmar 2015 Invited Trainer, Research Ethics, Wide Horizons School, Thailand PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Data management: NVivo, HyperRESEARCH, Dedoose, Stata Geographic Information System: ArcGIS Social Network Analysis: UCINET 7

8 NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE 2017-Present Researcher, Kachin Women s Association, Thailand 2017 Research Associate, Burma Link, Thailand 2011 Research Consultant, Women s Protection and Empowerment Program International Rescue Committee, Thailand Workshop Developer, Refugee Resettlement Program, Jewish Family Service, Seattle, WA Livelihoods Program Lead Coordinator, American Refugee Committee, Thailand Capacity Building Program Intern, ProMujer, Cochabamba, Bolivia LANGUAGES Burmese (elementary spoken and reading) Thai (elementary spoken) Spanish (professional proficiency in spoken and reading) German (intermediate reading) French (intermediate reading) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Sociologists for Women in Society American Sociological Association Society for the Study of Social Problems Association for Asian Studies International Studies Association 8

9 REFERENCES Kathrin Zippel Department of Sociology and Anthropology Northeastern University 225F RP 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Alan Klein Department of Sociology and Anthropology Northeastern University 215E RP 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Kristy Kelly Weatherhead East Asian Institute and School of International Public Affairs Columbia University Global and International Education Drexel University 420 West 118th Street New York, NY Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung Political Science Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Dugan Hall Suite Broadway Street Lowell, MA