Curriculum Vitae

APPOINTMENTS

Vassar College, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, July 2014-present

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lecturer, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies (Autumn 2013-Spring 2014)

EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

PhD, Political Science

Dissertation: The Political Life of Black Infant Mortality

Committee: Christine Di Stefano (Co-Chair), Jack Turner (Co-Chair), Naomi Murakawa, Bob Mugerauer

Fields: Political Theory, Race and Minority Politics, Philosophy and Qualitative Methods (emphasis on gender, health, and reproduction)

Fellow, Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality (WISER)

Master of Arts, Political Science, University of Washington, 2009 (Thesis: Birthright Citizenship and the Racial Contract: The United States’ Jus Soli Rule against the Global Regime of Citizenship)

Maternidad La Luz Midwifery School, El Paso, Texas
CPM (Certified Professional Midwife), 2003

University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Bachelor of Arts, Middle Eastern Studies, 2000

PUBLICATIONS

Peer reviewed
Annie Menzel, “Birthright Citizenship and the Racial Contract: The United States’ Jus Soli Rule against the Global Regime of Citizenship.” Du Bois Review, Volume 10, Number 1 (2013), 29-58.

Revise and Resubmit
The Midwife’s Bag: Political Ontologies of Racism and Resistance (resubmission date January 2016)

In preparation
Book project:
The Political Life of Black Infant Mortality

Articles:
“Awful gladness”: The dual political rhetorics of Du Bois’ “Of the Passing of the First-Born”

Agency without optimism: Afro-Pessimism and Queer Negativity: contribution to critical exchange on Afro-Pessimism (invited contribution), Contemporary Political Theory, June 2016

Book Reviews:
Alexander Weheliye, Habeas Viscus (2014), for Theory and Event, will submit November 2015

Literary journal
Annie Menzel, “Bordering on Birth.” The Rio Grande Review, Volume 25 (Spring 2005).

HONORS & FUNDING AWARDED

June 2014 Citizen Scholar Medal Finalist, University of Washington Graduate School
2013-2014 Martha Duggan Fellowship in Labor Studies, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, $10,000 for the study of caring labor

Summer 2010 Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship, advanced Spanish language study, University of Washington, stipend $2500, tuition waiver $3535

Spring 2009 Letter of Recognition for year of excellent teaching evaluations, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington

May 2009 Stuart Scheingold Award for best graduate student paper in Law & Society Studies, University of Washington Department of Political Science for “The SCHIP’s “Fetus Option”: An Intimate Geography of the Global Racial Regime of Citizenship,” $250 prize

Spring 2008 Speyer Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Washington, competitive merit fellowship awarded to one incoming student per year, stipend $4353, tuition waiver $3139

Winter 2008 Speyer Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Washington, competitive merit fellowship awarded to one incoming student per year, stipend $4353, tuition waiver $3139

Autumn 2007 5-year funding package (TA-ships) from Department of Political Science, ~$23,000 per year combined tuition waiver and stipend

Summer 1997 Middle Eastern Studies scholarship for coursework in Israel, $1000

1994-1995 National Merit Semifinalist full year scholarship to University of Texas at Austin

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Autumn 2015 African American Political Thought
Biopolitics
Spring 2015 African American Political Thought
The Politics of Human Reproduction (seminar)
Spring 2014 The Science and Politics of Reproductive Health
Autumn 2013 The Science and Politics of Reproductive Health
Spring 2013 African American Political Thought
Winter 2012 Teaching Assistant, American Political Thought
Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant, Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Political Theory
Autumn 2009 Teaching Assistant, LSJ/SIS 322, Human Rights in Latin America
Full Year 2008-09 Instructor, IWP link to Pol S 203, Intro to International Relations, intensive writing course
Autumn 2007 Teaching Assistant, LSJ/SIS 362, Introduction to Social Theory
2002-2003 Instructor, prenatal classes (taught in Spanish), Maternidad la Luz Birth Center, El Paso, TX

CONFERENCE PANEL PRESENTATIONS

2015 Agency Without Optimism: Afro-Pessimism and Queer Negativity. American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, Sept. 4.

Discussant, Race and Memory in American Political Thought. American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, September 4.

Discussant, Psychoanalysis and Political Thinking: Key Concepts panel, Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 3.

2014 “Awful gladness”: The complex political rhetorics of Du Bois’ “Of the Passing of the First-Born.” Western Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, April 18.

2013 The Midwife’s Bag: Actor-Network Theory and the Stuff of Racial Domination and Resistance. Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, California, March 28.

2012 Southern African-American Midwifery and the Political in the Biopolitical. Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 19.

2010 Crisis and Epistemologies of Ignorance. American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 3.

2009 The SCHIP’s “Fetus Option”: An Intimate Geography of the Global Racial Regime of Citizenship. Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC, March 20.

PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association
Midwives’ Association of North America
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
Wisconsin Guild of Midwives
Groundwork Antiracism Collective
Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression in Midwifery Working Group

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in spoken and written Spanish
Proficient in written French
2 years modern Hebrew language
2 years Persian language

COMMUNITY WORK (selected)

October 2013 Lead organizer and co-facilitator, “How does being white impact midwifery practices? Working toward an inclusive profession and equity in maternal and infant health.” Full-day pre-conference workshop, Midwives Association of North America annual meeting, Portland, OR
January 2013-present Member, Groundwork Antiracism Collective
2012-2013 Co-organizer, yearlong anti-racism training series for Wisconsin NACPM chapter
September 2012 Co-organizer, full-day anti-racism training for 40 midwives, doulas, and childbirth educators, Madison, WI
Fall 2012 Participant, Groundwork Antiracism Collective 8-week training
August 2012 Co-organizer, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression in Midwifery fundraiser for midwifery students of color to attend the 2012 Black Midwives and Healers Conference, Miami, FL
April 2012-present Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Work in Midwifery, member, blog administrator
October 2009 Pro-bono interpreter, CISPES visiting speaker from El Salvador
November 2007 Pro-bono interpreter, CISPES visiting speaker from El Salvador
September 2007 Pro-bono interpreter, for Casa Latina Fundraiser, Seattle, WA
May & August 2002 Co-organizer, bilingual presentations at Maternidad La Luz clinic on n Juarez femicides with NGO Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, TX
2001-2003 Member, Amigos de las Mujeres de Ciudad Juarez

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/2013 AHI National Healthcare Interpreter Exam, pass

12/2010 – present Dane County, WI Medical Interpreter

9/2005 – 9/2011 Hourly staff interpreter, UW Medical Center Interpreter Services

7/2003 – present Washington State DSHS-Certified Spanish Medical Interpreter

3/2002– 6/2003 Advanced Intern Midwife, Maternidad La Luz Birth Center, El Paso, TX