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Dr. Jara M. Carrington

Senior Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Anthropology

Email: Jara.Carrington@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of New Mexico, 2017
    Major: Anthropology
    Specialization: Ethnology
  • MA, University Of North Texas, 2007
    Major: Applied Anthropology
  • BA, University Of North Texas, 2004
    Major: Psychology

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2018 - Present).
  • Lecturer, 1 Year Appointment, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2017 - 2018).
  • Adjunct Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2016 - 2017).
  • Adjunct Professor, Monmouth University. Monmouth University. (2014 - 2015).

Development Activities

  • Continuing Education Program, Certificate of Excellence in Teaching Online, CLEAR. United States of America. (January 2024).
  • Workshop, Eagle Dreamer Mentorship Program, UNT Multicultural Center and Department of Anthropology. United States of America. (January 2022).
  • Seminar, Moving from Affirmation to Liberation: Supporting Queer and Trans Resilience and Challenging Heterosexism at UNT, UNT Anti-Bias and Cultural Awareness Program. United States of America. (May 12, 2021).
  • Seminar, Remote Teaching in COVID Training, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Network. United States of America. (2020).
  • Workshop, Pride Alliance Training, UNT Pride Alliance. United States of America. (September 2019).
  • Continuing Education Program, Faculty First Flight, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 30, 2018 - May 15, 2019).
  • Seminar, 2018 University Forum on Teaching & Learning, UNT/Center for Learning Enhancement Assessment and Redesign. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 17, 2018).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 1010 - Introduction to Anthropology, 1 course.
  • ANTH 1150 - World Cultures Through Film, 1 course.
  • ANTH 2200 - Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective, 1 course.
  • ANTH 2300 - Culture and Society, 36 courses.
  • ANTH 3101 - American Culture and Society, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 4210 - Culture and Human Sexuality, 5 courses.
  • ANTH 4300 - Migrants and Refugees, 13 courses.
  • ANTH 4310 - Citizenship, Borders and Belonging in the United States, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 4500 - Language and Culture, 1 course.
  • ANTH 4550 - Race, Ethnicity, and Identity, 8 courses.
  • ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 6 courses.
  • ANTH 4730 - Feminist Anthropology, 1 course.
  • ANTH 4900 - Special Problems, 12 courses.
  • ANTH 4910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ANTH 4920 - Internship in Anthropology, 5 courses.
  • ANTH 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5021 - Anthropological Thought and Praxis II, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5031 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5050 - Preparation for Practice and the Applied Thesis, 5 courses.
  • ANTH 5700 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 5900 - Special Problems, 9 courses.
  • ANTH 5950 - Applied Thesis, 8 courses.
  • WGST 3100 - LGBTQ Studies, 1 course.
  • WGST 4260 - Topics in Women's and Gender Studies, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (January 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (December 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (September 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, Anthropology. (August 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, Anthropology. (August 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (April 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Anthropology. (November 8, 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (May 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (November 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "Focus is on entertainment business and anthropology," Anthropology. (May 13, 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "Focus is on queer community formation and utopias," Anthropology. (January 30, 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "App Stole My Gayborhood: Gentrification, Homonormativity, and the Commodification of Queer in the Era of Neoliberal Urbanism," Geography and the Environment. (March 1, 2019).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (November 1, 2018).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (September 15, 2018).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2022).
  • Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Women's and Gender Studies. (September 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "Focus is on human-animal communication and culture," Anthropology. (February 7, 2020 - August 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, Anthropology. (August 2021 - April 2022).
  • Supervised Research Chair, Anthropology. (August 2021 - April 2022).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Partisanship in Texas and the Death Penalty," Anthropology. (June 1, 2020 - May 2021).
  • Supervised Research Chair, "Focus is on museum studies and anthropology," Anthropology. (April 30, 2020 - April 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (May 1, 2018 - December 2020).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, Anthropology. (October 31, 2017 - December 2020).
  • Supervised Research (Undergraduate Thesis Fellowship Supervisor), "Chinese Ethnoburbs and the Integrated Ethnic Economy: A Study in Community Patterning in DFW," Anthropology. (August 21, 2019 - April 20, 2020).
  • Supervised Research (Undergraduate Thesis Fellowship Supervisor), "Discipline as Treatment: Critiquing Therapeutic Governance in In-Prison Therapeutic Communities," Anthropology. (August 21, 2019 - April 20, 2020).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "The Narrative of "Threat" and its Impact on Latinos from the Rio Grande Valley," Anthropology. (August 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019).

Awards and Honors

  • Marilyn Morris Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions to LGBTQ Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Program. (April 19, 2021).
  • Faculty of the Month, Undergraduate Anthropology Student Association.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • McGuirk, S., Carrington, J.M., Cojocaru, C., Hammami, J., Zukowska, M. (2018). Centering Intersectional Politics: Queer Migrations Activism ‘After Marriage'. Queer Activism After Marriage Equality. Routledge.

    • Broadcast Media

  • Carrington, J.M. (2018). AnthroBites: Queer Anthropology. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1543-anthrobites-queer-anthropology

    • Journal Article

  • Carrington, J.M. (2020). Rethinking NGOs: Neoliberalism, “Non-State” Actors, and the Politics of Recognition in the United States. Law and Policy. 42 344-364.

    • Webpage

  • Carrington, J.M. (2017). Teaching Queer Anthropology. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1005-teaching-queer-anthropology

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Carrington, J.M. (Author & Presenter), Gender, Sexuality, and New Forms of Nationalism in Europe and the U.S., Exploring the Borders of Belonging: Gender, Sexuality, and Immigration Law/Policy in the United States., UNT International Studies, UNT Department of Anthropology, UNT Women's and Gender Studies Program, United States of America. (2019).
  • Carrington, J.M. (Author & Presenter), Speaking of Intersections: Accents and Actions in Women’s and Gender Studies Lecture Series, Towards a Lingua Franca: Engaging Conversations in Gender Studies and Anthropology, Women's and Gender Studies Program, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2018).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Carrington, J.M. (Author & Presenter), Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Rethinking NGOs? Non-State Actors, LGBT Rights Activism, and the Law in the United States, Law and Society Association, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Carrington, J.M. (Panelist), Society for Applied Anthropology, Navigating our Legacies: New Directions in Participatory Ethnographies, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America. (2017).
  • Carrington, J.M. (Author & Presenter), American Anthropological Association, Queering Belonging or Regulating Normativity? LGBT Rights, NGOs, and the Law in the United States, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2016).
  • Carrington, J.M. (Co-Chair), After Marriage: The Future of LGBTQ Politics and Scholarship, Centering Intersectional Politics: Queer Immigration Activism Challenges and Futures, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at City University of New York, New York, NY, United States of America. (2016).

    • Webinar

  • Nelson, M.A. (Coordinator/Organizer), Duban, J. (Presenter), Carrington, J. (Co-Chair), Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session, Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session, Padawan Society, Department of Anthropology, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Narahara, K. (Principal), Carey, C. (Supporting), Gualdron Ramirez, M. (Supporting), Carrington, J. (Supporting), "Afro-Brazilian Religions, Black Anthropologies, and Academic Diversity," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2022 - 2023).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Women's and Gender Studies Curriculum Committee. (September 2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Trans Accessible Libraries Initiative. (December 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Board. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Women's and Gender Studies PAC. (September 2022 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, Undergraduate Anthropology Student Association. (August 2020 - Present).
  • Director, Undergraduate Programs, Department of Anthropology. (August 2020 - Present).
  • Member, Women's Faculty Network Leadership Team. (August 2020 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, Leftist Unity Club. (October 2019 - Present).
  • Committee Member, LGBTQ Studies Curriculum Committee. (December 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, LGBTQ Studies Advisory Board. (August 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Applied Anthropology Expo Committee. (August 30, 2017 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Department of Anthropology Curriculum Committee. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Committee Member, Committee on the Status of LGBT Faculty. (November 2018 - December 2019).
  • Committee Chair, Larry Naylor Undergraduate Scholarship Award Committee. (August 30, 2018 - August 15, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Tenure Track New Hire Search Committee. (August 30, 2018 - May 1, 2019).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Student Selection Committee. (August 30, 2017 - June 1, 2018).

Public Service

  • Board Member, Arttitude. Dallas, TX. (March 1, 2018 - Present).
  • Guest Speaker, Alzheimer's Association of North Central Texas. Texas. (January 6, 2021).
  • Guest Speaker, City of Grand Prairie Public Library System. Texas. (October 13, 2020).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Book, University of Toronto Press. (January 2024 - Present).
  • Other ("Contributing Editor" for AnthroPod), Society for Cultural Anthropology. (October 1, 2016 - January 30, 2019).
  • Adjudicator, Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX. (March 23, 2018).
  • Committee Member, Association for Queer Anthropology, Ruth Benedict Book Prize Committee. (January 1, 2015 - December 30, 2017).

Consulting

  • Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (August 1, 2017 - November 1, 2017).