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Jara M. Carrington

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Anthropology

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietySpring 2025
ANTH 2300.400Culture and SocietySpring 2025
ANTH 4550.100Race, Ethnicity, and IdentitySpring 2025
ANTH 5900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2025
ANTH 4310.100Citizenship, Borders and Belonging in the United StatesFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 4210.100Culture and Human SexualityFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietyFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 2300.400Culture and SocietyFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 8W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 5021.200Anthropological Thought and Praxis IISpring 2024 SPOT
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisSpring 2024
ANTH 5950.213Applied ThesisSpring 2024
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2024
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisFall 2023
ANTH 5950.213Applied ThesisFall 2023
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4730.100Feminist AnthropologyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4550.100Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsFall 2023
ANTH 4910.113Special ProblemsFall 2023
ANTH 5900.213Special ProblemsFall 2023
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisSpring 2023
ANTH 4210.100Culture and Human SexualitySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4920.113Internship in AnthropologySpring 2023
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2023
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisFall 2022
ANTH 4310.100Citizenship, Borders and Belonging in the United StatesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4550.100Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsFall 2022
ANTH 5900.113Special ProblemsFall 2022
ANTH 5900.213Special ProblemsFall 2022
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisSummer 10W 2022
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 8W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4920.113Cooperative Education in AnthropologySpring 2022
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2022
ANTH 4701.040Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5700.040Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2022 SPOT
ANTH 5950.113Applied ThesisFall 2021
ANTH 2300.100Culture and SocietyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.820Culture and SocietyFall 2021 SPOT
WGST 3100.001LGBTQ StudiesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4550.100Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsFall 2021
ANTH 4701.041Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 8W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.300Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2021 SPOT
ANTH 4210.001Culture and Human SexualitySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2021 Syllabus
ANTH 4701.045Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.300Culture and SocietyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4951.113Honors College Capstone ThesisFall 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesFall 2020 SPOT
ANTH 4300.300Migrants and RefugeesFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5050.200Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2020 SPOT
ANTH 5050.300Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2020 SPOT
ANTH 4550.001Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsFall 2020
ANTH 5900.113Special ProblemsFall 2020
ANTH 4920.113Cooperative Education in AnthropologySummer 5W2 2020
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySummer 8W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.200Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4920.113Cooperative Education in AnthropologySpring 2020
ANTH 4210.001Culture and Human SexualitySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 2300.002Culture and SocietySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 2300.200Culture and SocietySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 2300.300Culture and SocietySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 4900.113Special ProblemsSpring 2020
ANTH 4701.040Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 5700.040Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2020
ANTH 2300.001Culture and SocietyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5031.001Ethnographic and Qualitative MethodsFall 2019 SPOT
ANTH 4550.001Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.713Special ProblemsFall 2019 Syllabus
ANTH 5900.712Special ProblemsFall 2019
ANTH 4701.041Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
WGST 4260.002Topics in Women's and Gender StudiesFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 1010.810Introduction to AnthropologySummer 8W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2019 Syllabus
ANTH 4920.702Cooperative Education in AnthropologySpring 2019
ANTH 4210.001Culture and Human SexualitySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.002Culture and SocietySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.810Culture and SocietySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2200.001Gender in Cross Cultural PerspectiveSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2019
ANTH 2300.001Culture and SocietyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.810Culture and SocietyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4550.001Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5900.712Special ProblemsFall 2018
ANTH 5900.712Special ProblemsFall 8W2 2018
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesSummer 3W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.002Culture and SocietySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.810Culture and SocietySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5050.001Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisSpring 2018 SPOT
ANTH 5900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2018
ANTH 1150.810World Cultures Through FilmSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4500.001Language and CultureFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5050.810Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2017 SPOT
ANTH 5050.820Preparation for Practice and the Applied ThesisFall 2017 SPOT
ANTH 4550.001Race, Ethnicity, and IdentityFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3101.810American Culture and SocietySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3101.820American Culture and SocietySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4701.030Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.810Migrants and RefugeesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4300.820Migrants and RefugeesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT

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

Contracts, Grants and 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).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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