SHARON BAYS
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM
UCLA
LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
| Education | |
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1994 |
PhD. Anthropology. University of California at Los Angeles. |
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1991-1993 |
Anthropological and Applied Field research for doctoral dissertation conducted in Visalia, California with Laotian Hmong refugee families and communities. |
| 1988 | Masters of Arts Degree. Anthropology. UCLA. |
| 1987 |
Field Research for Masters Thesis, conducted in Woodlake, California with Mexicana farmworkers and their families. |
| 1985 | Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology, UCLA. |
| Employment | |
| 2008 | Lecturer. Anthropology 150. The Study of Social Systems. Winter Quarter. |
| 2007 | Lecturer. Women's Studies 120. Internships in Women's Studies. Fall Quarter. |
| 2007 | Lecturer. Women's Studies 110A. Feminist Theories in Social Sciences.Spring. |
| 2007 |
Lecturer. Gender Systems in North America M154P. Winter Quarter. |
| 2006 |
Lecturer Women's Studies 120. Internships in Women's Studies. Fall Quarter. |
| 2006 |
Lecturer Women's Studies 10. Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Summer Sessions A. |
| 2006 |
Lecturer Women's Studies 110A. Feminist Theories in Social Sciences. Spring. |
| 2006 |
Lecturer Women's Studies 120. Internships in Women's Studies. Winter Quarter. |
| 2005 |
Lecturer Women's Studies 187 Senior Seminar. Fall Quarter. |
| 2005 |
Lecturer. Women's Studies 10. Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Winter Quarter. |
| 2004 |
Lecturer. Women's Studies 120. Internships in Women's Studies. Fall Quarter. |
| 2004 |
Lecturer. Gender Systems in North America. M154P. Spring Quarter. |
| 2004 | Lecturer. Food and Culture. Anthropology 137. Winter Quarter. |
| 2004 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 197. Senior Seminar. Winter Quarter. |
| 2003 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10. Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Fall Quarter. |
| 2003 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 120. Internships in Women’s Studies. Spring Quarter UCLA. |
| 2003 | Lecturer. Food and Culture. Anthropology 137. Winter Quarter. UCLA. |
| 2002 | Lecturer. Senior Research Seminar: Methods, Practices, Politics and Social Change. Women’s Studies 197. Fall Quarter. UCLA. |
| 2002 | Lecturer. Food and Culture. Applied Anthropology 163. Spring Quarter. UCLA. |
| 2002 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Winter Quarter. UCLA. |
| 2001 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Fall Quarter. UCLA |
| 2001 | Lecturer. Gender Systems in North America. Anthropology M154P. Fall Quarter, UCLA. |
| 2001 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 2001 | Lecturer. Food and Culture. Applied Anthropology 163. Winter Quarter, UCLA. |
| 2001 |
Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Winter Quarter, UCLA. |
| 2000 | Lecturer. Cultural Anthropology. Winter. Santa Monica City College. |
| 2000 |
Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 1999 |
Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 1999 |
Lecturer. Gender Systems--North America. Anthropology M154P. Spring Quarter, UCLA. |
| 1998 |
Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 1997 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Society. Fall Quarter, UCLA. |
| 1997 |
Lecturer. Immigrants and Migrants--The Anthropology of California’s Peoples. Anthropology 197K. Fall Quarter, UCLA. A course I created for undergraduate studies. |
| 1997 | Lecturer. Women’s Studies 10. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 1997 |
Lecturer. Immigrants and Migrants--The Anthropology of California's Peoples. Spring Quarter, UCLA. |
| 1997 | Lecturer. The Study of Culture. Anthropology130 Winter Quarter, UCLA. |
| 1996 |
Lecturer. Women's Studies 10. Summer Sessions, UCLA. |
| 1996 | Lecturer. Women of Color in the US. Women’s Studies 163. UC Irvine. Winter. |
| 1996 | Consultant. The National Center For State Courts. On Critical Issues Hmong Women Face in the Courtroom Setting. |
| 1988-1991 | Research Assistant to Karen Brodkin Sacks, Anthropology Professor, UCLA. |
| 1988 |
Field Research Coordinator for Anthropology 160P, Internships in Applied Anthropology. |
| 1987 | Teaching Assistant--Anthopology 160--Intro. Social Action (Applied) Anthropology. |
| Advising/Counseling Women's Studies Independent and Honors Student Projects: | |
| 2007 | Adviser to Lily Nhan, a global studies student. Lily is studying women's migrations from rural China to cities such as Shanghai to examine their roles in the growing business and entrepreneurial sectors and the barriers they confront. She also is interested in how women are overcoming these barriers. She is building on an intern ship in China last year where she worked in a transnational corporation and with women who had made these rural to urban migrations. They shared their stories and their business goals/dreams with her. Two Quarters. |
| 2006 | Only adviser and mentor to Eric Yang, undergraduate Hmong student, who is developing a course on Hmong life, history and culture in Laos and in the United States; under the auspices of the Undergraduate Student Initiated Education at UCLA. Three Quarters. |
| 2006 |
Diana Lucio: Ongoing research on Women in Journalism, including library and field research. Three quarters, also in Fall of 2005. |
| 2006 | Maggie Wells: Ongoing research about intersexuality, the history of and especially the social and political activism on the part of intersexed individuals and groups. Two quarters. |
| 2005 | Juliette Frette: Although I was not officially named as her adviser, I did the intensive work and guidance of one in the Fall of 2005, when she took WS187, my Senior Seminar. Juliette wanted to write about feminism and her experience with Playboy as a photographed sex image. She knew what she wanted to write about concerning her experience, but she needed the feminist literature, theory and methodology. I guided her with the latter three which resulted in a research proposal that she could then use in her further research. |
| 2005 | Yelba Castellon: I guided and advised Yelba with her research on Central American women's life here in Los Angeles, especially their health care and the barriers to it. Two quarters. |
| 2005 | Susan Park: Susan first took my 187 senior seminar in which she developed a fine research proposal that reviewed the literature, explored feminist methodology and investigated the health of older Korean American women. The next quarter she began her field research, questioning women and observing at a health clinic frequented by first generation Korean women. I wrote the recommendation that she receive the highest honors for her project upon her graduation. |
| 2004 | Jamie Xiong: Jamie explored the lives of Hmong women especially the topic of domestic abuse and its relationship to polygamy (which is still practiced in many Hmong families). She also investigated laws that guide or misguide the Hmong family and gender systems. She is currently in law school, one of the first Hmong women to achieve this distinction. I oversaw her research, her field work and her writing process. Two Quarters |
| Grants & Awards | |
| 1994 | Recipient of the 1993-1994 Graduate Women of the Year Award by the UCLA Association of Academic Women. |
| 1993 | Anthropology UCLA Fellowship for dissertation writing ($10,000). |
| 1992 |
National Science Foundation Grant for Research with Hmong in Visalia, Ca. ($5,900.00). |
| 1992 | Visalia Cultural Arts Commission for Hmong Children Photographic Project titled "First Works: Young Hmong American Perspectives" ($650.00). |
| 1991 | Anthropology Dept. Grant for doctoral field work in the San Joaquin Valley ($800.00). |
| 1990 |
Anthropology Dept. Grant to study White Hmong language in Fresno, Ca. ($500.00). |
| 1987 | Anthropology Dept. Travel Grant- field research ($400.) |
| Publications | |
| 1999 | "What's Culture Got to Do With It: 'Cultural Preservation' and Hmong Women's Activism in Central California." In Transforming Anthropology. Journal for the Association of Black Anthropologists. |
| 1997 | "Work, Politics and Coalition Building: Hmong Women's Activism in a Central California Town." In Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class and Gender. ed. Nancy Naples. New York: Routledge. |
| 1997 |
"Visualizing Change Through Interactive Photography: Transforming Identities, Transforming Research." In Hmong Studies Journal. Volume 1. No.1. |
| 1994 | Dissertation. Cultural Politics and Identity Formation In a San Joaquin Valley Hmong Community. |
| 1989 |
"Women as Strategists: Women and Family Work Culture Among Mexican Farm Worker Families in Central California." In Anthropology UCLA Vol. 1. No. 2. pp.1-22. |
| 1988 | Women of the Valley of the Sun: Women and Family Work Culture in Woodlake, California., Masters Thesis, Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA. |
| Presentations | |
| 1996 | The 2nd Annual Hmong Educational Conference, "The Struggle for Identity: Hmong Women, Work and Coalition Building." Co-organizer of Panel on Hmong Women's Community Activism with Pajhoua Her. April 4-6. Sacramento, CA. |
| 1996 | American Ethnological Society. Session Co-organizer with Karen Brodkin Sacks. Session: "The struggle for justice: what's behind the ethnic label?" Paper: "What's Culture Got to do with it: 'Cultural Preservation' and Hmong Women's Activism in Central California." San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 17-21. |
| 1995 | Applied Anthropology. "A Bone to Gnaw On...": Women, Workfare and Hmong Agency in Central California." Tucson, AZ. |
| 1995 | The Ist Annual Hmong Educational Conference. "Workfare, Racism and Hmong Insurgency in Central California." St. Paul, MN. |
| 1993 | American Anthropological Association. "First Works: Visualizing Change Through Interactive Photography." Washington, D.C. |
| 1993 | Tulare County Child Abuse Conference. Presentation and Panel Facilitator: Search For Solutions: Intergenerational Conflict in Laotian Families. Visalia, CA. |
| 1992 | American Anthropological Association. "Asian American Womens Advancement Coalition: Agency, Resistance and Ethnogenesis." San Francisco, CA. |
| 1989 | National Association for Chicano Studies. "Women as Strategists: Women and Family Work Culture of Farm Worker Families in Central California." LA, CA. |
| 1985 | Position Paper for the National Organization for Women, Los Angeles Chapter. Comparable Worth and Sex-Based Wage Discrimination. |
| Community and Professional Boards and Memberships | |
| 1990-- |
American Anthropology Association Society for Applied Anthropology American Ethnological Society Society for the Anthropology of Work Society for Visual Anthropology Association of Feminist Anthropologists |
| 1992-- |
Grant writer (ongoing) for the Asian American Women's Advancement Coalition (AAWAC). Grants won for AAWAC: an Extreme and Unusual Needs grant from the Office of Refugee Resettlement: $60,145; a Community Services grant from Community Services Employment Training,Inc.In Tulare County: $5,000; A Gannett Community grant: $5,000; a second CSET grant: $10,000. Women's Foundation (of San Francisco) Grant $6,000. |
| 1992 | Member, Refugee Services Program Planning Committee. |
| 1992 | Board of director, member, The Asian American Womens' Advancement Coalition. |
| 1991 | Member and recorder, Tulare County Forum on Refugee Affairs. |
| Work & Interests | |
| 1979-1999 |
Professional Photographer. Staff Photographer for Loretta Livingston and Dancers, a Los Angeles based professional troup. |
| 1992-1993 | Photography instructor and project coordinator for Photographic exhibition entitled "First Works: Young Hmong American Perspectives." Hmong youths' photographs were exhibited in various Central California venues. |