Education

August 2015 to present
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Certificate in Africana Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.                      

August 2014
Master’s in Cultural Anthropology, Northern Arizona University (with distinction). 

December 2008
Bachelor of Laws, The University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (summa cum laude), Durban, South Africa.

 

Professional Experience

2020 – 2021
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Department of Culture, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität, Berlin.

2018 – 2019 
Workshop facilitator at the Teaching and Learning Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. 

2017   
Community Research Fellow at the Center for Civil Society, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

2016 - 2019    
Graduate Teaching Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at John Jay College, City University of New York.

2016
Teaching assistant to Prof. Ida Susser at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

2015               
Research assistant to Prof. Leith Mullings at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

2014 – 2015
Lecturer (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology) in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University.

2011               
Research intern at The Helen Suzman Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2008 –  2011   
Attorney at Webber Wentzel Attorneys, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Memberships

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien

German Studies Association

American Anthropological Association

Association of Black Anthropologists

 

Fellowships and Grants

2019 –  2020
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Research Grant for dissertation research.

2019               
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Experience Summer Travel Grant.

2018               
The Eric Wolf Travel Grant from the Anthropology Department, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

2017            
Advanced Research Collaborative Student Fellowship, City University of New York.

2017               
Doctoral Student Research Grant, City University of New York.

2017               
Anthropology Department Summer Research Award, City University of New York.

2015 – 2019   
5-Year Fellowship Award from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

2016             
Panayotis Farantakis Memorial Award for Humanitarian Service Internship, Northern Arizona University.

2012 – 2014
Fulbright Foreign Student Grant for Master’s studies.

2005 –  2008     
4-year Merit Scholarship and Dean’s Commendation from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. 

Dissertation research

An African Diaspora? Intersections of Migration, Difference, and Politics in Berlin, Germany.

Research interests

Migration; diaspora; citizenship studies; critical race studies; Black European Studies; postcolonialism; human rights law.

Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

2018
A New Urban Apartheid: The Violence of South Africa’s “Unfinished Revolution.” Presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

2017                  
Critical Pedagogy, Neoliberalism and Decolonizing Higher Education. Presented at The Futures Initiative Spring Symposium at The City University of New York.

2016                  
Presented at a seminar on Cultural Diversity, Hunter College, City University of New York.

Article published as a member of the CUNY Graduate School Student Collective:

Augustyniak N, Chrisler M, Crowie C, Galal O, Jahn L, McCaffrey B, Miller A, Nacimento M. 2018. "Risk." Anthropology Now, 10(3):33-44.