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TRIA ANDREWS 2740 Monticello Road Napa, CA 94558 tria.andrews@berkeley.edu 510.837.

9642 EDUCATION University of California, Berkeley Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnic Studies

CURRICULUM VITAE Ethnic Studies Department University of California, Berkeley 506 Barrows Hall #2570 Berkeley, CA 94720

Expected May 2015

Dissertation: From Colonial to Culturally Relevant: Education through Embodied Practices for Native American and Filipino Youth Committee: Tom Biolsi (chair), Shari Huhndorf, Keith Feldman, Catherine Cole (Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies) University of California, Berkeley Master of Ethnic Studies San Diego State University Master of Fine Arts Concentration: Creative Writing Specialization: Fiction Thesis: Elle Souffre Committee: Harold Jaffe (chair), David Matlin, Jo-Anne Berelowitz (Art and Design) Oklahoma State University Bachelor of Arts Graduation: Summa Cum Laude Major: English, with option in Film AREAS OF EXPERTISE Research: Native American Studies, Colonial Education in the U.S. and the Philippines, Native American Literatures and Theories, Ethnic Literatures and Theories, Prison and Confinement Literatures and Theories, Race and Yoga in the U.S. Poetry, Prose Poems, Fiction Native American Studies, Colonial Education in the U.S. and the Philippines, Native American Literatures and Theories, Ethnic Literatures and Theories, Prison and Confinement Literatures and Theories, Race and Yoga in the U.S., Reading and Composition, Interdisciplinarity, Community Engaged Scholarship and Service Learning, Poetry, Prose Poems, Fiction Tria Andrews, Page 1 of 14 Conferred May 2003 Conferred May 2012 Conferred May 2009

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RESEARCH & TRAINING GRANTS Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Doctoral Completion Fellowship University of California, Berkeley Chancellors Public Fellow American Cultures Engaged Scholarship Program University of California, Berkeley Graduate Fellows Training Program Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues Institute for the Study of Societal Issues University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Mini-grant Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues Institute for the Study of Societal Issues University of California, Berkeley Graduate Division Summer Grant University of California, Berkeley Mentored Research Award (Declined) University of California Berkeley Departmental Block Grant Fellowship (Declined) Ethnic Studies Department University of California, Berkeley Summer Research Grant Ethnic Studies Department University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Research Grant on Race and Gender Center for Race and Gender University of California, Berkeley Shinnyo Fellowship University of California, Berkeley Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Honorable Mention Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Candidate University of California, Berkeley 2012-2015 Fall 2013, Fall 2014 2013-2014

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Departmental Block Grant Fellowship Ethnic Studies Department University of California, Berkeley HONORS & AWARDS GRADUATE Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award University of California, Berkeley Certificate of Appreciation, Yoga Instructor Wanbli Wiconi Tipi, Youth Wellness and Renewal Juvenile Detention Center Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota McKenny Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art (Photography) Cellar Roots, Eastern Michigan University UNDERGRADUATE Outstanding English Senior English Department, Oklahoma State University Outstanding Native American Scholar Oklahoma State University Rhodes Scholarship Candidate Oklahoma State University Wentz Leadership Scholarship Oklahoma State University, 2002-2003 Presidential Honor Roll Oklahoma State University Legacy Award Oklahoma State University GRANTS FOR CREATIVE WORK

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2013 Summer 2011

2009

2003 2003 2003 2002-2003 1999-2003 1999-2003

Fulbright Scholar 2012-2013 Connected: A Creative Collection on Colonial Education in the Philippines and the U.S. Manila, Philippines Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship, Alternate The Loft Literary Center, Surdna Foundation, Minneapolis, MN Tria Andrews, Page 3 of 14 2012

CONFERENCE AND TRAVEL GRANTS Complementary Registration Scholarship National Womens Studies Association Out-of-state Conference Travel Award Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley Conference Travel Grant Graduate Division University of California, Berkeley PUBLICATIONS PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES (UNDER CONSIDERATION) Andrews, Tria. Representations of Resistance: Depictions of Native American Dancers in Films by the 1491s and Photographs by Lee Marmon. Under consideration: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Journal. ESSAYS Andrews, Tria. Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not): A Flawed Critique of Columbus Day that Omits Indigenous Peoples in Present Day and Virtually Ignores the Enslavement of African Americans. The Feminist Wire, 2013. http://thefeministwire.com/2013/10/christopher-columbuswas-awful-but-this-other-guy-was-not-a-flawed-critique-of-columbus-day-that-omits-indigenous-peoplesin-present-day-and-virtually-ignores-the-enslavement-of/?fb_source=pubv1 Andrews, Tria and Olivia Chilcote. What Role Should You Play in Indigenous Peoples Day? Townsend Studies for the Humanities: Dance Working Group, 2013. http://dancestudiesworkinggroup.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-role-should-you-play-in-indigenous.html Andrews, Tria and Olivia Chilcote. Bad Blood?: The Visibility and Invisibility of Violence in the Antagonism Between Native Americans and African Americans. The Feminist Forum Wire on Violence, 2012. http://thefeministwire.com/2012/10/bad-blood-the-visibility-and-invisibility-of-violence-in-theantagonism-between-native-americans-and-african-americans Andrews, Tria and Tala Khanmalek. From My Home to Yours, From Your Home to Mine, nineteen sixty nine: an ethnic studies journal 1, no. 1 (2012): 144-169. Andrews, Tria. Rayna Green, Joy Harjo, and Wendy Rose: The Necessity of Native American Storytelling in Combating Oppression and Injustice. The South Carolina Review 42, no. 2 (Spring 2010): 95104. Summer 2013 2011, 2012, 2013 Spring 2012

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ARTICLES Andrews, Tria. The 2nd Annual Native American Studies Graduate Student Symposium: The Beginning of a Beautiful Alliance Between UC Davis and UC Berkeley. UC Davis NAS Grad Students, 20133. http://ucdnasgrads.weebly.com/1/post/2013/06/a-guest-blog-post-uc-berkeley-scholargraduate-studenttria-andrews-reflects-on-the-2nd-annual-native-american-studies-graduate-student-symposium.html Carpenter, Kayla, Peter Nelson, and Tria Andrews. Telling Our Stories in a Good Way: Reasons the Ishi Play is Unacceptable. La Voz, 2012. Andrews, Tria, Peter Nelson, and Kayla Carpenter. American Indian Graduate Student Association calls for art with ethics. The Daily Californian, 2012. http://www.dailycal.org/2012/03/13/american-indiangraduate-student-association-calls-for-art-with-ethics/ Andrews, Tria. Ishi: the Last of the Yahi: A UC Berkeley Production that Perpetuates Gross Violences Against Native Peoples. Native Appropriations, 2012. http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/2012/03/ishi-last-of-yahi-uc-berkeley.html REVIEWS Fighting Colonialism with Hegemonic Culture: Native American Appropriation of Indian Stereotypes, Great Plains Research (accepted, 2013). Calling Her Home: Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas, American Indian Culture and Research Journal (accepted, 2012). Inviting Readers to be Storytellers: Diane Glancys The Dream of a Broken Field, American Indian Culture and Research Journal (accepted, 2012). Harold Jaffes Paris 60, The Texas Review (accepted, 2012). Dead in the Head: A Review of Harold Jaffes Jesus Coyote, LITnIMAGE, 2009. http://www.litnimage.com/andrewsjaffereview.htm. POETRY AND HYBRID TEXTS Doll Making, Camiling Industrial Schools, As/Us, 2012. http://asusjournal.org/2012/12/31/triaandrews-poetry/ No White Lies, As/Us, 2012. http://asusjournal.org/2012/12/31/tria-andrews-poetry/ Bait Car, The Feminist Wire Forum on Violence, 2012. http://thefeministwire.com/2012/10/bait-car/ On the Border. Drunken Boat, 2011. http://www.drunkenboat.com/db15/tria-andrews The Work of Our Play. Drunken Boat, 2011. http://www.drunkenboat.com/db15/tria-andrews The Truth About Aunt Eileen. A Year in Ink 3 (2009): 6. Tyler the Skinhead. Ginosko 9 (2009): 67. Tria Andrews, Page 5 of 14

The World is Tall. Everyday Genius, 2009. http://www.everyday-genius.com/2009/08/tria-andrews.html/ Eulogy I Couldnt Give. Unsaid 4 (2009): 451-452. Lake Berryessa, Unsaid 4 (2009): 453. Fall. The Strip 1 (Spring 2008): 4. Flipping Out. eyeshot.net, 2007. http://eyeshot.net/tria.html/ Charm and Bracelets. red. 2 (2007): 31. Scrambled Fast, red. 2 (2007): 115. SHORT STORIES m*art*yr. Moonshot Magazine 1, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 50-53. American Totem Pole. The Latent Print. 2009. http://www.thelatentprint.com/?p=1343/ Deer Face. BorderSenses: Chimera Special Issue (2009): 25-26. Bone Woman. Unsaid 4 (2009): 447-450. Breath over Johnny Day. Lumina Magazine 8 (2009): 24-26. Brain-d. pequin.org, 2009. http://www.pequin.org/archives/2009/triaandrews/brain-d.php/ Andrews, Tria and M. Joseph Irwin. Regarding the Pain of Others. Fiction International 41 (2008): 50-55. Lakes that Stain. sophiezine.com, 2008. http://www.sophiezine.com/shortstory1.html/ Fridays Child. See You Next Tuesday: The Second Coming (2008): 25-27. Jaundiced Baby. Fiction International 40 (2007): 155-163. PHOTOGRAPHY Hanging. Womyns Circle (accepted, 2012). Hidden. Womyns Circle (accepted, 2012). Secret Prayer. Womyns Circle (accepted, 2012). Diana. San Diego Entertainer Magazine, 2009. http://www.sdentertainer.com/lifestyle/healthwellness/perfect-yoga-bodyyoga-perfect-body/ Bubble Gum Jesus. Cellar Roots (2009). Spatula. pequin.org, 2008. http://pequin.org/archives/2008/briancurran/goodbyecadecus.php Tria Andrews, Page 6 of 14

An Exercise. The Strip 1 (Spring 2008): 4. The Scare. pequin.org, 2008. http://pequin.org/archives/2008/crispinbest/ofopalssilvers.php ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teacher, Poetry for the People (forthcoming) [reading, poetry, and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement with an Engaged Scholarship component], African Diaspora Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2014. Chancellors Public Fellow, Archeology 2ACES [Introduction to Archeology for the American Cultures Requirement with an Engaged Scholarship component], Anthropology Department, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2013. Instructor, English 99A, Prison University Project, San Quentin, CA, Fall 2013. Instructor, Native American Studies R1A [reading and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement], Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2012. Instructor, Native American Studies R1B [reading and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement], Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2012. Instructor, Native American Studies R1A [reading and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement], Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2011. Instructor, Asian American Studies R2B [reading and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement], Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2011. Graduate Student Instructor, Asian American Studies R2A [reading and composition course for the American Cultures Requirement], Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2011. Instructor, Reading and Writing as Critical Inquiry 100 [entry-level composition], Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus, Calexico, CA, Spring 2010. Substitute Teacher, San Diego Unified School District, San Diego, CA, Fall 2005-Spring 2010. Long-Term English Teacher, La Jolla High School, La Jolla, CA, Spring 2007. [two-course load.] ESL Instructor, Converse International School of Languages, San Diego, CA, Summer 2007. ADDITIONAL RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Editor, Fiction International, San Diego State University, 2007-2009. Volunteer Mentor for the American Indian Recruitment program, San Diego State University, Summer 2009.

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS From Research Questions to Research Methods Graduate Seminar, Methodologies and Approaches to Theater in Context University of California, Berkeley Grappling with Authenticity: Native Americans in Professional Wrestling Undergraduate DeCal Course, Film & Media Studies University of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Panel for Prospective Students University of California, Berkeley Interconnected Individualism and the Lakota Medicine Wheel and Socialization through Basketball: Reinforcing Racial Stratification on the Reservation Brown Bag Series, Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley Interconnected Individualism and the Lakota Medicine Wheel Center for Race and Gender Forum University of California, Berkeley INVITED WORKSHOPS Race and Yoga in the U.S.: Yoga and Reflective Writing Workshop for Women of Color Women of Color Coalition University of California, Berkeley Guided Meditation for Women of Color Empowering Women of Color Conference University of California, Berkeley CHAIRED PANELS Spaces of Vulnerability, Spaces of Healing: Race, Performance, and Nation-State Violence Cultural Studies Association Conference University of California, San Diego Alternative Views California Indian Conference California State University, Chico March 2012 April 2012 October 2013

October 2013

March 2012 February 2012

October 2011

March 2012

October 2011

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PRESENTATIONS Incarcerated Native Youth and Embodied Practices National Womens Studies Association Conference Cincinnati, Ohio The Trajectory of the Punitive Nature of Educational Programs for Native American Youth Conference of Ford Fellows National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC Playing with Pride: X-marks and Athletics for Filipino and Native American Students Critical Ethnic Studies Conference University of Illinois-Chicago Overlooking Genocide: The Motif of Violence in Stanley Kubricks The Shining Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Punishment and Curing through Culturally Relevant Curriculum Rethinking Prisons Conference Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Socialization through Basketball: Reinforcing Racial Stratification on the Reservation Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Conference Santa Clara University Carceral Catharsis: The Cultural Commodification of Incarcerated Yogis Dance Under Construction XII: Re-imagining Archives in Motion University of California, Riverside A Comparative Analysis of Basketball as a Realm of Cultural Identity in Schools for African American and Native American Youth Graduate School of Education Research Day University of California, Berkeley The New Native Hero: Battling with Basketball on the Reservation Native American Literature Symposium Albuquerque, New Mexico Race and Yoga in the Prison Industrial Complex Cultural Studies Association Conference University of California, San Diego Tria Andrews, Page 9 of 14 November 2013

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Native American Girls: Human Healing and the Young Prisoner as Intellectual National Womens Studies Association Conference Atlanta, Georgia Balance, Interconnectedness, and Border Thinking: A Comparative Study of Native American Spirituality and Yoga Philosophy California Indian Conference California State University, Chico Wrestling Indian: The Performance of Alere Little Feather, A Native Woman in Professional Wrestling Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference University of California, Davis Just Right as Is: The Necessity of an Intersectional Approach in Understanding the Experiences of Native American Women Native American Literature Symposium Albuquerque, New Mexico Pearl of Wisdom: The Beauty of Ambiguity in Creating Collective Strength International Conference of the Contemporary Womens Writing Network San Diego State University Cockroaches, Color, and Identity Formation in Poems by Jericho Brown and Lucille Clifton Department of American Studies Storytellers Conference University at Buffalo, The State University of New York The Other Brother: Identity and the Internalization of Another Mans Suffering Literature and Pathology Conference University of California, Davis WORKSHOPS Teaching Yoga in Carceral Spaces: Pedagogy and Practice Critical Ethnic Studies Conference University of Illinois-Chicago Making Literature Matter: The Power of Creative Writing in Building a Bridge Between Ethnic Literature and Lived Experiences Empowering Women of Color Conference University of California, Berkeley

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Healing Mind, Body, and Spirit: Yoga as a Radical Act Youth Together Ethnic Studies Conference University of California, Berkeley Empower Yoga: Cultivating Holistic Health and Self-healing for At-Risk and Incarcerated Girls Empowering Women of Color Conference University of California, Berkeley PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCE SEMINARS Teaching Inside Carceral Institutions Cultural Studies Association Conference University of California, San Diego INVITED PRESENTATIONS OF CREATIVE WORK Dead Center of the Heart (Forthcoming) San Francisco Jazz Festival The Politics of Blood and the Politics of Love American Indian Graduate Student Association University of California, Berkeley Dead Center of the Heart: A Creative Cartography of Historical, Familial, and Personal Narratives in the Philippines and U.S. The Manila Times College Manila, Luzon, Philippines Connected: A Creative Collection on Colonial Education in the Philippines and the U.S. 5th Annual Mid-Year Enrichment Workshop for American Fulbright Students and Scholars in South East Asia Bangkok, Thailand PRESENTATIONS OF CREATIVE WORK When Riches are More Recognizable Than Blood (Forthcoming) Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Torn Mother Tongues (Forthcoming) John R. Miltons Writers Conference University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota Weaving the Silence of the Archives: A Creative Presentation on the Similar Historical Experiences Tria Andrews, Page 11 of 14

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of Native Americans and Filipinos Under U.S. Rule Native American Studies Graduate Symposium: Weaving the Roots of Knowledge University of California, Davis, April 2013. Hybridity and Healing Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies Conference University of California, Berkeley Breath Over Johnny Day Literary Potlach Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference University of California, Davis PERFORMANCE Recollection: Performing Feminist Scholarship Dancer Directed by: Heather Rastovac and Karin Shankar Gender and Womens Studies Department 20th Anniversary Celebration University of California, Berkeley SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Race and Yoga in the U.S. Working Group Founder and Co-facilitator Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley Yoga and Access: Questions of Inclusion Conference (forthcoming) Co-founder and Organizer Horizons: A Graduate Literary Salon (forthcoming) Co-founder and Organizer Poetry for the People Public Life Organizer (forthcoming) Head Organizer for Poetry for the People Annual Poetry Reading Native American Studies: The Politics of Identity Member Townsend Center, University of California, Berkeley American Indian Graduate Student Association Member University of California, Berkeley Womyns Circle Member University of California, Berkeley Tria Andrews, Page 12 of 14 Fall 2011-Present October 2011 March 2012

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Criminal Justice Working Group University of California, Berkeley American Indian Graduate Student Beading Group Organizer University of California, Berkeley PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Native American Indigenous Studies Association Critical Prison Studies Caucus, American Studies Association American Studies Association National Womens Studies Association CERTIFICATIONS IN EMBODIED PRACTICES Certified Stick Fighting Instructor Combat Kali Manila Philippines Third-degree Black Belt in the Martial Arts Pinewood Karate School Napa, CA Two-time Womens National Champion USA Wrestling Certified Yoga Instructor Prana Yoga Center La Jolla, CA Certified Massage Therapist Napa Valley School of Massage Napa, CA SELECT YOGA SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY Yoga Instructor Yoga Corps Nirgoa Institute Alameda County Juvenile Hall San Leandro, CA Yoga Instructor YMCA Teen Center Berkeley, CA Tria Andrews, Page 13 of 14

Fall 2010-Spring 2012 Fall 2012-Spring 2012

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Yoga Instructor Wanbli Wiconi Tipi Youth Wellness and Renewal Juvenile Detention Center Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Yoga Instructor Ethnic Studies Department University of California, Berkeley Yoga Instructor Girls Rehabilitation Facility San Diego, CA REFERENCES Tom Biolsi Professor Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley 510.643.0796 biolsit@berkeley.edu Catherine Cole Professor Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies University of California, Berkeley 510.642.1677 colecat@berkeley.edu

Summer 2011, 2013

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Shari Huhndorf Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley 510.643.5000 huhndorf@berkeley.edu Keith Feldman Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley 510.642.3563 kpfeldman@berkeley.edu

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