Carieta Thomas

Curriculum Vitae

University of Calgary carieta.thomas1@ucalgary.ca

Department of Sociology
527 Campus Place N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Migration Sociology of Labour

Intersectionality Theory and Methods Race and Ethnicity
Gender Socio-Legal Studies

EDUCATION

Present University of Calgary, Calgary, AB PhD in Sociology

Dissertation: “Technologies of Surveillance: An Intersectional Analysis of
Undocumented Caribbean Women Care Workers in the Labour Markets in
Canada and the U.S.”
Committee: Pallavi Banerjee (Supervisor), Naomi Lightman (Co-
Supervisor), Jean Wallace, Regine King
Certification: Certificate in University Teaching and Learning
2015 New England Law|Boston, Boston, MA JD
Specialization: Immigration Law
License: State Bar of Massachusetts
2012 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY MA in Pan-African Studies
Thesis: “Beyond the ‘Iron Lady’: Paternalism, Feminism, Reconciliation
and the Future of Liberia”
Committee: Linda Carty (Supervisor), Micere Mugo, Gwendolyn Pough
Certification: Certificate in University Teaching
2010 Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA BA in Int. Relat./Africana Studies
Thesis: “Vagabonds in Power: Tenuous Peace in Liberia Post Truth and
Reconciliation Commission”
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2018 University of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica—Law Faculty

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming Banerjee, Pallavi and Carieta Thomas. “Intersectional Research on Citizenship &
Labor” in Research Handbook on Intersectionality, edited by Mary Romero and
Reshawna Chapple. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
2022 Special Issue Co-Editor, “Pandemic Perspectives: Racialized and Gendered
Experiences of Refugee and Immigrant Families in Canada”, Canadian Ethnic
Studies
2022 Thomas, Carieta and Naomi Lightman. 2022. “ ‘Island Girls’: Caribbean Women
Care Workers in Canada”. Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(1):29-58.
2021 Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Elephant in the Room and Mouse in the Corner: Tales of
Networking while Black”. Women, Gender, and Families of Color (online special
issue).
2021 Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Who Cares: Lesson on the Stratification of Care Work”.
Gender & Society Peer Reviewed Pedagogy Project Lesson Plan.
R&R Banerjee, Pallavi and Carieta Thomas. “The Migrant Carework Regime and the
Making of the Constant-Careworker Among Indian Immigrant Nurses.” Gender,
Work & Organization.
Under Review Thomas, Carieta. “Nobody’s gonna talk to you about that”: Methodological
Considerations in Research with Undocumented Caribbean Care Workers during
COVID-19” in Unmasking Academia: Institutional Inequities Laid Bare by the
COVID-19 Pandemic, edited by Irene Shankar and Corinne L. Mason.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2022 Honorable Mention, Esther Ngan-ling Chow and Mareyjoyce Green

Dissertation Scholarship, Sociologists for Women in Society: $1,750 USD
2021 Donald L. Mills Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary—Department of
Sociology: $2,800 CAD
2020-2023 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council (SSHRC): $150,000 CAD
2020-2022 Izaak Walton Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary:
$36,000 CAD value (received $3,000 CAD per year for research funding due to
Vanier scholarship acceptance)
2019 Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary: $14,000
CAD
2018 Dean’s International Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, University of
Calgary: $35,000 CAD
2012-2015 Charles Hamilton Houston Scholarship, New England Law|Boston: $132,200
USD
2015 CALI Excellence for the Future Award- Business and Human Rights, New
England Law|Boston
2015 CALI Excellence for the Future Award- Indigenous People’s Rights, New
England Law|Boston
2014 Charles Hamilton Houston Honor Society, New England Law|Boston
2012 Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, Syracuse University Inductee
2011 Department Summer Research Grant, Syracuse University: $700 USD
2007-2008 Honors List, Agnes Scott College
2009-2010 Dean’s Honor List, Agnes Scott College
2006-2010 Frances Winship-Walters Scholarship, Agnes Scott College: $8,000 USD
(annually)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2021 “Immigrant Carework Regime and the Making of the Constant-Careworker

among Indian Immigrant Nurses”, IV International Sociological Association
Forum of Sociology, February 23-27
2021 “ ‘Island Girls’: Caribbean Women Care Workers in Canada”, Canadian
Sociological Association Annual Conference, May 31- June 4
2019 “ ‘Our Purpose as Women and Nurses is to be Selfless Healer’: Discourse of
Gendered Carework and Self-Making as Healers among Indian Immigrant
Nurses”, Global Care Work Summit, June 9-11
2019 “Mama Africa: A Feminist Analysis of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf”, Graduate Student
Research Symposium, University of Calgary, March 7-9
2012 “Beyond the ‘Iron Lady’: Paternalism, Feminism, Reconciliation and the Future
of Liberia”, 44th Annual Liberian Studies Association Conference, Cornell
University, March 29-31
2011 “A Call for Change- Agents of Transformation in Africa”, The Eduardo
Mondlane Brown Bag Lecture Series, The Africa Initiative of Syracuse
University, October

INVITED LECTURES AND PANELS

2022 “Intergenerational Critical Feminist Conversations: Reflecting on the Past,

Present, and Future of Feminist Sociology”, Panel Discussion, Canadian
Sociological Association Annual Conference, May 16-20
2021 “ “You’re Nothing”: Researching the Labour Market Experiences of
Undocumented Caribbean Care Workers During the Pandemic”, invited speaker
for McMaster University SPARK Speaker Series, September 17

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Calgary Sessional Instructor

2021 The Sociology of Law
2021 Sociology of Ethnicity & Racialization

University of Calgary Teaching Assistant

2022 Introduction to Sociology
2020 Research Methods in Law & Society
2019 Sociology of Mass Communication
2019 Classical Sociological Theory

Newbury College Adjunct Instructor

2016 Global Issues

Syracuse University Teaching Assistant

2012 There goes the Neighborhood: US Residential Segregation
2012 Caribbean Society Since Independence
2011 African American Literature to 1900: An Introduction
2011 African American Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
2010 African Orature
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2021 Research Assistant, Regine King, University of Calgary Urban Alliance, “Scoping
Review—Municipal Anti-racist Practices that Might Work”
2020 Research Assistant, Michael Adorjan, University of Calgary, SSHRC Sponsored,
“Responding to Youth and Cyber-Risk: Assessing Parents' and Educators'
Experiences, Attitudes and Strategies Towards Online Risks Facing Youth”
2019 Research Assistant, Pallavi Banerjee University of Calgary, “Dismantling
Dependence: Gendered Migration of Indian Professional Families and the Visa
Regime”
2019 Research Assistant, Naomi Lightman, University of Calgary, SSHRC Insight
Development Grant “Sorting and Shaping: The Dynamics of Labor Market
Exclusion for Female Migrant Care Workers in Canada”
2011 Independent Research on former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian
reconciliation process

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017 Legal Intern, Jamaicans for Justice, Kingston, Jamaica

2014 Immigration Legal Intern, Community Legal Services and Counseling Services
(now De Novo Center for Justice and Healing), Cambridge, MA
2013 Legal Intern, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, Greater Boston Legal
Service, Boston, MA
2009 Conflict Resolution Program Intern, The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA
2007 Intern, International Rescue Committee, Decatur, GA

DISCIPLINARY AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

2021-Present Junior Scholars Advisory Board, Gender & Society

2021-2022 Decolonization Sub-Committee Cross-Appointed Graduate Student
Representative, Canadian Sociological Association
2021 Presider, “Family and Kinship: Maternal Relationships and Race, Class, Gender at
the ASA Virtual Annual Meeting”, American Sociological Association Annual
Conference
2020-Present Graduate Leaders Circle, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary
2020-2021 Equity Sub-Committee Cross-Appointed Graduate Student Representative,
Canadian Sociological Association
2020 Sociology Graduate Student Caucus International Student Representative,
University of Calgary
2019 Sociology Graduate Student Caucus Graduate Studies Committee Representative,
University of Calgary

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Sociological Association

Canadian Sociological Association
Sociologists for Women in Society

REFERENCES

Pallavi Banerjee Jean Wallace

Associate Professor Professor
University of Calgary University of Calgary
Department of Sociology Department of Sociology
527 Campus Place N.W. 527 Campus Place N.W.
Social Sciences 926 Social Sciences 914
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Phone: +1 (403) 220-6511 Phone: +1 (403) 220-6516

Email: pallavi.banerjee@ucalgary.ca Email: jwallace@ucalgary.ca

Naomi Lightman
Assistant Professor
University of Calgary
Department of Sociology
527 Campus Place N.W.
Social Sciences 928
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Phone: +1 (403) 220-8469

Email: naomi.lightman@ucalgary.ca