Central Eurasian Studies

Email:

conradsm@indiana.edu

Dissertation Title:

Momo, Motherhood, and The 7 Train: Exiled Tibetan Women in New York City

Doctoral Advising Committee:

Marvin Sterling (Socio-Cultural Anthropology)
Virginia Vitzthum (Biological Anthropology)
György Kara (Tibetan and Mongolian)
Sarah Phillips (Medical Anthropology)
Sienna Craig (Anthropology and Tibet)
Gedun Rabsal (Tibet)

Honors/Awards

2004 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Tibetan
2005 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Tibetan
2008-2009 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Tibetan
2011 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Chinese
2012 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Chinese
2011-2012.Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Chinese
2012-2013 Foreign Language Fellowship Award, Chinese
2013 SKOMP Pre-dissertation Award
2015 East Asian Studies Center travel grant
2015 Association of Central Eurasian Students travel grant
2015 Asia-Pacific grant (declined)
2016 CAHI College of Arts and Humanities Award
2017 East Asian Studies Center travel grant
2018 COAS College of Arts and Sciences Award
2018 Anthropology travel grant
2019 CAHI College of Arts and Humanities Award
2019 East Asian Studies Center travel grant
2019 Anthropology travel grant
2018 Associate Instructor of the Year Award

Publications

“Women in Lho rong Chos 'byung”. International Association of Tibetan Studies  (IATS). Paris, France. July, 2019.

Conrad, Sara. “Interview with Katrina Markoff of Vosges Haute Chocolate: The Magic, the Fashion, and the Future of Chocolate”. Indiana Food Review, 2010.

Conrad, Sara. Blogger for Earth Eats, Indiana public radio. A blog bringing you the freshest news and recipes inspired by local food and sustainable agriculture. http://indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/author/conradsm/

Bryant, Conrad, Lester, and Ross.“Capturing the Cannon: A Spatial Exploration of Anthropology’s Most Taught Authors”. Cultural Anthropology. 2013

Thesis

Oral accounts of the Sa skya 'bag mo, past and present voices of the terrifying witches of Sa skya. by Conrad, Sara Marie, M.A., INDIANA UNIVERSITY, 2012 
Available on ProQuest: http://gradworks.umi.com/15/19/1519494.html

Conference Participation (selected):

"If My Family is There, I Will Do It the Tibetan Way": Tibetan Experiences in Pregnancy and Childbirth". Anthropological Graduate Association of Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana, February 22, 2014.

"Motherhood in Exile". Association of Asian Studies (AAS). Chicago, Illinois, March 26, 2015.

"Herstories of Contemporary Stories and Contextualizing the Early Texts of the Saskya 'bag mo in the 17th-21st Century." Association of Central Eurasian Studies Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, March 12, 2016.

"Contextualizing the milieu of the Sa skya 'bag mo in 17th-20th century Tibet." International Association of Tibetologist (IATS). Bergen, Norway, June 26, 2016.

"Western Acculturation of Buddhist Imagery Through Television". Association of Central Eurasian Studies Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, March 3, 2017.

"Women's Everyday Resistance in Tibetan Exile Communities". Himalayan Studies Conference V. Boulder, Colorado, September 2, 2017.

"Gastro Politics in the Tibetan Diasporic Community of Jackson Heights". Association of Asian Studies (AAS). Washington D.C., March 25, 2018.

"On "Orientalism and Aspects of Violence in the Tibetan Tradition" by Elliot Sperling, Overview and Impact". Tibetan History & Historiography, A Symposium in Honor of Elliot Sperling. Bloomington, IN. January 25, 2019.

Teaching Appointments

2021 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. HUBI B300 - Human Biology (HUBI) - Human Dilemmas - Reproduction

2021 spring semester - Visiting Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. CEUS R379/579 Contemporary Tibet. (Online mix of synchronous and asynchronous instruction)

2020 fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. HUBI B300 - Human Biology (HUBI) - Human Dilemmas - Genetics and Eugenics 

2020 fall semester - Visiting Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. CEUS R270 - Tibetan Civilization. (Online mix of synchronous and asynchronous instruction) 

2020 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B300 - Human Biology (HUBI) - Human Dilemmas - Reproduction

2019 fall - fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B200 - HUBI - The Intricate Human

2019 spring and summer semester - Research Assistant and Course Developer, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. AnthE400 Humor in Use, Anth E409 Stigma

2018 fall semester - Research Assistant and Course Developer, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. COLL C105: Biology and Culture of Women's Bodies and ANTH E200: Socio-Cultural Anthropology

2018 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN COLL, C105, Critical Approaches: Natural and Mathematical Science: Biology and Culture of Women's Bodies

2017 second eight weeks - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Doing Business in/with Tibet BUS D271

2017 fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Anthropology ANTH E260: Culture, Health, and Illness

2017 summer session II - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Evolutionary Biology L318

2017 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN CEUS R371, CEUS R571, ANTH E300 - Tibet and The West

2016 fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN CEUS E271 - Tibetan Civilization

2016 summer session I - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Biology L112.

2016 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B300 - Human Biology (HUBI) - Human Dilemmas - Reproduction

2015 fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B200 - HUBI - The Intricate Human - Diet

2015 co-instructor with Elliot Sperling - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN CEUS 270 - Tibetan Civilization

2015 Indiana University Life Long Learning, Bloomington, IN. Topic: Tibet and its People

2015 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B200 - HUBI - The Intricate Human - Diet

2014 & 2015 fall semester - Visiting Lecturer, Indiana University Fort Wayne, IN REL 23000 - Religions of the East, online Blackboard

2014 spring semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN ANTH A200, Topics in Anthropology, Culture and Society
Topic: Tibet: Demons, Gods, People, Places, and Spaces on the Roof of the World

2013 fall semester - Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN COLL, C105, Critical Approaches: Natural and Mathematical Science: Biology and Culture of Women's Bodies.