Dr. Margaret Dorsey

P.D., Texas State Library and Archives Commission, TexTreasures Grant, “Digitizing Contamincion,” $24,600. (2018-2017)

P.D., National Endowment of the Humanities, Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions, “Preservation Assessment:  Border Studies Archive and Museum of South Texas History,”Co-P.D., Lisa McAdam, Museum of South Texas History, $6,000. (2015-2013)

P.D., Texas State Library and Archives Commission, TexTreasures Grant, “Digitizing Curanderismo,”(award includes matching funds) $25,000. (2014-2013)

Co-P.D., National Endowment for the Humanities, Bridging Cultures Initiative:  Humanities Initiatives for Faculty: Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment, “From Porciones to Colonias: Inserting the Hispanic in a Hispanic Serving Institution through Curriculum Innovation,”University of Texas-Pan American, P.D. Russell Skowronek, Co-P.D.’s Margaret Dorsey, Sonia Hernandez, Edna Alfaro, $99,425. (2014-2011)

Co-P.I., National Science Foundation Grant, Cultural Anthropology Senior Advisory Panel, “A Nation Divided: The Border Wall, Immigration and Citizenship on the U.S. Mexico Border.” University of Pennsylvania, Co-P.I. M. Díaz-Barriga, $125,000. (2010-2009)

Co-P.I., National Science Foundation Grant, SGER Cultural Anthropology Division, “A Nation Divided: Immigration and Citizenship on the Border.” University of Pennsylvania, Co-P.I. M. Díaz-Barriga, $15,000 (2009-2008)

with M. Díaz-Barriga. New Directions Award from the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association for their research on border walls. This award recognizes work that presents anthropological perspectives to the general public through various mediums. (2021)

Best Conference Paper Prize with Díaz-Barriga, “Filling in the Gaps:  Walls Without Limits and Sovereignty with Exceptions,” Association for Borderlands Studies Annual Conference, $500. (2018)

Curator with M. Díaz-Barriga, Fencing In Democracy, apexart, New York. Won competition juried by 170 international artists to create exhibition on U.S. Mexico border security: travel, gallery space, materials, shipping, artist honorariums, brochures, $41,700. (2016-2014)

“Fencing in Democracy,” CUNY Hunter, New York April 27 [postponed due to COVID 19]. (2020)

“Democracy and Exception,” American University, Washington DC, April-May [postponed due to COVID 19]. (2020)

“Agamben and Walls,” Agamben Conference and Symposium, Marshall University, April 3 [postponed due to COVID 19]. (2020)

“Racism and Walls,” Plenary at American Ethnological Society, Austin, Tx, March 26 [postponed due to COVID 19]. (2020)

“Fencing in Democracy,” Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Migration & Diaspora Studies, and Department of Geography, Carleton University, Canada, March 12. (2020)

“Lancement de Livre,” Lecture and Conversation with Marie Lamensch and Élisabeth Vallet, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies and Raoul-Danduran en Études Strategiques et Diplomatiques, Université, Concordia University, Canada, March 9. (2020)

“Border Walls, Citizenship and the Security State,” Departments of Sociology and Anthropology; Psychology, History, Philosophy, Religion & Classical Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, English, African American Studies, World Languages and Cultures, Political Science and International Studies, The College of New Jersey. (2020)

“Fencing in Democracy,” Department of Anthropology, The College of William and Mary, February 19. (2020)

Conference co-organizer and panel moderator, Walls, Borders, and Partitions in a Global Perspective, University of Richmond, February 28. (2020)

“Border Walls, Necrocitizenship and the Security State,” In Common Discussion Series, Office of Common Ground and Boatwright Library, University of Richmond, February 17. (2020)

Co-organizer and co-chair roundtable, Junior Faculty Mentorship Program, Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists, Vancouver, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 22. (2019)

“Pushing the Border Out: Cyber Latinos in the Age of Walls,” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, November 21. (2019)

and Chair, With a Riata in Her Hand:  Honoring the Scholarship of Beverly Stoeltje, Vancouver, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 21. (2019)

and Chair, With a Riata in Her Hand:  Honoring the Scholarship of Beverly Stoeltje Part I, Baltimore, American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, October 18. (2019)

and Chair, With a Riata in Her Hand: Honoring the Scholarship of Beverly Stoeltje Part II, Baltimore, American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, October 18. (2019)

Co-Organized talk at University of Richmond, People Power: Social Media and Political Space in Uganda East Africa, part of the African Film Weekend 2019 Lecture by Dr. Ogwang (Department of Literature and First Deputy Vice Chancellor Makerere University, Uganda), October. (2019)

“Walls, Militarization, and Citizenship on the U.S. Mexico Border,” Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, University of Richmond, February 15. (2019)

Co-Organized talk at University of Richmond, These Refugees, Lecture by Dr. Rosas (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign), January. (2019)

Elected to Budget, Priorities and Resources Committee, Division Two Position. (2020)

American Studies Advisory Board Member, University of Richmond. (2019-present)

Inclusive Pedagogy Cohort, University of Richmond. (2020-2019)

Migration, Nation and Identity Faculty Learning Community, Co-Chairs Lidia Radi and Kasongo Kapanga, University of Richmond. (2020-2018)

Co-Chair, Junior Faculty Mentorship Committee, Association for Latina and Latino Anthropologists. (2019-present)

Advisory Board, Anthropology News. (2019-present)

Mentor, Graduate Student Mentorship Program, Association for Latina and Latino Anthropologists. (2018-present)

Editorial Board, The Journal for the Society of Anthropology of North America. (2015-present)