EMAIL CNP304@mizzou.edu
OFFICE 107 Swallow Hall
Department of Anthropology
Columbia, Missouri 65211
EDUCATION
University of Missouri—Columbia
M.A. Anthropology, May 2006
Ph.D. Anthropology, expected May 2011
Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
B.A. Sociology and Anthropology, May 2004
Universitas Sam Ratulangi (UNSRAT), Manado, Indonesia
Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay, June 2007—August 2007
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute, June 2006—August 2006
Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
Facultad de Filologia, January 2003—May 2004
EXPERIENCE
Department of Anthropology, Graduate Instructor, August 2007—May 2008, Course: General Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Graduate Instructor, August 2006—May 2007, Course: General Anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Graduate Teaching Assistant August 2005—May 2006, Course: Cultural Anthropology
Department of Romance Languages, Graduate Instructor, January 2005—May 2005, Course: Elementary Spanish
Museum of Anthropology, Curation Assistant, August 2004—January 2005, Grayson Archery Collection
LANGUAGES
English Native speaker
Spanish Fluent
Indonesian Advanced proficiency
PUBLICATIONS
Pomianek, C. , C. Palmer, R. Wadley, and K. Coe (2008, Forthcoming) The Role of Traditions in the Toleration and Punishment of Freeriders: A Cross-Cultural Examination. In Cooperation in Social and Economic Exchange. Judith Marti, Ed. Altamira Press.
Coe, K., C.T. Palmer, and C. Pomianek (2007) E.T. Phone Darwin: What Can an Evolutionary Understanding of Animal Communication and Art Contribute to Our Understanding of Methods for Extraterrestrial Communication? In Culture and the Cosmos. Al Harrison and Dough Vakock, Eds. Berhan books. In press.
Palmer, C. and C. Pomianek (2007) Costly Signaling Theory and the Ritual Communication of Trust in Newfoundland Mumming. Human Nature 18(4).
Pomianek, C. and R. Wadley (2007) Cost, Compensation and Variation in Strategic Communication among Iban Hunters. Under review.
PRESENTATIONS
Pomianek, C. (May 2008) Microfinance in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Between State and Society: Local-Level Politics in Southeast Asia. Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Pomianek, C., C. Palmer , R. Wadley and K. Coe (April 2008) The Toleration and Punishment of Freeriders in Social and Economic Exchange: A Cross-Cultural Examination. Session: Policing the Commons. Society for Economic Anthropology. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pomianek, C. (August 2007) Kerja Sama dalam Kelompok RoSCA di Cina dan Indonesia. Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay. Universitas Sam Ratualngi, Manado, Indonesia.
Pomianek, C. and R. Wadley (May 2007) Contextualizing the Toleration and the Punishment of Freeriders. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Wadley, R. and C. Pomianek (June 2007) Introducing Innovation into Tradition. Presented by Christina Pomianek. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Pomianek, C. (June 2006) Is Iban Hunting a Costly Signal? An Evaluation of the Scale and Context of Costly Signal Production. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pomianek, C. and C. Palmer (June 2005) Costly Signaling Theory and the Ritual Communication of Trust in Newfoundland Mumming. Poster Session I. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
SYMPOSIA ORGANIZED
Palmer, C. and C. Pomianek (2007) Symposium: The Evolutionary Study of Traditions, Part I. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Palmer, C. and C. Pomianek (2007) Symposium: The Evolutionary Study of Traditions, Part II. Human Behavior and Evolution Society Meetings. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
INSTRUCTIONAlL ACTIVITIES
Textbook review, Kottak, C. (2008) Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity, 12th edition. McGraw Hill. Textbook review, (2008) General Anthropology. Boston: McGraw Hill.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ph.D. Dissertation Research
Microfinance and Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
I will carry out extended fieldwork in West Kalimantan, Indonesia in which I will examine the impact of microfinance institutions (MFIs) on the flow of capital within communities and resultant changes in work and enterprise. Additionally, in this research I will investigate social and economic changes associated with the transition from local, traditional means of generating capital, such as rotating savings and credit associations, arisan and kongsi, to new microfinance opportunities in which funds are obtained from outside the community.
M.A. Thesis Research
Is Iban Hunting a Costly Signal? An Evaluation of the Scale and Context of Costly Signal Production.
In my thesis research, I examined the validity of CST in the explanation of hunting practices among the Iban, and the appropriateness of evaluating signaling behaviors across the longhouse community rather than as individual-specific communications. This research emphasized parallels between CST and previous explanations for "wasteful" behaviors, such as kin selection, indirect reciprocity, conspicuous consumption, and symbolic capital.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Voluntary associations and rotating savings and credit associations in Southeast Asia
Cooperation, identity, and CB radio use among American truck drivers (with Chris Lindley) Cell phone use and information sharing among American truck drivers Cell phone use and information sharing among Maine lobster fishers (with Craig Palmer)
Variation in costly signal meaning among Iban hunters (with Reed Wadley)
Cross-cultural analysis of the toleration and punishment of freeriders (with Reed Wadley)
Introducing innovation into tradition through appeals to ancestors (with Reed Wadley)
Ritual communications of trust (with Craig Palmer)
Evolutionary studies incorporating tradition (with Craig Palmer and Kathryn Coe)
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Elected Student Member of the Executive Board for the Society for Anthropology Sciences, 2008--2010 Travel Grant, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark, May 2008 Graduate Student Association Travel Scholarship, July 2007 Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, COTIM, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Indonesia, June 2007 Graduate Instructorship, Department of Anthropology, 2007—2008 Center for Electronic Research Fellowship, June 2006
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute, University of Wisconsin—Madison June 2006
Graduate Professional Council Travel Scholarship, June 2006
Graduate Student Association Travel Scholarship, June 2006
Parent's Association Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistantship, April 2006
Graduate Instructorship, Department of Anthropology, 2006—2007
Sigma Xi, full membership, 2005—present
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Anthropology, 2005—2006
Graduate Professional Council Anthropology Representative, 2005—2007
Graduate Instructorship, Department of Romance Languages, 2005
Graduate Professional Council Travel Scholarship, May 2005
Truman State University President's List, 2002—2004
Truman State University Combined Ability Scholarship, 2000
Presidential Award for Academic Achievement, 2000
Creative Music Instructor of the Year, 1997—2000
MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association Anthropology Student Association—University of Missouri Borneo Research Council Evolutionary Anthropology Society Golden Key Human Behavior and Evolution Society Sigma Xi Society for the Anthropological Sciences Society for Economic Anthropology United Nations Association—University of Missouri chapter.