Caitlin Meagher, Ph.D.
Caitlin Meagher, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Anthropology
Office: Zageir 219
Phone: (828) 250-3868
Email: cmeagher@unca.edu
Caitlin Meagher holds a DPhil and MPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford. Her work combines ethnographic depth with a critical analysis of precarity, belonging, and social transformation in post-industrial societies. Her current work concerns survivors’ experiences and interpretations of natural disasters. Her previous research explores contemporary urban life, changing family structure, and alternative living arrangements in Japan. She is the author of Inside a Japanese Sharehouse: dreams and realities.
Courses
ANTH 100.001 DI: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 100.002 DI: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 374.002 ST: Women in East Asia
Education
University of Oxford
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Doctor of Philosophy, 2018
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Doctor of Philosophy, 2018
University of Oxford
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Master of Philosophy, June 2011
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology
Master of Philosophy, June 2011
University of Oxford
Nissan Institute for Modern Japan Studies
Master of Science, October 2009
Nissan Institute for Modern Japan Studies
Master of Science, October 2009
New York University
Bachelor of Arts, Politics
May 2000
Bachelor of Arts, Politics
May 2000
Selected Publications
Review of Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World’s First Bullet Train by Jessamyn R. Abel. [Forthcoming in 2022]. Journal of Asian Studies.
‘Single and Unready to Mingle: the Insecure Lifeworlds of Never-Married Singles’ (co-authored with Akiko Yoshida) [Forthcoming in 2023]. In Gender, Safety, Inequality: Key Issues for Japan, Kimiko Tanaka and Helaine Selin (eds.) Cham, CH: Springer Nature.
‘The Price of Belonging in a Japanese Sharehouse’ [forthcoming]. In The Price of
Belonging in Asia, Joanna Pfaf-Czarnecka and Éva Rosalia (eds.).
Belonging in Asia, Joanna Pfaf-Czarnecka and Éva Rosalia (eds.).
Inside a Japanese Sharehouse: dreams and realites 2020. London: Routledge.
‘Coding and Theorizing’. 2020. In Studying Japan: Handbook of Research Designs,
Fieldwork and Methods, Nora Kotmann and Cornelia Reiher (eds.). Baden-Baden:
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaf
Fieldwork and Methods, Nora Kotmann and Cornelia Reiher (eds.). Baden-Baden:
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaf
Make yourself at home: dreams and realites in a Japanese sharehouse [PhD thesis].
University of Oxford. 2018.
University of Oxford. 2018.
‘Constructing an Interior Public: uchi and soto in the Japanese sharehouse’, Home
Cultures 15, October 12, 2017, pp. 113-136. Published online: February 15, 2018.
Cultures 15, October 12, 2017, pp. 113-136. Published online: February 15, 2018.
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