Curriculum Vitae
A NDREW B. S HEARS January 2011
Department of Geography Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242 USA Tel: +1 317.796.2958 Fax: +1 330.672.4304 E-‐mail: ashears1@kent.edu Web: www.andrewshears.com
E DUCATIO N Doctor of Philosophy, Geography Kent State University 2011 (dissertation successfully defended: 19 November 2010) Dissertation Title: Katrina & New Orleans: Discursive Safe Spaces and Resulting Environmental Injustice Dissertation Committee: James Tyner (adviser), Mandy Munro-‐Stasiuk, Scott Sheridan, Robert Schwartz M aster of Science, Geography Ball State University 2005 Concentration: Geographic Information Processing and Mapping Thesis Title: Tornadoes & Mobile Homes in the SE United States: An Exploratory Study of Common Geofactors Thesis Committee: Robert Schwartz (adviser), Petra Zimmerman and Kevin Turcotte Bachelor of Science, Geography Ball State University 2003 Concentration: Comprehensive Geography
P RO FESSIO N AL E XPERIEN CE Associate Lecturer 2010 to present Department of Public Service Technology, The University of Akron Associate Lecturer 2009 to present Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Akron Instructor 2005 to present Department of Geography, Kent State University Laboratory Instructor 2003 to 2005 Department of Geography, Ball State University Instructor 2003 to 2005 Design Technology Program, Ivy Tech State College Student Cartographer 2002 Department of Geography, Ball State University
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H O N O RS , G RAN TS , A W ARDS
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S CHO LARSHIPS
Honors Finalist, Ohio Faculty Innovator Division of Affordability & Efficiency, Ohio Board of Regents
January 2011
Third Place, Individual Score World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers
March 2009
M ost Valuable Player, Individual Score World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers
April 2008
Special Recognition for Support of Student Retention First Year Experience, Kent State University
Fall 2007
Fourth Place, Individual Score World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers
April 2007
Outstanding M asters Graduate Department of Geography, Ball State University
May 2005
Highest GPA of M asters Graduates in GIS Option Department of Geography, Ball State University
May 2005
Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Graduate School, Ball State University
April 2005
Certificate of Geographic Enrichment Department of Geography, Ball State University
May 2004
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Department of Geography, Ball State University
2003-‐2004, 2004-‐2005
$4650 total
2005 to 2011
W orld Geography Bowl Participant Travel Grant East Lakes Division of the AAG
$700 total
2007 to 2009
Supplemental Research Grant Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University
$400
March 2008
$100
April 2008
$75
October 2007
Jeanne X. Kasperson Award for Student Papers $135 Hazards Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers
September 2005
Hurlbut-Leak M emorial Scholarship Department of Geography, Ball State University
May 2002
G rants Student Travel Grants Kent State University
Awards and Scholarships Beck Graduate Student Research Award Department of Geography, Kent State University
Best Student Paper, Graduate Student Division Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG
$300
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Nancy Venkemulder Scholarship School of Music, Ball State University
$1200
2001 to 2002
Alumni Legacy Scholarship Alumni Association, Ball State University
$3000
August 1999
Admission with Distinction Ball State University
$1500
August 1999
P UBLICATIO N S Refereed Publications Shears, Andrew and James A. Tyner. 2009. “(De)Constructing the Geography of America’s Surge in Iraq.” Antipode 41(2): 221-‐225. Shears, Andrew and Robert M. Schwartz. 2008. “Tornadoes and Mobile Homes: The Geographic Data of a Stereotype.” Journal of Emergency Management 6(1): 11-‐22.
N on-Refereed Publications Shears, Andrew. 2006. “The End of the American Empire: An Ironic Implosion.” Seeds of Change Magazine. Spring 2006 issue, pp. 7-‐11. Kent, Ohio. In: Shears, C.H. 2002. Graphic art and cartography. Laboratory Exercises in Applied Physical Geography and Earth Science. Muncie, Indiana: Tichenor Publishing. Used in Physical Geography laboratory sections at Ball State University.
Currently Under Submission Shears, Andrew. “Erasing Space: Silencing Protest by Re-‐Programming Spaces of the May 4, 1970 Shootings at Kent State University.” Shears, Andrew. “New Orleans and Katrina: Discursive Spaces of Safety and Resulting Environmental Injustice.” Shears, Andrew. “Killing Puppies in “Public”: One Pet Store’s Seizure of Capitalist-‐Enforced Buffers to Silence Protests Against Brutality.”
Blogging Project Shears, Andrew. Thinking Pseudo-‐Geographically (online). http://andrewshears.wordpress.com
Publications Featuring Abbott, Patrick. 2010. “AAG 2010 Interview: Andrew Shears.” Geographic Travels (online). http://www.geographictravels.com/2010/04/aag-‐2010-‐interview-‐andrew-‐shears.html Rouse, Jesse. 2010. “A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 249.” VerySpatial.com (online). http://www.veryspatial.com/2010/04/a-‐veryspatial-‐podcast-‐episode-‐249/ Soltis, Kristyn. 2009. “$18 Could Buy That Class You Skipped Last Week.” The Daily Kent Stater, Kent State University. Kent, Ohio, United States. 3 April 2009. Page 1a.
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P RESEN TATIO N S * invited Merging Virtual with “Reality:” Location-Based Social Networking and Produced Space th 107 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Seattle, Washington April 2011 Erasing Space: May 4 at Kent State University th 5 Annual Landscape, Space and Place Conference, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana March 2011 The Social Injustice of Discursive Safe Space: Katrina and New Orleans Dimensions of Political Ecology: Conference on Nature Society Lexington, Kentucky February 2011 Erasing Space: Silencing Protest by Re-Programming Spaces of the May 4 Shootings at Kent State Annual Meeting, Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Division of the AAG Lawrence, Kansas October 2010 The Abuser Database: Using Community-Sourced GIS to Curb Animal Abuse th 25 Annual Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University Kent, Ohio April 2010 Infrastructure as Discourse: The “Safety” of New Orleans and Resulting Environmental Injustice th 106 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Washington, DC April 2010 Erasing Space: Silencing Protest by Re-Programming Spaces of the May 4 Shootings at Kent State th 105 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Las Vegas, Nevada March 2009 Killing Puppies in “Public”: One Pet Store’s Seizure of Capitalist Buffers to Silence Protests Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG St Catherines, Ontario October 2008 Post-Katrina New Orleans and The Colonial Present th 104 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Boston, Massachusetts April 2008 *Case Studies of Produced Space: The Landscapes of May 4, and Putting “Nature” in Katrina Seminar in Geography Undergraduate Course, Kent State University Kent, Ohio April 2008 Erasing Space: The May 4, 1970 Shootings and Contestations of Memorialization rd 23 Annual Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University Kent, Ohio March 2008 Erasing Space: May 4 at Kent State University Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG East Lansing, Michigan October 2007 Indiana and the War on Terror: An Examination of Scalar Discourse rd 103 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers San Francisco, California April 2007 *Investigating Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans Seminar in Geography Undergraduate Course, Kent State University Kent, Ohio April 2007 Indiana and the War on Terror: An Examination of Grassroots Support st 22 Annual Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University Kent, Ohio April 2006 Tornadoes and Mobile Homes in the SE United States: The Geographic Data of a Stereotype nd 102 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Chicago, Illinois March 2006 Tornadoes and Mobile Homes in the SE United States: The Geographic Data of a Stereotype Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG Bowling Green, Ohio October 2005 Tornadoes and Trailers: The Geographic Data of a Stereotype st 101 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Denver, Colorado April 2005 The Geography of Tornadoes and Mobile Homes in the SE United States Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Ball State University Muncie, Indiana March 2005
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T EACHIN G Relevant Courses
* scheduled
Introduction to Geography Kent State University, Main Campus Kent State University, Stark Campus Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus The University of Akron
Fall 2005, Spr 2006, Sum 2006 Spr 2010 Sum 2006 Fall 2009, Spr 2010, Fall 2010, *Spr 2011
Physical Geography Laboratory Ball State University
Fall 2003, Spr 2004, Fall 2004, Spr 2005
Geography of the United States and Canada Kent State University, Main Campus Fall 2006, Spr 2007, Sum 2007, Fall 2008, Sum 2008, Fall 2008, Spr 2009, Sum 2009, Spr 2010 Kent State University, Online Course Fall 2009, Spr 2010, Sum 2010, Fall 2010, Spr 2011 W orld Geography Kent State University, Main Campus Kent State University, Stark Campus Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
Spr 2007, Spr 2008, Sum 2009, Fall 2009, Spr 2010 Sum 2006
Geography of Cultural Diversity The University of Akron
Spr 2010, Spr 2011
Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa Kent State University, Stark Campus
Spr 2007
Hazards and Disasters Kent State University, Stark Campus The University of Akron
Sum 2010 Fall 2010
Research M ethodologies for Emergency M anagement The University of Akron *Spr 2011
W orkshops Geography of the American Road Trip Kent State University, Main Campus
Fall 2007
Crafting a W eb Presence for the Academic W orld Department of Geography, Kent State University Fall 2006
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S ERVICE Departmental and University Service Faculty Adviser January 2010 to present Animal and Environmental Awareness, Kent State University Teaching Assistant Geography of Lake Erie Field Course, Kent State University
May 2010
Graduate Student Representative August 2009 to August 2010 Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, Kent State University Certified 15-passenger Van Driver Department of Geography fieldtrips, Kent State University
October 2007 to present
Developer and Instructor, ‘Flash-Topic’ Course First Year Experience, Kent State University
Fall 2007
Graduate Representative to Faculty Meetings Department of Geography, Kent State University
May 2007 to May 2008
President May 2007 to May 2008 Geography Graduate Student Association, Kent State University Secretary Gamma Theta Upsilon, Ball State University
August 2003 to May 2004
Service to G eography Advanced Placement Human Geography Exam Scorer Educational Testing Services, Inc
June 2010
Organizer and Captain 2008 to 2009 World Geography Bowl Team, East Lakes Division of the AAG Judge and Assessor Earth Science Division, Regional Science Fair
2004 to 2005
Judge, Timekeeper, Scorekeeper 2001 to 2004 State Geography Bee, Geography Educators’ Network of Indiana
Broader Community Service Volunteer Animal Wrangler Portage County Dog Warden Ravenna, Ohio
December 2009 to present
Volunteer Webmaster Parrot Hope Rescue Mantua, Ohio
January 2008 to present
Co-Founder and Board Member Nikita’s Wish animal rescue Kent, Ohio
December 2007 to present
Volunteer Rose’s Rescue animal rescue Rootstown, Ohio
December 2006 to January 2008
Volunteer Pet Guards Clinic and Shelter Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
December 2005 to December 2006
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M EM BERSHIPS Association of American Geographers 2004 to present Geography Graduate Student Association, Kent State University 2005 to present Gamma Theta Upsilon, Ball State University
Inducted 2002
T ECHN ICAL S KILLS Research Software
O nline Learning M anagem ent System s
EndNote X2
Blackboard Vista 8.0
ESRI ArcGIS 10.0
Desire2Learn Springboard
ERDAS Imagine 9.3
WebCT Vista 3.0
Google Earth 5.2 NVivo 8.0
Design, W eb & Presentation Software Adobe Creative Suite 5 for Mac
SPSS 18.0
Apple Aperture 3.0
Productivity Software Suites
Apple iLife 09
Apple iWork 09
Fetch 5.3
Intuit Quickbooks for Mac 2010
Final Cut Pro 7
Microsoft Office 2007
HTML, PHP, Javascript
Microsoft Office for Mac 2008
Movable Type 5.01
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Wordpress 2.9
P RO FESSIO N AL R EFEREN CES Dr. James A. Tyner Professor of Geography, Kent State University
jtyner@kent.edu
330.672.7863
Dr. Robert M. Schwartz Assoc Professor of Emergency Mgt, The University of Akron
rms73@uakron.edu
330.972.8015
Dr. Scott C. Sheridan Associate Professor of Geography, Kent State University
ssherid1@kent.edu
330.672.3224
Dr. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk Associate Professor of Geography, Kent State University
rms73@uakron.edu
330.672.2045
Dr. Kevin A. Butler Senior Lecturer of Geography, The University of Akron
butler@uakron.edu
330.972.7621
Dr. Christopher Airriess Professor of Geography, Ball State University
cairries@bsu.edu
765.285.1614
udymon@kent.edu
330.672.3226
Dr. Ute Dymon Professor Emeritus of Geography, Kent State University