Andrew Shears Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

ANDREW B. SHEARS January 2011

Department of Geography Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242 USA

Tel: +1 317.796.2958 Fax: +1 330.672.4304

E-‐mail: [email protected] Web: www.andrewshears.com

EDUCATION 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 Master 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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 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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HONORS, GRANTS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Honors

Finalist, Ohio Faculty Innovator January 2011 Division of Affordability & Efficiency, Ohio Board of Regents

Third Place, Individual Score March 2009 World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers

Most Valuable Player, Individual Score April 2008 World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers

Special Recognit ion for Support of Student Retention Fall 2007 First Year Experience, Kent State University

Fourth Place, Individual Score April 2007 World Geography Bowl, Association of American Geographers

Outstanding Masters Graduate May 2005 Department of Geography, Ball State University

Highest GPA of Masters Graduates in GIS Option May 2005 Department of Geography, Ball State University

Outstanding Scholarly Achievement April 2005 Graduate School, Ball State University

Certif icate of Geographic Enrichment May 2004 Department of Geography, Ball State University

Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2003-‐2004, 2004-‐2005 Department of Geography, Ball State University

Grants

Student Travel Grants $4650 total 2005 to 2011 Kent State University

World Geography Bowl Participant Travel Grant $700 total 2007 to 2009 East Lakes Division of the AAG

Supplemental Research Grant $400 March 2008 Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University

Awards and Scholarships

Beck Graduate Student Research Award $100 April 2008 Department of Geography, Kent State University

Best Student Paper, Graduate Student Division $75 October 2007 Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the AAG

Jeanne X. Kasperson Award for Student Papers $135 September 2005 Hazards Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers

Hurlbut-Leak Memorial Scholarship $300 May 2002 Department of Geography, Ball State University

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Nancy Venkemulder Scholarship $1200 2001 to 2002 School of Music, Ball State University

Alumni Legacy Scholarship $3000 August 1999 Alumni Association, Ball State University

Admission with Dist inction $1500 August 1999 Ball State University

PUBLICATIONS 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.

Non-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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PRESENTATIONS * invited

Merging Virtual with “Reality:” Location-Based Social Networking and Produced Space 107th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Seattle, Washington April 2011

Erasing Space: May 4 at Kent State University 5th 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 25th Annual Graduate Student Senate Colloquium, Kent State University Kent, Ohio April 2010

Infrastructure as Discourse: The “Safety” of New Orleans and Resulting Environmental Injustice 106th 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 105th 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 104th 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 23rd 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 103rd 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 22st 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 102nd 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 101st 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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TEACHING Relevant Courses * scheduled

Introduction to Geography Kent State University, Main Campus Fall 2005, Spr 2006, Sum 2006 Kent State University, Stark Campus Spr 2010 Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus Sum 2006 The University of Akron 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

World Geography Kent State University, Main Campus Spr 2007, Spr 2008, Sum 2009, Fall 2009, Kent State University, Stark Campus Spr 2010 Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus 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 Sum 2010 The University of Akron Fall 2010

Research Methodologies for Emergency Management The University of Akron *Spr 2011

Workshops

Geography of the American Road Trip Kent State University, Main Campus Fall 2007

Crafting a Web Presence for the Academic World Department of Geography, Kent State University Fall 2006

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SERVICE

Departmental and University Service

Faculty Adviser January 2010 to present Animal and Environmental Awareness, Kent State University

Teaching Assistant May 2010 Geography of Lake Erie Field Course, Kent State University

Graduate Student Representative August 2009 to August 2010 Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, Kent State University

Certified 15-passenger Van Driver October 2007 to present Department of Geography fieldtrips, Kent State University

Developer and Instructor, ‘Flash-Topic’ Course Fall 2007 First Year Experience, Kent State University

Graduate Representative to Faculty Meetings May 2007 to May 2008 Department of Geography, Kent State University

President May 2007 to May 2008 Geography Graduate Student Association, Kent State University

Secretary August 2003 to May 2004 Gamma Theta Upsilon, Ball State University

Service to Geography

Advanced Placement Human Geography Exam Scorer June 2010 Educational Testing Services, Inc

Organizer and Captain 2008 to 2009 World Geography Bowl Team, East Lakes Division of the AAG

Judge and Assessor 2004 to 2005 Earth Science Division, Regional Science Fair

Judge, Timekeeper, Scorekeeper 2001 to 2004 State Geography Bee, Geography Educators’ Network of Indiana

Broader Community Service

Volunteer Animal Wrangler December 2009 to present Portage County Dog Warden Ravenna, Ohio

Volunteer Webmaster January 2008 to present Parrot Hope Rescue Mantua, Ohio

Co-Founder and Board Member December 2007 to present Nikita’s Wish animal rescue Kent, Ohio

Volunteer December 2006 to January 2008 Rose’s Rescue animal rescue Rootstown, Ohio

Volunteer December 2005 to December 2006 Pet Guards Clinic and Shelter Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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MEMBERSHIPS 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

TECHNICAL SKILLS Research Software

EndNote X2

ESRI ArcGIS 10.0

ERDAS Imagine 9.3

Google Earth 5.2

NVivo 8.0

SPSS 18.0

Productivity Software Suites

Apple iWork 09

Intuit Quickbooks for Mac 2010

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

Online Learning Management Systems

Blackboard Vista 8.0

Desire2Learn Springboard

WebCT Vista 3.0

Design, Web & Presentation Software

Adobe Creative Suite 5 for Mac

Apple Aperture 3.0

Apple iLife 09

Fetch 5.3

Final Cut Pro 7

HTML, PHP, Javascript

Movable Type 5.01

Wordpress 2.9

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. James A. Tyner Professor of Geography, Kent State University [email protected] 330.672.7863

Dr. Robert M. Schwartz Assoc Professor of Emergency Mgt, The University of Akron [email protected] 330.972.8015

Dr. Scott C. Sheridan Associate Professor of Geography, Kent State University [email protected] 330.672.3224

Dr. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk Associate Professor of Geography, Kent State University [email protected] 330.672.2045

Dr. Kevin A. Butler Senior Lecturer of Geography, The University of Akron [email protected] 330.972.7621

Dr. Christopher Airriess Professor of Geography, Ball State University [email protected] 765.285.1614

Dr. Ute Dymon Professor Emeritus of Geography, Kent State University [email protected] 330.672.3226

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