CURRICULUM VITAE Katherine Joanne Johnson, Ph.D. Address: 1111 Woods Hall, 4302 Chapel Lane, College Park, MD 20742 Email: katherine.joanne.johnson@gmail.com EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, August 2016 University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, MD Advisor: Professor Michael Paolisso Areas of focus: applied environmental anthropology, climate change, resilience, and vulnerability Masters Degree in Anthropology and Women s Studies, 2004 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Advisor: Dr. Sarah Lamb Dual Bachelor Degrees: Anthropology and Religious Studies, 2003 Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Study Abroad: India and Cameroon Advisor: Dr. Ann Hill RECENT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Director University of Maryland & Deal Island Peninsula Project, June 2016 present Oversee social science research projects on cultural consensus analysis and social network analysis (both data collection and analysis) Manage project planning, organization, and budget Conduct event planning, communications, and website maintenance Graduate Student Research Assistant Deal Island Marsh and Community Project, UMD, February 2016 May 2016 Assist with social science research projects and ethnography Assist with project organization and event planning Serve as the primary conduit of communication across the stakeholder network Graduate Student Research Assistant National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), July 2014 January 2016 Develop program promotional materials Coordinate and communicate with graduate student research teams Conduct analysis of graduate student programming
Researcher Deal Island Marsh and Community Project, UMD, Spring 2013 June 2016 NOAA funded grant by the Science Collaborative Program of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System: Integrating Socio-Ecological Research and Collaborative Learning to Promote Marsh and Community Resilience Conduct social science research, interviews Organize meetings, conference calls, and workshops for 50+ stakeholders Write project reports and present at conferences Researcher Agriculture and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Chesapeake, UMD, 2012 2013 NSF funded Cultural and Consensus Models of Climate Change Adaptation for Chesapeake Bay Code and analyze research transcripts Organize meetings, conference calls, and project data Graduate Student Research Assistant Department of Anthropology, UMD, Spring 2013 Spring 2014 Support and research assistance to Dr. Michael Paolisso in areas related to environmental anthropology AWARDS Awarded Spring 2016: Society for Applied Anthropology Student Poster Presentation Award for 2 nd place for poster: Using Ethnographic Understanding of Vulnerability and Resilience to Enhance Collaborative Learning and Adaptation to Climate Change $100 at the March 2016 Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting. Awarded Fall 2015: Network-Based Assessment of Coastal Resilience for Response to Climate Change (includes graduate assistant and post-doc funding line item), PI Michael Paolisso (ANTH) to the Maryland Sea Grant Resilient Communities and Economies RFP. Awarded Fall 2014: Thomas E. Bigford Best Student Presentation Award for her talk, What does socialecological system resilience really mean? Enhancing our understanding with information from a community-based collaborative project $100 at the November 2014 Inspiring Action, Creating Resilience Summit of Restore America s Estuaries and The Coastal Society. Awarded Spring 2014: UMD College of Behavioral and Social Science s Dean s Research Initiative Grant $2,500 for Scenario Building Activity on the Deal Island Marsh and Community Project 2
Awarded Fall 2013 Program for Society and Environment Seed Grant Award $500 for travel stipend to attend the Society for Applied Anthropology Conference March 2014 in Albuquerque, NM. FIRST OR SINGLE AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS Accepted: Johnson, K., Needelman, B., & Paolisso, M. Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change in a Rural Coastal Community. Michele Companion and Miriam Chaiken, eds. Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. CO-AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS Submitted: Wainger, L., McMurray, A., Paolisso, M., Johnson, K., and Needelman, B. What can be learned about coastal community values for socio-ecological services from a systematic qualitative approach? In Preparation: Prell, C., Paolisso, M., Needelman, B., Hubacek, K., Johnson, K. Building Multilevel Social Networks to Increase Island Social-Ecological Resilience In preparation: Miller-Hesed, C., and Johnson, K. Climate Change in the Chesapeake: Does Resilience Theory Facilitate Understanding of Vulnerability in Marginalized Communities? Needelman, B., Paolisso, M., Wainger, L., Land, S., Leisnham, P., Baldwin, A., Johnson, K., Integrating Socio-Ecological Research and Collaborative Learning to Promote Marsh and Community Resilience Final Project Report 9/1/12 6/30/15 to NOAA. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Fall 2015 For incoming freshmen students Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2015 3 week course with online and classroom components Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Winter 2015 3 week course with online and classroom components Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2014 6 week course with online and classroom components Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2013 3
ANTH298F: Gender and Anthropology: Approaches to World Cultures Independently prepared and taught six week course online Lecturer (Graduate Assistant Position), UMD, Fall 2012 ANTH260FC: Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology for Freshman Connection. Independently prepared and taught course for 30 students. Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2012 ANTH298F: Gender and Anthropology: Approaches to World Cultures Lecturer (Graduate Assistant Position), UMD, Spring 2012 ANTH298F: Gender and Anthropology Independently prepared and taught course for 30 students Teaching Assistant, UMD, Fall 2011 ANTH260: Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology Lead discussion sections and provided class support for Dr. William Stuart Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2011 ANTH298F: Gender and Anthropology: Approaches to World Cultures Teaching Assistant, UMD, Fall 2010 ANTH220: Introduction to Biological Anthropology Prepared and executed laboratory with Dr. Teresa Leslie and other TA s Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2010 ANTH298F: Gender and Anthropology: Approaches to World Cultures Adjunct Lecturer, UMD, Summer 2009 ANTH/WMST 298F: Gender and Anthropology: Approaches to World Cultures PRESENTATIONS Learning through Collaboration: Failure as Inspiration Presented May 14, 2016 at the Society for Cultural Anthropology Association Meeting. Ithaca, NY. Using Ethnographic Understanding of Vulnerability and Resilience to Enhance Collaborative Learning and Adaptation to Climate Change Poster presented March 31, 2016 at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Designing for Climate Change Resilience Presented November 18, 2015 at the American Anthropological Association s Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. An Ethnographic Study of Socio-Ecological Resilience to Climate Change Presented April 8, 2015 at the Graduate Research Interaction Day. UMD, College Park, MD. Producing Resilience to Climate Change within a Social-Ecological System Presented March 26, 2015 at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting. Pittsburg, PA. Climate change and social-environmental system governance: collaboration as a mechanism for resilience 4
Presented February 27, 2015 at the Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference. Lexington, KY. Socio-Ecological System Resilience: An Ethnographic Evaluation Presented December 3, 2014 at the American Anthropological Association s Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. What does socio-ecological system resilience really mean? Enhancing our understanding with information from a community-based collaborative project. Presented November 4, 2014 at the Restore America s Estuaries and The Coastal Societies Meeting at National Harbor, MD. Resilience in the face of climate change: Investigating a Socio-Ecological System Presented September 25, 2014 in Dr. Michael Paolisso s Environmental Anthropology Class, UMD College Park. Notes on multi-scale collaboration Presented April 5, 2014 at the Anthroplus Conference in College Park, MD. Collaborative Learning on the Chesapeake: Rural Maryland Defining Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Presented March 18, 2014 at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM. Collaborative Learning to Build Marsh and Community Resilience Presented October 16, 2013 at the Program for Society and Environment Speaker Series, Department of Sociology at the UMD, College Park. Building Marsh and Community Resilience on the Deal Island Peninsula Presented March 22, 2013 at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Denver, CO A Collaborative Effort: Marsh and Community Resilience on Deal Island Presented March 1, 2013 at the Northeastern Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in College Park, MD Agriculture and Environmental Management in the Chesapeake Bay Region Presented March 29, 2012 at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD DOCTORAL EXAMINATIONS Doctoral Dissertation Defense [High Pass] May 9, 2016 Resilience to Climate Change: An Ethnographic Approach Advisor: Prof. Michael Paolisso, Committee: Drs. Chris Feurt, Shirley Fiske, Brian Needelman, and Jen Shaffer Advancement to Candidacy, April 2014 Doctoral Proposal Defense: April 11, 2014; An Ethnographic Study of Social- Ecological Resilience to Climate Change 5
SERVICE Session Organizer: Engaging and collaborating with "the other : scientists, environmental managers, governmental representatives, civic organizations, residents, and stakeholders Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting, March 30, 2016 Session Organizer: Environmental Anthropology in the Chesapeake Region Northeastern Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, March 1, 2013 Chair: Dean s Graduate Student Advisory Committee College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the UMD, Fall 2012- Summer 2013 Representative: Dean s Graduate Student Advisory Committee College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the UMD, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 TECHNICAL SKILLS Microsoft Office Applications, SPSS, Atlas.ti, Wix, Lucid Chart 6