Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick, PhD Mailing address: 8844 West Warren Drive, Lakewood, CO 80227 USA Tel: 720-224-7735 Email: susanbridle@gmail.com Website: www.susanbridle.com Graduate Studies PhD International Studies 2014 Emphases: international political economy, politics of development, food studies, global health nutrition Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver Doctoral thesis: Foodscapes, Foodways, and Nutrition Transitions in Urban Mexico Dissertation committee: George DeMartino, chair (economics), Randall Kuhn (global health, sociology), Sarah Hamilton (anthropology, development), John Brett (anthropology, food studies) MA Political Science 2005 Emphases: political theory, leadership, comparative politics University of Colorado Boulder and Master s thesis: Transformational Leadership: A Developmental Perspective Academic Positions Postdoctoral Fellow Stone Center for Latin American Studies 2014 2015 Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA Courses taught: Feeding the World: The Politics, Economics, and Sociology of Food and Nutrition; Health, Development, and Human Rights; Food: Perspectives on Production, Consumption, and Health Instructor Political Science Department Spring 2014 University of Colorado-Denver 2009 2011 Courses taught: International Political Economy; Globalization and the Politics of Development; Social Science Research Methods Instructor Korbel School of International Studies 2009 2010 University of Denver Courses taught: The Politics and Economics of Global Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 1
Teaching Assistant Political Science Department 2008 University of Colorado-Denver Course: International Political Economy Teaching Assistant Korbel School of International Studies 2007 2008 University of Denver Course: The International System Research and Teaching Interests Research Interests Regional focus: Latin America and the Caribbean Methodological preferences: Mixed methods (qualitative analysis, including ethnography, combined with quantitative analysis, including GIS); macro-micro linkages Socioeconomic status and nutrition Influence of foodscapes on nutritional health Sociology of supply-demand interactions for processed and convenience food Role of FDI and trade in transforming food systems and food access Politics and prospects of food industry regulation Migration effects on food behaviors Teaching Interests International Political Economy Globalization and the Politics of Development Political Economy of Latin America Feeding the World: The Politics, Economics, and Sociology of Food and Nutrition Food: Perspectives on Production, Consumption, and Health (with service learning) Health, Development, and Human Rights The Health of Nations: Introduction to Global Health Social Science Research Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Human Rights in Theory and Practice Contemporary Political Theory: Approaches to Distributive Justice Academic Publications Peer-Reviewed Publications Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. (2015, in press). Food deserts or food swamps?: A mixed-methods study of local food environments in a Mexican city, Social Science and Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.010 Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. (2016, forthcoming). Tortillas, pizza, and broccoli: Social class and dietary aspirations in a Mexican city, Food, Culture, and Society, vol. 19, no. 1 Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 2
Encyclopedia Entries and Book Reviews Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. (2015). Food consumption and poverty, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 2 nd Ed. M. Odekon and J. G. Golson, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. (2015). Malnutrition, Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 2 nd Ed. M. Odekon and J. G. Golson, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. (2015). Review of The Oxford Handbook of Food History, J.M. Pilcher, ed. Food, Culture, and Society, vol. 18, no. 1 Works in Progress Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. Foodscapes, Foodways, and Nutrition Transitions in Urban Mexico, book manuscript in preparation Bridle-Fitzpatrick, S. Rule-based or goal-based?: Strategies to regulate unhealthy commodities to mitigate global NCD epidemics, article in development for Global Public Health Other Publications Interviews, essays, and book reviews for non-academic publications, available on request Conference and Other Invited Presentations The elephant in the room: Where are non-communicable diseases in the global health security agenda? presented in the Global Health program at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 18-21, 2015 Chair and discussant, NGOs and the state in Latin American development programming, presented at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies International Graduate Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA Feb. 5-7, 2015 The taste of necessity, the taste of freedom, and nutrition transitions in urban Mexico, presented in the Consumers and Consumption program at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Aug. 16-19, 2014 Session organizer and chair, Urban contexts, insecurity, and health, presented in the Health, Science, and Society program at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, IL, May 21-24, 2014. Own paper: Food deserts or food swamps?: The role of foodscapes in rising obesity in urban Mexico Food deserts or food swamps?: The role of foodscapes in rising obesity in urban Mexico, presented in the Urban Geography program at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 8-12, 2014 Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 3
Foodscapes and nutrition transitions in urban Mexico, presented in the Global Health and Environmental Studies programs at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada, March 26-29, 2014 Using GIS, ethnography, and other mixed methods in community-based research, Seminar in Community-Based Research, Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, CO, April 22, 2013 Foodscapes and the nutrition transition in urban Mexico, Global Health Affairs Seminar, Korbel School of International Studies, Denver, CO, April 22, 2013 Foodscapes matter: The mutual structuring of neighborhood food environments and food preferences in an upper-, middle-, and low-income community in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented in the Urban Studies program at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 10-13, 2013 Different stresses: An ethnographic study of food behaviors, perceptions, and attitudes among families from three communities (high-, middle- and low-income) in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented in the Chronic Disease and Disability program at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 10-13, 2013 Different stresses: An ethnographic study of food behaviors, perceptions, and attitudes among adolescents and adults in communities of different socioeconomic status in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Mar 19-23, 2013 Chatarra (junk food) and three urban Mexican foodscapes: Distinct neighborhood food environments in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented in the Community Health Planning and Policy Development program at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Oct 27-31, 2012 Different stresses: An ethnographic study of food behaviors, perceptions, and attitudes among adolescents and adults in three communities (upper-, middle-, and low-income) in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented in the Food and Nutrition program at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Oct 27-31, 2012 Unequal implementation of the Escuelas Saludables regulations: A study of three middleschool cafeterias (in upper-, middle-, and low-income colonias) and community response in the Mazatlan metropolitan area, presented in the School Health Education and Services program at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, Oct 27-31, 2012 Awards, Grants Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University 2015 Postdoctoral fellow professional development grant Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 4
Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University 2014 Postdoctoral fellow professional development grant Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver 2014 Doctoral student professional development grant Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver 2012 Doctoral student professional development grant Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver 2011 2012 Doctoral student fieldwork grant Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. 2011 Grant of cameras for photo elicitation research Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver 2007 2009 Doctoral student full scholarship Political Science Dept., University of Colorado-Denver 2005 MA student grant Academic Service Referee/Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine 2015 present Faculty Search Committee, Korbel School of International Studies, 2012 University of Denver Editorial Board, Korbel Journal of Advanced International Studies 2008 2010 Tenure Committee, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver 2007 2008 Languages Fluent in English; professional competency in Spanish Other Professional Experience Freelance developmental editor and writer, Lakewood, CO, USA 2001 2010 Developmental editor for Beacon Press, Shambhala Publications, Wisdom Publications, and other publishers and authors in the subject areas of Eastern religious studies, political science, sustainable development, moral philosophy, psychology, and social activism Managing Editor/Senior Editor, Moksha Press, Lenox, MA, USA 1998 2001 Memberships & Affiliations Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 5
American Public Health Association American Sociological Association Association of American Geographers Association for the Study of Food and Society Consortium of Universities for Global Health International Studies Association Latin American Studies Association Oxfam International Society for Applied Anthropology Western Social Science Association Professional References Available upon request Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick CV, page 6