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Lindsey “Luka” B. Carfagna
9 Zamora Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
412-848-8588
LBCarfagna@gmail.com
EDUCATION
PhD in Sociology (In Progress), Boston College, Boston, MA, expected May 2015
Areas: Organizational Sociology, Economic Sociology, Education, Technology, Consumption and
Culture
Advisors: Juliet Schor (Sociology), Ted Youn (Education and Sociology)
M.A. in the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Thesis: “Decoupling Diversity? Organizational Change and Racial Inequity at the University of Vermont”
Thesis Advisor: Elisabeth S. Clemens
B.A. in Economics and Sociology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2003
Thesis: “Cooperation as Strategy and Consequence in US Women’s Sport in Higher Education”
Committee: Nicholas Danigelis (Advisor, Sociology), Beth Mintz (Sociology), and Elaine McCrate
(Economics and Women’s Studies)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, MacArthur Foundation Connected Learning Research Network
Principal Investigator: Juliet Schor, Connected Consumption Team at Boston College
Spring 2011-present
Research Assistant, Third Way Foundation White Paper titled “$1 Trillion and Rising: A Plan for a $10K
Degree”
Author: Anya Kamenetz, Fast Company Magazine
Summer 2013
Researcher/Consultant, Network Impact
Supervisor: Madeleine Taylor
Fall 2012-present
Researcher, Arbor Consulting Partners
Supervisors: Mindy Fried and Madeleine Taylor
Fall 2011, Fall 2012
Research Assistant, IRB Study
Principal Investigator: Sarah Babb, Boston College Sociology
Fall 2010-Fall 2011
Consultant, University of Vermont President’s Commission on LGBT Equity
Summer 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles
Carfagna, Luka, Emilie Dubois, Connor Fitzmaurice, Thomas Laidley, Monique Ouimette, Juliet Schor
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and Margaret Willis. 2013 (forthcoming). “An emerging eco-habitus: the reconfiguration of high
cultural capital practices among ethical consumers.” Journal of Consumer Culture.
Book Chapters
Dubois, Emilie, Luka Carfagna and Juliet Schor. 2013. “The Boston Time Trade Circle: Social and
Cultural Capital in an Alternative Institution” in Practicing Plentitude: Social Innovation for
Sustainable Lifestyles, edited by J.B. Schor and J.C. Thompson. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Babb, Sarah, Lara Birk, and Luka Carfagna. “The Bureaucratic Administration of Social Research Ethics:
Sociologists’ Encounters with Campus IRBs.”
Carfagna, Luka. “Diversity and Adversity: Organizational Effects of the Business Case for Diversity on
Practitioners in the Academy.” In progress, requested edits by The Journal of Workplace Rights.
PRESENTATIONS
“This is Learning” thematic presentation at the MacArthur Foundation Connected Learning Research
Network Junior Researchers’ meeting at UC-Irvine, June 2013.
“‘Opening’ Open Education: Cultural Capital and Open Learners” presented at the MacArthur
Foundation Connected Learning Research Network meeting at UMass-Boston, May 2013.
Panelist on Collaborative Consumption at the MIT Sustainability Summit, Panel titled “Doing More with
What We Have: Business Opportunities in Excess Capacity and Collaborative Consumption” April 2013.
"Opening" Open Education: Cultural Capital and the Consumer Culture of Open Learning. Regular Paper
Session, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 2013.
“Diversity and Adversity: Organizational Effects of the Business Case for Diversity on Practitioners in
the Academy.” Roundtable, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 2013.
Resilience Circle Facilitator Training, The New Economy Working Group of Pittsburgh, January 2012.
Connected Learning TV talks sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, Panelist/Hangout Participant for:
Juliet Schor, “Connected Learning and Consumption: A New Sharing Economy” December 2012.
HASTAC Co-Founder Cathy Davidson, “Changing Higher Education to Change the World” October
2012.
Skillshare Co-Founder Michael Karnjanaprakorn, “Transforming Education by Empowering
Teaching and Democratizing Learning” May 2012.
P2PU Co-Founder Philipp Schmidt discusses “Scaling peer-learning online” April 2012.
Joint Paper presented with Juliet Schor titled “Mapping the New Economy: Cultural Capital, Digital
Habituses, and Social Capital in a Boston Timebank” at the Boston College Sociology Department
Seminar. September 2012.
Joint paper with Emilie Dubois and Juliet Schor titled “The Boston Time Trade Circle: Social and
Cultural Capital in an Alternative Institution” at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting,
Economic Sociology. Denver, CO, August 2012.
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Joint web-presentation with Philipp Schmidt of P2PU.org titled "A Survey of Open Education: P2PU,
Agency, and the Formation of Emancipatory Culture" e/merge 2012 Virtual Conference on Educational
Technology in Africa. July 2012.
“Cultural Capital and Open Education” presented at the MacArthur Foundation Connected Learning
Research Network meeting at Boston College, November 2011.
Joint book chapter with Emilie Dubois and Juliet Schor titled “The Boston Time Trade Circle: Social and
Cultural Capital in an Alternative Institute” at the Practicing Plenitude Conference, Boston College,
October 2011.
Keynote Forum Speaker, PACAA YMCA Teen Leadership Camp, Kutztown University, “Authentic
Leadership through Adversity” July 2009
Race Studies Grant Symposium Presenter, The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA),
The University of Chicago, “Decoupling Diversity: Organizational Change and Racial Diversity at the
University of Vermont” May 2008
Conversations on Race and Ethnicity Facilitator, The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA),
The University of Chicago, “The Difference Between Race and Ethnicity” April 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co-Instructor, Sociology (SC 46801): “Sociology of Education
Co-Instructor: Ted Youn
Boston College, Boston, MA Fall 2011; Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, Sociology (SC 07201): “Inequality in America”
Instructor: Eve Spangler
Boston College, Boston, MA, Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant, Sociology (SC 02501): “People and Nature”
Instructors: Juliet Schor and Prasannan Parthasarathi
Boston College, Boston, MA, Fall 2010
Instructor, Higher Education (EDHI 202): “Human Relations in University Residence Halls”
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2009
Emphasis on human relations, group dynamics, advising models, student development theory,
organizational development, and contemporary issues in a residential environment
Adjunct Faculty, General Studies (GS 101): “Strategies for Success”
Sanford Brown Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008 (2 terms)
Navigating career education; self-reliance through understanding and utilizing tools of self-efficacy
e.g. goal setting and accountability, study skills, academic/professional standards
Teaching Assistant, Sociology (Soc 001): “Introductory Sociology”
Instructor: Beth Mintz
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Spring 2007
Co-Instructor, Higher Education (EDHI 200): “Intergroup Dialogue on Race”
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Sociology (Soc 019): “Race and Ethnicity in the US”
Instructor: Andrew Jones
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The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Spring 2005; Spring 2006
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Boston College
Summer Research Fellowship, 2012
MacArthur Foundation Research Assistantship Grant, 2011-present
University of Chicago
Race Studies Grant, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, 2008
Partial Merit Scholarship, Masters of Arts Program in the Social Sciences, 2007- 2008
University of Vermont
John Dewey Honors Program Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences, 2007
TOWERR Senior Honors Society, Recognizing 10 Outstanding UVM Women, 2007
Owen Daniel-McCarter Award, Department of Sexuality and Gender Identity Studies, 2007
Paper Topic: “Valuing Equity in Corporate America” – an econometric analysis of corporate
profitability and the Human Rights Campaign’s “Corporate Equality Index”
Keith M. Miser Leadership Award, Department of Student Life, Commencement 2007
Jeff Stone Memorial Leadership and Community Service Award, Athletic Department, 2007
Timothy Shiner White Ally Award, African, Latino, Asian, Native American Student Center (ALANA),
2007
Outstanding Junior Major Award, Department of Sociology, 2006
Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Honors Society, Inducted 2006
William H. Lamson Outstanding Junior Scholarship, shared with Economics Department and School of
Business, 2006
Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honors Society, Inducted 2006
Outstanding Achievement Award, Department of Student Life, 2006
Bridge Building Award, for cross-cultural leadership on campus - LGBTQA Services, 2006
Emerging Leadership Award, LGBTQA Services, 2005
Full Athletic Scholarship, Varsity Soccer/Track and Field, Athletic Department, 2003-2007
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Organizer, The Summer Institute in New Economics, Boston College, 2012
Residence Director, Department of Residential Life, The University of Vermont, 2009
Graduate Assistant, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, The University of Chicago, 2008
Interim Coordinator of Community Service Programs, Department of Student Life, The University of
Vermont, 2007
Summer Enrichment Scholars Program Peer Advisor, ALANA Student Center, The University of
Vermont, 2007
References available upon request.