Ann Marie Oberhauser
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology and
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
103 East Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
office phone: (515) 294-9283
email: annober@iastate.edu
Internet:
EDUCATION______________________________________________________________________
Ph.D.
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
Fields of concentration: Regional development, Economic geography, Political
economy.
M.A.
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Geography
B.A.
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Fields of concentration: Political Science, International Relations, French.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University
(2015 to present)
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Iowa State University
(2015 to present)
Professor of Geography, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University
(2005 - 2015)
Director, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, West Virginia University
(2009 - 2013)
Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University
(1996 - 2005)
Chair, Geography Program, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University
(1997 - 2000)
Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University
(1990 - 1995)
Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University
(1990 - present)
Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo
(1987 - 1990)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, University of Toledo
(1987 - 1990)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Clark University (1982 - 1986)
MEMBERSHIP and SERVICE in PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS____________________
Member, National Women’s Studies Association.
Institutional Representative of the West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in
International Studies (FACDIS) (2014-present).
Member of Internal Advisory Board, National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional
Transformation Grant: WVU PRIDE: Promoting and Retaining Institutional Diversity & Equity
($3.2 million) (2010-2013).
Co-chair, Advisory Committee, The Status of Women and Girls in West Virginia, the West Virginia
Women’s Commission and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (2013-2014).
Member, Executive Committee of the IGU Gender Commission (2012 – present).
Member, Board of Directors of Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group of the AAG
(1991-1993, 1996-1998, 2006 - 2009).
Member, National Council of the Association of American Geographers (2003-2006).
Chair, Publications Committee of the Association of American Geographers (2004-2006).
Member, AAG Honors Committee (1999-2003; 2014 - present).
Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Geography in the Southeastern Division of the AAG
(1990-present).
Chair, SEDAAG Local Arrangements Committee (2005-2006).
Member, Editorial Board of the Southeastern Geographer (2002-2008).
Member, SEDAAG Program Committee (2002 & 2008).
Member, Board of Directors of the Economic Geography Specialty Group of the AAG
(1991-1993, 1999-2001).
Chair, AAG Committee on the Status of Women in Geography (1997-2000).
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EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS____________________
National Science Foundation Travel Award for International Geographical Union Conference, Nara,
Japan, August 2013. ($1000)
Fulbright Specialist Program. Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Selected for the Roster
of Specialists to be hosted at University of Venda in South Africa, Fall 2012.
“West Virginia Gender Mapping Project”. Website using GIS to map socio-economic data on gender in
West Virginia. Partially funded by the West Virginia Women’s Commission.
( http://www.mapwv.gov/wvgendermapping/about.php )
National Science Foundation Research Grant #9906626. "Gender and Collective Economic Strategies:
A Comparative Analysis of Women's Producer Groups in Peripheral Regions" $103,000, 19992002.
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. "The Impact of a Manufacturing Network on
Participants and Communities." Jan. 1999 - June 2001. $13,100.
National Science Foundation Research Grant. "Gender and Industrial Restructuring in Appalachia:
An Analysis of Women's Homework," $74,607, 1993-1997.
Bourse Chateaubriand. Grant given by French Cultural Service to doctoral students doing fieldwork in
France. Research on Regional Development and Industrial Decentralization, 1985.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________
Oberhauser, Ann M. (in press) “Gender and Development,” The International Encyclopedia of
Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Wiley Publishers–AAG.
Ramsey, Megan A., Ann M. Oberhauser, and Amy L. Gentzler (in press) “College Students’ Use of
Communication Technology with Parents: Influences of Distance, Social Presence, and
Gender.” In B. K. Wiederhold, G. Riva, and P. Cipresso (eds.) The Psychology of Social
Networking: Communication, Presence, Identity and Relationships in Online Communities,
Versita. (URL http://www.psychologyofsocialnetworking.com/ )
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo (eds.) (2014) Global Perspectives on Gender and
Space: Engaging Feminism and Development. London: Routledge.
(http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415657983/?utm_source=cms&utm_medium=art
icle&utm_campaign=sbu3_mbs_2pr_8cm_1ge_00000_qa)
Johnston-Anumonwo, Ibipo and Ann M. Oberhauser (2014) “Introduction: Engaging feminism and
development: Worlds of inequality and change.” In Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo and Ann M.
Oberhauser (eds.) Global Perspectives on Gender and Space: Engaging Feminism and
Development, pp. 1-14, London: Routledge.
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Aladuwaka, Seela and Ann M. Oberhauser (2014) “’Out of the kitchen’: Gender, empowerment and
microfinance programs in Sri Lanka.” In Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo and Ann M. Oberhauser
(eds.) Global Perspectives on Gender and Space: Engaging Feminism and Development, pp.
35-52, London: Routledge.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2014) “Crossing boundaries: Transnational feminist methodologies in the global
North and South.” In Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo and Ann M. Oberhauser (eds.) Global
Perspectives on Gender and Space: Engaging Feminism and Development, pp. 87-102,
London: Routledge.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2013) “Ethics and transparency in the field: Lessons from the Arab Gulf”
Gender, Place, and Culture 20(8), 1033-1040.
Ramsey, Meagan A., Amy L. Gentzler, Jennifer N. Morey, Ann M. Oberhauser, and David Westerman
(2013) “College Students’ Use of Communication Technology with Parents: Comparisons
between Two Cohorts in 2009 and 2011”, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
16(10), 747-752.
Morey, Jennifer, Meagan Ramsey, Amy Gentzler, Ann Oberhauser, and David Westerman (2013)
“Young Adults’ Use of Communication Technology within their Romantic Relationships and
Associations with Attachment Style”, Computers in Human Behavior 29, 1771-1778.
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo (2011) “Globalization and Gendered Livelihoods
in sub-Saharan Africa: Introduction,” Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 32(1), 4-7.
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Muriel Yeboah (2011) “Heavy Burdens: Gendered Livelihood Strategies of
Porters in Accra, Ghana,” Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 32(1), 22-37.
Aladuwaka, Seela and Ann M. Oberhauser (2011) “Contextualizing Credit Programs, Poverty
Alleviation and Women’s Empowerment: A Case Study from Rural Sri Lanka.” In Saraswati
Raju (ed.) Gendered Geographies: Interrogating Place and Space in South Asia, p. 245-267.
India: Oxford University Press.
Gentler, Amy L., Ann M. Oberhauser, David Westerman, and Danielle K. Nadorff (2011) "College
Students' Use of Electronic Communication with Parents: Links to Loneliness, Attachment, and
Relationship Quality" Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 14(1-2), 71-74.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2010) “(Re)Scaling Gender and Globalization: Livelihood Strategies in Accra,
Ghana,” ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 9(2), 221-244.
(http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/Oberhauser10.pdf)
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Kobena T. Hanson (2008) "Negotiating Livelihoods and Scale in the Context
of Neoliberal Globalization: Perspectives from Accra, Ghana” African Geographical Review
26: 11-36.
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Oberhauser, Ann M. (2007) “Feminist Pedagogy: Incorporating Diversity and Praxis in the
Classroom.” In P. Moss and K. Falconer Al-Hindi (eds.) Feminisms in Geography: Rethinking
Space, Place, and Knowledges, pp. 215-220. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Brent McCusker (2006) “An Assessment of Women’s Access to Natural
Resources through Communal Projects in South Africa” GeoJournal 66(4): 325-339.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2005) “Scaling Gender and Diverse Economies: Perspectives from Appalachia
and South Africa” Antipode 37(5): 863-874.
Latimer, Melissa and Ann M. Oberhauser (2004) “Exploring Gender and Economic Development in
Appalachia,” Journal of Appalachian Studies 10(3): 269-291.
Oberhauser, Ann M., Jennifer L. Mandel and Holly M. Hapke (2004) “Gendered Livelihoods in
Diverse Global Contexts: an introduction,” Gender, Place and Culture 11(2): 205-208.
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Amy Pratt (2004) “Women’s Collective Economic Strategies and
Transformation in Rural South Africa,” Gender, Place and Culture 11(2): 209-228.
Oberhauser, Ann M., Donna Rubinoff, Karen DeBres, Susan Mains, and Cynthia Pope (2004)
"Geographic Perspectives on Women." In Gary Gaile and Cort Willmott (eds.) Geography in
America at the Dawn of the 21st Century, pp. 736-758. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2002) “Relocating Gender and Rural Economic Strategies” Environment and
Planning A 34, pp. 1221-1237.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2002) “Examining Gender and Community Through Critical Pedagogy”
Journal of Geography in Higher Education 26(1), pp. 19-31.
Oberhauser, Ann M., Amy Pratt, and Ann M. Turnage (2001) "Unraveling Appalachia's Rural
Economy," Journal of Appalachian Studies 7(1) pp. 19-45.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2000) "Feminism and Economic Geography: Gendering Work and Working
Gender," in Eric Sheppard and Trevor J. Barnes (eds.) A Companion to Economic Geography.
pp. 60-76. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Ann M. Turnage (1999) "Weaving the Socio-Economic Fabric of Women's
Lives." In B.E. Smith (eds.) Neither Separate Nor Equal: Women, Race and Class in the U.S.
South, pp.109-22. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1999) "Households, Violence and Women's Economic Rights: A Case Study
of Women and Work in Appalachia," in Tovi Fenster (ed.) Gender, Planning and Human Rights,
pp. 93-110. New York: Routledge.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1997) "The Home as 'Field': Households and Homework in Rural Appalachia," in
J.P. Jones III, H. J. Nast, and S. M. Roberts (eds.) Thresholds in Feminist Research:Difference,
Methodology, and Representation, pp. 165-183. New York: Rowman and Littlefield.
Oberhauser, Ann M., Lillian Waugh, and Chris Weiss (1996) "Gender Analysis and Economic
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Development in West Virginia" West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter 13(2), pp. 2-13.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1995) "Towards a Gendered Regional Geography: Women and Work in Rural
Appalachia," Growth and Change 26, pp. 219-246.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1995) "Espai, Gènere, i Estratègies Econòmiques de la Unitat Familiar:el Treball
a Domicili de les Dones a L'Apalàtxai Rural" (Gendered Space and Economic Strategies:
Women's Homework in Rural West Virginia) Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica 26, pp. 147-165.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1995) "Gender and Household Economic Strategies in Rural Appalachia,"
Gender, Place and Culture 2(1), pp. 51-70.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1993) "Semiperipheral Industrialization in the Global Economy: Transition in the
South African Automobile Industry," Geoforum 24(2), pp. 99-114.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1993) "Industrial Restructuring and Women's Homework in Appalachia: Lessons
from West Virginia," Southeastern Geographer 33(1), pp. 23-43.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1991) "The International Mobility of Labor: North African Migrant Workers
in France," The Professional Geographer 43(4), pp. 431-445.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1990) "Social and Spatial Patterns under Fordism and Flexible Accumulation,"
Antipode 22(3), pp. 211-232.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1990) "State Policy, Employment and the Spatial Organization of Production:
The Establishment of an Automobile Plant in the North of France," Tijdschrift Voor
Economische en Sociale Geografie 81(1), pp. 58-68.
Wimpffen, James L., R. B. Capelle, A. M. Oberhauser, J. E. Randall, and B. L. Warf (1990)
"Assessing the Early Effects of Emerging Trade Blocs: Research Agendas for North America
and Europe," Canadian Journal of Regional Science 13:2/3, pp. 367-373.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1987) "Labour, Production and the State: Decentralization of the French
Automobile Industry," Regional Studies 21(5), pp. 445-458.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS___________________________________________________________
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Seela Aladuwaka (2014) “Financing Resistance in South Asia: Gender and
Microcredit Program in Sri Lanka.” In A. Datta (ed.) Proceedings of the International
Conference “Re Orienting Gender: Geographies of Resistance, Agency, Violence and Desire in
Asia,” p. 16-26. New Delhi, India: RK Books.
Wilson, M. W., M. Hickey, J. Craine, L. Fawcett, A. Oberhauser, E. Roe, and T. Warkentin (2011)
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“Cyborg Spaces and Monstrous Places: Critical Geographic Engagements with Harawayian
Theory” Aether: The Journal of Media Geography 8A: 43-67.
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~aether/pdf/volume_08a/haraway.pdf
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2011) “Ways Forward: Engaging Gender & Development,” LiveBetter 34.
(http://livebettermagazine.com/article/ways-forward-engaging-gender-development/)
Oberhauser, Ann M. (2010) “Gender and Geography.” Encyclopedia of Geography. New York:
Sage Publications. (http://www.sage-ereference.com/view/geography/n465.xml)
Oberhauser, Ann M. and Kobena Hanson (2007) “Re-scaling Household Strategies: Globalization
and Livelihoods in Accra, Ghana” WVU Regional Research Institute, Paper #2007-6.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1998) "Stepping Down from the Head of a Pin: Towards New Spatial and
Social Perspectives in Economic Geography", in Global and Local Challenges to Theory,
Practice, and Teaching in Economic Geography, Final Report of the 1997 National
Science Foundation Workshop on the Future of Economic Geography, Compiled by The
Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, The Pennsylvania State University.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1988) "Manufacturer and Supplier Relations in the United States Automobile
Industry," Research in Contemporary and Applied Geography: A Discussion Series Volume
XII, No. 3, Department of Geography, State Univ. of New York, Binghamton.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (ed.) (1987) "Structural and Spatial Changes in the Automotive Industry: French
and United States Perspectives," Proceedings from Univ. of Toledo Business Research Center.
Oberhauser, Ann M. (1986) "Restructuring and the French Automobile Industry: State Intervention and
Industrial Relations," Modern and Contemporary France 25, pp. 7-13.
BOOK REVIEWS__________________________________________________________________
Musyoki, A. and M. Khayesi (eds.) (2012) Environment and Development: Selected Themes from
Eastern and Southern Africa. Botswana: Bay Publishing. In The Association of American
Geographers Review of Books. (2013).
Gilbert M.R. and M. Masucci (2011) Information and Communication Technology Geographies:
Strategies for Bridging a Digital Divide. Vancouver, Canada: Praxis (e) Press. In Urban
Geography 32(6) 2011), pp. 920-922.
Williams, J. (2006) East 40 Degrees: an Interpretive Atlas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia
Press. In Journal of Planning Literature 23 (2008), pp. 38-39.
Katz, C. (2004) Growing up Global: Economic Restructuring and Children’s Everyday Lives.
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. In Annals of the Association of American
Geographers 97(2) (2007) pp. 454-456.
Hart, G. (2002) Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
(Pietermaritzburg, SA: University of Natal Press). In Economic Geography 81(1) (2005) pp.
123-125.
Deborah L. Tolman & Mary Brydon-Miller (eds.) (2001) From Subjects to Subjectivities: A Handbook
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of Interpretive and Participatory Methods (New York: New York University Press). In Gender,
Place and Culture 9(1) (2002) pp. 81-82.
Herod, A. (ed.) (1998) Organizing the Landscape: Geographical Perspectives on Labor Unionism.
Minneapolis, MN: Univ. of Minnesota Press. Geographical Review 89(3) (1999), pp.457-460.
Boris, E. and E. Prugl (eds.) (1996) Homeworkers in Global Perspective: Invisible No More. New
York: Routledge. Professional Geographer 50(3) (Aug. 1998), pp. 388-389.
Gringeri, C.E. (1994) Getting By: Women Homeworkers & Rural Economic Development. Lawrence,
KS: University Press of Kansas. Economic Geography 73(1) (Jan., 1997), pp. 131-133.
Kobayashi, A. (ed.) (1994) Women, Work and Place. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press. Annals of
the Association of American Geographers 86(1) (Mar., 1996), pp.169-171.
Noponen, H., J. Graham, and A.R. Markusen (eds.) (1993) Trading Industries, Trading Regions:
International Trade, American Industry and Regional Economic Development. New York: The
Guilford Press. Economic Geography 72(2) (Apr., 1996), pp. 221-224.
Lipietz, A. (1992) Towards a New Economic Order: Postfordism, Ecology and Democracy. Oxford:
Oxford Univ. Press. Economic Geography 70(2) (Apr., 1994), pp. 193-196.
Gwynne, R.N. (1990) New Horizons? Third World Industrialization in an International Framework.
New York: Routledge Press. Growth and Change 24(1) (Winter 1993), pp. 141-144.
Webster, A. and J.H. Dunning (eds.) (1991) Structural Change in the World Economy. London:
Routledge Press. Economic Geography 67(4) (Oct., 1991), pp. 366-369.
Clark, G. L. (1989) Unions and Communities under Siege. Cambridge University Press. Geographical
Review 81(1) (Jan., 1991), pp. 111-113.
Hudson, R. (1989) Wrecking a Region. London: Pion Limited. Geographical Review 80(3) (July,
1990), pp. 320-323.
Massey, D. (1984) Spatial Divisions of Labor. New York: Methuen. Antipode 21(1) (April, 1989),
pp. 51-55.
UNIVERSITY-FUNDED RESEARCH and TEACHING GRANTS____________________________
WVU Faculty Development Grant (2012). $1500.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, WVU. Faculty Development Grant (2008). $2500.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, WVU. Course Development Grant (2007). $2500
.
Regional Research Institute, WVU. Special Research Assignment (SRA) with Kobena Hanson.
“Shifting Household Strategies: Livelihood Diversification in Accra, Ghana
(2005) $7500.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. Course Development Grant (2005). $3500.
Center for Women’s Studies. “Feminist Pedagogy and Service-Learning” Judith Stitzel Endowment
For Excellence in Women’s Studies Teaching and Learning. (2001-2002). $4000.
Regional Research Institute. West Virginia University. "Marketing and Production Networks in Rural
Appalachia: Linking Gender, Space and Place." Faculty Associate project. (1997-1999).
Faculty Development Grant. Office of International Programs, West Virginia University. “A Cross8
Cultural Comparison of Economic Organizations among Women in Rural Appalachia and
South Africa,” $1,000 (1998).
Senate Research Grant. West Virginia University. “Economic Networks among Rural Appalachian
Women,” $7,500, 1997-1998.
Faculty International Research Grant. West Virginia University International Programs. "Gender and
Geography: Collaborative Research Project and Seminar in Barcelona, Spain," Summer, 1993.
Research Proposal Mini-Grant Program. West Virginia University, College of Arts and Sciences.
"Women's Responses to Economic Restructuring: Regional Development in West Virginia,"
1992.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES______________________________________________
Member of WVU Geography Graduate Committee (2014 – present).
Member of WVU Graduate Council (2001-2004 and 2007-2010).
Member of the WVU Faculty Senate (2009-2014).
Member of Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies
Member of Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Task Force & Research Committee (1999-2005).
Member of the Advisory Council for the Center for Women's Studies, WVU (1992-2000).
Chair of the Research Committee for the Center for Women's Studies, WVU (2000-2003).
Member of the Social Justice Council, WVU (1998-1999 and 2009 – present).
Member and Chair, Student International Grants Committee, WVU (1992-1998) (1996-1998).
Chair of the Undergraduate Program of the West Virginia University Geography Program
(1996-1997, 2000-2008).
Faculty mentor for NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, WVU
Regional Research Institute (1994-1996).
Member of the West Virginia Consortium for Faculty and Course Development in International Studies
(FACDIS) (1990-present).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS________________________________________________________
“Financing Resistance in South Asia: Gender and Microcredit Program in Sri Lanka.” Paper presented
with Seela Aladuwaka at International Conference “Re Orienting Gender: geographies of
Resistance and Agency in Asia,” Delhi, India, Nov. 19-21, 2014.
“Gendered landscapes of rural change: A South African case study.” Paper presented at the annual
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meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Tampa, FL, April 8-12, 2014.
“Rural Space for Gender and Development: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa,” Paper presented at
conference “Breaking Grounds, Building Bridges,” Ohio University Women’s and Gender
Studies Conference, Feb. 14-15, 2014.
“Mapping Gender: (Re)visiting the Status of Women in West Virginia.” (With Xiannian Chen, Frank
Lafone, and Allyssa Sobey) Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Division
of the AAG (SEDAAG), Roanoke, VA, Nov. 24-26, 2013.
“Transnational Feminist Research: Critical Approaches to Methodology and Scale.” Paper presented at
pre-conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Gender Commission, Nara,
Japan, Aug. 1-4, 2013.
“Scaling Development: Globalization and Local Economic Strategies in Rural South Africa.” Invited
presentation for the Department of Geography at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Nov. 30, 2012.
“Working the Field: Transnational Feminism in the Global North and South.” Invited presentation for
the Women and Minority Artists and Scholars Lecture Series at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA,
Nov. 29, 2012.
“Transnational Feminist Methodologies: Challenges and Possibilities.” Paper presented at the preconference of the IGU Gender Commission, Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 23-26, 2012.
“Gender, Empowerment, and Microfinance Programs in the Global South.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), New York, NY, Feb. 2428, 2012.
“’Where u at?’: Socio-spatial Aspects of ICT Use among Young Adults.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the AAG, Seattle, WA, Apr. 12-16, 2011.
“The Social Side of Girls in Math and Science.” Paper presented at conference Encouraging Girls in
Math and Science: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice, Morgantown, WV, Oct.
25, 2010.
“Virtually Yours: Use of Communication Technology in Social Relationships.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the AAG, Washington D.C., Apr. 13-16, 2010.
“Negotiating Livelihoods within Neoliberal Economic Globalization.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the AAG, Boston, MA, Apr. 16-19, 2008.
“Teaching Moments: Reflections on Pedagogy and Practice in Geography.” Organizer and panel
discussant at the annual meeting of the SEDAAG, Charleston, SC, Nov. 18-20, 2007.
“Communities of Resistance: Globalization and Gendered Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Paper
presented at the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland,
June 1-3, 2007.
“Negotiating Scale and Gender in the Context of Neoliberal Restructuring.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the AAG, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 17-21, 2007.
“(Re)Scaling Livelihoods & Globalization: Perspectives from Ghana.” Invited lecture at the
Department of Geography, Florida State University, Feb. 4, 2007.
“On the Margins: Gender and Development in Appalachia.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the AAG, Chicago, IL, Mar. 7-11, 2006.
“Social (re)production and households V: Why re/engaging now?” Panel presentation for organized
session at the annual meeting of the AAG, Chicago, IL, Mar. 7-11, 2006.
“Dick Peet and the making of Radical Geography III: Political economy, political ecology and
development.” Panel presentation for organized session at the annual meeting of the AAG,
Chicago, IL, Mar. 7-11, 2006.
“Re-Scaling Household Strategies: Livelihood Diversification in Accra, Ghana.” (with Kobena
Hanson) Paper presented at SEDAAG, Palm Beach, FL, Nov. 20-22, 2005.
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“Globalizing Gender and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa” paper presented at the IGU Gender and
Geography Commissions pre-conference workshop on Globalization and Development:Towards
a Feminist Dialogue, Durham, UK, Aug. 12-15, 2004.
“Gender and Fieldwork in Feminist Geography” panelist for session at the annual meeting of the AAG,
New Orleans, LA, March 4-9, 2003.
“Reflections on African Research” panelist for session at the annual meeting of SEDAAG, Nov. 23-26,
2002.
“Gender and Economic Transformation in Rural South Africa” paper co-presented with Agnes
Musyoki at the Regional conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU) in Durban,
South Africa, 4-7 August, 2002.
“Women’s Struggles for Power and Community in Post-Apartheid South Africa” paper presented at the
annual meeting of the AAG, Los Angeles, CA, March 19-24, 2002.
“Political Economic Transformation, Gender, and Community Projects in South Africa.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of SEDAAG, Lexington, KY, Nov. 18-20, 2001.
“Gender and Rural Economic Strategies: Comparative Perspectives from South Africa and
Appalachia.” Paper presented at the International Conference of the Society of South African
Geographers, Goudini Spa, South Africa, July 2-5, 2001.
“Overcoming the Digital Divide: Information Technology and Rural Economic Development” Poster
presented with Seela A.G. at annual meeting of SEDAAG, Chapel Hill, NC, Nov. 19-21, 2000.
“Gendered Livelihood Strategies in Rural South Africa and Appalachia” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the AAG, Pittsburgh, PA, Apr. 5-8, 2000.
“Household Gender Dynamics and Women’s Economic Rights: Voices from Appalachia.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the AAG, Boston, MA, Mar. 25-29, 1998.
“Stepping Down from the Head of a Pin: Spatial and Social Perspectives in Economic Geography”
Paper presented at the annual meeting of SEDAAG, Birmingham, AL, Nov. 22-25, 1997.
“Globalization and Local Economic Strategies: Gender Perspectives from South Africa and
Appalachia.” Paper presented at annual meeting of the AAG, Ft. Worth, TX, Apr.1-5, 1997.
“Gender, Households and Women’s Human Rights.” Paper presented at the Women in Development
conference, University of Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 14-16, 1997.
“Gender and the Informal Economy: an Historical Perspective on Economic Restructuring in
Appalachia.” (Co-authored with Anne-Marie Turnage) Paper presented at the annual meeting
of SEDAAG, Athens, GA, Nov. 24-26, 1996.
“Locating Gender in Regional Economic Networks.” Paper presented at the 28th International
Geographical Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands, Aug. 4-10, 1996.
“Flexible Production in Rural Appalachia: Linking Gender, Space and Place.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the AAG, Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 1996.
"Gender and Flexible Production Networks in Rural Appalachia." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of SEDAAG, Knoxville, TN, Nov. 19-21, 1995.
"Gender and Industrial Restructuring in Appalachia: An Analysis of Women's Homework." Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the AAG, San Diego, CA, Apr. 18-22, 1992.
"Breaking the Boycott: Japanese Investment in the South African Automobile Industry." Paper
presented at annual meeting of the AAG, Miami, FL, April 13-17, 1991.
"Foreign Investment and Local Economic Development." Paper presented to Great Lakes Economic
Development Group, Chicago, IL, Sept. 26-28, 1990.
"The New Europe: European Integration and Geographic Implications." Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the AAG Toronto, Ontario, Apr. 19-22, 1990.
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"Immigrant Workers and Industrial Restructuring in France." Paper presented at Council for European
Studies, Washington, D.C., Mar. 23-25, 1990.
"Industrial Restructuring: A Comparison of the South African and French Automobile Industries."
Paper presented at Univ. of Westville, Durban, South Africa, June 1989.
"Rationalization and Racial Discrimination? Immigrant Workers in the French Automobile Industry."
Paper presented at annual meeting of the AAG, Baltimore, Maryland, Mar. 19-22, 1989.
"Industrial Policy and Regional Development in France: 1950-1985." Paper presented at Joint
American and French Geography Seminar in Paris, France, June 2-5, 1986.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES__________________________________________________________
Collaboration with colleagues in psychology and communication studies on research project involving
Computer-mediated communication among college students.
Actively engaged in research on gender and economic strategies in Appalachia and southern Africa.
Funding sources, National Science Foundation and internal WVU grants.
Involved with various organizations in West Virginia researching community-based economic
development, especially in regards to women and employment.
Research on Regional Development and the Automobile Industry in South Africa, Development Bank
of Southern Africa, April - June, 1989.
Project Coordinator. "Linkages among Automobile Manufacturers and Suppliers in the Midwest,"
French Ministry of Industry Research Mission, March, 1987.
Volunteer Researcher, Oxfam America, Boston, Massachusetts. Comparative study of industrial policy
of SADCC and the EEC's LOME Convention in Southern Africa. Fieldwork in Harare,
Zimbabwe, 1984.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE_________________________________________________________
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Human Geography
European Geography
The Geography of Gender
Appalachian Geographies
Economic Geography
Rural and Regional Development
Global Issues
Global Service Learning Course in Tanzania (study abroad)
Internship Coordinator for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Graduate Courses
Advanced Industrial Geography
Appalachian Regional Development
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Gender, Society and Space
Gender and Development
Qualitative Research Methods
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