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LAURA MCKINNEYDepartment of SociologyTulane University220 Newcomb HallNew Orleans, LA 70118Office Phone: (504) 862-3013Fax: (504) ADEMIC POSITIONS2012-presentAssistant Professor, Tulane University, Department of Sociology2013-presentFaculty Affiliate, Environmental Studies Program, Tulane University2011-12Visiting Instructor, North Carolina State University, Department of Sociology& AnthropologyEDUCATIONCommittee:North Carolina State University — Sociology, Gamma Sigma DeltaA Theoretical Integration and Structural Equation Modeling of theEnvironmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability of NationsEdward Kick (chair), Sarah Bowen, Brett Clark, Michael Schulman2006M.S.Middle Tennessee State University — Sociology, Phi Kappa Phi2004B.S.B.S.University of North Alabama — Sociology, Alpha Kappa DeltaUniversity of North Alabama — Psychology2012Ph.D.Dissertation:RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTSEcology and Society; Environmental Sociology; Global Social Change and Development; Globaland Local Sustainability; Rural and Urban Community DevelopmentJOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED; GRADUATE STUDENT CO-AUTHORS ARE UNDERLINED)Austin, Kelly F. and Laura A. McKinney. 2016. “Disaster Devastation in Poor Nations: TheDirect and Indirect Effects of Gender Equality, Ecological Losses, and Development.”Social Forces 95:355-80. Highlighted in Phys.org (2016), “Where women are economically empowered,there are fewer disaster victims.”McKinney, Laura and Kelly Austin. 2015. “Ecological Losses are Infecting Women: AnAnalysis of Female HIV Prevalence and Life Expectancy in Less-Developed Countries.”Social Problems 62(4):529-49. Highlighted in Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings (2016) and The SocietyPages (2016), “How Environmental Damage Makes Women More Vulnerable to
AIDS,” and Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World(2015), “HIV/AIDS: Ecological Losses are Infecting Women.”McKinney, Laura and Gregory Fulkerson. 2015. “Gender Equality and Climate Justice: A CrossNational Analysis.” Social Justice Research 28(3):293-317. Received the Morton Deutsch Award from the International Society for JusticeResearchers for the best article published in Social Justice Research in 2015Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. 2015. “Bringing food desert residents to an alternative foodmarket: A semi-experimental study of impediments to food access.” Agriculture andHuman Values 32(2):215-227.McKinney, Laura A., Edward L. Kick, and Clare Cannon. 2015. “A Human Ecology Approachto Environmental Inequality: A County-Level Analysis of Natural Disasters and theDistribution of Landfills in the Southeastern US.” Human Ecology Review 21(1):109132.McKinney, Laura. 2014. “Gender, Democracy, Development, and Overshoot: A Cross-NationalAnalysis.” Population and Environment 36(2):193-218. Highlighted in Policy Brief, Scholars Strategy Network (2014) and The SocietyPages (2014), “Women Have a Strong Stake in Sustainable Development – AndFemale Clout Can Help to Achieve It.”McKinney, Laura A. 2014. “Foreign Direct Investment, Development, and Overshoot.” SocialScience Research 47:121-133.Kick, Edward L. and Laura A. McKinney. 2014. “Global Context, National Interdependencies,and the Ecological Footprint: A Structural Equation Analysis.” Sociological Perspectives57(2):256-279.Austin, Kelly F. and Laura A. McKinney. 2012. “Disease, War, Hunger, and Deprivation: ACross-National Investigation of the Determinants of Life Expectancy in Less-Developedand Sub-Saharan African Nations.” Sociological Perspectives 55(3):421-47.McKinney, Laura A. 2012. “Entropic Disorder: New Frontiers in Environmental Sociology.”Sociological Perspectives 55(2):295-317.Austin, Kelly F., Laura A. McKinney and Gretchen Thompson. 2012. “Agricultural TradeDependency and the Threat of Starvation: A Cross-National Analysis of Hunger asUnequal Exchange.” International Journal of Sociology 42(2):68-89.Kick, Edward L., Laura A. McKinney, and Gretchen H. Thompson. 2011. “Intensity of FoodDeprivation: The Integrative Impacts of the World-System, Modernization, Conflict,Militarization and the Environment.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology52(6):478-502.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 2
Kick, Edward L., James C. Fraser, Gregory M. Fulkerson, Laura A. McKinney, and Daniel H.DeVries. 2011. “Repetitive Flood Victims and Acceptance of FEMA Mitigation Offers:An Analysis with Community-System Policy Implications.” Disasters: The Journal ofDisaster Studies, Policy, and Management 35(3):510-39.McKinney, Laura A., Edward L. Kick, and Gregory M. Fulkerson. 2010. “World-System,Anthropogenic, and Ecological Threats to Bird and Mammal Species: A StructuralEquation Analysis of Biodiversity Loss.” Organization & Environment 23(1):3-31.Shandra, John M., Laura A. McKinney, Christopher Leckband, and Bruce London. 2010. “Debt,Structural Adjustment, and Biodiversity Loss: A Cross-National Analysis of ThreatenedMammals and Birds.” Human Ecology Review 17(1):18-33.Fulkerson, Gregory M., Laura A. McKinney, and Kelly Austin. 2010. “Global Warmers andGlobal Coolers: A Cross-National Examination of Global Warming Dynamics.”International Journal of Sociology 40(2):44-64.McKinney, Laura A., Gregory M. Fulkerson, and Edward L. Kick. 2009. “Investigating theCorrelates of Biodiversity Loss: A Cross-National Quantitative Analysis of ThreatenedBird Species.” Human Ecology Review 16(1):103-13.Shandra, John M., Christopher Leckband, Laura A. McKinney, and Bruce London. 2009.“Ecologically Unequal Exchange, World Polity, and Biodiversity Loss: A Cross-NationalAnalysis of Threatened Mammals.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology50(3-4):285-310.BOOK CHAPTERSMcKinney, Laura. 2016. “Reinventing Rural Environmental Justice.” Pp. 57-76 in G. Fulkersonand A. Thomas’ (eds.) Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World.Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.McKinney, Laura A. 2014. “A Study of Sustainability: Entropy and the Rural/UrbanTransformation.” Pp. 257-84 in G. Fulkerson and A. Thomas’ (eds.) Studies inUrbanormativity: Rural Community in Urban Society. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.Austin, Kelly F., Laura A. McKinney, and Edward L. Kick. 2012. “Globalization: Theories ofConvergence and Divergence in the World-System.” Pp. 265-73 in S. Babones and C.Chase-Dunn’s (eds.) Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis. London:Routledge.Kick, Edward L. and Laura A. McKinney. 2012. “World-System Structure, Natural Capital andEnvironmental Entropy.” Pp. 392-99 in S. Babones and C. Chase-Dunn’s (eds.)Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis. London: Routledge.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 3
Kick, Edward L., Laura A. McKinney, Steve McDonald, and Andrew Jorgenson. 2011. “AMultiple-Network Analysis of the World System of Nations, 1995-1999.” Pp. 311-327 inJ. Scott and P. Carrington’s (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis.London, UK: SAGE Publications. Reprinted in: Carrington, Peter J. 2014. Applications of Social Network Analysis.London, UK: SAGE Publications.OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONSMcKinney, Laura. Forthcoming, 2016. Review of: Capitalism in the Web of Life by JasonMoore. Human Ecology Review.McKinney, Laura. 2016. “Developing a Research Agenda.” Pp. 2-3 in the newsletter for theSociety for the Study of Social Problems, Environment and Technology Division, Spring2016.Kick, Edward L. and Laura A. McKinney. 2012. “Dependency Trends.” In G. Ritzer’s (ed.),Encyclopedia of Globalization. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.Kick, Edward L. and Laura A. McKinney. 2012. “Comparative Advantage.” In G. Ritzer’s (ed.),Encyclopedia of Globalization. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.PUBLICATIONS (WITH REVISE & RESUBMIT STATUS OR UNDER REVIEW)McKinney, Laura. “The Entropy Curse.” Revised & resubmitted for inclusion in Frey’s (ed.)Ecologically Unequal Exchange.McKinney, Laura and Arianna King. “Gender and Climate Change.” Under review for inclusionin Zaleski’s (ed.) Global Oppression of Women: Detailed Case Discussion on Issues that AffectWomen Around the World.Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. “Studying Food Access in a Food Desert.” Revised &resubmitted for inclusion in Waity’s (ed.) Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and FoodSovereignty among America’s Poor.GRANTSInternal“Advancing Interdisciplinary Theory and Methods of GlobalEnvironmental Sustainability.” Tulane-Xavier Center forBioenvironmental Research Faculty Fellowships.2016-17 10,000“Preliminary Superfund Research: Community Engagement Core.”Tulane University, Office of Research and Center for BioenvironmentalResearch (Co-Investigator: Diane Blake).2014-15 10,000Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 4
“Quantitative Assessments of Global and Local Sustainability.” TulaneUniversity, School of Liberal Arts Lurcy Grant.Center for Public Scholars, Tulane University, School of Liberal Arts(with Yuki Kato).2014-15 5682013 850“Natural Disasters and the Spatial Distribution of Waste.” TulaneUniversity, School of Liberal Arts Lurcy Grant.2013-14 2,092“Natural Disasters and the Spatial Distribution of Waste.” TulaneUniversity Senate Committee on Research, Research Fellowship.2013-14 10,000“Food Access Research in New Orleans: Disparities, Consequences andActions.” Tulane University, D.W. Mitchell Lecture Series and Provost’sFaculty Seminar in Interdisciplinary Research (with Yuki Kato).2012 300“A Partnership to Examine the Environmental, Economic, and SocialBenefits of Recycling in North Carolina Communities.” North CarolinaState University Extension, Education and Economic Development Grant(with Edward Kick).2010-11 9,930“A Comparison of the Nature and Causes of Recycling in FiveCommunities.” Departmental Research Grant (with Edward Kick).2010 5,987External“Purposeful earth education: The gateway to citizen science and STEMcareer pathways.” PI: Jessica Summers, Lia Falco, Bruce Johnson; Co-PI:McKinney. National Science Foundation—Advancing Informal STEMLearning.2017-20 727,014Under review“Society and Sustainability.” PI: Laura McKinney. Andrew CarnegieFellows Program.2017-19 200,000Under review“Development of Emergent Framework for Big Data Science throughSocio-ecological Analysis of Global HIV/AIDS.” PI: GretchenThompson; Advisory Board: Laura McKinney. Critical Techniques,Technologies, and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations andApplications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA),National Science Foundation 16-512.2016 1.8 millionNot selected forreview“Planning Grant Proposal for Global Climate Change and Human HealthSpoke.” PI: Gretchen Thompson; Senior Personnel: Laura McKinney. BigData Regional Innovation Hubs: Establishing Spokes to Advance BigData Applications (BD Spoke Program). National Science Foundation.2016 100,000Not selected forreview“Bringing Women In: An Interdisciplinary Perspective of GlobalLaura McKinney2014Curriculum Vitae—Page 5
Environmental Sustainability.” PI: Laura McKinney. Board of RegentsSupport Fund: Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (ATLAS). 37,909Not funded“Food Safe and Food Secure in Urban Settings Using Sustainable, HealthyBest Practices—New Orleans, LA, USA, as a Model.” PI: JeffreyWickliffe; Co-PI: Laura McKinney. Wellcome Trust.2014 219,000Not funded“Counter-Urban Sustainability: Global Transdisciplinary ResearchNetwork on Shrinking Cities.” PI: Kevin Gotham; Co-PIs: Mike Blum andMark Davis. Senior Personnel: McKinney. National Science Foundation.2014 10,451,634Not funded“The Human Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation, CoastalRestoration, and Community Resilience.” PI: Laura McKinney; co-PI:Matthew Chatfield. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)Applied Research Program.2014 74,417Not funded“Food Hubs and Sustainability: Advancing Communities through LocallyIntegrated Food Systems in the Gulf Coast.” PI: Laura McKinney; co-PIs:Yuki Kato and Brian Luckett. Southern Region Sustainable AgricultureResearch and Education Program. Submitted June 3, 2013.2013 189,631Not funded“Promoting Food Security in North Carolina and Tennessee Counties:Linking Rural Communities and Globally Sustainable Agriculture UsingIntegrated Food Systems” PI: Edward Kick; co-PI: Laura McKinney.Research, Education and Extension Grant, USDA, AFRI: Global FoodSecurity2010 5 millionAccepted for reviewNot fundedFELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / 15Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research Faculty FellowCenter for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) Academic Year Fund forFaculty-Student Scholarly and Artistic Engagement, Tulane University ( 1000)Morton Deutsch Award recipient from the International Society for JusticeResearch for the best article published in Social Justice Research in 2015Chosen as Tulane University’s junior scholar nominee for the Andrew CarnegieFellows ProgramCarol Lavin Bernick Faculty Travel Grant ( 1000), Office of Academic Affairsand Provost, Tulane UniversityEnvironmental Studies Faculty Travel Award ( 1000), Tulane UniversityCommittee On Research Faculty International Travel Grant ( 1000), Office ofAcademic Affairs and Provost, Tulane UniversityTenure-Track International Conference Fund recipient ( 1000), School ofLiberal Arts, Tulane UniversityOutstanding Service Award, Rural Sociological SocietyFaculty Networking Seminar grant recipient ( 3460), Provost’s Office, TulaneUniversityLaura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 6
000-042003Scholars Strategy Network, MemberSocial Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow, Tulane UniversityNewcomb College Institute Fellow, Tulane UniversityNominated Attendee (not selected), Tulane University, National ScienceFoundation’s Living on Earth III: Social-Ecological Systems Workshop 2012Research Assistantship, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, NorthCarolina State UniversityGraduate Assistantship, Department of Sociology, Middle Tennessee StateUniversityAcademic/Leadership Scholarship, University of North AlabamaAlpha Kappa Delta Scholarship, Department of Sociology, University of NorthAlabamaPRESENTATIONS (STUDENT COLLABORATORS ARE UNDERLINED)McKinney, Laura. 2016. “Ecological Losses, Gender Equality and Sustainability: A CrossNational Perspective.” International Society for Justice Research, Canterbury, United Kingdom.Part of special symposium—Environmental Justice: Social Context and Social Action.(invited)Austin, Kelly and Laura McKinney. 2016. “Disaster Vulnerability: The Direct and IndirectEffects of Gender Equality, Ecological Losses, and Development.” American SociologicalAssociation, Seattle, Washington.Fulkerson, Gregory, Laura McKinney, Alexander R. Thomas, and Karl Jicha. 2016. “UrbanRural Dynamics and Energy Consumption: An Analysis of Cross-National Outcomes.”Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada.McKinney, Laura and Ryan Thomson. 2016. “A Geospatial Analysis of Landfills and Disastersin the United States.” Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada.Kick, Edward L. and Laura McKinney. 2016. “A Cross-National SEM Analysis of Geographical,Institutional, and Agricultural Systems as Determinants of Food Insecurity.” Rural SociologicalSociety, Toronto, Canada.McKinney, Laura. 2015. “The Entropy Curse.” Ecological Unequal Exchange Conference,University of Tennessee—Knoxville. (invited)McKinney, Laura and Clare Cannon. 2014. “Disasters and Waste: A County-Level Analysis.”Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, California.Cannon, Clare and Laura McKinney. 2014. “Learning on a dump: The case of Booker T.Washington High School.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, California.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 7
Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. 2014. “Community Context of Food Justice: Reflections on alocal produce program in a food desert.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco,California.McKinney, Laura A. 2014. “Urbanization, Urbanormativity, Sustainability, and Rural Areas.”Rural Sociological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.McKinney, Laura A. 2013. “Natural Disasters and the Spatial Distribution of Waste.” AmericanSociological Association—Rural Sociological Society joint session. New York. (invited)McKinney, Laura A. and Yuki Kato. 2013. “The Influence of Political, Social, and FinancialCapital on Food Access and Security in an Urban Food Desert.” Society for the Study of SocialProblems, New York.Kato, Yuki and Laura A. McKinney. 2013. “To market, to market: Low-income residents’reactions to a local food market and its products.” American Sociological Association, NewYork.Cannon, Clare and Laura A. McKinney. 2013. “The Generation of Hazardous Waste: A CrossNational Structural Equation Model.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York.Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. 2013. “The Spatial, Social, and Cultural Aspects of CSAParticipation among Low-Income Minority Residents.” American Association of Geographers,Los Angeles, California.Kato, Yuki and Laura McKinney. 2013. “Bringing the Community Back In CommunitySupported Agriculture.” The Prevention Research Center Seminar Series, Tulane School ofPublic Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.McKinney, Laura A. 2013. “Global and Local Sustainability.” Presentation for the SociologyDepartmental Colloquium Series. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.McKinney, Laura A. 2012. “An Exploration of the Social and Environmental Sustainability ofNations.” Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois.Kick, Edward and Laura A. McKinney. 2012. “Urban and Rural Spatial Inequalities in WasteGeneration and Disposal.” Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois.McKinney, Laura A. 2011. “Environmental Sustainability and Depletion of the Global EntropicCommons.” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.McKinney, Laura A. and Edward L. Kick. 2011. “National Footprints in the Modern WorldSystem: An Indirect and Direct Effects Theorization and Structural Equation Modeling.” Societyfor the Study of Social Problems, Las Vegas, Nevada.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 8
Austin, Kelly and Laura A. McKinney. 2011. “War, Disease, Hunger, and Deprivation: A CrossNational Investigation of the Determinants of Life Expectancy in the World-System.” Society forthe Study of Social Problems, Las Vegas, Nevada.Fulkerson, Gregory M. and Laura A. McKinney. 2011. “Urbanization and the Carbon Footprintsof Nations.” Rural Sociological Society, Boise, Idaho.McKinney, Laura A. 2011. “Entropic Disorder: New Frontiers in Environmental Sociology.”Rural Sociological Society, Boise, Idaho.Fulkerson, Gregory M. and Laura A. McKinney. 2011. “Explaining the Carbon Footprint ofNations: World-System Position and World Polity Considered.” Eastern Sociological Society,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Kick, Edward L. and Laura A. McKinney. 2011. “National Footprints and EnvironmentalSustainability.” Graduate Research Committee, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NorthCarolina State University.Austin, Kelly, Laura A. McKinney and Edward L. Kick. 2010. “World Polity, World-Systems,or World Civilizations? The Structure of the Global Embassy Network.” American SociologicalAssociation, Atlanta, Georgia.Thompson, Gretchen, Edward L. Kick and Laura A. McKinney. 2010. “Agriculture Structure,Globalization, Agrarian Question, Neoliberal Development.” Rural Sociological Society,Atlanta, Georgia.Thompson, Gretchen, Edward L. Kick and Laura A. McKinney. 2010. “Food Security in the 21stCentury: The Role of Militarization, Conflict, and Environment.” Society for the Study of SocialProblems, Atlanta, Georgia.Thompson, Gretchen and Laura A. McKinney. 2009. “Global Agriculture and BiodiversityLoss.” Rural Sociological Society, Madison, Wisconsin.McKinney, Laura A. and Edward L. Kick. 2009. “Sustainable Production, People, and Planet.”CALS Global Sustainability Conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NorthCarolina.McKinney, Laura A. 2008. “Investigating the Correlates of Biodiversity Loss: A Cross-NationalQuantitative Analysis of Threatened Bird Species.” Graduate Research Symposium, NorthCarolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.McKinney, Laura A. 2008. “Political Economic Indicators and the Impact on Threatened Birdand Mammal Species: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.” Southern SociologicalSociety, Richmond, Virginia.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 9
McKinney, Laura A. 2008. “A Longitudinal Study of Biodiversity Loss.” AmericanSociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.McKinney, Laura A. 2007. “A Cross-National Analysis of Economic Prosperity as a Predictor ofCarbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions Intensity, 1995 and 2000.” American SociologicalAssociation, New York City, New York.McKinney, Laura A. 2007. “Testing the IPAT Model: Anthropogenic Causes of EnvironmentalDegradation.” Graduate Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NorthCarolina.EDITORIAL POSITIONS2016-present Advisory Editor, Sociological Perspectives2007-11Managing Editor, Journal of World-Systems Research2005-07Assistant Editor, Journal of World-Systems ResearchTEACHING EXPERIENCEInstructorDepartment of Sociology, Tulane University:Global Social Change (SOCI 1470): Spring 2014; Fall 2013; Spring 2013; Fall 2012Introduction to Research Analysis (SOCI 3040): Fall 2016; Spring 2016; Spring 2015;Fall 2014; Fall 2013; Spring 2013; Fall 2012Ecology & Society (SOCI 4610): Summer 2016; Summer 2015Global Political-Economy and the Environment (SOCI 6320): Fall 2016; Spring 2016;Spring 2015; Fall 2014; Spring 2014Department of Sociology & Anthropology, North Carolina State University:Technology in Society and Culture: Summer 2012; Spring 2012; Fall 2011; Summer2011; Spring 2011Community Relationships (Co-Instructor): Spring 2012International Development (Co-Instructor): Spring 2012Sociology of Agriculture and Rural Society: Fall 2010Department of Sociology, Itawamba Community College:Marriage and Family [Distance Education]: 2009-12Introduction to Sociology [Distance Education]: 2011HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Alpha Kappa Delta Gamma Sigma Delta (The Honor Society of Agriculture) Phi Kappa PhiLaura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 10
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association (ASA)International Society for Justice Research (ISJR)Rural Sociological Society (RSS)Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)MANUSCRIPT REVIEWERConservation Biology (1); Critical Sociology (1); Environmental Sociology (1); InternationalJournal of Comparative Sociology (2); International Journal of Sustainability in HigherEducation (1); Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (1); Journal of World-Systems Research (1);Nature Culture (1); Organization & Environment (2); Population & Environment (4); RuralSociology (1); Sage Publications (2 book prospectuses; 1 book revision); Social Forces (3);Social Science Research (3); Society & Natural Resources (1); Sociological Forum (2);Sociological Perspectives (1)PROFESSIONAL SERVICEExternal Reviewer. 2016. Masters of Research and Data Analytics, State University New York—Oneonta.Chair (elected position). 2016-17. International Development Research Interest Group. RuralSociological Society.Chair (elected position). 2016-18. Environment and Technology Division, Society for the Studyof Social Problems.Invited Critic. 2016. Author meets critic session: Jason Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life.Society for the Study of Social Problems, Seattle, Washington.Nominations Committee, member (elected position). 2016. Rural Sociological Society.Program Chair (appointed position). 2014-2015. Rural Sociological Society.Awards Committee (invited position). 2013. Environment and Technology Section BoguslawAward Committee, American Sociological Association.Awards Committee (invited position). 2012. Ronald Wimberley Graduate Student PaperCompetition, Rural Sociological Society.Presider. 2010. “Measuring the World-System,” Political-Economy of the World-System sectionof the American Sociological Association.Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 11
Organizer. 2009-10. “Measuring the World-System,” Political-Economy of the World-Systemsection of the American Sociological Association.Roundtable Session Organizer (appointed position). 2007-08. Political-Economy of the WorldSystem section of the American Sociological Association.By-Laws Committee (appointed position). 2007-08. Political-Economy of the World-Systemsection of the American Sociological Association.UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICEDepartmental and SLA Program Service:2016. Member, Two Assistant Professor Hiring Committees, Department of Sociology, TulaneUniversity.2016. Member, Professor of Practice Hiring Committee, Environmental Studies Program, TulaneUniversity.2014-16. Member (elected position), Salary Committee, Department of Sociology, TulaneUniversity.2014-15. Organizer, Departmental Colloquium Series, Department of Sociology, TulaneUniversity.2014. Member, Professor of Practice Hiring Committee, Department of Sociology, TulaneUniversity.2013-present. Faculty Director, Sociology Club, Department of Sociology, Tulane University.2013-present. Member, Committee on Undergraduate Education, Department of Sociology,Tulane University.2013-14. Organizer (with Yuki Kato), Departmental Colloquium Series, Department ofSociology, Tulane University.2013. Member, SACS Capstone Evaluation Committee, Department of Sociology, TulaneUniversity.2012. Member, Research Vision Committee, Department of Sociology, Tulane University.2009. Graduate Student Professional Development Seminar, Department of Sociology &Anthropology, North Carolina State University (nominated participant).2007. Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Search Committees, Department of Sociology &Anthropology, North Carolina State University (two hiring committees).Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 12
Directed Student Learning & Advising:Dissertation Committees, Chair or Co-ChairVictoria Lattone, Co-Chair (2014-ongoing)Dissertation Committees, MemberCate Irvin (2016-ongoing)Clare Cannon (2015-ongoing)Jordan Stewart (2014-ongoing)Kyle Moller (2014-16; School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine)Ph.D. Area Exam Committees, ChairClare Cannon (Fall 2014)Jordan Stewart (Spring 2014)Ph.D. Area Exam Committees, MemberClare Cannon (Spring 2015)Brad Powers (Spring 2015)Victoria Lattone (Fall 2013; Spring 2014)Jordan Stewart (Fall 2013)Graduate Independent StudiesScarlett Andrews (Spring 2015; Environment and Social Justice)Clare Cannon (Fall 2013; Political Economy of the Environment)Bradford Powers (Fall 2013; Political Economy of the Environment)Undergraduate Honors Theses, ChairEmma Loos (2014-15) **thesis selected as Senior Honors Scholar in Political EconomyUndergraduate Honors Theses, Committee MemberAudrey Davis (2016-17)Liat Perlin (2016-17)Dylan Tingley (2016-17; Political Economy)Erin Brock (2015-16; Public Health and Latin American Studies)Dillon Nuanes (2015-16)Samantha Labib (2013-14)Allison Madera (2012-13)Undergraduate Independent StudiesEmma Loos (Spring 2015; Los Angeles River Development)Martha Gallant (Spring 2015; Public Health and Community Farmers)Tyler Minick (Spring 2013; Hollygrove Experiment; Co-Instructed with Yuki Kato)Jennifer Mirman (Spring 2013; Hollygrove Experiment; Co-Instructed with Yuki Kato)Melissa Moss (Fall 2012; Hollygrove Experiment; Co-Instructed with Yuki Kato)Sarah Denson (Fall 2012; Hollygrove Experiment; Co-Instructed with Yuki Kato)Laura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 13
REFERENCESDr. Eddy Berry, ProfessorUtah State UniversityDepartment of Sociology, Social Work & AnthropologyMAIN 224KLogan, UT 84322Office Phone: (435) 797-1245eddy.berry@usu.eduDr. Brett Clark, Associate ProfessorUniversity of UtahDepartment of Sociology380 South 1530 East, Room 301Salt Lake City, UT 84112Office Phone: (801) 581-6153brett.clark@soc.utah.eduDr. Edward L. Kick, ProfessorNorth Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Agricultural & Resource EconomicsNelson Hall 3324, Box 8109Raleigh, NC 27695Office Phone: (919) 513-0282elkick@ncsu.eduDr. Michael D. Schulman, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished ProfessorNorth Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Family & Consumer Sciences512 Brickhaven Drive, Box 7606Raleigh, NC 27695Office Phone: (919) 515-9016michael schulman@ncsu.eduDr. John Shandra, Associate Professor and ChairState University of New York (SUNY)—Stony BrookDepartment of SociologySocial and Behavioral Sciences BuildingStony Brook, NY 11794Office Phone: (631) 632-7755john.shandra@stonybrook.eduLaura McKinneyCurriculum Vitae—Page 14
Tulane University 220 Newcomb Hall New Orleans, LA 70118 Office Phone: (504) 862-3013 Fax: (504) 865-5544 . Alpha Kappa Delta B.S. University of North Alabama — Psychology RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Ecology and Society; Environmental Sociology; Global Social Change and Development; Global and Local Sustainability; Rural and Urban Community Development JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED .
