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Curriculum Vitae
Employment, Education, and Experience
| 1998 - 1999 | Fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay Regional Studies program. |
| 1998 | Fellow, University of California, Davis UC Toxic Substance Research and Teaching Program administered by the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
| 1994 - 1997 | University of California, Santa Cruz - Candidate for the Ph.D. in Sociology with a focus on environmental sociology. |
| Summer 1996 - Summer 1997 | University of
California, Davis,
Toxics Substances Research and Teaching Program. Employed as a researcher to assistant
Dr. Andrew Szasz
with our project, an historical analysis of environmental inequality in Santa Clara County.
Contact: Dr. Andrew Szasz, [email protected], 408-457-2579. |
| Fall 1995 - Spring 1996 | Independent research
in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Szasz
on the history of environmental inequality in Silicon Valley. Research tasks included gathering
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); US Census
data and producing GIS maps of census tracts for each decade from 1960 through 1990
for the region; and compiling an environmental justice bibliography.
The WWW site,
http://www.cruzio.com/~meuser/EI was established during this period
to encourage other researchers to
learn from our work and to share their work and ideas with us. The WWW site includes
demographic and toxic maps and an environmental justice bibliography. Research
for the publication, Environmental Inequalities: Literature Review and Proposals
for New Directions in Research and Theory, by Dr. Andrew
Szasz and Michael Meuser, Current Sociology , Volume 45(3) (July 1997), was
conducted during this period. |
| Summer 1995 | Dr. Ronnie Lipschutz, UCSC.
Employed as a researcher to assist in gathering data and
documents for Dr. Lipschutz's research on Community Wellness. Contact: Dr. Ronnie Lipschutz, [email protected], 408-459-3275. |
| Fall 1994 - Spring 1995 | Independent research
in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Szasz
on the conversion and environmental restoration of Fort Ord, Monterey, CA.
Research tasks included library research; on-line research and communication;
participant observation; attendance at related meetings in Monterey and San Francisco, CA; and
Reno, NV.
Research for the report Stakeholder Participation in the Toxic Cleanup of Military Facilities and its Relationship to the Prospects for Economic Reuse: The Case of Fort Ord, California (prepared for the Economic Development Administration, US Department of Commerce) by Dr. Andrew Szasz and Michael Meuser and the article, Public Participation in the Cleanup of Contaminated Military Facilities: Democratization or Anticipatory Cooptation? by Dr. Andrew Szasz and Michael Meuser, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology (forthcoming), 1997, was conducted during this period. |
| Winter 1995 | Dr. Walter Goldfrank, UCSC.
Employed as researcher to perform statistical
analysis for Dr. Goldfrank's project on worker exposure to pesticides in Chile. Contact: Dr. Walter Goldfrank, [email protected], 408-459-2453 |
| Summer 1994 | UCSC Center for Global
Transformation. Employed as a researcher to assist Dr. Andrew Szasz.
Tasks included library research, field research, and participant observation as
preparation for grant proposals to provide funding for further research on the
conversion and environmental restoration of Fort Ord, Monterey, CA.
Contact: Dr. Andrew Szasz, [email protected], 408-457-2579 |
| June 1994 | M.A in Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Summer 1993 | Ms. Patricia Allen, Center for
Agroecology UCSC.
Employed as a programmer to develop a bibliographic retrieval database program. Contact: Patricia Allen, [email protected], 408-459-4243. |
| Fall 1992 - Spring 1993 | Independent
research in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Szasz, Dr. Hiroshi Fukurai, and Hal Aronson
on environmental inequality in Los Angeles County. Research tasks included
gathering toxics release inventory (TRI) data; dbase programming; SAS statistical programming;
statistical output in the
form of maps, charts, and reports;
report writing; and the use of a GIS system to produce maps. |
| Summer 1992 | University of California, Davis,
Toxics Substances Research and Teaching Program. Employed as a researcher to assist
Dr. Andrew Szasz
on our project,
The Demographics of Proximity to Toxic Releases: The Case of Los
Angeles County
; Research tasks included
gathering toxics release inventory (TRI) data; dbase programming; SAS statistical programming;
statistical output in the
form of maps, charts, and reports;
report writing; and the use of a GIS system to produce maps. Contact: Dr. Andrew Szasz, [email protected], 408-457-2579 |
| June 1992 | B.A. in Sociology with honors, B.A. in Environmental Studies with honors, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Fall 1991 - Spring 1992 | Independent
research in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Szasz, Dr. Hiroshi Fukurai, and Hal Aronson
on environmental inequality in Los Angeles County. Research tasks included
gathering toxics release inventory (TRI) data; dbase programming; SAS statistical programming;
statistical output in the
form of maps, charts, and reports;
report writing; and the use of a GIS system to produce maps. |
| 1986 - 1991 | Independent Computer Consultant. Developed computer database programs that allowed facilities to track their inventories of toxic materials and produce the required government reports |
Relevant PublicationsEnvironmental Inequalities: Literature Review and Proposals for New Directions in Research and Theory, with Dr. Andrew Szasz, Current Sociology, Volume 45(3) (July 1997), pp. 99-120.
Public Participation in the Cleanup of Contaminated Military Facilities: Democratization or Anticipatory Cooptation? with Dr. Andrew Szasz, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Volume 34(2) (October 1997), pp. 211-234.
Environmental Inequality Bibliography, with Dr. Andrew Szasz, 1996.
Stakeholder Participation in the Toxic Cleanup of Military Facilities and its Relationship to the Prospects for Economic Reuse: The Case of Fort Ord, California, Report prepared for the Economic Development Administration, US Department of Commerce, with Dr. Andrew Szasz, 1995.
The Demographics of Proximity to Toxic Releases: The Case of Los Angeles County, with Dr. Andrew Szasz, Hal Aronson and Dr. Hiroshi Fukurai, published electronically on the Internet at (1) RTK-Network, Washington, DC; and, (2) IGC Networks, San Francisco, CA, 1994.
Presentations and Participation at Professional Meetings
Incorporating Spatial, Temporal, and Demographic Factor into Environmental Justice Research at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1998, San Francisco, CA.
Participant in the Western Governor's Association (WGA) "Forum on Stakeholder Participation in the Environmental Restoration of Tribal and Federal Lands," January 1996, Reno, Nevada.
"Improving Civilian Stakeholders' Participation in the Toxic Cleanup of Military Facilities" at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1995, Washington D.C.
"Demographics of Proximity to Toxic Releases: the Case of Los Angeles County" was presented at the following four meetings and conferences. The authors of this paper are Professor Andrew Szasz, Michael Meuser, Hal Aronson, and Professor Hiroshi Fukurai.
April 1994, Twentieth Annual Southwest labor Studies Conference, University of California, Santa Cruz, California.November 1993, meeting of the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, California.
August 1993, meeting of the American Sociological Association's Environment and Technology Section, Miami, Florida.
November 1992, meeting of the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
Participant in the Working Group On Community Right-To-Know's workshop, "The Right-To-Know-More," January 1991, Washington, D.C.
Community and Research Affiliations
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs)
Fort Ord Toxics Project
California Studies Association
Monterey Bay Regional Studies Program
Working Group on the Community Right-To-Know
The University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, UCD
Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, UCSC
Environmental Histories, Imagined Landscapes, and "Natural Communities" in Northern California Research Project, UCSC
Professional Affiliations
Forest History Association
American Sociological Association
Pacific Sociological Association
Rural Sociological Society
American Society for Environmental History
Clary-Meuser Associates
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