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January 25, 2017 Apollonya Maria Porcelli

Apollonya_porcelli@brown.edu

(860) 882-3504

Address:

Box 1916


Brown University

Providence, RI 02912


EDUCATION
Brown University, Providence, RI

Ph.D. candidate in Sociology (degree expected May 2018)

Sub-disciplinary exams: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Culture & Knowledge



M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) (2016)

Thesis: “Relative abundance and feeding ecology of juvenile bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) in a New England estuary”



M.A. in Sociology (2014)

Thesis: “Sink or swim: bonding capital and aging in New Bedford’s commercial fisheries”


Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.Sc. cum laude with Research Honors (2010)

Major: Natural Resources

Minors: Development Sociology, International and Rural Development

Thesis: “The effects of land privatization on açaí productivity in the Amazon floodplain”


PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed


Porcelli, Apollonya, “Sink or swim: a comparison of social capital across two offshore fisheries in New England,” Marine Policy (forthcoming)

Frickel, Scott, Aaron Niznik, Amy Teller, and Apollonya Porcelli, “Expert-Movement Interpenetration: Evidence from Two Boston-Area Social Movements” Science, Technology, and Human Values (forthcoming)

Brown, Karida, Michael W. Murphy and Apollonya Porcelli, 2016, “Ruin's Progeny: Race, Environment and Appalachia's Coal Camp Blacks” Du Bois Review 13(2): 327-344 (Fall 2016 special issue: Race and Environmental Equity)

Teller, Amy and Apollonya Porcelli, 2016, “Feminist Ecology: Doing, Undoing, and Redoing Gender in Science,” International Journal of Gender and Science 8(3):382-404.



Book Reviews
Porcelli, Apollonya, “Book Review: Tragedy of the Commodity: Oceans, Fisheries, and Aquaculture,” Contemporary Sociology 45(6): 761-763

Other
Porcelli, Apollonya. “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)”, “Maritime Organizations” in Eds Rainer Buschmann and Lance Nolde. The World Oceans: Culture, History, and the Environment. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

Bustos, Camila, Ricarda Hammer, Christopher S. Kelly, Michael W. Murphy, Apollonya Porcelli, “Raising the Curtain Against Pseudoscientific Racism” The Brown Daily Herald. October 30, 2015

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Scott Frickel, Aaron Niznik, Amy Teller, and Apollonya Porcelli, “Expert-Movement Interpenetration: Evidence from Two Boston-Area Social Movements.” Presentation at Society for Social Studies of Science—Barcelona, Spain (2016).
Karida Brown, Michael Murphy, and Apollonya Porcelli. “Ruin's Progeny: Race, Environment and Appalachia's Coal Camp Blacks.” Presentation at Southern Sociological Society (SSS), Atlanta, GA (2016).
Apollonya Porcelli and Amy Teller. “Asymmetric epistemology: a reflection on interdisciplinarity.” Presentation at Dimensions of Political Ecology (DOPE) University of Kentucky—Lexington, Lexington, KY (2015).
Amy Teller and Apollonya Porcelli. “Feminist ecology: what is it, how it’s changing and what it means for women in science.” Presentation at Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Conference, Washington DC (2015).
Apollonya Porcelli. “Put in boxes: dominance and resistance in New England’s groundfishery.” Presentation at Society of Human Ecology Conference (SHE), College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME (2014)
Apollonya Porcelli. “Sink or swim: bonding capital in New Bedford’s commercial fisheries.” Presentation at Society of Human Ecology (SHE) Conference, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME (2014)
Apollonya Porcelli. “Aging in New England’s commercial fisheries.” Roundtable Presentation at American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA (2014)
Apollonya Porcelli and Guillermo Metz. “Green Building Economic Opportunities in Upstate New York.” Presentation at WeLiveNY Summit, Ithaca, NY (2011)
Apollonya Porcelli. “The effects of land privatization on economic productivity in the Amazon floodplain.” Presentation at World Social Forum, Belém, Brazil (2009)
HONORS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
FELLOWSHIPS

Sociology Department Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University, $25,000 (2016-2017)

Graduate Fellowship at the Cogut Center for the Humanities, Brown University, $25,000 (2015-2016)

Open Graduate Education Program, Brown University, $50,000 (2013-present)

Joint Brown—Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Fellowship, Brown University, $40,000 (2012-2013)
GRANTS

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) Research, Training and Travel Award (for Dissertation), Brown University, $4,500 (2016-2017)

NSF Summer Seminar on Environmental Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, Vanderbilt University, $2,500 (June 2014)

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) Research, Training and Travel Award (for Masters in EEB), Brown University, $3,600 (2014-2015)

Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) Summer Travel Award, Brown University, $2,500 (July 2013)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Tufts University
“People, Places and Environment” (Fall 2016)

  • Introductory-level seminar on environmental sociology


Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Brown University

“Principles of GIS,” with Rachel Franklin (Spring 2015)



  • Coordinated lab work and assignments, graded weekly assignments, advised students on final projects

“Introduction to Social Methods,” with Carrie Spearin (Fall 2014)



  • Guest lectured, advised students on research proposals, graded exams, and managed online course activity

“Introduction to Sociology,” with Tyson Smith (Spring 2014)



  • Led and created curricula for two discussion sections, designed exams, guest lectured, and managed online course activity


Sheridan Center Teaching Certificate I, Brown University (May 2014)
Supervised Undergraduate Research, Plum Island Ecosystem, MA (Summer 2014)

  • Conducted Masters of Science thesis research with an undergraduate research assistant


Supervised Undergraduate Research, Altamira, Brazil (Summer 2013)

  • Conducted exploratory thesis research with an undergraduate research assistant


Assistant Teacher, Just-A-Start/YouthBuild, Cambridge, MA (Summer 2013)

  • Taught daily courses on high school/GED level science and math and gave individual tutoring


PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Just A Start/Youthbuild, Cambridge, MA, Assistant Teacher and Field Supervisor (October 2011 — August 2012)

  • Taught high school level algebra, science, carpentry, green construction and Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) and supervisor of affordable housing construction projects for at-risk youth.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY, Project Coordinator (November 2010 — May 2011)

  • Developed initiative to promote local forest materials production and consumerism, created marketing plan and education materials, wrote grants, managed interns

Cornell University Natural Resources Department, Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, Field Research Technician (June — October 2010)

  • Wrote and distributed household surveys to assess culture-based resource use, implemented direct marketing strategy, coordinated community build of field school, taught conservation-based extraction using GPS and GIS, US Fish and Wildlife funded

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY, Environmental Issues Intern (October 2007 — May 2010)

  • Collaborated with local non-profits to organize annual events, committee member for two environmental education coalitions, website development, communications management

Pobreza e Meio-Ambiente na Amazonia, Belém, Brazil, Community Development Coordinator (June — August 2009)

  • Taught female empowerment and renewable resource use workshops in four riverine communities


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Joint Brown-Marine Biological Laboratory Program Fellow, Brown University (2012-present)

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES), Brown University (2012-present)

Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences Fellow, Brown University (2013-present)
RESEARCH AND DATA SKILLS
Stata 11 & 12, ArcGIS, R, MixSIAR

Multivariate and multilevel modeling, stable isotope modeling

NVivo, Dreamweaver

Languages: Spanish—reading fluency and high speaking ability, Portuguese—reading fluency and intermediate speaking ability, French—reading fluency
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental sociology Ecosystem-based management

Sociology of knowledge/science Fisheries ecology

Sociology of race/ethnicity Ecological knowledge

Political sociology Coupled human and natural systems

Environmental history

SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP
Society of Human Ecology (2014-present)

American Sociological Association (2012-present)



  • Sociology of Knowledge and Technology Section (SKAT)

  • Environmental Sociology Section

Graduate Representative, Brown University Sociology Dept. (2013-2015)

Graduate Student Teaching Committee, Brown University Sociology Dept. (2014-2015)






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