Sharon Wilcox Adams
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SEWilcox@mail.utexas.edu
EDUCATION
Doctoral Candidate (ABD)
The University of Texas- Austin, Department of Geography
and the Environment
Dissertation Title:
Encountering El Tigre: Jaguars and People
in the United States,
1800-2010
2010 Graduate Certificate: Portfolio
Program in Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of
Texas
2006 Master of Arts, Geography,
The University of Texas at Austin
Thesis: Reconstructing Identity: Representational
Strategies in the Garifuna Community of Dangriga, Belize
2001 Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Mary
Washington College
Honors Thesis: The Garifuna of Belize: Strategies of
Representation
Minor in Art History
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2010 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Political Science and
Geography, The University
of Texas at San
Antonio.
2004-2010 Teaching Assistant, University
of Texas, Austin, Texas.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
UBooks and Edited CollectionsU
2010 In Press. "On
the Trail of the Devil Cat:" Jaguar Hunting in the U.S. and Mexico. Chapter in Making
Animal Meaning.
G. Montgomery and L. Kalof, eds. Michigan State
University Press.
Chapter Proposal Accepted. Mexican Tigre/American Jaguar: In Place, Out of Place, and on the
Fringe in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Animals in Place, T. Warkentin and G.P.L. Watson, eds.
Articles in Refereed JournalsU
2008 King,
B. and S. Wilcox. Peace Parks and Jaguar Trails: Cross Border Conservation in a Globalizing
World.
GeoJournal 71(4): 221-231.
U
Book Reviews
2008 Review of J. Deger, Shimmering Screens: Making Media in an
Aboriginal Community (Minneapolis,
MN:
University of Minnesota Press, 2006). Journal of Cultural Geography 25:3. U
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2010 University of Texas Graduate School, Continuing Fellowship.
Student Research Award, Graduate Student Affinity Group of the Association of American
Geographers.
2009 U.S.-Mexico/Borderlands Research Award, College of Liberal
Arts, University of Texas.
Cultural
Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Research Award- Doctoral Level.
2008 Social Science
Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship.
U.S.-Mexico/Borderlands Research Award, College of
Liberal Arts, University of Texas.
2007 Robert E.
Veselka Endowed Fellowship for Graduate Research Travel.
2006 Cultural
Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Research Award- Masters Level.
2005 Donald D. Brand Pre-Dissertation Fellowship.
2005-2010 Graduate Student Professional Development
Award, University of Texas.
2004-2010 Tuition Fellowship, University of Texas.
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 Graduate
Student Achievement Award for Excellence in Research, Publication, and
Institution Building, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas.
Terry
Jordan-Bychkov Award, Best Student Paper at the Doctoral Level, for “Spotted in the
Wilderness: Hunting for the Jaguar in the
United States and Mexico.” Cultural Geography Specialty
Group of the Association of American Geographers,
2010.
Honorable Mention, Student Paper Competition, “Spotted in the Wilderness: Hunting for the Jaguar
in the
United States and Mexico.” Communication Geography Specialty Group of the Association of
American Geographers.
2007 Departmental Nominee,
University of Texas Graduate School Outstanding Thesis Award
for
“Reconstructing
Identity: Representational Strategies in the Garifuna Community of Dangriga,
Belize.”
Graduate
Student Leadership Award, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of
Texas.
2005 Graduate
Student Paper Competition, 2nd Place for “The Garifuna Journey: Representing Culture in
Documentary Film. Southwestern
Division of the Association
of American Geographers Annual
Meeting.
Gamma Theta
Upsilon, International Geographical Honor Society.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
UPapersU
2010
Abstract Submitted.
“Legacies of “Blackness”: Colonial and Postcolonial Constructions of Race and
Ethnicity in British Honduras/Belize.”
The Chimalpahin Conference 2010: Colonial and
Post-Colonial
Remembering and Forgetfulness (IV), Mexico City, Mexico.
“Mexican Tigre/ American
Jaguar: Transgressive Wildlife Migration along the U.S.-Mexico
Border.”
Animal Movements * Moving Animals
Conference, Uppsala
University, Sweden.
“Spotted in the
Wilderness: Hunting for the Jaguar in the United States
and Mexico.”
Annual Meeting of the Association American of Geographers, Washington, DC.
2009 “On the Trail of the Devil Cat:’ Jaguar Hunting in the
U.S./Mexico Borderlands." Animals:
Past,
Present and Future, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
“Grizzly
Representations: Animality, Anthropomorphism and Conservation.” Annual Meeting of the
Association American of
Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2008 "Of
Bears and Men: Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man," with Leo Zonn. Annual Meeting of the
Association American of Geographers,
Boston, Massachusetts. Presenter.
2007 "Encountering
El Tigre: Jaguars and People in the U.S./Mexico Borderlands, 1876-1940."
Southwestern Division of the Association
of American Geographers, Bryan, Texas.
"Locating
the Grizzly Bear in the Nature-Culture Borderlands: Reconsidering Anthropomorphic
Strategies."
Annual Meeting of the Association American of Geographers,
San Francisco, California.
2006 "Constructing
the Bear: Representing the Grizzly in the American Imagination."
Carnivores 2006, St. Petersburg,
Florida.
"Garifuna Self, Creole Other: Constructions of Race
and Ethnicity in Belize." Race, Ethnicity and
Place Conference
III, San Marcos, Texas.
"Narratives of Identity:
Representation and Performance in the Gulisi Garifuna Museum
of Dangriga,
Belize." American Studies Student Conference, Austin, Texas.
"(Re)Presenting the Bear:
Implications for the American Grizzly."
American Literatures Group
Symposium, Austin,
Texas.
"Repackaging Culture: The Gulisi
Garifuna Museum in Dangriga, Belize." Annual
Meeting of the
Association American of Geographers, Chicago, Illinois.
2005 "The
Garifuna Journey: Representing Culture in Documentary Film." Annual Meeting of the
Southwestern Division of the Association
of American Geographers, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
SESSIONS ORGANIZED, CHAIRED,
MODERATED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2010 Session co-Organizer and Chair.
“Animal Geographies: Wildlife and Wild Animals.”
Annual Meeting
of the Association American of Geographers, Washington,
DC.
2009 Session
Discussant. "Animal Geographies: Urban/Suburban Inclusions
and Exclusions." Annual
Meeting of the Association American of Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Session
co-Organizer and co-Chair. "Animal Geographies: Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation."
Annual Meeting of the
Association American of Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Session co-Organizer and
co-Chair. "Borders and Bodies." Animals: Past, Present and Future,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
2007 Session Chair.
"Storytelling: Diverse Perspectives." Annual Meeting of the Association American of
Geographers, San Francisco,
California.
2006 Session
Organizer, Chair and Moderator. "Representing the Animal." Carnivores Conference,
St. Petersburg, Florida.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION
Undergraduate
Courses, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Conservation of Resources (GRG 3613), Fall 2010
Human Geography (GRG 2623), Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
Introduction to Cultural Geography
Contemporary Cultural Geography
Field Techniques
Frontiers in Geography
Cinematic Geography
Sustainable Development
Medical Geography
Weather and Climate
Severe and Unusual Weather
Training and Certification
Graduate
Student Instructor Program Certificates in Teaching Series, Division of Instructional
Innovation and Assessment, University of Texas at Austin:
·
Certificate in Teaching Research Skills Awarded
Undergraduate Advising
Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate
School Internship Program, Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment,
University of Texas.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2010-2011 Secretary/Treasurer, Executive
Board of the Communication Geography Specialty
Director, Executive Board of the Qualitative Methods
Specialty Group of the Association of
American Geographers.
Director, Executive Board of the Graduate
Student Affinity Group of the Association of American
Geographers.
2009-2011 Communications Officer, Executive Board of the Animal Geography Specialty Group of the
Association of American Geographers.
2003-2010 Presenter, Grant Writer and Workshop Co-organizer, Bordercats Working Group.
2008-2009 Graduate
Programs Coordinator, Executive Board of the Cultural Geography
Specialty Group of the Association of American
Geographers.
2007-2008 Graduate
Student Representative, Executive Board of the Cultural Geography
Specialty Group of the Association of American
Geographers.
Updated 6/10/2010