Matthew Lauer Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Co‐director, Sustainability Program San Diego State University Email: [email protected] Tel: (619)‐594‐0978 Web: http://lauer.sdsu.edu

Education 2005 University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D. Anthropology 1992 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona B.A. Anthropology

Professional Experience (Teaching) 2011‐pres Co‐director—Sustainability Program, SDSU 2010‐pres Associate Professor—Department of Anthropology, SDSU 2007‐2010 Assistant Professor—Department of Anthropology, SDSU Courses taught: Anthropology of Development and Environmental Conservation, Cultures of South America, Ecological/Environmental Anthropology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 2006‐2007 Assistant Professor—Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Rhode Island Courses taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Ecological/Environmental Anthropology 2004‐2005 Lecturer—Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara Courses taught: Ecological/Environmental Anthropology, Development Anthropology 2003‐2005 Lecturer—Pacific Islands Field Training Program (Field School), , funded by the National Science Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara Course taught: GPS Field Techniques in Human Ecology 1997‐2004 Teaching Assistant—Departments of Anthropology, Black Studies, and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Courses Taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Third World Environments: Conservation and Sustainable Development, Genetics and Human Evolution, Introduction to Caribbean Studies, Introduction to Biosocial Anthropology

Professional Experience (Field and Laboratory Work) 2011‐pres Affiliated Researcher—Artisanal Fisheries Research Network, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2005‐2006 Postdoctoral Researcher—Institute for Social and Behavioral, and Economic Research, University of California, Santa Barbara. Funded by Global Conservation Fund (Conservation International) 2003‐2004 Geographic Information Systems Researcher—Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Funded by The David Lucile Packard Foundation 2001‐2003 Affiliated Researcher—Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela. 1997 Technical Advisor—Educadores Unidos Del Cibao, Santiago, Dominican Republic 1994‐1996 Community Health Project Coordinator—US Peace Corps, Dominican Republic

Articles (Peer reviewed) Lauer M., S. Albert, S. Aswani, B. Halpern, L. Campanella, D. La Rose. (in press) “Globalization, Pacific Islands, and the paradox of resilience” Global Environmental Change Lauer. M. (2012) “Oral traditions or situated practices? Understanding how indigenous communities respond to environmental disasters.” Human Organization 71(2):176‐187. Matthew Lauer CV p.2

Lauer, M., and S. Aswani (2010) "Long‐term ecological change and indigenous knowledge: Detection, interpretation, and responses to changing ecological conditions in Pacific Island communities." Environmental Management 45(5):985‐997. Lauer, M., and S. Aswani (2009) “Indigenous ecological knowledge as situated practices: Understanding fishers’ knowledge in the western Solomon Islands.” American Anthropologist 111:317‐329. Lauer, M., and S. Aswani (2008) “Integrating indigenous ecological knowledge and multi‐ spectral image classification for marine habitat mapping in Oceania.” Ocean & Coastal Management 51(6): 495‐504. Aswani, S., and M. Lauer (2006) “Benthic mapping using local aerial photo interpretation and resident taxa inventories for designing marine protected areas.” Environmental Conservation 33(3): 263‐273. Lauer, M. (2006) “State‐led democratic politics and emerging forms of indigenous leadership among the Ye'kwana of the upper Orinoco.” Journal of Latin American Anthropology 11(1): 51‐108. Aswani, S., and M. Lauer (2006) “Incorporating fishers’ local knowledge into geographical information systems (GIS) for designing marine protected areas.” Human Organization 65(1): 80‐101. Lauer, M. (2005) “Líderes políticos indígenas en Amazonia: Política y auto‐representación entre los Ye’kwana del Alto Orinoco.” AIBR‐Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana 41: 1‐21. Hagen, E., N. Craig, R. Hames, M. Lauer, M. Price (2001) “Parental investment and child health in a Yanomamö village suffering short‐term food stress.” Journal of Biosocial Science. 33: 503‐528.

Articles (Editor reviewed) Lauer, M. (2005) “Friends or foes? Conflicts between indigenous politicians and conservationists in the Upper Orinoco‐Casiquiare biosphere reserve.” Cultural Survival Quarterly 28(4): 48‐52.

Published Reviews Lauer, M. (2007) Invited book review of “Of passionate curves and desirable cadences: Themes on Waiwai social being.” George Mentore Journal of Latin American Anthropology 11(2): 465‐468.

Technical Reports Aswani, S., M. Lauer, P. Weiant, N. Talhouk, L. Geelen, C. Gunther and S. Herman. (2004) The Roviana and Vonavona Marine Resource Management Project. Final Report 2002‐2004. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Aswani, S., M. Lauer, P. Weiant, and R. Hamilton. (2001) The Roviana and Vonavona Marine Resource Management Project. MacArthur Project Annual Report 2001. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Lauer, M. (1996) A community water project final report: El Hoyazo, República Dominicana. United States Peace Corps.

Articles in progress or under review Aswani, S. and M. Lauer (under review) “Indigenous peoples’ detection of rapid ecological change” Conservation Biology Halpern, B., K. Selkoe, C. White, S. Albert, S. Aswani, and M. Lauer (under review) “Marine protected areas and resilience to land‐based stressors in the Solomon Islands” Coral Reefs

Grants 2012 Supplemental award for “Understanding socio‐ecological impacts and responses to large scale environmental disturbance in the western Solomon Islands” 2012‐2013—National Science Foundation Matthew Lauer CV p.3

(NSF) Human and Social Dynamics (HSD)‐Agents of Change Program. PI: Matthew Lauer. Co‐authored with Savanna Schuermann Award # BCS‐0827022 [$7,023] 2011 One year extension granted to “Understanding socio‐ecological impacts and responses to large scale environmental disturbance in the western Solomon Islands” Feb 2012 to Feb 2013 2009 Assessing the spatio‐temporal characteristics of human‐related responses, resilience, and vulnerability to ecological change in the Western Solomon Islands—Critical Thinking Grants in the Humanities and Social Sciences, San Diego State University [$4,000] 2008 Understanding socio‐ecological impacts and responses to large scale environmental disturbance in the western Solomon Islands, September 2008 to Feb 2012—National Science Foundation (NSF) Human and Social Dynamics (HSD)‐Agents of Change Program. PI: Matthew Lauer. Award # BCS‐0827022 [$170,763] (Total: $650,000 shared with PIs at UC‐Santa Barbara and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis). 2008 Understanding the human dimensions of community‐based marine resource management systems in Northwestern Santa , Solomon Islands—University Grant Program, San Diego State University [$10,000] 2007 Creating a socio‐spatial database for dynamic marine resource management systems in Northwestern Santa Isabel Province, Solomon Islands—Faculty Assistance Grant, University of Rhode Island Foundation. [$2,000] 2004 Inclusive in Creating and Consolidating a Marine Protected Area Network in the Western Solomon Islands, July 2004 to June 2006 —Global Conservation Fund (Conservation International). PI: Shankar Aswani [$400,000] 2002 Six‐month extension to Fulbright grant “Subsistence change and the organization of fertility among the Ye’kwana of southern Venezuela”—Fulbright US [$9,000] 2001 Inclusive in Establishing Marine Protected Areas and Spatio‐temporal Refugia in the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons, Solomon Islands—The David Lucile Packard Foundation. PI: Shankar Aswani [$297,225] 2001 Subsistence change and the organization of fertility among the Ye’kwana of southern Venezuela— Fulbright US [$18,500] 1996 El Congo Health and Potable Water Project Funding—Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives, Canadian Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic [$14,000]

Awards and Fellowships 2003 Spaulding/Service Fellowship—Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara [$4,500] 2002 Spaulding/Service Fellowship—Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara [$4,500] 2002 Fee Fellowship Award—Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara [$5,250] 2001 Fee Fellowship Award—Graduate Division, University of California, Santa Barbara [$5,250] 1999 Best Poster Award—Human Behavioral and Evolution Society for “Parental investment and child health in a Yanomamö village.” (co‐authors Hagen, E. N. Craig, R. Hames, M. Price) poster presented at the 11th meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. June 2‐6, Salt Lake City, Utah [$500] 1998 Graduate Division Fieldwork in Anthropology Award—Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California [$2,500]

Presentations at Professional Meetings 2012 “Customary land tenure and resilience to catastrophe: A case study from the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). March 27‐31, Baltimore, MD 2010 “From Ye’kwana epistemology to anthropology of growth and human reproduction in Amazonia.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Association of American Anthropologists (AAA). November 17‐21, New Orleans, Louisiana Matthew Lauer CV p.4

2010 “Pacific Island communities and environmental change: How do local people detect, interpret, and respond to changing ecological conditions?” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA) March 24‐27, Mérida, Mexico 2008 “Conceptualizing indigenous knowledge: Mapping, mana, and situated practices in the Solomon Islands.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Association of American Anthropologists (AAA). November 19‐23, San Francisco, California 2008 “Integrating Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Multi‐spectral Image Classification for Marine Habitat Mapping in Oceania.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA). March 25‐29, Memphis, Tennessee 2005 “Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous concepts of the human reproductive process among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela.” Paper presented at the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA) conference. June 9‐11, Estes Park, Colorado 2004 “How to be an Indian leader in the Amazon: Politics and self‐representation in the upper Orinoco of southern Venezuela.” Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA). March 31‐April 3, Dallas, Texas 2004 "Indigenous self‐representation and indigenous advocacy among the Ye’kwana of the Upper Orinoco‐ Casiquiare Biosphere reserve." Paper presented at the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA) conference. January 17‐18, Miami, Florida

Posters Presented at Professional Meetings 2007 “Indigenous interpretation of satellite images: Connecting Landsat ETM+ imagery with local knowledge to aid community‐based marine resource management.” Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA). March 27‐31, Tampa Bay, Florida 2005 “Uses of remote sensing, GPS, and GIS for lagoon marine resource management in the Solomon Islands.” Poster presented at the 16th William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium. October 23‐27, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2005 “Incorporating socio‐spatial information into a Geographical Information System (GIS) for designing and mapping marine protected areas.” Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA). April 5‐10, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2004 “Demystifying Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies: Tools for ecological and environmental anthropology.” Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society of Applied Anthropology (SfAA). March 31‐April 3, Dallas, Texas 1999 “Parental investment and child health in a Yanomamö village.” (co‐authors Hagen, E. N. Craig, R. Hames, M. Price) Poster presented at the 11th meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. June 2‐6, Salt Lake City, Utah

Invited Professional Presentations 2012 Invited presentation to the Adventures in Photography Lecture Series at the Museum of Man, San Diego, CA, Feb 25th. Title: “Photography, fieldwork, and the anthropological experience.” 2011 Invited presentation at University of Texas, San Antonio, Department of Anthropology, San Antonio, TX, Nov 4th. Title: “Integrating indigenous knowledge, customary sea tenure, and geographic tools for marine environmental management in the Solomon Islands.” 2011 Invited presentation at California State University Fullerton, Department of Anthropology, Spring Symposium. Fullerton, CA, April 9th. Title: “Strategies for managing the ocean: Indigenous knowledge, customary sea tenure, and geographic tools for marine management in the Solomon Islands.” 2011 Invited presentation at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Department of Anthropology, Honolulu, HI February 10th. Title: “Getting locals involved: Integrating indigenous knowledge, customary sea tenure, and geographic tools for marine environmental management in the Solomon Islands.” Matthew Lauer CV p.5

2011 Invited presentation at University of California‐San Diego, Department of Economics, San Diego, CA January 24th. Title: “Integrating indigenous knowledge, customary sea tenure, and geographic tools for marine environmental management in the Solomon Islands.” 2010 Invited paper presented at the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, November 3rd. Title: “Indigenous ecological knowledge as situated practices: A case study from the Solomon Islands.” 2008 Invited presentation Paper presented in the Department of Geography Colloquium Series, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA April 25th. Title: “Customary sea tenure, indigenous knowledge, and participatory GIS.” 2007 Invited presentation at San Diego State University, Department of Anthropology, San Diego, CA, February 22nd. Title: “Classifying marine habitats with remote sensing and indigenous knowledge: A case study from Roviana lagoon, Solomon Islands.” 2006 Invited presentation at University of Rhode Island, Department of Anthropology, Kingston, RI, April 17th. Title: “Combining GIS and indigenous knowledge for resource management in Western Province, Solomon Islands.” 2006 Invited presentation at University of Colorado‐Colorado Springs, Department of Anthropology, Colorado Springs, CO, March 21st. Title: “Uses of counter mapping and indigenous knowledge in the design of marine protected areas in the Solomon Islands.” 2006 Invited presentation at Ohio State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Columbus, OH, January 31st. Title: “Getting locals involved: Geospatial tools, indigenous knowledge, and marine protected areas in the Solomon Islands.” 2005 Invited presentation at the University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology, Orlando, FL, January 24th. Title: “From Ye’kwana epistemology to an anthropology of growth and human reproduction in Amazonia.” 2004 Invited presentation at University of Southern Maine, Department of Anthropology and Geography, Portland, Maine, January 28th. Title: “Politics, representation and the environment: A case study of the upper Orinoco of Southern Venezuela.”

Fieldwork Experience Solomon Islands: May‐June 2012, May‐June 2011, June‐August 2010, May‐June 2009, July‐August 2008, June‐ August 2006; December‐January 2006, June‐August 2005; March 2005; June‐August 2004; July‐ September 2003; July‐September 2001 Venezuela: September 2004; October 2001‐May 2003; June‐September 2000; June‐September 1998 Dominican Republic: January 1994‐April 1996; June‐July 1997

Languages Fluent: Spanish, Solomon Islands Pijin Moderate skill level: Ye’kwana (Amazonian language)

Professional Affiliations American Anthropological Association (AAA) Anthropology and Environment (AAA) Artisanal Fisheries Research Network (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Society for the Anthropology of Lowland Amazonia (SALSA)

Professional Refereeing Environmental Management, Conservation Letters, Conservation Biology, Current Anthropology, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, National Science Foundation

Matthew Lauer CV p.6 Service Departmental: 2012 Curriculum Committee, SDSU 2012 Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion committee, SDSU 2011 Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion committee, SDSU 2011 Sabbatical Committee, SDSU 2010 Post‐tenure review committee, SDSU 2010 Sabbatical Committee, SDSU 2009‐pres. Graduate Program Adviser, SDSU 2009‐2012 Scholarship Committee, SDSU 2007‐2010 Faculty Adviser, Association of Anthropology Students, SDSU 2007 Faculty Search Committee, University of Rhode Island 2005 Department Website Committee, UC‐Santa Barbara 2004 Faculty Search Committee, UC‐Santa Barbara

University: 2011‐pres. Faculty Adviser, The Bikestand, SDSU 2010 Faculty Sustainability Institute Workshop, Aug 19‐20, SDSU 2009‐2010 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship selection committee, SDSU 2009‐pres. US Student Fulbright Application Committee, SDSU 2008‐2010 Sustainability and Environmental Studies Program Steering committee, SDSU 2008‐2009 College of Arts and Letters Professional Leaves and Research committee, SDSU

National/International: 2012 Served on review panel, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, National Science Foundation, March 26‐27, Arlington, VA 2011 Participant in the Artisanal Fisheries Research Network Experts Workshop, May 23‐24, 2011, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 2010 Participant in the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee Meeting, November 2‐4, 2010, Santa Barbara, CA 2010 Served on review panel, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, National Science Foundation, Oct 21‐22, Arlington, VA 2010 Served on review panel, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, National Science Foundation, March 11‐12, Arlington, VA 2006 Established Duvaha (North ) and Egolo Marine Protected Areas (Rendova Harbor), Solomon Islands 2005 Established Nuimala, Koqu Rio, and Loduhokata Marine Protected Areas (Vonavona Lagoon), Solomon Islands 2004 Established Dunde, Kekehe, Iriri Pasapasa, Buni, Barasipo, and Vaributo Marine Protected Areas (Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons), Solomon Islands 2003 Establish Ha’apai, Kinda, Saika, Olive, Kinamara, Nazareti, and Nusa Roviana Marine Protected Areas (Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons), Solomon Islands 2001 Establish Kindu, Kozou, Baraulu, and Nusa Hope Protected Area Marine Protected Areas (Roviana Lagoon), Solomon Islands 1996 US Peace Corp Volunteer, Environmental Sanitation Extensionist, El Hoyazo, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic. Coordinated a funding campaign where $20,000 were raised through various Dominican and international organizations. Organized the construction of five gravity flow water systems in several rural communities and led environmental awareness workshops.

Graduate Student Supervision Matthew Lauer CV p.7

Chair Dana Sinclair, MA (in progress) Savanna Schuermann (in progress) Barbara Quimby, MA (2012) Douglas La Rose, MA (2011)

Committee Member Benjamin Nugent, MA (in progress) Anthropology, SDSU Elizabeth Ekland, MA (in progress) Anthropology, SDSU Greg Rainoff, MA (2011) Center for Latin American Studies, SDSU Jade Delevaux, MS, (2011) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC‐San Diego Rebecca Grover MA, (2011) Department of Geography, SDSU Adam Manley MA, (2011) School of Art, Design, and Art History, SDSU Amanda Sheres, MA (2010) Anthropology, SDSU Jenna Wehr, MA (2009) Anthropology, SDSU Kelly Krueger MA (2008) Anthropology, SDSU Karen Palmigiano, MA (2007) Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island

Computer, Multimedia, and other Technical Skills ‐Geographic Information Systems (GIS) design and management, ESRI ArcGIS, ESRI Arc/View ‐Multispectral image processing of Landsat, SPOT, IKONOS, ASTER data using ERDAS Imagine ‐Rural Water system engineer/designer, Trained by US Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, 1992 ‐Sustainable solar energy technician, Trained by US Peace Corps, Dominican Republic, 1992

Articles about my research appearing in the mainstream press or academic journals 2011 “Nueva carrera en SDSU sobre ‘sostenibilidad’ San Diego Union Tribune (Enlance Noticias) Dec 3, EA02 2011 “SDSU launches 'sustainability' major” San Diego Union Tribune, Nov 25, B1, B5 2010 “On the Solomons, laughter is a survival strategy,” San Diego Union Tribune, July 12, E1‐E2 2010 “Our researchers explore a vast world,” San Diego Union Tribune July12, E1 2010 “SDSU heads to Solomons for earthquake study” San Diego Union Tribune, June 12, Online version, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/12/grsq‐sdsu‐study‐earthquake‐victims/ 2008 “Plotting for prosperity,” in Spore, vol. 135. http://spore.cta.int 2007 Carper, R. G. Anthropological currents: Geographic information systems, local knowledge, and optimal foraging in Oceania. Current Anthropology 48(4):471‐472