CURRICULUM VITAE, May 2015

Rhiannon A. Leebrick Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology Graduate Teaching Associate University of Tennessee 901 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 Phone: (540) 577-0426 Fax: (865) 974-7031  E-Mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Expected PhD, Sociology August 2015 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Dissertation: Situating the Local in the Global: Environmental Gentrification and Community Change in South Central Appalachia Committee: Harry F. Dahms (Chair), Sherry Cable, Paul K. Gellert, F. Scott Frey, and Derek Alderman Qualifying Examinations: Social Theory, Research Methods, Political Economy and Globalization Social Theory Graduate Certificate

2010 MA, Public and International Affairs Specialization in Environmental Policy Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Major Paper: Breastfeeding and the International Division of Labor in Southeast Asia Committee: Wilma Dunaway (Chair), Timothy W. Luke, Karen Hult

2007 BA, International Studies Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Thesis: Diet of Conscience: Philanthro-capitalism and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa Chair: Jon Bohland

RESEARCH Areas of Concentration Political Economy and Globalization Environmental Justice Social Theory Community Studies/Development Environmental Sociology Qualitative Methods

Manuscripts in Progress

Leebrick, Rhiannon and James Maples. “Labor’s Ghosts: Coal Hegemony and Landscapes of Memory in Southern West Virginia’s Coalfields.” Southeastern Geographer. (Revise and Resubmit)

Leebrick, Rhiannon. “The Continued Commodification of Appalachia: Environmental Gentrification and the Entrepreneurial Tourism Boom.” Current Perspectives in Social Theory. (Revise and Resubmit)

Schally, Jennifer L. and Rhiannon Leebrick. “Revisiting Demographic Predictors of Environmental Concern.” (Under Review with Sociological Inquiries)

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Selected Conference Presentations

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2015. “Situating the Local in the Global: A Critical Evaluation of Non-Profit Community Development in a Rural Community.” Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, August, Chicago, IL.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2015. “Development and the Proliferation of NGOs in a Rural Community.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August, Chicago, IL.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2015. “Re-Development and Greening Tourism in a Rural Community: Blending Critical Theory and Ethnography.” Poster presentation at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 27, Kansas City, MO.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014 “ ‘We’re Creating a Haven’: Green Development and Rural Gentrification in South Central Appalachia.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 16, San Francisco, CA.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “Taking Back or Taking Over: An Ethnography of the Agritourism Boom in Rural Appalachia.” Presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, July 3, New Orleans, LA.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “ ‘Alter-natives’: Exploring Cultural Changes and the Push for Green Development in South Central Appalachia.” Presented at the Cultural Studies Association Conference, May 29, Salt Lake City, UT.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “The Continued Commodification of Appalachia: A Critical Ethnography of the Agritourism Boom.” Presented at the International Social Theory Consortium, May 16, Knoxville, TN.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “ ‘To Grow is to Prosper’: Rural Gentrification in South Central Appalachia.” Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, April 4, Charlotte, NC.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “ ‘To Grow is to Prosper’: Oral History and Rural Gentrification in South Central Appalachia” presented at the Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, February 28, Lexington, KY.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2013. “They Dynamic Layering of Place in Central Appalachia: A Case Study of Greentrification?” Presented at the Rural Sociological Society 76th Annual Meeting, August 9, New York, NY.

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2013. “The Dynamic Layering of Place in Appalachia: A Case of Rural Gentrification?” Presented at Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, March 2, Lexington, KY.

Bohon, Stephanie, Rhiannon Leebrick, and Wenna Zhao. 2012. “Camas Calientes Revisited: Overcrowding among Latinos in New and Established Destinations.” Presented at the Southern Demographic Society Annual Meeting, October 12, Williamsburg, VA. Rhiannon Leebrick Page 3

Leebrick, Rhiannon and James Maples. 2012. “The Elverton Uprising: Exploring Hegemony and Solidarity in West Virginia's New River Gorge,” presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 24, New Orleans, LA.

Research Experience

2014 Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Project Title: What do we want, what do we need, and what is non-negotiable? : Immigrant rights claims making in the rejection of “comprehensive immigration reform” Supervisors: Dr. Stephanie Bohon, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Dr. Meghan Conley, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mary Washington

2012 Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Project Title: Designing for Health: Interior Design and Sensory Perception in Outpatient Care Supervisor: James Maples, University of Tennessee

TEACHING 2012-present Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Sociology University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Courses Taught: Sociology 110: Social Problems and Social Justice (Spring and Fall 2012, Spring 2013) Sociology 120: Introduction to Sociology (Summer 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014) Sociology 321: Sociological Theory (Summer 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015) Sociology 341: Social Inequalities (Fall 2015) Sociology 342: Globalization and Justice (Spring 2014) Sociology 445: The Modern World System (Summer 2013)

2011-present Adjunct Faculty, Graduate and Professional Studies Tusculum College (Knoxville Regional Campus), Knoxville, TN Courses Taught: Sociology 101: Social Principles and Institutions (Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; Spring 2011, 2012, 2015; Summer 2012, 2013)

2010-2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Courses: Sociology 110: Social Problems and Social Justice (under Dr. Stephanie Bohon) Sociology 120: Introduction to Sociology (under Dr. Regina Benedict)

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Teaching Publications

Leebrick, Rhiannon. 2014. “Student Stereotype Journals: Engaging the Sociological Imagination One Page at a Time.” The Southern Sociologist, 46 (1): 12-14. Retrieved July 8, 2014 at (http://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/assets/TSS.v46/TSSVolume46Number1.pdf).

AWARDS

2010 Robert Stuart Award, Outstanding Graduating Student in MPIA, Virginia Tech

2009 Certificate of Excellence, Public and International Affairs Program, Virginia Tech

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS

2014 Cultural Studies Association Student Travel Grant for the Cultural Studies Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT ($300)

2014 Cole Franklin Dissertation Research and Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ($450)

2014 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ($550)

2012 University Travel Grant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ($250)

2012 Ready for the World Special Projects Grant for event “Economic Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here? A Discussion with Fred Block,” University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Recipient with William V. Taylor and Elizabeth East ($2250)

2011 University Travel Grant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ($250)

2010 Ready for the World Special Projects Grant for panel discussion “Living in the Shadows: Immigrant Experiences of Exploitation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.” Recipient with William V. Taylor and Elizabeth East. ($5000)

2010 J. Wallace and Katie Dean Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN ($15,000)

SERVICE

2014 Assistant Organizer, International Social Theory Consortium Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN Sociology Film Series Presenter and Discussant, “Citizen Kane, Sociology and Media” Knoxville, TN: February 5, 2014. Presider, Session 120, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC Rhiannon Leebrick Page 5

Student/Faculty Liaison for the Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of Tennessee (elected)

2013 Presider, Session 45, Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY Social Coordination for the Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of Tennessee (elected)

2012 Sociology Film Series Presenter and Discussant, “Gasland, Exploring the Issue of Hydraulic Fracturing,” Knoxville, TN: September 28, 2012. Registration Volunteer, Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA Registration Volunteer, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA Panel Series Coordinator for the Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of Tennessee (elected) Sociology Film Series Presenter and Discussant, “Matewan and the History of the New River Gorge and its Place in Appalachian Unionization,” Knoxville, TN: February 7, 2012.

2011 Registration Volunteer, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL

2010 Sociology Film Series Presenter and Discussant, “El Norte, Immigration to the U.S.,” Knoxville, TN: November 5, 2010

RECENT VOLUNTEER WORK 2013-present Commission Member, City of Knoxville Greenways Commission (appointed) 2011-present Soccer Coach, AYSO 2011-2013 TN Achieves Mentor 2008-2012 Adult Literacy/ESL Volunteer, Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES 2008 Literacy Volunteer Training Certificate, Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley, Christiansburg, Virginia

2004 TESL Certificate, US-China Education and Cultural Exchange Center

COMPUTER AND STATISTICAL SOFTWARE SKILLS QDA Miner, Stata, SPSS, Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai

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REFERENCES

Dr. Harry F. Dahms Dr. Sherry Cable Associate Professor of Sociology Professor of Sociology Associate Director for the The University of Tennessee Center for the Study of Social Justice 919 McClung Tower Editor, Current Perspectives in Social Theory Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 Affiliated Faculty, University of Innsbruck, Phone: (865)-974-7031 Austria E-mail: [email protected] The University of Tennessee 913 McClung Tower Dr. Paul K. Gellert Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 Associate Professor of Sociology Phone: (865)-974-7028 Director of Graduate Studies E-mail: [email protected] The University of Tennessee 911 McClung Tower Dr. Derek Alderman Knoxville, TN 37996-0430 Professor & Department Head Phone: (865)-974-7023 Department of Geography E-mail: [email protected] The University of Tennessee 303 Burchfield Geography Bldg. Dr. Timothy W. Luke Knoxville, TN 37996-0925 University Distinguished Professor of Political Phone: (865) 974-0406 Science E-mail: [email protected] Chair, Political Science Department Program Chair, Government and International Dr. Wilma Dunaway Affairs, School of Public and International Professor, Government & International Affair Affairs School of Public & International Affairs Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Department of Political Science 105 Architecture Annex Major Williams Hall, Room 539 Mail Code 0113 Mail Code 0110 Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0113 Blacksburg, VA 24061 Phone: (540) 231-5177 Phone: (540) 231-6633 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]