Cassie M. Hays Postdoctoral Fellow Carter G. Woodson Institute University of Virginia PO Box 400162 Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected]  203 777 3417

Education Ph.D., Sociology 2009 Yale University, New Haven CT Dissertation Title: A Sociology of Safari: Techné and Travel in Tanzania Chair: Paul Gilroy Committee: Michael R. Dove, Alondra Nelson, Ron Eyerman

M.Phil., Sociology 2005 Yale University, New Haven, CT Comparative Exams: Race & Colonialism; Discourse on Nature & Environment

M.A., Sociology 2004 Yale University, New Haven CT

M.E.Sc., Environmental Science 2002 School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale University, New Haven CT Thesis Title: Framing a House of Cards: The Ethnic Ace of Spades in Community Conservation Chair: Michael R. Dove

B.A., High Honors, Biological Sciences 1999 Smith College, Northampton MA Thesis Title: Genetic Differentiation and Geographic Subdivision in the Eastern Golden Shiner Chair: Robert B. Merritt Second Reader: Stephen G. Tilley

Fellowships & Honors National Competitions o Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American & African Studies 2009-11 Residential Postdoctoral Fellowship

o Fulbright-Hays 2006 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship

o National Science Foundation 2006 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Cassie M. Hays  Page 2 

Internal Competitions o Leylan Dissertation Writing Fellowship in the Social Sciences at Yale 2007-08 o Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship (Arabic) 2005 o Foreign Language and Area Studies Academic Year Fellowship (Kiswahili) 2003-04 o Ford Foundation ‘Revitalizing Area Studies’ Research Grant 2001 o Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship 1997 Additional Honors o Center for Comparative Research Fellow, Yale Department of Sociology 2006-09 o Yale Summer Language Institute Fellowship 2005 o Elsie M. Alling Memorial Fund Scholarship at Yale 2004-05 o Yale Center for International and Area Studies Pre-Dissertation Fellowship 2003 o George M. Camp Mini-Grant, Yale Department of Sociology 2003 o Yale Program in Agrarian Studies Summer Research Grants 2003/01 o ‘Class of 1980 Fund,’ Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 2002 o John Musser Scholarship at Yale 2001-02 o Yale Tropical Resources Institute Research Grant 2001 o Nancy K. Tomlinson Honors Research Grant at Smith 1998-99 o Andreas Foundation Research Fellowship at Smith 1998 o Smith Women in Science Research Fellowship 1998 o Smith College Club of Greater Kansas City Scholarship 1997-98

Articles & Essays Hays, C. M. ‘Photography as Techné in Travel.’ To be submitted to Theory and Society. 2010

Hays, C. M. ‘Nature and Race in the Safari Souvenir.’ To be submitted to Qualitative 2010 Sociology.

Hays, C. M. ‘Safari Circuits: Automobility on Tour in Tanzania.’ Submitted to Tourist 2010 Studies, May.

Graef, D., A. Cerezo, M. R. Dove, C. M. Hays et al. ‘The Cultural Politics of Sustaining 2008 Diversity.’ AMNH Sustaining Cultural and Biological Diversity Conference Proceedings.

Hays, C. M. ‘The Impact of the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill on Phagocytotic Capabilities of the 1998 Blue Mussel.’ Women in Science Journal, Smith College.

Hays, C. M. and A. Davis. ‘Genetic Variation in Freshwater Minnows of the Mill River 1997 Drainage.’ Women in Science Journal, Smith College.

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Select Presentations ‘Cartography and Photography on Safari in Colonial and Postcolonial Tanzania’ o American Historical Association annual meeting, Boston MA, Jan. 9. 2011

‘Automobility, Place and Nature on Safari in Tanzania’ o American Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta GA, Aug. 15. 2010

‘Naturalizing Race and Racializing Natures on Safari’ o Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, University of 2010 Virginia, Charlottesville VA, Mar. 31.

‘Living Through the Lens: Photography on Safari in Tanzania’ o Social Science History Association annual meeting, Long Beach CA, Nov. 15. 2009

‘Living Through the Lens: Photography as Techné on Safari’ o Sociology Department Colloquium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, Oct. 15 2009 (invited).

‘Heart of Darkness: Nature, Culture and the Social Life of the Safari Souvenir’ o African Studies Colloquium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, Oct. 21. 2009 o Yale Center for Comparative Research Student Conference, New Haven CT, Jan. 24. 2009 o Biological Sciences & Environmental Science and Policy Program Colloquium, Smith 2008 College, Northampton MA, Dec. 8 (invited).

‘Safari Circuits: Automobility on Tour in Tanzania’ o Society for the Social Studies of Science annual meeting, Washington DC, Oct. 30. 2009 o American Anthropological Association annual meeting, San Francisco CA, Nov. 23. 2008 o Agrarian Studies Graduate Colloquium, Yale University, New Haven CT, Apr. 10. 2008

‘Through the Looking Glass: Photography and Nature on Safari’ o Lunchtime Lecture Series, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Smith College, 2007 Northampton MA, Mar. 30 (invited).

‘Race-ing Space: Native, Nature and Nomos in Tanzanian Conservation’ o Rotary Club of Arusha, Tanzania, Jun. 10 (invited). 2006

‘Sovereignty, Spatiality, Serengeti’ o American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia PA, Aug. 16. 2005 o Inter-Ivy Sociology Symposium, Yale University, New Haven CT, Apr. 9. 2005

‘Framing a House of Cards: Ethnic Ace of Spades in Community Conservation’ o ‘Environment, Resources, and Sustainability’ Conference, Athens GA, Sep. 7. 2002

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Teaching Experience Postdoctoral Fellow Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies University of Virginia o Designed and taught upper-level seminar focusing on the sociology and social history 2010 of violence & Africa for upper-level undergraduates in the major (2 terms).

Visiting Lecturer Department of Sociology and Anthropology Mt Holyoke College o Designed and taught: ‘Introduction to Sociology’ (2 terms); ‘Environment & Society’ 2008-09; (1 term), and the upper-level seminar ‘Travel, Technology & Nature’ (2 terms). 2007

Summer Research Facilitator Kahn Liberal Arts Institute Smith College o Mentored undergraduates in week-long workshops; supervised development of 2008; research questions and methods for their independent interdisciplinary projects. 2007

Teaching Fellow Department of Sociology Yale University o Taught via lecture and discussion, designed examinations, selected texts, and created 2004-07 assignments for sociology courses including: ‘Classical Social Theory’ and ‘Sociology of the Arts and Popular Culture’ with Ron Eyerman and ‘Introduction to Sociology’ with Julia Adams. Also graded for the course: ‘Qualitative Research Methods.’

Student Tutor & Laboratory Leader Department of Biological Sciences Smith College o Tutored students & taught lab research skills for ‘Introduction to Genetics.’ 1999

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Research Experience Degree Related Doctoral Dissertation Research (Ph.D.) Northern Tanzania; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; London, UK o Conducted an ethnography of the Tanzanian tourism industry in English and 2006 Kiswahili; interviewed key participants, workers, and officials in and around the Ngorongoro Conservation Area; and examined and analyzed documents in British colonial archives in Dar es Salaam and London.

Masters Thesis Research (M.E.Sc.) Northern Tanzania o Studied community-based conservation through an institutional ethnography and semi- 2001 structured interviews with primary informants.

Honors Thesis Research (B.A.) New England, USA o Analyzed data collected during aquatic surveys of Connecticut River tributaries by 1997-99 performing dissection and laboratory tests of fish genetic diversity and applying multivariate statistics to model lab results.

Non-Degree Related Research Assistant, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies New Haven CT o Developed concepts for long-term urban research project, researched data for books 2000-04 and articles in social ecology, edited manuscripts, and organized materials for graduate level courses in environmental studies.

Research Associate, African Wildlife Foundation Arusha, Tanzania o Developed and implemented first phase of community-based conservation program in 2001 Northern Tanzania leading to an inter-park wildlife corridor.

Research Assistant, University of Kansas Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department and Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program Lawrence KS o Collected, collated and analyzed field biology data in Eastern Kansas; designed and 1999- managed web pages and a GIS database for the university. 2000

Biological Technician, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Gulf of Alaska Marine Life Survey, Northern Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands AK o Surveyed Alaskan marine flora and fauna by collecting data on population size, species 1999 distribution and age and sex ratios for use in determining Alaska’s state seasonal commercial fishing quotas. Cassie M. Hays  Page 6 

Professional Affiliations o Social Science History Association 2009- o American Anthropological Association 2008- o American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007- o Society for Social Studies of Science 2007- o American Sociological Association 2004- Sections: Sociology of Culture; Environment & Technology; Theory; Science, Knowledge & Technology; Race, Gender & Class; Global & Transnational o Society for Conservation Biology, Yale Chapter 2000-01 o Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 1999-

Service & Leadership o Contributor, American Sociological Association Climate Change Task Force 2010- o Panel Participant, ‘How to secure a Postdoctoral Fellowship,’ Feb. 10 2010 University of Virginia Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development o Graduate Student Representative, Yale University Human Subjects Committee 2008-09 o Peer Reviewer, Journal for Sustainable Forestry 2008- o Commentator, Yale University Program in Agrarian Studies, Dir. James C. Scott - Arun Agrawal. ‘Indigenous Knowledge/Power’ 2005 - Guillame Boccara. ‘Frontiers, Ethnogenesis, and Ethnification in the Americas’ 2002 o Coordinator, Yale University Race, Health, & Medicine Series, Dir. Alondra Nelson 2003-04 o Organizing Committee, Social & Community Oriented Research on the Environment 2000-02 Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies o Organizing Committee, Trans-Boundary Parks Conference 2000-01 Yale Chapter of the International Society for Tropical Foresters o Representative, Yale University Graduate and Professional Student Senate 2000 o Undergraduate Student Liaison, Smith College Department of Biological Sciences 1998-99 o Representative, Smith College Student Senate 1997

Additional Training Academic ‘Psychology of Learning,’ Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program, UVA 2010 ‘Fundamentals of Teaching’ Participant, Yale Graduate Teaching Center 2004 School for Field Studies Semester Abroad, Machakos District, Kenya 1998

Language English (native); Kiswahili (fluent); German (intermediate); Italian (beginning) Modern Standard Arabic (beginning)

Computer Minitab, SPSS, Adobe Photoshop CS3, CorelDraw, ArcView GIS, Mac OS

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Professional References

Paul Gilroy Michael R. Dove Anthony Giddens Professor of Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Social Theory Ecology, Professor of Anthropology and Department of Sociology Curator of Anthropology, Peabody Museum London School of Economics School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Houghton Street Yale University London WC2A 2AE 195 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: + 44 (0)20 7955 6436 Email: [email protected] Phone: 203 432 3463 Email: [email protected]

Alondra Nelson Deborah E. McDowell Associate Professor of Sociology and Director, Carter G. Woodson Institute and Institute for Research on Women and Gender Alice Griffin Professor of English Department of Sociology Carter G. Woodson Institute Columbia University for African-American and African Studies 606 West 122nd St, MC9649 University of Virginia New York, NY 10027 P.O. Box 400162 Charlottesville, VA 22904 Phone: 212 851 7081 Email: [email protected] Phone: 434 924 3109 Email: [email protected]

Rick Fantasia Julia P. Adams Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Chair, Department of Sociology, Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology and Professor of Sociology and International and Director, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute Area Studies and Co-Director, Department of Sociology Center for Comparative Research Smith College Department of Sociology Pierce Hall 005 Yale University Northampton, MA P.O. Box 208265 New Haven, CT 06520 Phone: 413 585 3504 Email: [email protected] Phone: 203 432 3332 Phone: 203 432 1176 Email: [email protected]