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), Solomon Islands, 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 Isabel Province, 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