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. Cassie M. Hays Page 3 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 Cassie M. Hays Page 4 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 Cassie M. Hays Page 5 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