L. Jen Shaffer, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae (8/13/2020) PERSONAL INFORMATION L. Jen Shaffer Department of Anthropology 1111 Woods Hall 4302 Chapel Lane College Park, Maryland 20742 Phone: (301)-405-1441 (work); (301)-213-8845 (mobile) Email: [email protected] Departmental Website: https://anth.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Shaffer/L.%20Jen ORCID: 0000-0002-0635-0576 Educational Background 2003 – 2009 University of Georgia, Athens, GA Ph.D. Anthropology (Ecological & Environmental focus) 1995 – 1999 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR M.S. Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary degree in Biology; Geography; Planning, Public Policy & Management) 1990 – 1994 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, cum laude B.S. Biology, concentrating in Ecology & Systematics Professional Certifications and Licenses 2020 – date Covid-19 Contact Tracing, Johns Hopkins University Coursera, Credential ID: 37S39C2YPYTF 1999 – 2006 Texas Educator Certificate, Classroom Teacher Secondary Biology Grades 6-12, Texas State Board for Educator Certification Employment 2012 – date Assistant Professor of Anthropology, tenure track Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2010 – 2011 Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 2010 Adjunct Online Instructor 1 College of Science & Technology, American Public University System 2007 – 2009 Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Research Scientist Universidade Eduardo Mondlane & Reserva Especial de Maputo, Mozambique 2005 Principle Investigator, Historic Wildlife Trade in Portuguese East Africa Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, Lisbon, Portugal 2004 Co-Investigator Shifting Marine Baselines Project Marine Conservation Institute, Suva, Fiji 2003 – 2005 Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2001 – 2002 Adjunct Instructor Department of Biology, Houston Community College, Houston, TX 1999 – 2001 Environmental Science and Biology Teacher Robert E. Lee High School, Houston Independent School District, TX RESEARCH, SCHOLARLY, CREATIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES * indicates student advisee Peer-Reviewed Articles Accepted Michaelis, AK*, DW Webster, and LJ Shaffer. The practice of everyday oystering: aquaculture as resistance? Journal of Political Ecology. Accepted Van Den Heever, L, LJ Thompson, W Bowerman, H Smit-Robinson, LJ Shaffer, R Harrell, and MA Ottinger. Exploring the role of vultures at the human-wildlife- livestock disease interface: an African perspective. Journal of Raptor Research: Special Issue on African Vulture Conservation 2020 Michaelis, AK*, WC Walton, DW Webster, and LJ Shaffer. The role of ecosystem services in the decision to grow oysters: a Maryland case study. Aquaculture 735633. DOI:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735633 2020 Gore, ML, A Hübschle, A Botha, BM Coverdale, R Garbett, RM Harrell, S Krüger, JM Mullinax, LJ Olson, MA Ottinger, H Smit Robinson, LJ Shaffer, LJ Thompson, L van den Heever, and WW Bowerman. A conservation criminology-based desk assessment of vulture poisoning in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area. Global Ecology and Conservation e01076. DOI:10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01076 2019 Shaffer, LJ, KK Khadka, J Van Den Hoek, and KJ Naithani. Human-elephant conflict: a review of current management strategies and future directions. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 6: 235. DOI:10.3389/fevo 2017 Shaffer, LJ. Rain rituals as a barometer of vulnerability in an uncertain climate. Journal of Ecological Anthropology 19(1). DOI:10.5038/2162-4593.19.1.1228 2 2017 Shaffer, LJ. An anthropological perspective on the climate change and violence relationship. Current Climate Change Reports 3(4): 222-232. DOI:10.1007/s40641- 017-0076-8 2014 Shaffer, LJ. Making sense of local climate change in rural Tanzania through knowledge co-production. Journal of Ethnobiology 34(3), 315-334. DOI:10.2993/0278-0771-34.3.315 2014 Tschakert, P, K Dietrich, K Tamminga, E Prins, J Shaffer, E Liwenga, and A Asiedu. Learning and envisioning under climatic uncertainty: an African experience. Environment and Planning A 46: 1049-1068. DOI:10.1068/a46257 2011 Shaffer, LJ and L Naiene*. Why analyze mental models of local climate change?: A case from southern Mozambique. Weather, Climate and Society 3(4): 223-237. DOI:10.1175/WCAS-D-10-05004.1 2010 Shaffer, LJ. Indigenous fire use to manage savanna landscapes in southern Mozambique. Fire Ecology 6(2): 43-59. DOI:10.4996/fireecology.0602043 2008 Shaffer, LJ. A landscape of possibilities: seeking food security in Matutúine District, Mozambique. Ecological and Environmental Anthropology 4(1): 38-53. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdmeea/35 Manuscripts Submitted, In Review, or Revision In Review Thompson, LJ, SC Krüger, BM Coverdale, MA Ottinger, LJ Shaffer, ML Gore, RM Harrell, A Botha, and WW Bowerman. What can African vultures indicate about environmental health? Journal of Raptor Research: Special Issue on African Vulture Conservation In Review Ottinger, MA, A Botha, R Buij, B Coverdale, ML Gore, RM Harrell, J Hassell, S Krüger, CJW McClure, J Murrow, LJ Shaffer, H Smit-Robinson, LJ Thompson, L van den Heever, and WW Bowerman. A synthesis of One Health and a strategy for conserving Old World vulture populations. Journal of Raptor Research: Special Issue on African Vulture Conservation In Review Poor, EE, MA Imron, R Novalina, LJ Shaffer, and JM Mullinax. Increasing diversity to save biodiversity: Rising to the challenge and supporting Indonesian women in conservation. Conservation Science & Practice In Revisions Reson, EO, JD Lanham, MZ Virani, W Bowerman, and LJ Shaffer. Vulture perceptions and knowledge in the Maasai Mara. Journal of Ethnobiology Manuscripts in Prep (drafts available upon request) Shaffer, LJ, ML Gore, A Botha, W Bowerman, BM Coverdale, R Garbett, R Harrell, S Krüger, H Mafumo, TJ Mashua, LJ Olson, MA Ottinger, EO Reson, H Smit-Robinson, LJ Thompson, L van 3 den Heever, and MZ Virani. Effective conservation team science in support of sustainable solutions to Africa’s vulture crisis. Journal of Raptor Research: Special Issue on African Vulture Conservation Shaffer, LJ, BM Coverdale, EO Reson, and W Bowerman. Vulture conservation network capacities and challenges. Journal of Raptor Research: Special Issue on African Vulture Conservation Bassett, M* and LJ Shaffer. Meta-foraging: seasonality of online searches for forage information in two urban communities. Urban Ecology Shaffer, LJ, J Breitfeller*, A Thieme*, and RM Harrell. Safe passage: conservation and the role of culture in the African vulture trade. Regional Environmental Change Yee, N*, LJ Shaffer, ML Gore, W Bowerman, and R Harrell. Understanding conservationists’ perspectives concerning the ethical dilemmas associated with declines in African vulture populations. Shaffer, LJ. The potential footprint of historic wildlife trade of Delagoa Bay and its hinterland, 1845- 1906. Landscape Ecology or Conservation Biology Book Chapters 2014 Tschakert, P. and L. J. Shaffer. Ingredients for social-ecological resilience, poverty traps, and adaptive social protection in semi-arid Africa, Social-Ecological Systems in Transition. Global Environmental Studies Series, S. Sakai and C. Umetsu, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Springer Japan. Pp. 139-156. 2012 Shaffer, L. J. Mobilizing knowledge to build adaptive capacity: lessons from southern Mozambique, Climate Change and Threatened Communities: Vulnerability, Capacity, and Action, P. Castro, D. Taylor, and D. Brokensha, Practical Action Publishing, London. Pp. 69-80. DOI:10.3362/9781780447254.006 Professional Reports & Publications 2017 Paolisso, M, LJ Shaffer, C Miller Hesed, E van Dolah, S Fiske, N Benessaiah, and K Johnson Anthropology, Climate Change, and Inequality. White paper for the UMD College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Workshop on Inequality and Climate Change, 20 October 2017; College Park, Maryland. 2016 Baden, J*, E Dooley*, R Griner*, C Howell*, N Maghsadi*, K McClure*, B Mitrani*, L Muraca*, M Skora*, N Taylor*, M Watson*, and LJ Shaffer. Columbia, Maryland: Residential Perspectives on the Community’s 50th Birthday, Columbia Association and the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability, National Center for Smart Growth. 4 2015 Shaffer, L. Community Views and Perspectives Regarding Human-Elephant Conflict at Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambican Directorate for Areas of Conservation, Ministry of Tourism, Maputo Special Reserve, Maputo, Mozambique. 2010 Shaffer, LJ. A Summary of Anticipatory Learning for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (ALCCAR) Project Activities in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania, Stakeholders’ Workshop in Bagamoyo, Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2008 Shaffer, J. Setting Conservation Priorities: Social Science Research Methods, Transnational Conservation Planning in Maputaland. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique and Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, UK 2006 Drew, J, K Bigney, A Henne, V Hickey, S Margles, N Raheem, J Shaffer, and S Znajda. A Toolkit for Graduate Students Working in Transdisciplinary Conservation, Social Science Working Group. Society for Conservation Biology, CD-ROM and 13 pp 2005 Drew, J, LJ Shaffer and AT Cabral. Reflections of the Past: Shifting Baselines and the Conservation of Fiji’s Coral Reefs, Marine Conservation Institute, Suva, Fiji. 1997 Shaffer, LJ. Promoting Energy Efficiency and Wise Water Use in American Samoa, American Samoa Territorial Energy Office, American Samoa