Department of Sociology and Anthropology Phone: (610) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University

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1 Kelly F. Austin Department of Sociology and Anthropology Phone: (610) Lehigh University Taylor Street Bethlehem, PA EMPLOYMENT: 2012-present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University EDUCATION: Research Assistant and Instructor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University PhD Sociology, North Carolina State University (2012) Dissertation: A New Infection and the Forgotten Diseases: HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in Less-Developed Nations M.S. Sociology, North Carolina State University (2008) Thesis: The Hamburger Connection as Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-National Investigation of Beef Exports and Deforestation in Less-Developed Countries B.A. Sociology, Oregon State University (2006) B.S. Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University (2006) RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS: Global Development and Inequality, the Environment, Social Epidemiology, Demography and Health, Rural, Urban & Community Sociology, Quantitative Methods and Statistics AWARDS AND HONORS: Terence Hopkins Article Award: The Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association Soybean Exports and Deforestation from a World-Systems Perspective. The Sociological Quarterly 51: (2010). Teaching Award: First Year Inquiry Teaching Award Outstanding Teaching. The Division of UG Academic Programs, North Carolina State University.

2 PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED): Austin, Kelly F. Export Agriculture is Feeding Malaria: A Cross-National Examination of the Environmental and Social Causes of Malaria Prevalence. Forthcoming at Population and Environment Austin, Kelly and Mark Noble. Measuring Gender Disparity in the HIV Pandemic: A Cross- National Investigation of Female Health Resources, Income Inequality, and Disease in Less- Developed Nations. Forthcoming at Sociological Inquiry Noble, Mark and Kelly F. Austin. Gendered Dimensions of the HIV Pandemic: A Cross-National Investigation of Women s Non-Governmental Organizations, Contraceptive Use, and HIV Prevalence in Less-Developed Nations. Forthcoming at Sociological Forum Austin, Kelly F Coffee Exports as Ecological, Social, and Physical Unequal Exchange: A Cross-National Investigation of the Java Trade. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 53(3): Austin, Kelly and Laura McKinney Disease, War, Hunger, and Deprivation: A Cross- National Investigation of the Determinants of Life Expectancy in Less-Developed and Sub- Saharan African Countries. Sociological Perspectives 55(3): Austin, Kelly, Laura McKinney, and Gretchen Thompson Agricultural Trade Dependency and the Threat of Starvation: A Cross-National Analysis of Hunger as Unequal Exchange. International Journal of Sociology 42(2): Austin, Kelly F., Laura McKinney, and Edward L. Kick Globalization: Theories of Convergence and Divergence in the World-System. Pgs in The Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis, edited by Salvatore J. Babones and Christopher Chase-Dunn. Routledge Press. Austin, Kelly and Brett Clark Tearing Down Mountains: Using Spatial and Metabolic Analysis to Investigate the Socio-Ecological Contradictions of Coal Extraction in Appalachia. Critical Sociology 38(3): Austin, Kelly F The Hamburger Connection as Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-National Investigation of Beef Exports and Deforestation in Less Developed Countries. Rural Sociology 75(2): Austin, Kelly F Soybean Exports and Deforestation from a World-Systems Perspective: A Cross-National Investigation of Comparative Disadvantage. The Sociological Quarterly 51(3): Jorgenson, Andrew, Christopher Dick and Kelly Austin The Vertical Flow of Primary Sector Exports and Deforestation in Less Developed Countries: A Test of Ecologically Unequal Exchange Theory. Society and Natural Resources 23(9):

3 Fulkerson, Gregory M., Laura A. McKinney, and Kelly Austin Global Warmers and Global Coolers: A Cross-National Examination of Global Warming Dynamics. International Journal of Sociology 40(2): Jorgenson, Andrew K., Kelly Austin, and Christopher Dick Ecologically Unequal Exchange and the Resource Consumption / Environmental Degradation Paradox: A Panel Study of Less- Developed Countries, International Journal of Comparative Sociology 50: Inderbitzin, Michelle, Kelly Fawcett (Austin), Christopher Uggen, and Kristin A. Bates Revolutions May Go Backwards: The Persistence of Voter Disenfranchisement in the United States. Pages in Through the Eye of Katrina: Social Justice in the United States, edited by Kristin A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. UNDER REVIEW: Austin, Kelly F. Dependency, Urban Slums, and the Forgotten Plagues: A Cross-National Analysis of Tuberculosis and Malaria in Less-Developed Nations. Austin, Kelly F. Ecological Underpinnings of the HIV Pandemic: A Cross-National Examination of Environmental Change, Urbanization and HIV Prevalence in Less-Developed and Sub-Saharan African Countries Austin, Kelly F. and Mark D. Noble. Gendered Vulnerabilities to a Neglected Disease: A Comparative Investigation of Women's Economic and Social Status on Malaria Rates. Noble, Mark D. and Kelly F. Austin. Rural Disadvantage and Malaria Prevalence in Less- Developed Nations: A Cross-National Investigation of a Forgotten Disease. BOOK REVIEWS: Austin, Kelly and Christopher Dick Review of: A Climate of Injustice By Timmons Roberts and Bradley Parks. Journal of World-System Research 14(2): OTHER ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Global Studies Participating Faculty Lehigh University (2012-present) Health, Medicine and Society Core Faculty Lehigh University (2012-present) Interdisciplinary Perspectives Instructor North Carolina State University; Seminar on Environmental Research Topics and Methodologies in the Social Sciences ( ) Distance Education (DE) Teaching Assistant North Carolina State University; International Development, Technology in Society and Culture ( ) Production Editor Journal of World-Systems Research ( ) Research Assistant North Carolina State University; for Dr. Andrew Jorgenson, ( )

4 Statistics Instructor Washington State University; Statistics for the Social Sciences ( ). RESEARCH SKILLS & TRAINING: Latent Growth Curve Analysis Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of North Carolina, with Dr. Ken Bollen, August Longitudinal Analysis: Pooled Panel Analysis, Multi-Level Models for Change, and Event History Analysis NCSU Department of Sociology, Spring Structural Equation Modeling Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences, University of North Carolina, with Dr. Kathy Zimmer, April Social Network Analysis NCSU Department of Sociology, Spring Statistical Programs STATA, SAS, SPSS, AMOS, UCINET SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: 2012 Gendered Dimensions of the HIV Pandemic: A Cross-National Investigation of Women s Non-Governmental Organizations, Contraceptive Use, and HIV Prevalence in Less-Developed Nations. Women s Studies Faculty Research Forum, Lehigh University (Friday November 30, 2012) The Decoupling of Development from Well-Being in Less-Developed Nations, American Sociological Association, Las Vegas War, Disease, Hunger, and Deprivation: A Cross-National Investigation of the Determinants of Life Expectancy in Less-Developed Nations. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Las Vegas How the Globalization of Food is Influencing Environmental Degradation in Latin American Nations. North Carolina State University Honors College Lecture Series (Invited Presentation) 2010 Soybean Exports and Deforestation from a World-Systems Perspective: A Cross-National Investigation of Comparative Disadvantage. American Sociological Association, Atlanta Globalization: Theories of Convergence and Divergence in the World-System. American Sociological Association, Atlanta From Mountains to Debris: The Socio-Ecological and Metabolic Contradictions of Coal Extraction in Appalachia. American Sociological Association, San Francisco The Hamburger Connection as Ecologically Unequal Exchange: A Cross-National Investigation of Beef Exports and Deforestation in Less Developed Countries. Southern Sociological Society, Richmond.

5 GRANT ACTIVITY: Faculty Research Grant, Lehigh University HIV, Malaria, and Human Health in Project Bumwalikani: A Preliminary Investigation of Health NGOs and Services in Rural Uganda (Funded, Spring-Summer 2013) Mountaintop Campus Pilot Summer Research Project, Lehigh University Mitigating Tuberculosis, a Global Pandemic: Social Services and Biotechnology (Funded, Summer 2013) CORE Research Grant, Lehigh University Impacts of Marcellus Shale Gas Development on Quality of Life in Pennsylvania (Funded, ) PROFESSIONAL & UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Graduate Admissions Committee Lehigh University Master s Program (2012-present) Member of Core Steering Committee Health, Medicine, and Society Cluster; Lehigh University (2012-present) Participating Faculty Sustainable Development Cluster; Lehigh University (2012-present) Newsletter Editor & Member of Publications Committee Political Economy of the World- System Section of ASA ( ) Professional Memberships: American Sociological Association (ASA), International Sociology Association, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Eastern Sociological Society Reviewer for: The Sociological Quarterly; Society and Natural Resources, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, International Journal of Sociology, Rural Sociology