SANDRA ZUPAN ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Lecturer, Geography Department, University of Kentucky

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1 SANDRA ZUPAN Department of Geography University of Kentucky 849 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY Phone (cell): ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Lecturer, Geography Department, University of Kentucky Research fellow, Public Policy Forum, Milwaukee Instructor, Geography Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Teaching assistant, Geography Department, UWM 2005 Project assistant, Geography Department, UWM 2004 Project assistant, Department of Resource Economics & Environmental Policy, Institute for International Affairs, Zagreb, Croatia EDUCATION 2010 Ph.D., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dissertation: Assessing Environmental Justice and Opportunities for Community Change: Brownfields Redevelopment in Milwaukee s Inner-City Neighborhoods Adviser: Ryan Holifield 2003 M.S., Conservation Social Sciences, University of Idaho 2000 M.S., Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University 1997 B.S., Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Zagreb FELLOWSHIPS Norman N. Gill Civic Engagement Fellowship, Public Policy Forum 2007 Urban Geography Specialty Group Dissertation Fellowship, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Ron Brown Fellowship, U.S. Department of State Soros Foundation Fellowship, Open Society Institute 1

2 HONORS AND AWARDS 2011 Teachers Who Made A Difference Honor, College of Education, UK 2010 Urban Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Paper Award, AAG 2010 Political Geography Specialty Group Ph.D. Student Paper Award, AAG 2009 Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award, Urban Affairs Association 2009 Essay Competition by Young Authors (finalist prize), Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies/International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2008 Outstanding Service Special Mention, Geography Department, UWM 2007 Society for the Study of Social Problems Student Paper Award PUBLICATIONS Zupan, S Enacting an Equitable Agenda: Exploring Community Strategies in Milwaukee's Inner-City Redevelopment. Urban Geography, 32 (7): Klein, P., Fatima, M., McEwen, L., Moser, S., Schmidt, D. and Zupan, S Dismantling the Ivory Tower: Engaging Geographers in Community Partnerships. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 35 (3): Holifield, R. and Zupan, S. Keep Costumes Out, Keep Trains In: Defining and Defending Spaces for Good Jobs in a Rust Belt City. GeoJournal, in review. Zupan, S. Challenging the Neoliberal University and Society: American Style Homelessness and Experiential Learning. Manuscript in progress, submission to ACME: An International E- Journal for Critical Geographies expected June Zupan, S. Re- Entrepreneurializing and Beautifying the Redevelopment of Milwaukee s Inner- City: The Failed Main Street Policy Experiment. Manuscript in progress, submission to Geoforum expected July Zupan, S. Geography, Public Policy and Engaged Scholarship. Manuscript in progress, submission to Professional Geographer expected July Zupan, S. Not Quite Everyone: Community Participation and Environmental Justice in Milwaukee s Brownfields Projects. Manuscript in progress for submission to Environment and Planning B. 2

3 ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP Community scholarship, pedagogy and outreach grants: 2012 Geographers, Awareness and Outreach: Emerging in Homelessness in Lexington, Kentucky, UK College of Arts and Sciences Mini Grant ($1,260) 2012 Young Geographers, Awareness and Practice: Emerging in Urban Homelessness in Lexington, Kentucky, AAG Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education Project ($500) 2012 Social Justice/Faith Groups, Urban Homelessness and Spaces of Praxis: Lexington s Catholic Action Center, UK College of Arts and Sciences Mini Grant ($1,000) 2011 The Role and Practices of Civic Groups in Alleviating Urban Homelessness and Hunger: The Catholic Worker Movement Communities, UK College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship ($1,000) and Mini Grant ($1,200) 2008 Environmental and Socio-Economic Justice and Oral Histories Project, UWM, Cultures and Communities Program, Community-University Partnership Grant, with Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods and UWM Urban Planning ($1,500) Community-university partnership: 2012 Advocating For the Poor and Homeless: Public Awareness in Lexington, Kentucky, co-organizer and participant with Catholic Action Center and Central Kentucky Housing and Homeless Initiative Environmental and Socio-Economic Justice and Oral Histories Project, coorganizer and participant with Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods and UWM Urban Planning Reports: Zupan, S Main Street Milwaukee: Program at a Crossroads. Public Policy Forum. Milwaukee: Wisconsin. Presentations and workshops: 2012 The Face of Homelessness of Lexington. Awareness campaign and video project in cooperation with UK Geography majors Main Street Milwaukee: Program at a Crossroads. Presented with Rob Henken to the City of Milwaukee Common Council Community and Economic Development Committee; and City of Milwaukee Department of City Development and Local Initiatives Support Corporation Environmental Justice, Brownfields and Milwaukee s Inner-City Neighborhoods. Co-organizer and participant in a workshop for high school students, Urban Planning and Architecture School, Milwaukee. 3

4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2013 Advocating for the Poor and Homeless: Christian Anarchism and Spaces of Praxis in Lexington, Kentucky. The AAG Annual Conference, Los Angeles, April Tales From the Neoliberal University: American Style Homelessness and Experiential Learning. The AAG Annual Conference, Los Angeles, April Social Justice, Non-Punitive Approaches and Spaces of Praxis: Advocating for the Poor and Homeless in Lexington, Kentucky. The Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, April The Main Street Milwaukee Program: Urban Policy Transfer, Collaborative Governance and Neighborhood Scale Changes in Inner-City Redevelopment. The Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Pittsburg, April Keep Costumes Out, Bring Trains In: Political Geographies of Urban Brownfields Redevelopment. (with Ryan Holifield) The AAG Annual Conference, New York, February Main Streets: The Economic Development and Anti-Poverty Strategy? Exploring Collaborative Governance Practices in Milwaukee s Inner-City Redevelopment. The AAG Annual Conference, Seattle, April Not Quite Everyone: Community Participation and Environmental Justice in Milwaukee s Brownfields Projects. The Annual Mini Conference on Critical Geography, Milwaukee, November Enacting an Equitable Community Agenda: Exploring Community Strategies in Milwaukee s Inner-City Redevelopment. The AAG Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April Alternative Urban Vision and Community Strategies: The Case of Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods in Milwaukee s 30th Street Industrial Corridor Project. The Annual Urban Studies Student Forum, Milwaukee, April What Kind of Partnership? Assessing Milwaukee s Menomonee Valley and 30th Street Industrial Corridor Brownfields Redevelopment Projects. The AAG Annual Conference, Las Vegas, March The Battle for Park East: Negotiating Socio-Economic Inclusiveness in Downtown Milwaukee. The American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Chicago, July Can We Say a Word, Too? Negotiating Milwaukee s Downtown Brownfield Redevelopment. The AAG Annual Conference, Boston, April Assessing Environmental Justice in Milwaukee s Brownfield Redevelopment. The Annual Urban Studies Student Forum, Milwaukee, April Community Participation and Urban Brownfield Redevelopment. The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York, August Grassroots Community Action and Brownfield Redevelopment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Annual Urban Studies Student Forum, Milwaukee, April. 4

5 OTHER PRESENTATIONS 2011 Enacting an Equitable Community Agenda: Exploring Community Strategies in Milwaukee s Inner-City Redevelopment. Department of Geography Fall Colloquium, UK, October. CONFERENCE SESSIONS ORGANIZED 2012 Session co-organizer (with Dr. Judith Kenny, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), AAG annual meeting, New Organizing: Constraints, Opportunities and Contestation in Local and Regional Organizing 2011 Panel participant, AAG annual meeting, Geography, Community Engagement and Citizenship 2010 Session co-organizer (with Dr. Parama Roy, Georgia State University), AAG annual meeting, Collaborative Urban Politics and Civil Society: Challenges and Opportunities 2010 Panel participant, AAG annual meeting, International Students Experience in Graduate Geography Programs TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Kentucky: GEO 160 Lands and People of the Non-Western World 125 students, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 GEO 162 Introduction to Global Environmental Issues 125 students, Spring 2012, Spring 2013 GEO 200 Concepts and Methods in Geography 30 students, Fall 2011, Fall 2012 GEO 326 Geography of Europe 25 students, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012 GEO 422 Urban Geography 20 students, Spring 2011, Spring 2013 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Geog 110 World: Regions and People 25 students, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 Geog 125 Introduction to Environmental Geography Online course with service learning component 65 students, Spring 2010, Summer 2010 Geog 306 Natural Hazards 55 students, Fall

6 Geog 309 Nationalities and Nations of the World 55 students, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 Geog 330 Europe: East and West 55 students, Spring 2008 Geog 350 Conservation of Natural Resources 75 students, Fall 2009 Guest lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Geog 441 Geography of Cities and Metropolitan Areas (Fall 2007) Exploring Downtown Redevelopment: Park East in Milwaukee Geog 443 Cities of the World: Comparative Urban Geography (Spring 2010; 2009; 2008) The Post-Socialist City: Urban Transformations in Zagreb, Croatia UrbPlan 711 Planning Theories and Practice (Fall 2007) Analysis of Public Participation in Milwaukee s Area Plans Geog 910 Research Techniques and Methods (Fall 2007) Proposal Preparation and its Translation into Research Stages PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Geography Department, UK: 2011 Publishing in Geography Seminar 2010 Teaching Workshop Association of American Geographers: 2011 Center for Global Geography Education's No Passports Required Workshop International Network for Learning & Teaching Geography in Higher Education: 2010 Workshop Session: Connecting Students and Departments to the Work of Community Organizations Center for Instructional and Professional Development, UWM: 2010 Online and Blended Courses 2008 Designing and Evaluating Research Proposals 2007 Desire to Learn (web-based teaching) 2007 Teaching and Learning in College: Reflections on Theory and Practice 2006 Connecting Lectures and Discussion 2005 Classroom Motivation 2005 Lessons Learned about First Year Students 6

7 SERVICE Professional service: Board member, Urban Geography Specialty Group, AAG 2013, 2010 Selection committee member, the Urban Affairs Association Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award Student board member, Urban Geography Specialty Group, AAG 2007 Conference volunteer, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2007 Conference volunteer, Common Ground Conference, UW-Waukesha Peer review of journal articles: Geoforum, Journal of Geography, Journal of Geography in Higher Education Other review: 2013 Human Geography, Prentice Hall 2012, 2010 Globalization and Diversity, Prentice Hall 2012 Environmental Geography, Wiley 2011 World Regional Geography Concepts, W.H. Freeman Publishers University service: University of Kentucky 2012 Ad-Hoc Teaching Committee, Geography Department, member 2011 UK Core Courses, Citizenship Evaluation, faculty reviewer UK Geographical Society, faculty mentor UK College Democrats, faculty mentor Undergraduate Committee, Geography Department, member Colloquium Committee, Geography Department, member Student advising: 2011 Matthew Morrison (International Studies) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Geography Department Colloquium Committee, member 2009 Cultures and Communities Program, workshop discussant 2007 New Graduate Student Orientation, discussant 2007 Center for International Education Culture Café, presenter Open House, Geography Department, volunteer 7

8 Community service: Catholic Action Center, Lexington, house of hospitality volunteer Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, Lexington, soup kitchen volunteer 2010 Owsley County Community Project, Kentucky, housing project volunteer Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services, volunteer tutor 2007 Milwaukee s 6th Annual Community Development Summit, volunteer 2002 Alaska Resource Library and Information Services, Anchorage, volunteer Ecologia, Budapest, Hungary, environmental NGO volunteer Green Action, Zagreb, Croatia, environmental NGO volunteer PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association of American Geographers Urban Affairs Association International Network for Learning & Teaching Geography in Higher Education PERSONAL INFORMATION Language skills: English (fluent), Croatian (native), Spanish (elementary) Citizenship: U.S., Croatia 8

9 REFERENCES Dr. Ryan Holifield Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI Phone: Dr. Susan Roberts Professor Department of Geography University of Kentucky 1471 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY Phone: Dr. Michael Samers Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Kentucky 859 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY Phone: