Dr. Jennifer L. Smith Assistant Professor Geography & Regional Planning Indiana University of Pennsylvania Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 413-E 981 Grant Street Phone: (724)-357-5990 Indiana, PA 15701 Email: jsmith@iup.edu EDUCATION West Virginia University Graduate School, Morgantown, WV PhD, Geography August 2015 Dissertation: Uneven Development and Peri-urbanization in South Africa: Exploring Landscape Change in Polokwane, South Africa GPA: 4.0 West Virginia University Graduate School, Morgantown, WV Master of Arts, Geography August 2008 Thesis: Planning Past Steel: Examining Economic Conditions in Brooke and Hancock Counties, West Virginia GPA: 3.9 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Bachelor of Arts, Geography and International Studies Minor: French May 2006, Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.9 Courses at Indiana University of Pennsylvania TEACHING Current Courses Geography 104: World Geography Global Context Geography 255: Geography of Africa Geography 415/515 & Regional Planning 415: Remote Sensing Past Courses Geography 104: World Geography Global Context Regional Planning 103: Global Cities Issues in Planning and Development Geography 334/534: Political Geography (SP17) Geography 415/515 & Regional Planning 415: Remote Sensing 1
Jennifer Smith, CV Previous Courses at West Virginia University Geog. 102 World Regions (F14, S15, Summer 15, S16) Geog. 108 Human Geography (F10, F15) Geog. 210 Urban Geography (F15) Geog. 243 Geography of Africa (S16) Geog.412 Geography of Gender with Writing section (F15) Geog. 425 Urban and Regional Planning (S16) Previous Courses Other Institutions Adjunct Faculty, Bethany College General Science 202: Human and Physical Geography Adjunct Faculty, Waynesburg University Geology 295: SPTP: Intro to GIS Other Teaching Experience January 2012-July 2012 Training Developer and Consultant University of Limpopo, South Africa Responsibilities: Conducted training sessions Consulted various departments Assisted faculty and staff with course work and mapping projects Assisted faculty with facility administration, set up, and future plans May 2011-June 2011 TA, Faculty Led Study Abroad to Malawi Malawian Environment and Development West Virginia University Responsibilities: Coordinated pre-departure efforts Assisted instructor Monitored students Participated in class Led group exercises 2
Publications RESEARCH Peer- Reviewed Publications 2014 J. Smith Deproletarianization in the Peri-Urban Interface: transforming labor relations in Polokwane, South Africa. Human Geography, Volume 7 (3), 2014. 2017 J.Smith The Co-Production of Peri-urban Space The Geographical Review, online, 2017. Book Reviews 2018 J.Smith Julia Verne Lviing Translocality: Space, Culture and Economy in Contemporary Swahili Trade Book Review for The Pennsylvania Geography (accepted for July edition). Other Jamison Conley and Jennifer Smith. 2011. 2nd edition. Digital Earth Lab Manual, Geography 149, Co- Author. GeoEye Foundation Imagery Grant Awarded September 2012 Awards and Grants National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (#1128868) - $11,969 Award Period August 2011 - August 2012 Research Experience June 2017 August 2017 Research Experience for Summer Scholars Advise student researcher Coordinate student project/schedule Review student materials and outputs Revise project goals Implement research design June 2015 June 2016 Food Justice Lab Research Collaborator Compiled and edited GIS data 3
Jennifer Smith, CV Conducting GIS analysis Produced food access maps Mentored undergraduate students December 2011-July 2012 NSF Research DDRI: Rescaling Uneven Development: Examining Peri-urbanization in Limpopo, South Africa Grant #1128868 Compiled quantitative surveys Designed qualitative interviews Conducted qualitative interviews Conducted focus groups Organized research team Compiled data Trained research team Managed grant funding June-July 2011 NSF Research Grant: Climate forecasting and adaptation backcasting Trained small research team Oversaw research team Administered quantitative surveys Compiled data Managed enumerator salaries and receipts for grant funding Presentations 2018 Conceptualizing Coproduction, presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 14. 2018 South Africa s Fragile Democracy, guest lecture for the Great Decisions Foreign Policy Series. March 26 2017 Policy and Peri-urbanization in the Production of Post-Apartheid Space presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, April 9. 2016 Continual Poverty and Uneven Development in Post-Apartheid Spaces presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, April 1. 2015 Gendered Dimensions of Livelihoods in Peri-Urban, South Africa. Paper presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, April 21. 4
2014 Using ArcGIS Online in the K12 Classroom, Presentation to teachers as part of the Solid Waste, Sustainability, and STEM Workshop, conducted in conjunction with the Marion County Solid Waste Authority and NASA IV and V Facility. July 30. 2014 Strategies for Survival: the dynamic role of women in the peri-urban interface. Paper presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, April 10. 2014 Peri-urban landscapes and uneven development: Post apartheid landscape change in Polokwane, South Africa. Paper presentation at the Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, University of Kentucky, February 28. 2013 Applying Remote Sensing to Geography, Guest Lecture, Geography 150, Digital Earth, November 3. 2013 Using ArcGIS Online for Mapping Applications, Guest Lecture, Geography 450, Digital Cartography, October 28. 2013 The Space Between: Peri-urbanization in Polokwane, South Africa. Paper Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, April 10. 2012 Understanding and Using ESRI s ArcGIS in Agricultural Studies, three day seminar at the University of Limpopo, South Africa for faculty and staff. April. 2012 Incorporating GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Agricultural Studies, guest lecture in Senior Level Soil Science Seminar, University of Limpopo, South Africa. 2011 Peri-urban Landscape Change in Limpopo, South Africa, Poster Presentation, Faculty Senate Student Research Showcase, December 15 2011 African Urban Geography. Guest Lecture, Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, March 2011 The apartheid city and peri-urbanization, Guest Lecture, Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, March 2008 Negotiated Class Struggle in Brooke and Hancock Counties, West Virginia, Mini conference sponsored by the Critical and Socialist Geography Specialty Group, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. October. 2008 Economic Inequality: Basic Human Needs, Economic Structures, and Globalization. Series of Guest Lectures in Economic Geography, September, October. 5
Jennifer Smith, CV 2005 Parsee Colonial Cemetery in Macau, China. Poster Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, April 9. Association of American Geographers American Geographical Society American Planning Association Gamma Theta Upsilon Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi West Virginia Association of Geospatial Professionals Professional Affiliations Service Spring 2018 Present Spring 2018 Present Fall 2017 Present Graduate Coordinator, Geography Master of Science Program, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Graduate Enrollment Communication Committee Pan-African Studies Faculty Committee Department of Geography and Regional Planning Curriculum Committee Co-Faculty Advisor of IUP Women in STEM Student Organization Faculty Advisor of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) Geography Honors Society, Student Organization Thesis Committee Member; currently serving on four committees Fall 2016 Fall 2017 APSCUF Department Representative (Representative Council) attend Representative Council meetings and report to department. Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Access as well as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote Trained in ESRI ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcScene Competent in ERDAS Imagine 10.1 and ENVI software package 6