CV - Central Washington University

Stefanie Wickstrom, Ph.D.
[email protected]
INTERESTS
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Environmental politics and movements, political ecology, identity politics, Latin American
politics
Collaborative course development, teaching, and research
Online education
Program coordination
EDUCATION
University of Oregon
 Ph.D., Political Science, 2001
Dissertation: “The political ecology of development and indigenous resistance in Panama and the
United States: a comparative study of the Ngöbe, Kuna, Zuni and Skokomish societies,” Committee:
Jane I. Dawson, Philip D. Young, Ronald Mitchell
 M.A., Political Science, 1999
University of Arizona
 M.A., Latin American Studies, 1992
Advisors: Raúl Saba and Miguel Méndez (areas of emphasis: Chican@ literature, literature of the
Mexican Revolution, history, and political science)
Central Washington University
 B.A., Political Science, 1988, summa cum laude
LANGUAGES
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Spanish: Speaking, comprehension, reading and writing abilities excellent
Portuguese: Basic reading and comprehension abilities
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Senior Lecturer
Central Washington University, 2010 to present
 Department of Political Science
- POSC 398 – Environmental Politics, online (Canvas), spring quarter 2016
- POSC 470 – Global Environmental Politics, online (Canvas), summer quarter 2015
- POSC 460 – Comparative Environmental Politics, online (Blackboard), spring quarter 2013
and winter 2014
- POSC 470 - Environmental Politics in Latin America, online (Blackboard), summer quarter
2012
- POSC 411 - American Indian Politics and Sovereignty, spring quarter 2012
 Bachelor of Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies – Social Sciences
- IDS 398 – Dimensions of Environmental Conflict, online (Canvas), winter quarters 2014,
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2015, 2016
American Indian Studies
- AIS 103 – Emergence of Contemporary American Indians, spring quarter 2016 (team-taught)
Lecturer
Central Washington University, 2007-09
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Political Science
Green Mountain College, 2005-07
Environmental Studies Department and Environmental Liberal Arts general education program
 ENV 3000—International Environmental Policy (fall 2005)
 ENV 2015—Environmental Advocacy, Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility (spring
2006)
 ENV 3000—Special Topics in Comparative Environmental Politics: Water Wars (spring
2006)
 ELA 1029—Native American Perspectives (fall 2006)
 WST/SOC 2005—Introduction to Women’s Studies (spring 2007)
 ENV 3037—International Environmental Politics and Policy (spring 2007)
 ENV/ELA 2022—The Political Environment (spring 2007)
Lecturer
Central Washington University, 2000-05
 Departments of Political Science and Foreign Languages, Latin American Studies program,
Women’s Studies program, and American Indian Studies program including:
- Latin American politics
- International politics: Latin America
- Comparative environmental politics
- American Indian politics
- Politics of developing nations
- Introduction to Latin American Studies
- Introduction to Women’s Studies
- Spanish courses
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Political Science Department
University of Oregon, September 1995 to August 1998; September 1999 to June 2000
Adjunct Faculty, Spanish
Pima Community College, Downtown and West Campuses, 1993-95
Instructor
Pima Community College Corporate and Community Education, 1990-94
Graduate Assistant in Teaching, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Arizona, 1990-92
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OTHER ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Project coordinator
Coordinated “Mexico 1810-1910-2010” speakers series for Central Washington University’s Center
for Latino and Latin American Studies and the Secretariat of Culture of the State of Michoacán
(Mexico), 2010
Literary translator
Raúl Mejía’s Sueños Húmedos: Crónicas de la Migración (Wetback Dreams: Chronicles of the
Migration) Spanish to English for the Center for Documentation and Investigation in the Arts at the
Secretariat of Culture of the State of Michoacán (Mexico), 2008
Faculty Coordinator of the North American Mobility in Higher Education program
Central Washington University, 2002-03
Coordinator, Chilean Administrators Program
University of Oregon, 1998-99
PUBLICATIONS
EDITED VOLUME
2014. Mestizaje and Globalization: Transformations of Identity and Power in the Americas. (14
chapter edited volume with Philip D. Young). University of Arizona Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2011. “The Border: Los Magonistas, prensa revolucionaria en los Estados Unidos y la trayectoria
oculta de una revista de la frontera.” In Identidades Transfronterizas, Migración y Cultura
Chicana, edited by Roberto Sánchez Benítez, Carlos Vélez-Ibañez, Salvador Jara Guerrero,
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt). México: Plaza y Valdés Editores.
2011. “Cooperación académica entre la cultura mexicana y la estadounidense.” In Migrantes somos y
en el camino andamos: Ensayos sobre identidad, migración y cultura transfronteriza, edited
by Ivonne Solano Chávez and la Secretaría de Cultura de Michoacán (SECUM). México:
Ediciones y Gráficos Eón, S.A. de C.V.
2008. “Cultural Politics and the Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water?” In Environmental Justice
in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice, edited by David V. Carruthers, MIT
Press.
2004. “Indigenous Rights, Water, and Development in Washington State: The Skokomish and the
Yakamas” (co-authored with Rex S. Wirth and Emily Washines). In Derechos Humanos y
Pueblos Indígenas: Tendencias Internacionales y el Contexto Chileno, edited by José Aylwin
O., 260-275. Temuco Chile: Instituto de Estudios Indígenas and Universidad de la Frontera.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
2005. “The Politics of Forbidden Liaisons: Civilization, Miscegenation, and Other Perversions.”
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 26:3.
2003. “The Politics of Development in Indigenous Panama.” Latin American Perspectives 131:4.
2002. “Competing Views: Indian Nations and Sovereignty in the Intergovernmental System of the
United States” (co-authored with Rex S. Wirth). American Indian Quarterly 26:4.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2010. “Dairy Products.” In Green Consumerism: An A-to-Z Guide, SAGE e-Reference Series, edited
by Paul Robbins, Juliana R. Mansvelt, and J. Geoffrey Golson.
2010. “Mexico City, Mexico.” In Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide, SAGE Reference Series on Green
Society: Toward a Sustainable Future, edited by Paul Robbins, Nevin Cohen, and J. Geoffrey
Golson.
WORKING PROJECTS
Book manuscript: The Power of Grass: Re-Imagining Conquest on the Columbia Plateau
“Bolivia” for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Energy and Environment, edited by Dustin Mulvaney and J.
Geoffrey Golson. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
“Sovereignty and indigenous resistance in the modern world: The case of Athabascan oil sands” for
Del estado capitalista neoliberal en decadencia hacia un socialismo democrático posible:
Problemáticas sociales en transición, edited by Carlos E. Massé Narváez.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Advisory Board member
Indigenous Policy Journal, February 2009 to present
Judge/Session Chair, Symposium on University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
Central Washington University, 2013 to present
Faculty affiliate, Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, College of the Arts and
Humanities
Central Washington University, 2000-05 & 2007 to present
Board of Directors, Treasurer
Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN), 2008 to present
Institutional Liaison
Represented the Secretariat of Culture of the State of Michoacán (Mexico) in development of
relations with Latino community organizations in central Washington, Central Washington
University and its Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, October 2008 to October 2010
Committee for American Indian Studies, College of the Sciences
Central Washington University, 2003-05 & 2007-08
Representative to the Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce
Green Mountain College, spring semester 2006-07
Symposium co-convener
53rd and 52nd International Congresses of Americanists
 “Reconstructing Mestizaje: Political Identities and Responses to Crises of Globalization / La
reconstrucción del mestizaje: Las identidades políticas y respuestas a las crisis de la
globalización,” with Gilberto García, José Reátegui, and Rex Wirth for Mexico City, 2009
 “Protecting and Developing Indigenous Rights to Resources in the Americas / La protección y el
desarrollo de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas a los recursos de las Américas,” with José
Aylwin, Henrietta Mann, and Rex Wirth for Seville, 2006
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Executive Board member
Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, October 2001 to October 2003
Committee for Opportunities in Environmental Research and Education, College of the
Sciences
Central Washington University, 2003-04
Delegate to Lane County Labor Council
Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Local #3544, OFTEHP, AFT, AFL-CIO
University of Oregon, 1997-98
Director, Graduate Students' Association
Associated Students of the University of Arizona
University of Arizona, 1991-92
Co-founder with Carlos Rodriguez and Javier Duran
Graduate Student Council
University of Arizona, 1991
Member, Latin American Studies Association
REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTATIONS
“The Power of Grass” Annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Bend,
Oregon, October 9-11, 2014.
“Women’s Roles and Responses to Globalization in Ngäbe Communities” chapter in Mestizaje and
Globalization by co-editor Phil Young presented in his honor at the Society for Applied
Anthropology, Double Session in Memory of Professor Emeritus Philip D. Young,
Anthropologist and Mentor across Cultures, Albuquerque, NM, March 2014.
“Using Wikis for Multimedia Student Research Projects” CWU Faculty Development Day, October
16, 2013
“Using Blackboard Wikis to Guide Student Research” CWU Multimodal Learning Communities
Explorers meeting, May 10, 2013
“Conflict and Development in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS),
Bolivia” Center for Latino and Latin American Studies faculty presentation series, April 18,
2013
“Just Say ‘No’: Sovereignty for Indigenous Nations As Antidote to Capitalist Development?”
Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indigenous SelfDetermination and Autonomy in Latin America and Canada: Emerging Pathways Toward
Decolonization forum, May 2012.
“Borders: Nature, Culture, and the Construction of Power” National Association for Chicana and
Chicano Studies 2009 Pacific Northwest Foco Regional Conference, October 2009.
“New Roles for Women: Indigenous Communities Respond to Globalization” Reconstructing Mestizaje:
Political Identities and Responses to Crises of Globalization Symposium of the 53rd International
Congress of Americanists, Mexico City, Mexico, July 2009.
“Relaciones de cooperación académica entre las culturas mexicana y estadounidense” Primeras
Jornadas Internacionales sobre Migración y Cultura Chicana, Michoacán, Mexico, March
2009.
"Protecting and Developing Indigenous Rights to Resources in the Americas" 36th Annual Meeting of
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the New England Council of Latin American Studies, Middlebury, Vermont, October 2006.
“Water Wars” Protecting and Developing Indigenous Rights to Resources in the Americas
Symposium of the 52nd International Congress of Americanists, Seville, Spain, July 2006.
“The Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water?” Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association
(Environmental Justice In Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice panel), San Juan,
Puerto Rico, March 2006.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
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Central Washington University, Senior Lecturer Faculty Development Funds Awards, 2015 &
2014
Green Mountain College, Undergraduate Research Assistant Awards, 2005-07
Green Mountain College, Supplemental Faculty Development Fund Award, 2006
Central Washington University, Graduate Studies and Research Travel Awards, 2005, 2002 &
2001
Central Washington University, College of Arts and Humanities Travel Award, 2000
University of Oregon, Graduate Student Research Award, April, 2000
Inter-American Foundation Pre-Dissertation Field Research Fellowship, 1998
Graduate Student Research Support Grant, Center for the Study of Women in Society, "Women's
Issues in Modern Mexico: An Autobiographical Portrayal," May 1996
Pima Community College Interdisciplinary Education Initiative Grant, "Need-Specific Spanish
Instruction at the Borderlands Community College," spring 1995
University of Arizona Graduate Tuition and Academic Scholarships, 1990-91
Outstanding Student of Central Washington University award, 1988
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