Colin Jerolmack New York University 212-998-7788 295 Lafayette St., 4th Floor jerolmack@nyu.edu New York, NY 10012 Employment NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2009- Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies Education Ph.D., Sociology. 2009. City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center. M.A., Sociology. 2005. CUNY, Queens College. B.S., Psychology. 2000. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Areas of Research and Teaching Community and Urban Sociology; Environmental Sociology; Human-animal Relations; Culture; Health; Ethnography. Publications Books Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. The Global Pigeon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (“Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries” Series). Peer-Reviewed Articles Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. "Who's Worried About Turkeys? How 'Organisational Silos' Impede Zoonotic Disease Surveillance." Sociology of Health and Illness. Angelo, Hillary, and Colin Jerolmack. 2012. “Nature’s Looking-glass.” Contexts 11(1): 24-29. Jerolmack, Colin. 2009. “Humans, Animals, and Play: Theorizing Interaction When Intersubjectivity is Problematic.” Sociological Theory 27(4): 371-389. Jerolmack, Colin. 2009. “Primary Groups and Cosmopolitan Ties: The Rooftop Pigeon Flyers of New York." Ethnography 10(4): 435-457. Jerolmack, Colin. 2008. "How Pigeons Became Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals." Social Problems 55(1): 72-94. Jerolmack, Colin. 2007. "Animal Practices, Ethnicity and Community: The Turkish Pigeon Handlers of Berlin." American Sociological Review 72(6): 874-894. Jerolmack, Colin. 2007. “Animal Archeology: Domestic Pigeons and the Nature-Culture Dialectic.” Qualitative Sociology Review 3(1): 74-95. Jerolmack, Colin, and Douglas Porpora. 2004. “Religion, Rationality, and Experience: A Response to the New Rational Choice Theory of Religion.” Sociological Theory 22(1): 190-211. Jerolmack, Colin. 2003. “Tracing the Profile of Animal Rights Supporters.” Society and Animals 11(3): 245-263. Book Chapters and Non-refereed Articles Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. “Environmental Sociology.” In New York University’s Introduction to Sociology Textbook. New York: Pearson. Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. “Writing in Practice: Writing for Peer Reviewed Journals.” In Writing Like a Sociologist: A Practical Guide for Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. “Thoughts on Sociology and Ethnography (an interview).” Social Thought and Research 31. Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. “How Should Sociologists Think About Nature?” The Sociological Quarterly. Edited Issues/Volumes Jerolmack, Colin. Forthcoming. Nature and Culture. Guest Editor for Special Issue of The Sociological Quarterly. Review Essays and Book Reviews Jerolmack, Colin. 2009. “Meaning and Morality in Everyday Life: Beyond ‘The Social Construction of…’” Sociological Forum 24(3): 714-721. Jerolmack, Colin. 2008. “Urban Renewal.” In The Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Jerolmack, Colin. 2008. Book Review of “Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place” by Gabriella Modan. British Journal of Sociology 59(4): 814-816. Jerolmack, Colin. 2005. “Our Animals, Ourselves? Chipping Away the Human-Animal Divide.” Sociological Forum 20(4): 651-660. Jerolmack, Colin. 2004. Book Review of “Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture” by Christian Smith. Contemporary Sociology 33(6): 677-678. Fellowships and Grants 2008-2009: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, Harvard University 2007-2008. Sponsored Dissertation Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center. 2006-2007. Dissertation Writing Fellowship, CUNY-GC. 2005. Doctoral Research Grant, CUNY- GC. 2005. Dissertation Writing Fellowship, CUNY- GC (declined). 2005. Humboldt University (Berlin) Urban Studies Program (tuition, lodging, travel). 2004-2005. University Fellowship- tuition stipend (CUNY- GC). 2003-2004. Graduate Assistant (B) Research Fellowship and tuition stipend (CUNY- GC). 2002-2003. Altman and University Fellowships covering tuition and living expenses (CUNY- GC). Awards 2008. Animals and Society of the ASA, Distinguished Publication Award; for “Animal Practices, Ethnicity and Community.” 2007. Theory Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2nd Place in Graduate Student Paper Competition; for "How Pigeons Became Rats." 2005. Distinction. Comprehensive Oral Exams. 2003. Distinction. First Exam. 2000. Summa Cum Laude; perfect GPA (Drexel University). Prior Teaching Positions 2007 (summer). Co-teacher, Dept. of Sociology, UCLA. Course taught in collaboration with Jack Katz: "LA at Play," an ethnographic research and training program supported by the National Science Foundation. 2006 (fall): Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Drexel University, Philadelphia. Course taught: “Urban Ethnography Seminar.” 2003-2005: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Hunter College, New York. Courses taught: “Class, Status, and Power” (twice) and “Classical Sociological Theory” (twice); also an honors senior thesis adviser and a supervisor of undergraduate independent studies. Paper Presentations (Conferences and Invited Seminars, last 2 years only) 2010. “Action Speaks Louder Than Words.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston MA . 2010. “The Socio-Ecological World of New York’s Rooftop Pigeon Flyers.” University of Pennsylvania, Ethnography Speaker Series; New York University, Coles Science Salon Series; UCLA, Department of Sociology. 2009. "Ethnography and the Study of Culture in Action." University of Kansas, Department of Sociology. 2009. "The Ecological and Social World of New York's Rooftop Pigeon Flyers." University of Connecticut (Storrs), University of Kansas, and The University of Massachusetts (Amherst), Department of Sociology. 2009. "Primary Groups and Cosmopolitan Ties: The Rooftop Pigeon Flyers of New York." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco CA. 2009. "The Monster at Our Door: Evaluating the Communication of Risk of Species-jumping Infectious Diseases." Harvard University, School of Public Health. 2008. “The Morality of Aesthetics among Brooklyn's Rooftop Pigeon Flyers.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston MA. 2008. “A Place at the ‘Pet Shop:’ Status and Sociability among Brooklyn Rooftop Pigeon Flyers.” Yale University’s “Urban Ethnography: Its Tradition and Its Future.” 2008. “Peer Group Societies and Cultural Transmission: The Rooftop Pigeon Flyers of Brooklyn.” Columbia University’s “Urban Kaleidoscope: New Directions in Honor of Herbert Gans.” Research Positions and Related Employment Experience Jan.- June 2005: Field Researcher, CUNY-GC. Performed participant observation and informal interviews on the #7 subway in New York as part of a research team, headed by William Kornblum, that examined how the subway socializes migrant groups to conceive of “the public.” Jan.- May 2004: Editor of David Goode’s book (2006) Playing with My Dog, Katie: An Ethnomethodological Study of Canine-Human Interaction, Purdue University Press. 2002-2003: Research Assistant to Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemispheric Research, CUNY-GC. Wrote grant proposals and literature reviews for the Center’s ongoing “Brazil Project” and “Cuba Project” (a series of reports and colloquiums). 1998-2000: Research Assistant to Douglas Porpora, Department of Sociology, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA. Provided literature reviews for Porpora’s research on religion. Professional Activities Referee, American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Ethnography; Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Nature+Culture; Social Behavior and Personality; Social Problems; Social Psychology Quarterly; Sociological Quarterly; Sociological Theory; Sociology Compass; and Sociology of Religion. Committee Member, Suzanne Langer Prize for Best Student Paper--ASA Culture section Elected Council Member, ASA Animals and Society section; 2007-present. Mentor, CUNY-GC student mentorship program; 2003-2008. Elected Member, CUNY-GC Theory Committee; 2003-2005. Invited Speaker, CUNY-GC graduate professional development workshops: Presenting and publishing; Applying for external funding; Pedagogy; Writing an IRB proposal; Passing the general and first exams; Writing the dissertation proposal. Member, American Sociological Association; Eastern Sociological Society; International Society for Anthrozoology; Society for the Study of Social Problems. Panel Organizer, "Ethnography, Culture, and Interaction." Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston 2010. Panel Organizer, “Fresh From the Field: The Experience of First Time Ethnographers in New York.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, 2005 |