SPECIALIZATIONS
US-Mexico Borderlands, Latin America, cartography, gender, field techniques, political economy, rural livelihoods, human environment, qualitative and quantitative methods, fluent in Spanish
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geography - May 2009 (expected)
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- The Rio Sonora Valley: Changing forms of Livelihoods in the Mexican Borderlands
M.A., Latin American Studies - May 2005
Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
- Small Border Towns and Transboundary Circuits: A Landscape Study of Palomas, Mexico, Columbus and Deming, New Mexico
- Fieldwork May-August 2004
B.A., International Affairs, Magna Cum Laude - May 2001
University of Mary Washington
- COAR (Community Outreach and Research) ESL Council Member
HIGHER EDUCATION and RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fieldwork Dissertation Research - Ongoing
Banámichi, Sonora, Mexico
- Extensive onsite socioeconomic study using interviews, surveying, cartographic analysis, and descriptive statistics to investigate and analyze livelihood strategies in rural Mexico towns
- Funded by Arizona State University $18,000
Teaching Associate - 2007-08 and 05-06
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University
- Population Geography, Geography of Middle America and the Caribbean, World Crises, Geography of Latin America, Physical Geography
Research Associate - Summer 2007 and 2006-2007
Sky Islands Summer Field Institute, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University
- Fieldwork and archival research, compiled bibliography Nature and Culture in the Sky Islands Borderlands North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS), Arizona State University
- Research project and working paper: Confronting Damaged Identities in Mediated Migration Narratives: Geography’s Role in the Creation of a Public Screen, and Coordinating team member for NACTS Launch
Colloquium Coordinator - 2006-2007
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University
- Organized and hosted guest lecturers for department speaker series
Lecturer of Spanish - 2003-2004
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The George Washington University
PUBLICATIONS
- Finn, J., A. Fernandez, L.M. Sutton, D.D. Arreola, C.D. Allen, C Smith. (Revising). Puerto Peñasco, Fishing Village to Tourist Mecca. Geographical Review.
- Arreola, D.D., W. E. Doolittle, L.M. Sutton, A. Fernandez, J. Finn, C. Smith, and C.D. Allen. (2009). Huépac Revisited: Cultural Remapping of a Sonoran Townscape. Journal of the Southwest 51(2): forthcoming.
- Sutton, L.M., H. Colson, G. Judkins, and C.D. Allen, eds. (2007). Introductory Physical Geography Laboratory Manual, 5th edition. Hayden McNeil: Michigan. 180 pages.
SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS
- $ 500, Cultural Geography Fieldwork Scholarship, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG), 2008
- $ 18,000, Graduate College Dissertation Fellowship, ASU, 2008-09
- $ 9,000, University Graduate Scholar, ASU, 2005-08
- $ 2,000, Melvin G. Marcus Scholarship for Fieldwork, ASU, 2007
- $ 200 School of Geographical Sciences Travel Grant, 2006-07
- $ 300 Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Award, 2006
- $ 300 Department of Graduate Studies Travel Award, 2006
- $ 200, Columbia Women’s Scholarship, The George Washington University, 2004
- $ 1,000, Campbell Research Grant, The George Washington University, 2004
PRESENTATIONS
- Sutton, L.M. (Apr 2008). Fieldwork in the Rio Sonora Valley. Presentation to Geography Masters students at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
- Sutton, L.M. (Oct 2007). Cultural-Symbolic Transnational Ties from Phoenix to Mexico: A Shuttle Ride Away. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Long Beach, CA (paper).
- Sutton, L.M. (Mar 2007). The Border Experience: A Narrative Cartography. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA (poster).
- Sutton, L.M. (Apr 2006). A Landscape of Uncertainty: South-to-North Flows at the Chihuahua-New Mexico Border. Association for Borderland Studies, Phoenix, AZ and Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL (paper).
- Sutton, L.M. (Mar 2005). Small Border Towns and Transboundary Circuits: A Landscape Study of Palomas, Mexico, Columbus and Deming, New Mexico. Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO (paper).
PUBLIC OUTREACH
- Volunteer for Heifer International, 2008.
- Volunteer Coordinator for Outreach Fitness Instructor Program, The Belmont Athletic Club, Long Beach, CA, 2008.
- Volunteer Beach Cleanup, Long Beach, CA, 2008.
- Supporting Women in Geography, Web Coordinator, Arizona State University, 2005-08.
- Volunteer Map Library Assistant, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, summer 2006.
- Volunteer Fitness Instructor, Haven House (YWCA Women’s Shelter), Phoenix, AZ, 2005-06.
- Volunteer Yoga Instructor, St. Mary’s Court (Assisted Living Home), Washington, DC, 2004.
|
|