Curriculum Vitae, PhD Contact Information Mailing Address: Telephone: Email: Website: The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture & the Environmental Science Institute 1 University Station B7500 Austin, TX 78712-0222 206.293.3227 (cell) 512.471.7878 (office) sarah.dooling@utexas.edu http://sarahedooling.com Education 2008 University of Washington, Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Urban Design and Planning) Dissertation title: The Production of Bare Life and Spaces of Possibilities to Alleviate Homelessness in Seattle, Washington 2002 University of Maine, M.S.W. (Social Work) 1993 University of Maine, B.S. (Wildlife Management) Current Position 2008-present Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin. Jointly appointed in the School of Architecture and the Environmental Science Institute (cluster hire). Teaching areas: urban ecology, urban ecological infrastructure, ecology for design allied fields, sustainable cities, aesthetics and ecology, research design. Research areas: urban ecology, urban vulnerabilities, ecological gentrification, urban homelessness. Previous Experience 2006-2008 Doctoral student researcher, University of Washington, Interdisciplinary PhD Urban Design and Planning program. 2003-2005 Instructor, University of Washington. Developed and taught eight undergraduate courses in Community and Environmental Planning, the Program on the Environment, and International Programs. 2001-2002 Masters of Social Work Intern, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Hancock County, Maine. Focused on Community Development and Land Use Planning. Coordinated community groups to develop strategies for use and purchase of land trust parcels. Worked with Field Mentor to provide organizational development consultation to local non-profit agencies. 1
2001 Education Assistant, Summer Youth Nutrition Program, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Penobscot County, Maine. Designed, taught, and evaluated summer youth nutrition program course. 2000-2001 Masters of Social Work Practicum, Transition into Parenthood Program, Penquis Community Action Program Agency (CAP). Worked with pregnant and parenting adolescents as case manager and co-instructor of parenting classes. 2000-2001 Researcher, People for the Underutilized Systems of Health (PUSH), Infant Mental Health Research Project. Conducted focus groups with parenting adolescents regarding their need for information on infant mental health. Responsible for research design, data collection and analysis, and report presentation. 1990-2000 Wildlife Technician & Researcher. Worked as technician and field-based researcher for federal, state, and non-profit research agencies studying endangered species, non-game and game species (birds, macroinvertebrates, and marine mammals). Research areas included population dynamics, reproductive success, abundance, spatial distribution and site fidelity. Fellowships, Awards and Achievements 2012 Hamilton Award, Best Research Paper, The University of Texas Co-op. Muller, E. and Dooling, S. (2011). Sustainability and vulnerability: Integrating equity into plans for central city redevelopment. Journal of Urbanism 4(3): 201-222. 2009 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, $10,000. 2007 Outstanding PhD Student Leadership Award, University of Washington, Department of Urban Design and Planning. 2006 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Student Travel Scholarship to ACSP Conference, Fort Worth, TX. $700. 2005 Rachel Woods Grant, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington. $2,000. 2002-2005 National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education & Research Training (IGERT) Fellow in Urban Ecology, University of Washington. $93,000 (annual stipend $31,000 for 3 years). Peer-Reviewed Articles Simon, G. and Dooling, S. (2013). Flame and fortune in California: The material and political dimensions of vulnerability. Global and Environmental Change 23: 1410-1423. Mueller, E., and Dooling, S. (2011). Sustainability and vulnerability: Integrating equity into plans for central city redevelopment. Journal of Urbanism 4(3): 201-222. *Paper received 2012 Hamilton Award from the University of Texas Co-op for Best Research Paper. Citations: 5 articles 2
Dooling, S. (2009). Ecological gentrification: A research agenda exploring justice in the city. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 33(3):621-639. Part of a special issue in IJURR resulting from the 2006 Justice, Nature and the City. Part of organized session at the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference in London, UK. Citations: 28 articles Dooling, S. (2008). Ecological gentrification: Re-negotiating justice in the city. Critical Planning 5:40-58. *Paper nominated by the Editorial Board for the Ed Soja Prize. Citations: 3 articles Dooling, S., Graybill, J., Greve, A. (2007). Response to Young and Wolf: Goal attainment in urban ecology research. Urban Ecosystems 10 (3): 339-347. Citations: 3 articles Dooling, S., Simon, G, Yocom, K. (2006). Place-based urban ecology: A century of park planning in Seattle. Urban Ecosystems 9(4):299-321. Citations: 14 articles Graybill, J.K., Dooling, S., Shandas, V., Withey, J., Greve, A., Simon, G. (2006). A rough guide to interdisciplinarity: Graduate student perspectives. BioScience 56(9):757-763. Citations: 70 articles Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters Dooling, S. (2012). Sustainability planning, ecological gentrification and the production of urban vulnerabilities. Pgs. 101-119. In Cities, Nature and Development: The politics and production of urban vulnerabilities, Sarah Dooling and Gregory Simon (eds.). Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing House. 214 pgs. Dooling, S. (2012). Urban ecological accounting: A new calculus for planning urban parks in the era of sustainability. Pgs. 179-201. In The future of sustainable cities, John Flint and Mike Raco, (eds.). Bristol, UK: Policy Press. 261 pgs. Books Dooling, S., and Simon, G. (eds.) (2012). Cities, Nature and Development: The politics and production of urban vulnerabilities. Surrey, UK: Ashgate Publishing House. 214 pgs. This is an edited volume of original scholarship. Reports and White Papers Dooling, S. and Mueller, E. (2011). What about social equity: The challenge to urban sustainability planning. National Science Foundation: SBE 2020: Rebuilding the Mosaic: Fostering Research in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation in the Next Decade. 3
Under Review Dooling, S. Novel landscapes: Challenges and opportunities for educating future ecological designers and practitioners. Ecological Restoration. (122713-083). Alawadi, K. and Dooling, S. Challenges and opportunities for participatory planning approaches within Dubai s urban context. Environment and Planning A. (EPA-2014-0199) Grants Received 2013 University of Texas Green Fee Grant Award, The University of Texas Green Fee Award, for research assistants and equipment for the 2014 Urban Ecological Infrastructure course, $21,600. 2013 National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant, Principal Investigator, $16,190. 2013 Potter-Rose Fellowship Funds, One month summer salary to support research that bridges design and planning issues. Allocated by Dean F. Steiner, School of Architecture, $5,500. 2010 Women Faculty Development Grant, The University of Texas Center for Women and Gender Studies, $2,000. 2009 Meadows Foundation Curriculum Grant, $17,000. 2009 Principal Investigator, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, $10,000. 2008 Co-Investigator (with Dr. Elizabeth Mueller), Mike Hogg Urban Scholars Grant, Hogg Foundation, $7,000. Invited Presentations 2014 Invited speaker. Allying Universities and Communities for Environmental Justice: Symposium and Roundtable Discussion. Sponsored by the Environmental Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin. 2013 Invited panelist. The past, present and future of sustainable development and practice in Austin. The Green Society (student group), Lyndon Johnson School of Public Policy, The University of Texas at Austin. 2013 Invited workshop member. Incorporating ecosystem services to improve urban planning and policy workshop: Ecosystem services as a new foundation for stormwater planning. The University of North Carolina. Sponsored by a grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative on Ecosystem Services. 2013 Invited panelist. Envision Central Texas Symposium: Panel on Water and Equity Issues in Texas. Austin, Texas. 4
2008 Invited to organize panel on Homelessness: Challenges and Opportunities as part of the Community and Regional Planning Program City Forum speaker series. 2007 Seattle/King County s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Invited presentation to the Provincial Housing Minister of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 2006 Home among homeless: An ethnographic interrogation. Colloquium in the Program on the Built Environment, University of Washington. 2005 Urban ecology: Relationships in the urban environment. Seattle Architecture Foundation, Seattle, WA. 2004 Interdisciplinary education and research in urban ecology: Reflections and results. Presented to the Planning Department at the University of Catania, Catania, Italy, as an Official Guest of the Planning Department. 2004 The history of park planning in Seattle: 1884-2000: An emerging phenomenon. University of As (Oslo, Norway) as part of the IGERT Urban Ecology International Exchange on Urban Ecological Research. Conference Sessions Organized 2011 Panel Organizer, Interdisciplinary Education in Planning. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Administrator s Conference, Austin, TX. 2011 Panel Organizer, Presenter & Discussant. The Production of Urban Vulnerabilities. American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. 2007 Organized session on Ecological planning theory. Urban ecology and ecological gentrification: Complexity and Consequences in Human-Dominated Systems. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI. (peer-reviewed abstract) Conference Presentations 2013 Novel landscapes and design education: Challenges and opportunities. Society for Ecological Restoration, Texas Chapter. Junction, Texas. 2013 Novel landscapes and design education: Challenges and opportunities. ATMOS: Ecology and Design Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (peer-reviewed abstract). 2012 Urban ecology dynamics in Austin: Floodplain regulation and housing affordability. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2012 Urban ecological planning in Austin, TX: Integrating flood regulation and housing affordability. American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, NYC. 5
2009 Integrating the social and ecological dimensions of changing urban form. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Crystal City, Virginia. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2009 Integrating the social and ecological implications of changing urban form. Copresented with Dr. Elizabeth Mueller. Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2008 Ecological gentrification: Re-negotiating justice in the city. Spatial Justice: International Conference, University of Paris X-Nanterre, France. Session on Environmental Justice. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2007 Re-imagining ecological planning and notions of home: Homeless and green spaces. Interdisciplinary Conference: Imagination: Public or Private? University of Washington, Seattle. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2007 Ethnographies of urban homeless: Bare life in green spaces. American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. 2006 Closing the policy gap: An ethnographic interrogation of daily life among homeless in Seattle, WA. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2006 Ethnographies of urban homelessness: Bare life in green spaces. Place Matters: Seeking Equity in a Diverse Society. The Diversity Institute, University of Washington. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2006 Ethnographies of urban homelessness: Bare life in green spaces. Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2006 Home among homeless: An ethnographic interrogation. Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, BC. (peer-reviewed abstract) 2005 Eating in the city: Subsistence practices among homeless in Seattle, WA. American Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Denver, CO. 2004 Finding my epistemology in the Mediterranean: Ecology of the project and urban subsistence patterns in parks. Presented at the conference Il Mediterraneo e L Europa tra passato e futuro in Catania, Italy. 2004 Presentation to Bainbridge Island City Council. Critical Areas Non-regulatory Citizen Working Group: Recommendations. Bainbridge Island, WA. 6
Teaching Experience The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture 2008 current Introduction to Urban Ecology. Interdisciplinary lecture and seminar course introducing students to foundational concepts in urban ecology (3 credits). 2012 current Research Design. Lecture and workshop class reviewing research design methods and development of thesis proposal (3 credits). 2013 current Urban Ecological Infrastructure. Lectures, student presentations, field work, and workshop sessions for student research groups as an introduction to green infrastructure, eco-system services and benefits, and landscape performance (3 credits). 2014 Topics in Sustainable Development. Lectures, student presentations, field work, and workshop sessions for student research groups focused on urban forests, urban ecology and novel systems (3 credits). 2013 Advanced Design Studio. A co-instructed studio class for upper level undergraduates in architecture and interior design with focus on policy, regulatory, psychoanalytic and design strategies for housing homeless families (15 credits). 2011 2013 Basic Ecology for Designers and Planners. Lecture course introducing planning and design students to foundational concepts in community ecology, biogeochemical cycles, urban hydrology, ecosystem science, and novel ecology (3 credits). 2009 2011 Sustainable Cities Seminar. Interdisciplinary seminar for faculty and students focusing on perspectives of sustainability, zero carbon communities, and alternative energy strategies (3 credits). 2011 2012 Aesthetics and Ecology Seminar. Seminar course exploring relationship between aesthetics and ecological function that draws from landscape ecology, landscape architecture, restoration ecology, and aesthetics theory (3 credits). 2009 Ecosystem Services and Equity. Lecture course integrating concepts related to ecosystem services, landscape ecology, political ecology, and urban planning (3 credits). The University of Washington Fall 2007 Summer 2007 Summer 2007 Introduction to Sustainability in the Built Environment. Ritsumeikan University student exchange program. Sponsored by the Office of International Programs (5 credits). Humans and the Environment: Sustainability in the Pacific Northwest. Keio University Summer Course, Sponsored by International Programs. Summer intensive six-week, co-instructed program (5 credits). Justice in Planning, Department of Urban Design and Planning. Co-instructed (2 credits). 7
Spring 2006 Winter 2006 Winter 2005 Summer 2005 Summer 2003 Field-based Urban Ecology. Sponsored by Program on the Environment. Coinstructed (5 credits). Ethics and Architecture. Teaching Assistant (2 credits). Introduction to Interdisciplinary Urban Ecology. Sponsored by Program on the Environment. Co-instructed (5 credits). Humans and the Environment. Keio University Summer Course, Sponsored by International Programs. Summer intensive six-week, co-instructed program (5 credits). Introduction to Community and Environmental Planning. Community and Environmental Planning Program, College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Co- Instructed (3 credits). Service International 2013-present Invited reviewer of proposals submitted to the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe related to Urban Vulnerability research. National 2008-present Peer reviewer of submitted articles for: Annals of Geography, Journal of Planning Literature, Environmental Management, City and Society, Local Environments, Geoforum, Urban Studies, Progress in Human Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Reviewer of National Science Foundation proposals. 2011-2012 2013 Conference Planning Committee Member, US Regional Association of the International Association of Landscape Ecology. University of Texas at Austin 2013-present Committee for developing Bachelor s Degree of Liberal Arts in Sustainability Studies. 2011-2013 Center for Women s and Gender Studies Steering Committee Member. 2012-present Faculty Learning Committee on Sustainability (Sponsored by the UT Office of Sustainability). School of Architecture 2013-present Ad hoc committee member advising Dell Medical School Clinical Curriculum Development Committee. 2013-present Library Committee. 2009-2011 Voluntarily developed and taught Sustainable Cities Initiative doctoral seminar. 8
Community and Regional Planning Program 2008-present Community and Regional Planning Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee Member. 2011-present Community and Regional Planning Sub-committee on Master s Curriculum Changes. 2011-2012 Community and Regional Planning Sub-committee on the PhD Program. 2012 Community and Regional Planning Program Job Search Committee Member. 2009-2010 Faculty Advisor, Planning Forum Journal (student led journal in CRP). Landscape Architecture Program 2008-present Landscape Architecture Program Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee, Ad Hoc Member. 2009 Landscape Architecture Program Job Search Committee Member. 9
Mentoring and Advising Year Student Type Student Count Degree Programs and Advising Relationship (CRP=Community and Regional Planning; MSSD=Masters of Science in Sustainable Design) Doctoral 9 2 as Supervisor 7 as Committee Member: 4 CRP, 2 American Studies, 1 Geography 2013 2014 Masters 5 4 CRP 1 MSSD Independent Study 1 CRP Doctoral student Doctoral 8 2 as Supervisor 6 as Committee Member: 4 CRP, 2 American Studies 2012 2013 Masters 3 CRP students Independent Study 2 CRP Doctoral students Doctoral 5 2 as Supervisor 3 as Committee Member: 2 CRP, 1 American Studies 2011 2012 2010 2011 2009 2010 Masters 7 5 CRP, 2 MSSD Independent Study 3 1 Landscape Architecture student 2 CRP Doctoral students Doctoral 4 1 as Supervisor 3 as Committee Member: CRP Masters 4 3 CRP, 1 MSSD Independent Study 2 CRP Doctoral students Doctoral 4 2 as Supervisor 2 as Committee Member: CRP Masters 6 2 MSSD students 4 CRP students Doctoral 3 2 as Supervisor 1 as Committee Member: CRP 2008 2009 Masters 4 4 CRP Independent Study 1 CRP Doctoral student 10