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This document is a CV for Lucy Decker McAllister that provides information on her education, interests, awards, publications, presentations, teaching experience, and professional experience. It indicates that she has a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has taught courses on climate change and environmental studies at the university and Babson College. Her research focuses on environmental justice, corporate social responsibility, and the social and environmental impacts of electronics and waste.

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This document is a CV for Lucy Decker McAllister that provides information on her education, interests, awards, publications, presentations, teaching experience, and professional experience. It indicates that she has a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has taught courses on climate change and environmental studies at the university and Babson College. Her research focuses on environmental justice, corporate social responsibility, and the social and environmental impacts of electronics and waste.

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LUCY DECKER McALLISTER

mcallisl@colorado.edu

EDUCATION
*Ph.D. in Environmental Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder (Current status, ABD, Anticipated Graduation Date-Spring 2017)
Master of Science in Environmental Studies
University of Colorado at Boulder (May 2013)

GPA 3.98

Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Environmental Studies & German Studies (double major)
Connecticut College (May 2009)

GPA 3.82

American University, Washington Semester (Spring 2008), International Environment and Development

INTERESTS
Research disciplines: Environmental justice, corporate social responsibility, environmental sociology, political ecology
Research topics: Transnational movement of hazardous waste, technological solutions to climate change, social and
environmental harms of the electronics commodity chain
Teaching: Climate Change Politics and Policy (Faculty Course Questionnaire rating 5.9/6), Introduction to Environmental
Studies (average FCQ rating 5.7/6), Climate Politics and Policy (average FCQ rating 5.6/6),

AWARDS & HONORS

2016-2017 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Colorado Boulder 2017
The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) Research Grant 2016
Certificate in College Teaching, University of Colorado at Boulder - Spring 2015
Environmental Studies Graduate Program Small Research Grant Award - 2015
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Travel Grant Award - 2014
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Graduate Research Fellowship - 2013
Environmental Studies Graduate Program Travel Grant Award, University of Colorado Boulder - 2013
Theory in Critical Political Ecology Paper Competition Winner-University of Kentuckys Dimensions of Political
Ecology Conference - 2012
Advanced German Oral Proficiency Certificate, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages - 2010
U.S. Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in Hamburg, Germany - 2009
Antony Francis Nelson Memorial Prize for excellence in the field of Environmental Studies - 2009
German Consulate Book Prize Winner for excellence in German - 2008 & 2009

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
McAllister, Lucy, Amanda Magee, and Benjamin Hale. "Women, E-Waste, and Technological Solutions to Climate
Change." Health and Human Rights 16, no. 1 (2014): 166-178.
Campbell, Nnenia, McAllister, Lucy and Liam Downey. Invisible While in Plain Sight: The World Bank in the New York
Times. Forthcoming December 2016 at Sociology of Development.

PUBLIC OUTREACH ARTICLES


McAllister, L*., Nacu-Schmidt, A., Andrews, K., Boykoff, M., Daly, M., Gifford, L., and Luedecke, G. (2016). World
Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2004-2016. Center for Science and Technology Policy
Research, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Web. February 18,
2016. http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/media_coverage. *Rotating 1st authorship per month
McAllister, Lucy. The Human and Environmental Effects of E-Waste. Population Reference Bureau. (2013).
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2013/e-waste.aspx
36,000 page views in one year (2013-2014)

REFEEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & PRESENTATIONS


United Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security, E-waste Academy Scientists Edition 2016
Intensive 8-day program at University of Limerick, Ireland is called the foremost forum available for young
scientists involved in e-waste research.
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder Presented Coming to the Rescue?
Tech firms, Impression Management, and the Harms of the Electronics Commodity Chain March 2016
United Nations, The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Geneva, Switzerland Remote Presenter and
Panelist at the Gender Dimensions of e-Waste Management Session
(http://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2015/Agenda/Session/190) May 2015
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Rendezvous, Boulder, CO Presented From Treasure
to Trash: The Lingering Value of Technological Artifacts at Graduate Student Poster Competition May 2015
International Studies Association, Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA Presented Blind Spots: Electronics firms,
impression management, and the harms of the electronics commodity chain at the Trust In Governance of Global
Commodity Chains Session February 2015
International Studies Association, Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada Presented Hiding in Plain Sight: The Role of
Multinational Electronics Corporations in Environmental and Human Harm at the Global Governance and Business
Ethics panel and Women, E-waste & Technological Solutions to Climate Change at the Global Environmental
Justice Session March 2014
20th Annual Critical Geography Conference, Boulder, CO Presented Women, E-waste & Technological Solutions to
Climate Change February 2014
American Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Presented Women, E-waste & Technological Solutions
to Climate Change at the Living Downstream in Time Session. November 2013
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, New York City Round Table Co-author presented The Dangerous
Consequences of a Single Story: The World Bank in the News August 2013
Global Environmental Justice Workshop, University of Bremen, Germany Presented Women, E-waste & Technological
Solutions to Climate Change. April 2013
Engineering Ethics in a Globalized World (EGW12) Co-author presented Women, E-waste & Technological Solutions to
Climate Change. October 2012
University of Kentuckys Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington Presented Illegal Crossings: United
States Hazardous Waste in India at the Racialized Landscapes: Embodiment, Mutable Natures, and Environmental
Politics II Session. April 2012

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
From Babson to New Delhi: Environmental Justice in the 21st Century - India
October 2016 November 2016
Babson College, Adjunct Lecturer
The Babson BRIC India program is an academically intensive study abroad experience in New Delhi, India
Designed course to help students understand, explore and critically analyze the inequities and power
dynamics associated with many types of waste, and specifically electronic waste
Course objectives: to explore 1) Who is causing, experiencing, and responding to problems associated with
waste? 2) How do waste issues help explain broader structural injustices in New Delhi and beyond? 3) How
can we reimagine solutions for environmental justice?
Lead onsite coursework, organize and facilitate meetings and guest lectures with academic, NGO,
government and business groups relating to course objectives.
Climate Change Politics and Policy (ENV4600)
August 2015 December 2015
Babson College, Adjunct Lecturer
Course objectives: to critically analyze how climate change activities are governed at the international,
national, sub-national and local levels
Leverage student background in entrepreneurship to complete semester long research projects on the
intersections of business and climate change
Student simulation of Paris COP21 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENVS 1000)


August 2014 - May 2015
University of Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant
Instructor of three recitation sections (~90 students) per term, includes facilitating class discussions, leading
class activities, and grading assignments
Students completed a final paper discussing the sustainability aspects of a selected city, including the citys
demographics, common resources, urban ecosystem services, air pollution levels, and water resources.
Climate Politics and Policy (ENVS 3521/GEOG 4120)
January 2014 - May 2014
University of Colorado Graduate Teaching Position Instructor
Course objectives: to critically analyze how climate change activities are governed at the international,
national, sub-national and public levels
Student simulation of Lima, Peru COP20 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


University of Hamburg, Klima Campus, Hamburg, Germany
June 2012 July 2012
Researcher
Worked on projects for publication by Werner Krauss, Ph.D.
Researched governance issues associated with the transnational movement of electronic waste
Presented Illegal Crossings: United States Hazardous Waste in India at the University of Bremen,
in the Cultural Studies Department
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University
May 2011 June 2011
Researcher
Conducted content analysis of newspaper coverage of the scientific consensus on climate change,
2007 2010, for a study by James Painter, head of the Journalism Fellowship Program.
German Consulate, Press, Culture, and Protocol Department, Chicago, IL
December 2010 May 2011
Employee
Maintained and developed English version of the Consulate website
Translated German documents and articles into English
Wrote and edited articles for the website
Wrote and edited speeches and talking points for the Consul General
Coordinated, organized, and assisted stay of German delegations visiting Chicago
Researched and developed public relations projects, including German language promotion
Geschwister-Scholl-Gesamtschule, Hamburg, Germany
Fall 2009 - Summer 2010
Fulbright Teaching Taught English in grades 6-10: created and prepared lesson plans for the English department
Assistant
Researched climate change teaching material for the schools curriculum
Organized and co-led an English club for all grades
Led an after-school English course preparing 9th and 10th grade students for their final examinations
Department of State, Office of Human Rights, Humanitarian & Social Affairs, Washington, DC
Summer 2008
Intern
Conducted research on human rights issues before the UN Human Rights Council and the
UN General Assembly, including research on past UN actions on various human rights issues
Summarized key reporting cables into draft memoranda for the Bureau's front office
Drafted briefing papers for Bureau principles' participation in meetings and negotiations
Assisted in organizing and managing the Department's communication with UN Special
Rapporteurs and Procedures
Created, designed and developed a section of the offices website for the 2007 Third Committee of the UN
Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC
Spring 2008
Research Intern
Researched compliance in marine conservation efforts, perverse energy incentives, and public transit
Performed various office duties: summarized and posted articles on website; created alumni database

SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Organizer of University of Colorado Boulder, Environmental Studies Graduate Student Colloquium Series (August 2014
- May 2015)
Member of The International Collective on Environment, Culture and Politics research group
(http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/)
o Researcher in The Media and Climate Change Observatory (MECCO), a subgroup of the Cooperative Institute
for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) and the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
(CSTPR). The group is comprised of graduate students from three departments (Environmental Studies,
Geography, Sociology), a post-doctoral fellow, and a faculty member, who convene each month to monitor and

report coverage of climate change in 50 newspapers across 25 countries. The members of MECCO have been
working together since 2013 to track media coverage of climate change over the last 15 years.
o MECCO was awarded the Best Digital Data Plans and Practice Grant by the Office of the Vice Chancellor
of Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. The MECCO data is open source and available via the
CSTPR website. Every month MECCO receives data access requests from academics, researchers and
mainstream media from all over the world.
o MECCO was awarded The Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS) Grant
in 2016
Member of The Committee on Environmental Thought research group (http://environmentalthought.com/the-shiftingfrontier/), under eco-feminist working group.
Guest Lectures at University of Colorado Boulder
o 2 - Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENVS 1000) Fall 2014 and Spring 2015
o 1 - Topics in Writing Rhetorics of Sustainability (WRTG 3020-55) Spring 2015
o 1 - Environment and Society (SOCY 2077) Fall 2014

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