CURRICULUM VITAE. M.P.H. in Environmental Health 2011 Project: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Household Dryer Lint

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Jason L. Simms, Ph.D., M.P.H., CPH RESEARCH INTERESTS Water, agriculture, sustainable resource management, and environmental health Political economy of the environment Neoliberalism, development, and global commodities Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics Quantitative research methods and analyses Natural and technological hazards EDUCATION University of South Florida, Tampa Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology 2013 Dissertation: Turning Water into Wine: The Political Economy of the Environment in Southern California s Wine Country M.P.H. in Environmental Health 2011 Project: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Household Dryer Lint Graduate Certificate in Environmental Health 2011 Emphases: environmental chemistry, water and wastewater treatment Graduate Certificate in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) 2009 Emphases: environmental applications, spatial statistics, Python programming NSF Summer Institute for Research Design in Cultural Anthropology 2008 Emphases: research design, qualitative / quantitative methods, grant writing University of Tennessee, Knoxville M.A. in Anthropology 2006 Thesis: Sufferings Which Have no Tongue: The Enculturation of War, Trauma, and the Disappearing Body B.A. in Classics (cum laude) 2004 Emphases: Latin and Greek Literature Minor: Anthropology ACADEMIC POSITIONS Research Affiliate (Department of Anthropology, Wesleyan University) Academic Computing Manager for the Social Sciences (Wesleyan University) Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida) 2013 Graduate Multidisciplinary Fellow (University of South Florida)

2 JASON L. SIMMS, Ph.D., M.P.H., CPH PAGE 2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Methods in Cultural Research (University of South Florida) 2013 Instructor Introduction to Anthropology (University of South Florida) 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant Principles of Immunology (University of South Florida) 2006, 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant Cultural Anthropology (University of Tennessee) 2006 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Jason L. Simms Under contract (2014) Wine and Water in Temecula Valley: Environmental Political Economy. Lexington Books. PEER- REVIEWED (published or in press) Jason L. Simms, Margarethe Kusenbach, and Graham A. Tobin 2013 Equally Unprepared: Assessing the Hurricane Vulnerability of Undergraduate Students. Weather, Climate, and Society 5(3): Kevin A. Yelvington, Jason L. Simms, and Elizabeth Murray 2012 Wine Tourism in the Temecula Valley: Neoliberal Development Policies and their Contradictions. Anthropology in Action 19(3): Margarethe Kusenbach, Jason L. Simms, and Graham A. Tobin 2010 Disaster Vulnerability and Evacuation Readiness: Coastal Mobile Home Residents in Florida. Natural Hazards 52: PEER- REVIEWED (under review or in progress) Jason L. Simms Water Politics and Wine Capitalism: Sacrificing Sustainability in the Neoliberal Agenda. Journal of Ecological Anthropology. Jason L. Simms and Elizabeth Murray Wine Agritourism, Capital, and Authenticity in Southern California s Temecula Valley. Agriculture and Human Values. Under review In progress Jason L. Simms and Foday Jaward Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Household Dryer Lint. Environmental Science and Technology. In progress NON- PEER- REVIEWED Jason L. Simms 2010 Human Rights and Social Justice Committee Update. Society for Applied Anthropology News 21(1):28. Alyssa Collins, Samuel Cramer, Jacob Norlund, Jason L. Simms, Margarethe 2009 Kusenbach, and Graham A. Tobin Shooting at Hurricanes: Disaster (Mis)Perceptions and (Un)Preparedness of Florida Undergraduates. University of South Florida, Tampa.

3 JASON L. SIMMS, Ph.D., M.P.H., CPH PAGE 3 Jason L. Simms 2009 Human Rights and Social Justice Sessions in Santa Fe. Society for Applied Anthropology News 20(1): Jason L. Simms, Carylanna T. Bahamondes, Daniel Carpenter, Amanda F. Houlis, 2007 Artesia M. Hughes, Alexis M. McLaughlin, Ryan K. Morris, and Graham A. Tobin Rain is Refreshing, Wind Braces us Up: A Pilot Study of Hurricane Vulnerability in Ruskin, Florida. University of South Florida, Tampa. PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Jason L. Simms 2013 The Symbolic Value of Wine Situated in Smaller- scale Wine Tourism in Southern California: Environmental and Economic Contradictions. Paper to be presented at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Jason L. Simms and Kevin A. Yelvington 2013 Water Politics and Wine Capitalism: Sacrificing Sustainability in the Neoliberal Agenda. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Sumathee Selvaraj, Jason L. Simms, Lisa Brown, and Graham A. Tobin 2013 Hurricane Preparedness: Perceptions of Responsibility and Risk among Hillsborough County, Florida Residents. Research presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Jason L. Simms and A.J. Faas 2012 Applications of GIS in the Analysis of Spatial Dimensions of Ecology, Political Economy, and Culture. Research presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Margarethe Kusenbach, Jason L. Simms, and Graham A. Tobin 2011 Homogeneity of University Students With Respect to Hurricane Perception and Preparedness. Roundtable panelist at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV. Margarethe Kusenbach and Jason L. Simms 2011 Disaster Vulnerability and Evacuation Readiness among Coastal Mobile Home Residents in Florida. Invited paper presented at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Planning, Erkner, Germany. Jason L. Simms 2010 Fluid Boundaries: Hydropolitics and Political Ecology in the Dominican Republic. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Merida, Mexico. Jason L. Simms 2009 Cultural and Educational Barriers to Sustainable Water Security in Miches, Dominican Republic. Paper presented at the Emerging Paradigms Conference, Tampa, FL.

4 JASON L. SIMMS, Ph.D., M.P.H., CPH PAGE 4 Jason L. Simms, Margarethe Kusenbach, and Graham A. Tobin 2009 Disaster Vulnerability and Evacuation Readiness among Coastal Mobile Home Residents in Florida. Paper presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM. A.J. Faas and Jason L. Simms 2007 A Multivariate Spatial Analysis of Residency Patterns Near Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Sites In and Around Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Research presented at the Applied Geography Conference, Indianapolis, IN. The Policy Implications of Race, Ethnicity, and Place Research Invited Panelist at the Applied Geography Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Jason L. Simms 2007 A Political- Economic Overview of the Toxic Effects of Hurricane Katrina. Research presented at the Society for the Anthropology of North America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Communicating Anthropology to the Greater Public Panelist at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, Tampa, FL. Jason L. Simms 2005 Entering 8,000 Slides into a Digital Repository. Research presented at the Third Biennial Ancient Studies, New Technology Conference, Harrisonburg, VA. GRANTS Title: The Political Economy of Branding a New Site for a Specialty Industry Agency: National Science Foundation PI: Kevin A. Yelvington Amount: $300,000 (Award ID: ) Role: Post- Doctoral Researcher ($15,000 over three years for continued research) Title: Social Networks in Chronic Disasters Exposure, Evacuation, and Resettlement in Ecuador Agency: National Science Foundation PIs: Linda Whiteford, Graham Tobin, Eric Jones, and Art Murphy Role: GIS Developer SERVICE Board of Directors, Society for Applied Anthropology Editor, SfAA News Founding member of the SfAA Risk and Disasters Thematic Interest Group 2013 Founding member of the SfAA Standing Committee on Human Rights and Social Justice Delegate to the Education Without Borders World Student Organizing Committee Co- Chair, Website Committee, American Public Health Association Student Assembly Co- President, Graduate Assistants United, University of South Florida President, Sigma Tau Delta, University of Tennessee

5 JASON L. SIMMS, Ph.D., M.P.H., CPH PAGE 5 MENTORING Mentor, NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates 2011, 2012 Project: Perceptions of Responsibility for Disaster Preparation and Mitigation Mentor, NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates 2011 Project: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Household Dryer Lint Honors Thesis Committee Member, Alyssa Collins (B.A. with Honors, Sociology) 2011 Mentor, NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates 2009 Project: Hurricane Preparedness among University Students Mentor, NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates 2008 Project: Hurricane Vulnerability and Preparedness among Mobile Home Residents CERTIFICATIONS Certified in Public Health (CPH) 2011 present AWARDS University of South Florida Graduate Multidisciplinary Scholar Fellowship Delegate to the Education Without Borders Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2009 Haines- Morris Scholarship in Classics Haines- Morris Summer Travel Scholarship to Sicily 2003, 2004 Haines- Morris Award in Classics PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Society for Applied Anthropology American Anthropological Association Sigma Xi American Public Health Association National Environmental Health Association