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1 Courtney Work, PhD. Institute for Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University The Hague, Netherlands Regional Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD), Chiangmai University Chiangmai, Thailand Tel: Academic Experience Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Studies, Regional Center for Sustainable Development MOSAIC project; Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: Understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia: June present PhD, Anthropology, Cornell University, August 2014 Thesis title: Tides of Empire: Merit, Morality, and Development in Rural Cambodia MA, Anthropology and Women s & Gender Studies, Brandeis University, May 2007 Thesis title: Maybe the Girls Just like Us Better: Dancing, Brawling, and Buddhist Ritual in Cambodia MS (abd), Applied Anthropology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, May 2005 Thesis title: Anatomy of a Classroom: Khmer American youths encountering native language BA English Literature, Cum Laude, University of Minnesota, June 1991 Academic work experience Postdoctoral Research fellow Institute for Social Studies; Chiangmai University Project coordinator, academic research dissemination, academic capacity building June 2014 present, MOSAIC project: MOSAIC:iss.nl Instructor Cornell University First-year Writing Seminar: Of Spirit: Religion, energy, and the production of knowledge Jan May 2014; Aug Dec 2012 Teaching Assistant Cornell University East Asian History to 1800, Professors T.J. Hinrichs and Katsu Hirano Jan 2012 May 2012 Instructor Cornell University First-year Writing Seminar: Power and Protection: The banality of esoteric knowledge August 2011 Dec 2011 Course Assistant Cornell University Anthropology in the World, Professor Marina Welker January 2009 May 2009 Reader Cornell University Medicine, Culture, and Society- Professor Suzanne Morrissey January 2008 May 2008 Course Assistant Brandeis University Introduction to the Comparative Studies of Human Societies, Professor Sara Lamb September 2006 December 2006 C. Work- CV Page 1

2 Instructor Brandeis University English as a Second Language: Oral Skills Teaching Assistant Brandeis University Models of Development, Professor Daniel Reichman Spring 2006 Course Assistant Minnesota State University Introduction to Anthropology Publications Work, C. 2014, Sacred Bribes and Violence Deferred: Buddhist ritual in rural Cambodia. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 45(1). Beban, A and Work, C. 2014, The Spirits are Crying: Dispossessing land and possessing bodies in rural Cambodia. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 46(3). Invited Publications Forthcoming Work, C. 2015, The Persistent Presence of Cambodia s Spirits. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia. Simon Springer and Katherine Brickell, ed. Work, C. and Beban, A. 2016, Mapping the Srok: The mimesis of land titling in Cambodia. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia. Working Papers Work, C. 2015, Intersections of Climate Change Mitigation Policies, Land Grabbing and Conflict in a Fragile State: Insights from Cambodia. MOSAIC Working Paper Series #2: Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia Work, C. and Woods, K. 2015, Intersections of Land Grabbing and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: Land and Resource Conflicts. MOSAIC Working Paper Series #2: Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia Invited Publications Pending Review Work, C. 2015, Stones, Spirits, and Kings: Negotiating territory in contemporary Cambodia. Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Conference Proceedings. Book Reviews Work, C. 2015, A Review of Historical Imagination, Diasporic Identity and Islamicity Among the Cham Muslims of Cambodia, by Alberto Pérez Pereiro. Southeast Studies Dissertation Reviews. Work, C. 2014, Review of, Forest of Struggle: Moralities of remembrance in upland Cambodia (University of Hawai i Press, 2013), by Eve Zucker. Journal of Asian Studies, 73:1, C. Work- CV Page 2

3 Work, C. 2013, Into the Future, Book Review of, Love and Dread in Cambodia: Weddings, Births, and Ritual Harm under the Khmer Rouge (NUS Press, 2010), by Peg Levine. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, issue 33. Research Grants and Fellowships Awarded Project Awards December 2014, $ USD Doing Research: Making Models that Build Capacity, Co-PI; funded by the Global Development Network. 15-month initiative to evaluate the research environment and to train Cambodian scholars in Social Science research methods September 2010, February $20,000 Dissertation Improvement Grant; National Science Foundation (NSF) August 2010, $5000 USD CAORC Dissertation Research Fellowship; Center for Khmer Studies July 2010, shortlisted Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award June 2005, $13,000 USD National Endowment for the Arts (traditional music program); Buddhist Support Society, Inc. November 2004, $600 USD CASS grant for student faculty collaboration; Minnesota State University, Mankato October 2004, $5000 USD Youth language and culture retention project; Beim Foundation: Buddhist Support Society, Inc. Study and Writing Awards May 2014, $4000 USD A. Thomas Kirsch Summer Writing Award; Cornell Southeast Program August 2013, May $22,400 USD SAGE Fellowship; Cornell University January 2012, December $21,000 USD SAGE Fellowship; Cornell University August 2007, May $21,400 USD SAGE Fellowship; Cornell University December , $3600 USD Department Fieldwork Funding; Brandeis University Language Fellowships August May 2010, $21,000 USD Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship (Khmer Language); Cornell University July 2009, $3100 USD Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK) FLAS fellowship- advanced language study in Phnom Penh. August May 2009, $20,400 C. Work- CV Page 3

4 FLAS Fellowship (Khmer Language); Cornell University Academic Community Contributions Feb 2015, Research Methods Workshop For Cambodian graduate and undergraduate students, also post-workshop training in MOSAIC project activities April 2014, Workshop co-organizer Rethinking Buddhism in Southeast Asia; sponsored by Cornell s SAP and SEAP. March 2013, Conference co-organizer Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) Graduate Student Conference, Cornell University June 2011, Invited lecturer Panñasastra University, Phnom Penh: Religious Life in Rural Cambodia. August 2008 May 2009, President: Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) Cornell University May 2008 May 2009, Colloquium Series co-organizer Cornell Department of Anthropology December , Service Learning Coordinator Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC), Cambodia at RCTC Study Abroad Project October 2006, Invited Speaker Southeast Asia Club Week : Journeys Past the Body in Cambodia: Funerals, Ancestors, and Spirits June 2006, Invited Lecturer Introduction to Anthropology, Phillips Academy, Andover MA; Magic, Spirits, and Mediums: Perspectives on the Supernatural from Cambodia Research Experience January 2015 present, collaborate on research into the research environment in Cambodia for the project Doing Research in Cambodia: Making Models that Build Capacity June 2014 present, Direct and coordinate research in Cambodia for MOSAIC project; Climate change mitigation policies, land grabbing and conflict in fragile states: understanding intersections, exploring transformations in Myanmar and Cambodia January 2014, Independent ethnographic research in rural Cambodia- additional follow-up research for book manuscript June- August 2012, Independent ethnographic research in rural Cambodia- follow-up to dissertation research August August 2011, Independent ethnographic research in rural Cambodia to examine current religious practice and to inquire into trauma recovery and community building July August 2008, Independent research into the ritual event of national elections in Cambodia April July 2007, Conduct interviews with Cambodian immigrants in Portland, Maine as part of the Spiritual Capital Research Program, Metanexus Institute; with Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt, and Sara Curran. December 2006, Independent fieldwork in rural Cambodia on perceptions of violence in relation to recent eruptions of gang fighting at local celebrations- 20 days July 2006, Independent fieldwork in Cambodia with internal migrant workers in Phnom Penh- 1 month C. Work- CV Page 4

5 December 2005, Independent fieldwork in Cambodia on perceived development needs in Cambodia- 20 days June- July 2005, The Goddesses of Mexico, experiential research with the Anthropology program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, on religion and goddess traditions in central Mexico Papers/Presentations July 2015, Cambodian Center for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) Regional Conference The Impact and Implications of Climate Change: Strategies and Security for ASEAN Member States. Invited paper: Climate Change an Anthropological Perspective. June 2015, Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI) Conference: Land grabbing, conflict and agrarian-environmental transformations: perspectives from East and Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Paper titles: Intersections of Climate Change Mitigation Policies, Land Grabbing and Conflict in a Fragile State: Insights from Cambodia; Intersections of Land Grabbing and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: Land and Resource Conflicts. June 2015, Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) Lecture Series, Phnom Penh: Invited paper: Climate Change an Anthropological Perspective March 2015, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting: Stones and Spirits, Kings and Monks: The material and the immaterial in Western Cambodia. December 2014, Association of American Anthropologists (AAA) Annual Meeting: Possessing Bodies Possessing Land: Contesting territory in rural Cambodia. April 2014, Workshop: Rethinking Buddhism in Southeast Asia; sponsored by Cornell s SAP and SEAP. April 2014, SEAP Graduate Student Conference: Discussant, Reconfigurations: Situating Southeast Asia in the Past and Present. January 2014, Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Annual Conference: Ancient Spirits and Kings Continue to Protect the Territory: Contesting land grabs in rural Cambodia. November 2013, AAA Annual Meeting: Riding the Rails of Empire: Local economies and development initiatives. September 2013, Binghamton University, New York Conference on Asian Studies: The Tides of Empire: Railroad economy in Cambodia s interstitial moment. November 2012, Cornell University, SEAP Brown Bag lecture: The Cham of Cambodia: History, Memory, and Practice. September 2012, Northern Illinois University: Cambodia Studies Conference, paper presentation: The Sruk and the Prai: zones of Khmer and Cham entanglement. June 2012, Siem Reap Conference on Special Topics in Khmer Studies: Religious Studies in Cambodia: Understanding the Old and Tracing the New, paper presentation: Village Buddhists: ancient forms and modern processes. April 2012, Khmer Studies Forum, Ohio University, paper presentation: From Forest to Village: transformation of space in rural Cambodia; invited roundtable discussant: Buddhism in Contemporary Cambodia March 2012, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program Graduate Student Conference, paper presentation. Paper title: Merit in Motion: virtue and value in rural Cambodia. December 2011, University of Michigan Center for Southeast Asia Studies Conference, Southeast Asia: Between the Lines, paper presentation. Paper title: From Forest to Village: the transformation of space in rural Cambodia. C. Work- CV Page 5

6 November 2011, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Encounters with the Infinite: Spirits and Humans in Cambodia. May 2011, HSHHPP Lecture Series, Phnom Penh; Spirits of Cambodia: new research into current practice. April 2010, Cornell History Department Colloquium Series; paper presentation- Memoir and Memory: Buddhist Cosmology and European Discourse at Play in Khmer Rouge Survivor Stories. October 2007, Berlin Roundtable discussions: Urban Planet; paper presentation The View from Here: Migration and Village Violence in Cambodia. Presented as part the panel: Migration into Cities: Patterns, Processes and Regulation. March 2007, Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, paper presentation Rituals, Brawls, and Resources: Structures and Symbols of Masculine Identity in Rural Cambodia. Outreach/Volunteer Activities Dec Dec 2014, Translator for Tompkins County Social Services (Khmer language) Feb 2009 Dec 2014, Loaves & Fishes, community kitchen: Perform a variety of tasks from cooking dinner for local residents to assisting with fundraising efforts. April 2012, SEAP outreach: The Kroma: tying scarfs the Cambodian way, activity with elementary school kids in Caroline, NY March 2012, SEAP outreach: assist new students from Cambodia acclimate to the local high school March 2009, SEAP outreach- Teacher s Day workshop participant- Games from around the World December 2008, SEAP Outreach- Teacher workshop- Khmer Games September 2008, SEAP Outreach- Khmer History and Culture presentation for Lansing Elementary School, Lansing, NY January 2006, Coordinator for the Cambodian Youth Development Project: Journey to Healing for Cambodian-American youths Last updated December, 2015 C. Work- CV Page 6