Jennifer N. Costanza Curriculum Vitae Department of Sociology Rhode Island College 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., CL-467, Providence, RI 02908 USA jncostanza@gmail.com EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D. Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI Dissertation: Constructing Indigenous Citizenship: Identity, Authority, and Rights in Decentralized Guatemala. Committee: Patrick Heller (chair), Gianpaolo Baiocchi, José Itzigsohn 2007 M.A. Sociology, Brown University, Providence RI 2004 M.A. Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada 2001 B.A. Political Science and Economics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS Political Sociology Social Movements and Identity Politics Methods Globalization and Development Comparative Race and Ethnicity Latin America PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 8/14-Present Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology, Rhode Island College 7/13-7/14 Visiting Assistant Professor, Development Studies, Brown University 9/12-7/14 Deputy Director, Development Studies Program, Brown University 9/12-6/13 Adjunct Instructor, Development Studies, Brown University Costanza, CV 1
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2015 Indigenous Peoples Right to Prior Consultation: Transforming Human Rights from the Grassroots in Guatemala. Journal of Human Rights 14(2). Mining Conflict and the Politics of Obtaining a Social License: Insight from Guatemala (conditional acceptance at World Development) MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Constructing Indigenous Citizenship: Explaining Sub-national Variation in Guatemala MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Indigenous Self-Determination and Autonomy Demands: Bolivia and Guatemala in Comparative Perspective A big monster has come : Indigenous Identity and the Political Utility of Prior Consultation GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2011 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 2010 Brown University Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship 2009 Latin American Studies Association, Student Travel Grant 2009 National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 2008 Brown University Sociology Department, Feinberg Award 2007 Brown University Watson Institute for International Studies Graduate Program in Development Summer Fieldwork Fellowship 2007 Brown University Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant 2005 Brown University Graduate Fellowship 2003 York University Graduate Assistantship 2003 York University International Visa Student Scholarship 2001 University of Rhode Island, Department of Political Science, David Warren Scholarship for Excellence in Political Science Costanza, CV 2
AWARDS 2011 Best Graduate Student Paper, American Sociological Association, Human Rights Section. Awarded for the paper A New Indigenous Citizenship: Constructing Citizen Rights from Human Rights at the Grassroots in Guatemala. 2008 Brown University, Sociology Preliminary Exam on Race and Ethnicity in the Americas, Passed with Distinction. 2004 York University, Michael Baptista Essay Prize for Best Graduate Essay in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Awarded for the essay, Elusive Hegemony: A Critical Analysis of United States Policy Towards Haiti. 2001 University of Rhode Island, Political Science. Josephine Milburn Award for Excellence in International Relations. 2001 Undergraduate National Honor Societies (2001): Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science); Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics); Order of Omega Greek Leadership Honor Society; Golden Key National Honor Society. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2014 Indigenous Autonomy: Bolivia and Guatemala in Comparative Perspective. Panel, Indigenous Contention in Bolivia. Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, IL, May 22. 2013 How Does Citizenship Transform? Insight from Indigenous Identity, Authority and Rights in Decentralized Guatemala. Panel, Perspectives on Citizenship. American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 13. 2012 Decentralization and Mining: Defining Development in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Panel, Mining Conflicts and Cultural Politics in Central America. Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, May 24. 2011 A New Indigenous Citizenship: Constructing Citizen Rights from Human Rights at the Grassroots in Guatemala. Panel, Human Rights-writ large. American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, August 20. 2009 What s in a Frame? Interrogating Collective Identity Frames in Guatemala s Campesino-Indigenous Movement. Panel, Collective Action and Social Movements in Central America. Latin American Studies Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 12. 2008 Identity Frames and the Meaning of Mobilization: Locating agency in Guatemala s Campesino-Indigenous Movement. Panel, Post Post-War Guatemala: Contemporary Transformations in 21 st Century Guatemala. New England Council of Latin American Studies, Providence, RI, October 4. Costanza, CV 3
2008 The Rise of Latin American Indigenous Movements? Framing the meaning of mobilization in Guatemala. Inter-Ivy Sociology Symposium, Princeton, NJ, March 29. 2007 Articulating Recognition, Redistribution and Racialization within Latin American Indigenous Movements: A focus on Guatemala. Panel, Indigenous Peoples: Land, Struggles and Ruptures. Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, September 6. 2007 Confronting a Movement s Menace: Linking Recognition and Redistribution within Latin American Indigenous Rights Movements. Panel, Movement Choices, Dynamics and Consequences. American Sociological Association, New York, New York, August 13. 2007 Confronting a Movement s Menace: Linking Recognition and Redistribution within Latin American Indigenous Rights Movements. Panel, Social Movement Frames: From Shifts and Splits to Framing the Grotesque. American Sociological Association- Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Workshop, Hempstead, New York, August 10. 2007 Framing the Indigenous: Competing Discourses within the Guatemalan Indigenous Rights Movement. Brown University Graduate Student Workshop on Culture, Politics and Society in Latin America, Providence, Rhode Island, February 28. TEACHING Rhode Island College Crime and Criminal Justice, Sociology (Fall 2014, Spring 2015) Law and Society, Sociology (Fall 2014) Research Methods II, Sociology (Fall 2014, Spring 2015) Introduction to Sociology, Sociology (Spring 2015) Brown University Research Methods in Development Studies, Development Studies (Spring 2014) Senior Thesis Writing Seminar, Development Studies (Fall 2012, Fall 2013) Globalization and Social Conflict, Sociology (Spring 2013) LANGUAGES SPOKEN Spanish (fluent) French (basic) Haitian Creole (basic) Costanza, CV 4
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Sections on Human Rights; Sociology of Development; Political Sociology, Social Movements Latin American Studies Association Sections on Central America; Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples Costanza, CV 5