Mary B. Collins

Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science and Management

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University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131

Phone: 407-***-****

Website: www.bren.ucsb.edu/~mcollins

Email: aboruu@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

2012 (est) Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science and Management

Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

University of California in Santa Barbara, California

Dissertation Title: Toxic Outliers and Mainstreamers : A Facility-Based

Analysis of the Predictors of Pollution-Related Health Risk Intensity

Major Professor: Dr. William R. Freudenburg (2008-2011)

Drs. Sarah E. Anderson & Oran Young (2011-pr)

2008 Master of Arts in Applied Sociology

University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida

Thesis Title: Collaborative Dispute Resolution in Superfund Enforcement:

Does the Resolution Approach Vary by Community-Level Sociodemographic

Characteristics?

Major Professor: Dr. Brent K Marshall

2000 Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Research/Analysis (CAR)

University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin

Senior Practicum Project Title: Tobacco as a Secondary Health Concern

Among Wisconsin s Medicaid Population

Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Thompson

Honors:

2009 US EPA National Networks for Env Mgmt Studies (NNEMS) Fellow

2009 NSF Graduate Research Fellow (honorable mention recipient)

2007-2008 Delta Epsilon Iota Sociological Honor Society Member

2000 Academic All-Big Ten Conference Athlete

2000 All-American Athlete Finalist

1996-2000 University of Wisconsin Scholar Athlete

Research Interests:

Community-level Health Risk Perception, Science and Technology Studies, Spatial

Statistics, Disproportionality in Natural Resource Usage and Generation of

Environmental Harm, Environmental Justice, Natural Resource Management,

Environmental Sociology, Social Epidemiology.

Curriculum Vitae

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Peer Reviewed Publications:

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Mary B. Collins. 2009. Professional Polluters: Non Point Source Pollution in Florida s

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Wekiva River Viewed through a Disproportionality Lens. 104 American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting: The New Politics of Community (San

Francisco, CA). Environmental Sociology/Student Forum Session

Mary B. Collins and William R. Freudenburg. 2009. The Enormity of the Miniscule:

Nanotechnology Risk as Portrayed in US Media. Rural Sociologic Society (RSS)

Annual Meeting (Madison, WI)

Leesa Souto and Mary B. Collins. 2009. Segmenting Residential Lawn Fertilizer

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Audiences in the Wekiva Study Area. 5 National Conference for Nonpoint

Source and Stormwater Outreach: Achieving Results with Tight Budgets (Portland,

OR). Research Perspectives into Greener Residential Yards

Mary B. Collins. 2008. Collaborative Dispute Resolution in Superfund Enforcement:

Does the Resolution Approach Vary by Community-Level Sociodemographic

Characteristics? Race, Place, & the Environment After Katrina: Reclaiming,

Rebuilding, Revitalizing (New Orleans, LA). Environmental Legalities Workshop

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Mary B. Collins. 2008. Alternative Dispute Resolution and Toxic Waste Cleanup. 71

Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society (SSS): Movement Matters-

Vision, Mobilization, and Memory (Richmond, VA). Mother Earth Breakout Session

Presenter

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Research Experience:

2009-pr Graduate Research Assistant

Center for the study of the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

(UC CEIN) at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Project: Nanotechnology Perceived Risk

2008-pr Quantitative Analyst/Research Consultant

Wekiva River Social Research Team (Orlando, FL)

Projects: Perceptions, Awareness and Behaviors Related to Residential Lawn Care

(Survey of Wekiva River Watershed Residents), Willowbend/Rivendell Landscaping

Behavior Survey

2008 City of Orlando Green Team Intern

City of Orlando Government (Orlando, Florida)

Project: Calculating The City of Orlando s Carbon Footprint Using ICLEI Local

Governments for Sustainability Clean Air Software

2003-07 Senior Research Analyst in Market Research

American Automobile Association s National Office (Heathrow, Florida)

Project: R&D Project Design, Data Analysis, Online Competitive Info Specialist

2001-03 Senior Research Associate in Research and Strategic Marketing

Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown, and Russell (Orlando, Florida)

Project: Survey Design, Data Analysis, Professional Report Writing

2000 Student Researcher in the Department of Preventative Medicine

University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center (Madison, Wisconsin)

Project: 2000 CDC/Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey Data Analysis

1999-00 Student Intern: Health Data Collection Project (RWJF Grant)

Meridian Resource Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin)

Project: Collected data pertaining to tobacco usage among Wisconsin s Medicaid

Population

Academic Service:

2010-pr Committee Member

Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development and Green Economy

Curriculum Collaborative

Responsibilities: Contribute to Grant Applications, Participate in Workshop

Planning, Workshop Participation

University of California, Santa Barbara

2009-pr Program Committee Member

Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)

Responsibilities: Annual Meeting Program Planning, Submission Review, and

Committee Scribe

2009-pr Article Reviewer

Journal of Environment and Development: A Review of International Policy

Responsibilities: Article Reviewer

University of California, Santa Barbara

2010-11 Managing Editor

Journal of Environment and Development: A Review of International Policy

Responsibilities: Editorial Contributions, Author Correspondence, and

Management of Internal Review Staff

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Teaching Experience:

2010 Invited Guest Lecturer

University of California, Santa Barbara

Sociology 134: Environmental Justice, Community, and Place

2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of California, Santa Barbara

Environmental Studies 1: Introduction to Environmental Studies

Training:

2011 Communicating Science to the Public Workshop Participant

2010 Nanotechnology Risk Perception Specialist Meeting Participant

2009 Advancing the Science and Practice of Cumulative Risk Assessment

2008 ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Clean Air Software (Carbon

Footprint Calculation in the Context of a Municipality)

2008 Institutional Review Board (IRB) training related to conducting research

using human subjects

2005 Burke Institute Professional Training Course: Conducting and Designing

Online Surveys

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access; SPSS; SAS; MatLab; R; Python/NumPy

Memberships:

American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Environment and Technology

Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS)

Rural Sociologic Society (RSS)

International Society for the Study of Resources Management (ISSRM)

Other:

2001-08 Head Rowing Coach Lake Brantley Rowing Association in Longwood, FL

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