Lindsey M. Ibañez

Department of Sociology | The Ohio State University

238 Townshend Hall | 1885 Neil Avenue

Columbus, Ohio 43210 | (614) 313-6282

| www.lindseyibanez.com

EDUCATION

2017 Ph.D., Sociology, The Ohio State University

(expected) Dissertation: “The Reputation Project: Searching for Low-Wage Work in Urban Nicaragua”

Committee: Steven Lopez (chair), Kammi Schmeer, Neha Gondal, Tim Bartley

Exams: Economic Sociology; Poverty & Inequality

2012 M.A., Sociology, The Ohio State University

Thesis: “‘Gentlemen, the Stomach Dominates the Economy’: Small-Scale Dairy Farming and Community Well-Being in the Northwest Dominican Republic”

Committee: Steven Lopez (chair), Kammi Schmeer, Rachel Dwyer

2009 M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Chicago

Thesis: “Dairy, Development, and Free Trade in the Dominican Republic’s Línea Noroeste”

Advisor: Emilio Kourí

2004 B.S., Journalism, Ohio University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

2003 Centro de Estudios Interamericanos (CEDEI), Cuenca, Ecuador

2001 Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Work, Economy, Organizations Poverty, Inequality, & Mobility

Social Networks Rural Sociology & Food Systems

Sociology of Development Qualitative Methods

PUBLICATIONS

Ibañez, Lindsey M. 2015. “Beyond Inclusiveness: Institutions, Cooperation, and Rural Development.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 36(4), 499-515.

Taylor, Jim and Lindsey M. Ibañez. 2015. “Sociological approaches to self-injury.” Sociology Compass 9(12), 1005-1014.

Ibañez, Lindsey M. 2015. “Corporate Crime.” The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. Fred Wherry and Juliet Schor, editors. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 465-469.

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW

Ibañez, Lindsey M. “The Role of Trust and Intimacy in Low-Wage Job Referrals.” Under review.

Ibañez, Lindsey M. and Steven Lopez. “Supporting the Self: Social Support and Identity Loss during Unemployment.” Under review.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

Ibañez, Lindsey M., Kammi Schmeer, and Barbara Piperata. “Identifying pathways to food insecurity for households with children in Nicaragua: A configurational analysis.” In progress.

Ibañez, Lindsey M., Calvin Tribby, and Chris Hartmann. “Neighborhood poverty and microenterprise in Latin America: Evidence from Nicaragua.” In progress.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2016-2017 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship. $20,000.

2014 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. $12,000. Project: “Personal contacts and employment opportunities.”

2013 Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship. Graduate School, Ohio State University. $2,000.

2013 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University. $1,600.

2013 Mershon Center for International Security Studies Graduate Student Grant. Project: “Food insecurity in Nicaragua: The role of community and political organizations.” $3,000.

2012 Food Innovation Center Social Science Data Grant. Project: “Food Insecurity in Rural Latin America: A Food Systems Approach.” $2,500.

2010 Distinguished Dean’s University Fellowship, Ohio State University

2008 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant: $1,500. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Chicago.

2007 University Fellowship, University of Chicago

HONORS AND AWARDS

2014 Silverman Research Support Award: $1,000. Department of Sociology, Ohio

State University

2013 Outstanding MA Student Award, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University

2012 Outstanding graduate paper submission: $500. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics annual meeting. Cambridge, Massachusetts

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2012-2013 Research Assistant for Steven Lopez.

2013 Research Assistant for Kammi Schmeer and Barbara Piperata (Anthropology).

2008 Research Assistant, The Insider’s Guide to the Peace Corps: What to Know before You Go. Second edition. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press. 2009.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Student Affiliate, Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University

Associate Member, Food Innovation Center, Ohio State University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014-2016 Independent Instructor, Research Methods in Sociology

2015-2016 Independent Instructor, Sociology of Poverty

2015-2016 Preparing Future Faculty program, Ohio State University

2014-present Tutor, Student Athlete Support Services Office, Ohio State University.

Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Deviance, Criminal Justice, Sociology of Culture, Stratification, Social Problems, Men & Women in Society, Sociology of Gangs, Rural Sociology, Global Problems, Statistics, Spanish

2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Sociology

2007 Humanities Teaching Assistant, Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES) summer program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2016 Lindsey M. Ibañez and Steven Lopez. “Social Support and Identity Loss during Unemployment.” Annual meeting of the Population Association of America. Washington, DC, April 2.

2015 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “The Reputation Project: Mobilizing Network Ties for Low-Wage Work.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL, August 25.

2015 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Getting A (Low-Wage) Job: Network mobilization among urban Nicaragua’s working poor.” Sociology of Development conference. Providence, RI, March 14.

2014 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Personal contacts and employment opportunities in a less-developed country.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA, August 18.

2013 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Tell Me about It: Job contacts and information-sharing in Nicaragua.” Regional meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Mexico City, Mexico, December 6.

2013 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Beyond inclusive institutions: The role of interdependence and cooperation in development.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, New York, August 10.

2012 Schmeer, Kammi, Barbara Piperata, and Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Household Determinants of Food Insecurity: Evidence from León, Nicaragua.” 4th International EcoSummit. Columbus, Ohio, October 1.

2012 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “‘Gentlemen, the Stomach Dominates the Economy’: Small-Scale Dairy Farming and Community Well-Being in the Northwest Dominican Republic.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Denver, Colorado, August 20.

2012 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Civic Agriculture in Latin America: A cultural logic of embedded food systems.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 29.

2011 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “Dairy, Development and Free Trade in the Dominican Republic’s Linea Noroeste.” Annual meeting of the North Central Sociological Association. Cleveland, Ohio, April 2.

INVITED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

2013 “Food insecurity in Nicaragua: The role of community institutions and organizations.” Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.

2013 “Studying nutrition and food insecurity in Nicaragua: Conceptual and methodological issues.” School of Social Work, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua-León.

2013 “Latinos in Ohio and the Organizations that Serve Them: Impacts of the Great Recession.” Latinos in Ohio course, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Ohio State University.

DEPARTMENTAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2015-present Ad hoc referee: Social Currents, Sociological Focus

2016-present Cohort Representative, Sociology Graduate Student Association

2015-2016 Graduate Placement Committee, Department of Sociology, Ohio State

University

2014-2016 Student Representative, Economic Sociology Section, American

Sociological Association

2014 Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Ohio State

University

2014 Judge, Fall Student Poster Forum, Undergraduate Research Office, Ohio State University

2012-2013 Vice President for Student Affairs, Sociology Graduate Student Association, Ohio State University

2012 Discussant, “In Dialogue with Amitai Etzioni: Values and Affect in Decision Making.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 29.

2011-2012 Co-Chair, Social Committee, Sociology Graduate Student Association

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

2013 “Causal Inference from Longitudinal Data.” Workshop by Miguel Hernan. Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. December 17.

2013 “Qualitative-Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets.” Workshop by Charles Ragin. ASA annual meeting, New York, NY, August 9.

2011 “Introduction to Poverty Mapping and Tools.” Workshop by Ola Ahlqvist. Department of Geography, Ohio State University, January 28.

2010 “Introduction to Social Network Analysis.” Workshop by James Moody. Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May 18.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Sociological Association

Sections: Economic Sociology; Sociology of Development; Inequality, Poverty & Mobility; Organizations, Occupations, & Work

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics

Latin American Studies Association

LANGUAGES

Spanish (fluent)

Portuguese (basic)

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2004-2006 Health Education Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Dominican Republic

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