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MICHELE BOLDUC
Department of Geography, University of Kentucky
817 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40507
859.285.5205 /
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2016-2017 Visiting Instructor, Departments of Public Health and Anthropology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2015-2016 Visiting Instructor I in Community Health, Department of Health Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
EDUCATION
2018 Ph.D in Geography
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Dissertation: “The Politics of Im/migrant Health Care: Socio-Spatial Factors Influencing Health Care Delivery in Immokalee, Florida”
2009 M.A. in Geography
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Thesis: “Food for ‘Us’: Understanding the Dynamics of Personal Politics and Ideas of Community in the Common Ground Community Garden”
2006 A.B. in Anthropology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Senior Thesis: “Oglethorpe County Agriculture: A Look at Historical Practices and their Application to Agrarian Connections Farm”
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Critical public health geography; political economy/ecology of health; im/migration, intersectionality, and health inequities; food, environment, and agriculture studies; farmworker occupational health; health policy; longevity and community health planning; rural health and health care delivery; maternal health; public and applied scholarship; American South; Haiti
HONORS
2013 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky Geographical Society
2009 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia
2006 Department Head’s Award for Excellence in Anthropology, University of Georgia
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Geography and Spatial Sciences Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation #1459140, $10,567
2014 Barnhart-Withington Research Award, University of Kentucky, $2,500 total
2013 Association of Emeriti Faculty Endowed Fellowship, Univ of Kentucky, $2,000
2012 Latin American Studies Program Research Grant, University of Kentucky, $700
2010 Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship, University of Kentucky, $15,000
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journals
2017 Laliberte, N., Bain, A., Lankenau, G., Bolduc, M., McGinty, A.M., & Sziarto, K. “The controversy capital of stealth feminism in higher education.” ACME, 16(1), 34-58.
2015 Bolduc, M. with The University of Kentucky Critical Pedagogy Working Group, Mott, C., Zupan, S., Debbane, A.M., & L., R. “Making space for critical pedagogy in the neoliberal university: Struggles and possibilities.” ACME, 14(4), 1260-1282.
Book Review
2012 Bolduc, M. “Food, health and the body: The political ecology of sustainability.” Area, 44(2), 260-261.
Manuscripts in Progress
(In progress). Bolduc, M., Daramola, C., & Bossak, B. “Migrant farmworker health in Florida: A critical review.” For submission in Summer 2018.
(In progress). Bolduc, M., “Discourses of race, nativity, and risk in American HIV/AIDS public health policy and programming.” For submission in Summer 2018.
(In progress). Bolduc, M., “Immigrant Deservingness to Care: Policy and Politics in the Sunshine State.” For submission in Spring 2018.
(In progress). Bolduc, M., “The new political economy of health care in rural Florida.” For submission in Spring 2018.
Media
2015 Bolduc, M. (Spring). “Research Highlight: Navigating the Changing Immigrant Health Care Landscape in Immokalee, Florida.” Rural Geography News. Available at https://rgsg.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/rgsg_spring2015vfinal.pdf.
2013 Flippo Bolduc, M. with Soliman, S. & Strosberg, S. (speakers). (April 13). “Intentional Instruction: The Critical Pedagogy Working Group.” University of Kentucky Podcast. Available at https://www.as.uky.edu/podcasts/intentional-instruction-critical-pedagogy-working-group.
2011 Flippo Bolduc, M. (speaker). (January 15). “Are Community Gardens Inherently Radical?” North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference. Available at http://bayarearesistance.wordpress.com/our-library/.
2008 Featured: (Spring). “Common Ground Garden Growing.” Food Now Athens.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Sessions and Workshops Organized
Public Geographies Panel, Co-Organizer, SEDAAG Annual Meeting, Pensacola, FL, November 22-24, 2015
Feminist Engagements with Health, Capitalism, and the Body I and II, AAG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 10-11, 2013
Tales from the Neoliberal University, Co-Organized with the Critical Pedagogy Working Group, AAG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2013
Political Ecologies of Health I and II, Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington, KY, March 1, 2013
Growing Native Plants Workshop Series, Common Ground, Athens, GA Summer 2008
Presentations
Impacts of Anti-Immigrant Discourse on Health Care Availability in Florida, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2016
What Can You Do with a Community Health Degree? Eagle Expo, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, February 20, 2016
What Can You Do with a Community Health Degree? Eagle Expo, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, October 17, 2015
The Politics of Immigrant Women’s Health Care in Immokalee, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2015
The (Bio)Politics of Haitian Immigrant Women’s Reproductive Health, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 9, 2014
The Politics of Birth (and Research) in Haiti, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 10, 2013
Birthing in Haiti, Latin American Studies Graduate Student Symposium, Lexington, KY, March 8, 2013
A Brief Introduction to Critical Pedagogy, Geography Teaching Assistant Orientation, Lexington, KY, August 21, 2012
The Political Economy of Trash in Haiti, Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference, Lexington, KY, April 13, 2012
Death, Taxes, and Trash: The Political Economy of Trash in Haiti, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York, NY, February 25, 2012
Can Community Gardens Help to Radically Shape the Food System? Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, April 15, 2011
Should We Topple the Ivory Tower? Reshaping the Future of Teaching and Education Through Praxis, University of Kentucky Graduate Student Conference, Lexington, KY, April 1, 2011
The Common Ground Community Garden, North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference, Toronto, ON, January 15, 2011
Can Community Gardens Help to Radically Shape the Food System? Southeast Division, AAG Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, November 23, 2010
Can Community Gardens Help to Radically Shape the Food System? Critical Geography Mini-Conference, Milwaukee, WI, November 6, 2010
Growing and Preparing Medicinal Plants Workshop, Growing Native Workshop Series, Athens, GA, May 25, 2008
Panel Participation
Feminist Pedagogies, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 10, 2014
The Common Ground Community Garden, Hunger and Homelessness Panel Discussion, Athens, GA, November 19, 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Agnes Scott College (2016-2017)
Introduction to Public Health – on campus and online
Geographies of Health and Disease
Anthropology of Public Health
Global Health
Medical Anthropology
Health Policy – online
Florida Gulf Coast University (2015-2016)
Introduction to Public Health
Global Health Systems and Issues
Senior Capstone in Community Health – service learning course
Interdisciplinary Health Science Senior Seminar—online service learning course
Medical Terminology—online
Health Care Policy in the US – online
University of Kentucky (2011-2013)
Geographies of Gender and Sexuality
Introduction to Human Geography
Global Environmental Issues—discussion leader
University of Georgia (2007-2009)
Physical Geography Lab
MENTORING
2014 Advisor to China Pierrelus, senior project in Community Health, Florida Gulf Coast University
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2017-- Training Lead, OneSource, University of Georgia
2014 Research Assistant to Dr. Brian Bossak, Department of Health Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
2006-2007 Family Independence Case Manager I, Department of Human Resources, Division of Child and Family Services, Athens, GA
SERVICE
Reviewer
2017— Gender, Place, and Culture
2017 The Onyx Review: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal at Agnes Scott College
Service to the Profession
2017 AP Human Geography Exam Rater, Cincinnati, OH, Jun 2-
2016 AP Human Geography Exam Rater, Cincinnati, OH, Jun 2-9
2015 AP Human Geography Exam Rater, Cincinnati, OH, Jun 1-7
2014-- Member, Feminist Pedagogies Writing Collective
2014 AP Human Geography Exam Rater, Cincinnati, OH, Jun 2-7
2013 AP Human Geography Exam Rater, Cincinnati, OH, Jun 3-8
University Service
2016 Course Design Academy, Florida Gulf Coast University, May 3-12
Volunteer Judge, Research Day, Apr 7
2015 SafeZone Training, Sept 16
University Teaching Mentoring Program, Fall
New Faculty Academy, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fall
2014 QEP Information Literacy Workshop, Florida Gulf Coast Univ, Oct 14
2011-- Member, Political Ecology Working Group
Departmental Service
2016 Presenter, Eagle Expo, Feb 20
Search Committee Member, MSHS Program Director
Search Committee Member, Public Health
Search Committee Member, Epidemiology
2015 Presenter, Eagle Expo, Oct 17
Co-Organizer, Health Careers Brown Bag series, Fall
2012 Co-Organizer, Critical Pedagogy Teaching Orientation, Aug 22
2012 Founder, Critical Pedagogy Working Group
Selected Community Involvement
2014 Coordinator, Fourth Haitian Health Fair, Golden Gate, FL, Feb 8
2013 Coordinator and Opening Speaker, Third Haitian Health Fair, Naples, FL, Oct 12
Volunteer, Second Haitian Health Fair, Immokalee, FL, Aug 24
2013-2014 Volunteer and Webmaster, Haitian Coalition of Collier County
2012 Volunteer, Soley Lavi Birthing Center, Jacmel, Haiti, July-Aug
2011 Volunteer, Haitian American Caucus, Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, Aug
2008 Garden Coordinator, Common Ground Community Garden, Feb-Oct
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Working knowledge of ArcGIS and open source mapping software
Advanced knowledge of LMS platforms (WebCT, Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle)
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish (Intermediate), French (Intermediate), Haitian Creole (Beginner)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Public Health Association
Association of American Geographers