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Katherine G. Sammler Curriculum vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION California State University Maritime Academy 200 Maritime Academy Drive Vallejo, California 94590 (707) 654-1148 ksammler@csum.edu https://saltygeographies.net
EDUCATION Ph.D., School of Geography and Development, 2016 The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Dissertation Title: National Governance of Offshore Volumes: Challenging Geometries, Geopolitics and Geophysicalities. Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Banister Minor: Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Graduate Certificate in GIS M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, 2009 The University of Arizona, Tucson AZ B.S., Physics, 2005 University of Oregon, Eugene OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2016-Present. Assistant Professor, Global Studies & Maritime Affairs California State University Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA. RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 2013-2014 Intercultural Center for the Study of Desert and Oceans/ Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos. GIS marine spatial planning with artisanal fisher co-ops for sustainable governance in Gulf of California. 2009 Flood Hydroclimatology of Arizona, Climate Assessment of the Southwest (CLIMAS), University of Arizona. Analyzed historical flood data, flood frequency & magnitude, web and GIS platforms for bi-directional stakeholder communication. 2008 Border Climate Summary, Udall Center for Public Policy & Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona. Editor, bi-national climate quarterly. Interpreted climate content, made infographics, facilitated workshops in US & MX. 2008 Modeling O3 Measurement of GPS Radio Occultation. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona. Atmospheric Temperature, Ozone, and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS) satellite proof of concept.
PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS 2018 Sammler, K. (in review). “Kauri and the Whale: Alternative Ontologies of Environmental Politics” in I. Braverman and E. Johnson (eds.), Ocean Legalities: The Law and Life of the Sea, Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2016 Sammler, K. “The Deep Pacific: Island Governance and Seabed Mineral Development” in E. Stratford (ed.), Island Geographies: Essays and Conversations, New York, NY: Routledge. 198pp. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2014 Sammler, K. Emerging Resource Management Strategies and Deep Seabed Mining in South Pacific Island Nations. Islands of the World Conference, Penghu, TW 22–27 Sep. 2010 Kursinski, E.R., Young, A., Otarola, A., Stovern, M., Wheelwright, B., Ward D., Sammler K., Stickney, R.. Groppi, C., Al Banna, S., Schein, M., Bell, S., Bertiger, W., Miller, M., and Pickett, H. Laboratory and Ground Testing Results from ATOMMS: the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer. 21st International Symposium on Space TeraHertz Technology, Oxford, 23-25 Mar. 2009 AlBanna, S., Groppi, C., Walker, C., Schein, M., Bell, S., Wheelwright, B., d’Aubigny, C., Young ,A., Golish, D., Kursinsk, E.R., Otarola, A., Ward, D., Sammler, K., Bertiger, W., Miller, M., and Pickett, H. A Single 30 cm Aperture Antenna Design for The Operation of 2 Widely Separated Frequency Bands for the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS). 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Charlottesville, VA 20-22 Apr. 2008 Kursinski, E.R., Ward, D., Otarola, A., Sammler, K., Frehlich, R., Rind, D., Groppi, C., Albanna S., Shein, M., Bertiger, W., Pickett, H. and Ross, M. The Active Temperature Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS), ECMWF GRAS SAF Workshop on GPS Radio Occultation. Shinfield Park, UK. 16-18 Jun. BOOK REVIEWS 2017 Sammler, K. Book Review of Seascapes: Shaped by the Sea edited by Mike Brown & Barbara Humberstone. The Canadian Geographer/Le Gographe canadien, 61: e35-e36. 2015 Sammler, K. Territory as Political Technology - A review of The Birth of Territory by Stuart Elden. Contrivers’ Review. March 2. 2013 Sammler, K. Book review: Island Enclaves: Offshoring, Creative Governance and Subnational Island Jurisdictions. Cultural Geographies; Islanding Cultural Geographies 20(2): 262. 2013 Sammler, K. Book review: Island Enclaves: Offshoring, Creative Governance and Subnational Island Jurisdictions. Current Issues in Comparative Education; Education in Small States: Fragilities, Vulnerabilities and Strengths 15(1): 181-183. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION n.d. Sammler, K. & Lynch, C. Spaceport America: Contested Offworld Access and the Everyman Astronaut [Special issue: Human Rights and Critical Geopolitics of Outer Spaces]. n.d. Sammler, K. The Rising Politics of Sea Level. n.d. Sammler, K., House-Peters, L. Geoviscera: Unleashing the Subterranean. OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2013 Sammler, K., House-Peters, L. Tracing L.A.’s Marine Topographies: Climate, Currents, & Calamari. Association of American Geographers Newsletter 48(1).
AWARDS & HONORS TEACHING AWARDS 2016 GPSC Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, $100. PAPER AWARDS 2015 Sammler, K., From Ocean Abyss to Vacuum of Space: Privatization in the Vertical Commons. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Tom McKnight and Joan Clemens Award Outstanding Student Paper, $250. 2015 Sammler, K., Ocean Governance and Seabed Mineral Development in the South Pacific. Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group, honorable mention, $150.
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS 2014 Investigating Ocean Territory & Resource Sovereignty Through Seabed Mining in South Pacific Island Nations (PI). National Science Foundation – East Asia Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI), New Zealand, $5,000. Matching funds provided by Royal Society of New Zealand, $3,200. 2014 Environmental Governance of the Deep: Pacific Seabed Mining. Social Science Research Council–Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship: Oceanic Studies: Seas as Sites & Subjects of Interdisciplinary Inquiry, $5,000. 2009 Graduate Research Fellow–Environmental Sustainability. Science Foundation Arizona, $30,000. RESEARCH GRANTS 2016 Legal Construction of Ocean Jurisdictions. Chancellor’ s Office Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Award (RSCA), CSU. $1,500. 2014 Environmental Governance of the Deep: Pacific Seabed Mining. Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute–Dissertation grant, UA. $1,500. 2014 Environmental Governance of the Deep: Pacific Seabed Mining. Graduate and Professional Student Council, UA, $1,000. INSTRUCTIONAL GRANTS 2017 Travel funding for undergraduate students to attend and present research at the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers annual conference in Chico, CA. Instructionally Related Activities Grant (IRA), CSU Maritime. $1,750. 2017 Course Redesign of GMA 105: Ocean Politics for increased retention. Provost’s Curriculum Redesign Grant, CSU Maritime. $1,000. 2016 GPS Coastline Measurement and Mapping. Purchase of handheld GPS units to use in new course: GIS Mapping & Spatial Analysis 395. Instructionally Related Activities Grant (IRA), CSU Maritime. $1,500. TRAVEL GRANTS 2016, 2017 CSU Maritime Provost Presentation Fund. $500. 2016 CSU Maritime Academy-Wide Faculty Development Funds. $500. 2016 AAG-NSF junior scholar travel grant to attend the International Geographical Union in Beijing, China. $2,000. 2015, 2012 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers–Women’s Network. $200. 2015–2011 Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona. $500. 2014 Islands of the World Conference–Penghu Island, Taiwan. $1500. 2014–2011Graduate and Professional Student Council University of Arizona. $500.
INVITED TALKS 2017 Follow The Drop: A Hydro-Social Tour Of California H20, Visions of the Wild, Lecture Tour on the Carquinez Strait, 10 Sep. 2017 Measurement and Meaning: Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Elevations. Blue Room Lecture Series, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 29 Jul. 2017 Politics & Impacts of Seabed Mining & The Rising Politics of Sea Level. International training program for Huaihai Institute of Technology, San Francisco State University, College of Extended Learning, 21 Jul. 2017 An Oceanic Gaze. University of California Berkeley, Office of Resources for International and Area Studies, The View from the Sea: Oceans in World History Summer Institute for k-12 Educators, 28 Jun. 2012, 2011 Interact with Air, Land, & Sea. AZK-12 Center: STEM Camp.
WORKSHOPS INVITED 2017 Ocean Legalities: The Law and Life of the Sea, The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Buffalo, NY, 23–24 Feb. 2016 Oceanic Ecologies and Imaginaries. UC Irvine, CA, 26 Jun–2 Jul. 2016 Critical Physical Geography: Proposals. Slow Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, 26–28 Mar. 2015 Critical Physical Geography: Defining a Discipline. Chicago, IL, 18-20 Apr. 2010 Weather and Society*Integrated Studies. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO. 2008 4th Asian Space Conference & FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC. University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Normal Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
CONFERENCES PAPERS PRESENTED 2017 Sammler, K., Lynch, C. Spaceport America: Contested Offworld Access and the Everyman Astronaut. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 5–9, Apr. 2017 Sammler, K. Material, Technical, and Political Constructions of Sea Level. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston MA, 5-9, Apr. 2016 Sammler, K. Critical Physical Geography of Sea Level. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers Annual Meeting, Portland OR, 5–9 Oct. 2016 Sammler, K. Territory, Sovereignty and Political Geometry in the Pacific Ocean. International Geographical Congress, Beijing, China, 21–25 Aug. 2016 Sammler, K. Common Heritage or Private Commodity: Political Geography of Sea, Air, & Space. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco CA, 29 Mar–02 Apr. 2015 Sammler, K. From Ocean Abyss to Vacuum of Space: Privatization in the Vertical Commons. APCG, Palm Springs CA, 21–24 Oct. 2015 Sammler, K. Subsuming the Submerged: Producing Seabeds as Political Territories. Association of American Geographers, Chicago IL, 21–25 Apr. 2015 Sammler, K. Knowing the Abyss: Seeking Geographies of Ocean Space. Oceans and Deserts: Charting Transdisciplinary Currents in Environment and Culture within the Arts and Sciences, Tucson AZ 6–7 Mar. 2014 Sammler, K. Emerging Resource Management Strategies and Deep Seabed Mining in South Pacific Island Nations. Islands of the World Conference, Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan 22–27 Sep. 2014 Sammler, K. The Deep Pacific: Island Governance and Seabed Mineral Development. Association of American Geographers, Tampa FL 8–12 Apr. 2014 Sammler, K. Sovereignty Submerged: Deep Sea Mining, Governance, & Accumulation in the Pacific. Dimensions of Political Ecology, Lexington KY 27 Feb–1 Mar. 2013 Sammler, K. Ruin Spreads Over the Deep: The Production and Materiality of Ocean Space. Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles CA 9–13 Apr. 2012 Sammler, K. Redolent of Spheres: On Ocean Law and Sovereignty. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Olympia WA 3–6 Oct. POSTERS PRESENTED 2012 Sammler, K. Aquatic Imaginaries: Navigating Marine Debris. Association of American Geographers, New York NY 24–28 Feb. 2010 Sammler, K., Hirschboeck, K. Flood Hydroclimatology Data as a Nexus for Stakeholder Interaction. Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., 14–18 Apr. 2009 Sammler, K., Kursinski, E.R., Ward, D. Profiling Ozone Via Radio Occultation. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA 14–18 Dec. SESSIONS ORGANIZED 2017 Multispheres: Legal & Political Geographies of Geophysical Interfaces, I & II. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 5–9, Apr. 2016 Point, Line, Plane, Volume: Increasing Dimensionality in Geographic Inquiry I & II. Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, 29 Mar–02 Apr. 2013 Writing Spaces of Exception: The Implications of Illegible Geographies. Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, CA 9–13 Apr. DISSUSANT 2017 Critical Geographies of Subsurface, Sky, and Other Inscrutable Spaces. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 5–9, Apr. 2012 Author Meets Critics: Island Enclaves by Godfrey Baldacchino. Association of American Geographers, New York, NY 24–28 Feb.
CAMPUS TALKS 2015 Seabed Mining Prospects in New Zealand. Society of Earth Science Students, geosciences undergraduate club, University of Arizona.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR
Ocean Politics fall 2016, 2017.
Environmental Policy fall 2016, fall 2017.
Comparative Maritime Policies spring 2017.
GIS Mapping & Spatial Analysis spring 2017.
Comparative Politics fall 2016.
Our Changing Climate winter 2015: online.
Our Dynamic Landscape fall 2012, 2015.
Introduction to Physical Geography fall 2014, summer 2015: online.
Environment and Society winter 2013: online.
Computer Cartography summer 2011.
STUDY ABROAD
International Experience Trip Lead, 28 Global Studies & Maritime Affairs
and International Business & Logistics student in Vietnam, 3 weeks 2017.
LAB INSTRUCTOR
Geographic Apps. of Remote Sensing spring 2012.
GIS for Natural & Social Sciences spring 2012.
Introduction to Remote Sensing fall 2011.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Our Diverse Biosphere spring 2016.
The Political and Cultural Geography of Globalization spring 2015.
Introduction to Sustainable Development spring 2015.
Weather and Climate fall 2007, spring 2008.
MENTORSHIP
2017 Nancy Orr, undergraduate research assistant, “Legal Construction
of Ocean Jurisdictions.”
SERVICE & OUTREACH PROFESSIONAL 2017 Ad Hoc Reviewer – Environment and Planning A. 2015 Ad Hoc Reviewer – Island Studies Journal. 2015 Invited Speaker – National Science Foundation: East Asia Pacific Summer Institute orientation, Arlington, VA 2–3 Apr. UNIVERSITY 2017-18 The Institution-Wide Assessment Council – assessment of institution-wide academic student learning outcomes , CSU Maritime. 2017 Search Committee – Global Studies & Maritime Affairs Chair, CSUM. 2016-17 Faculty Learning Committee – department learning assessment implementation, CSU Maritime. 2015 Search committee – Associate Dean for Research. Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona. 2015 Poster presented – New Waves in the Ocean: Environmental Governance Challenges of Seabed Mining in the Pacific. University of Arizona: GPSC Grant Winner Expo 23 Oct, Institute of the Environment Grad Blitz 3 Nov, Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs Research Showcase 10 Dec. 2011–2015 Travel Grant Judge – Graduate & Professional Student Council, University of Arizona. 2011 Development Committee – School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona. Newsletter, alumni fundraising. COMMUNITY 2017 Maritime Film Festival organizer, CSU Maritime. 2014 Presentation for McGuinness Foundation & stakeholders, Wellington, NZ. 2012 Science Fair Judge, South Side Community School, Tucson, AZ. 2010 Founder, Tucson Aquatic Enthusiast Society & Aquatic Syndicate. 2008 Volunteer SuomiNet GPS precipitable water vapor weather station installation. Yuma, AZ. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Association of American Geographers Association of Pacific Coast Geographers International Small Islands Studies Association
LANGUAGE
Spanish reading: good, writing: good, speaking: conversational.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
COMPUTER SKILLS ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Fortran, GrADS, IDL, iWork,
LaTeX, Mathematica, Matlab, Microsoft Office, Nvivo, Unix.
OTHER
2015 Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Course in
Effective Teaching Practices
2008 CITI Human Subjects Training, renewed 2013
2008 PADI open water SCUBA
Screen printing and design
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