Areas of Research and Teaching Community and Urban Sociology; Environmental Sociology; Culture; Race and Ethnicity; Theory; Social Psychology; Ethnography and Methods
Education Ph.D., Sociology. 2008. City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center. Dissertation: The Global Pigeon: A Comparative Ethnography of Human-Animal Relations in Urban Communities. Committee: Mitchell Duneier (Chair), William Kornblum, and Julia Wrigley.
Books Jerolmack, Colin. [Under Contract]. The Global Pigeon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (“Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries” Series).
Peer-Reviewed Articles Jerolmack, Colin. 2008. "How Pigeons Became Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals." Social Problems 55(1): 72-94.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2007. "Animal Practices, Ethnicity and Community: The Turkish Pigeon Handlers of Berlin." American Sociological Review 72(6): 874-894.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2007. “Animal Archeology: Domestic Pigeons and the Nature-Culture Dialectic.” Qualitative Sociology Review 3(1): 74-95.
Jerolmack, Colin, and Douglas Porpora.2004. “Religion, Rationality, and Experience: A Response to the New Rational Choice Theory of Religion.” Sociological Theory 22(1): 190-211.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2003. “Tracing the Profile of Animal Rights Supporters.” Society and Animals 11(3): 245-263.
Review Essays Jerolmack, Colin. 2009. “Meaning and Morality in Everyday Life: Beyond ‘The Social Construction of…’” Sociological Forum 24(1): Forthcoming.
Jerolmack, Colin.2008. “Urban Renewal.” In The Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Jerolmack, Colin.2005. “Our Animals, Ourselves? Chipping Away the Human-Animal Divide.” Sociological Forum 20(4): 651-660.
Miscellaneous Publications Jerolmack, Colin. 2008. Book Review of “Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place” by Gabriella Modan. British Journal of Sociology 59(4): Forthcoming.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2007. “Urban Ethnography: Syllabus and Teaching Supplement.” Pp. 40-43 in Teaching Qualitative Methods. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2004. Book Review of “Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture” by Christian Smith. Contemporary Sociology 33(6): 677-678.
Jerolmack, Colin. 2003. “Sustainable Transportation as Freedom.” Proceedings of the Pace University Urban Ecology Conference.
Fellowships and Grants 2007-2008. Sponsored Dissertation Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center. 2006-2007. Dissertation Writing Fellowship, CUNY-GC. 2005. Doctoral Research Grant, CUNY- GC. 2005. Dissertation Writing Fellowship, CUNY- GC (declined). 2005. Humboldt University (Berlin) Urban Studies Program (tuition, lodging, travel).
Awards and Scholarships 2008. Animals and Society of the ASA, Distinguished Publication Award; for “Animal Practices, Ethnicity and Community.” 2007. 2nd Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Theory Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). 2005. Distinction. Comprehensive Oral Exams. 2004-2005. University Fellowship- tuition stipend (CUNY- GC). 2003-2004. Graduate Assistant (B) Research Fellowship and tuition stipend (CUNY- GC). 2003. Distinction. First Exam. 2002-2003. Altman and University Fellowships covering tuition and living expenses (CUNY- GC). 2000. Summa Cum Laude; perfect GPA (Drexel University).
Teaching Positions 2007 (summer). Co-teacher, Dept. of Sociology, UCLA. Course taught in collaboration with Jack Katz: "LA at Play," an ethnographic research and training program supported by the National Science Foundation.
2006-2007: Writing Fellow, Dept. of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York. Implemented Writing Within the Discipline initiatives as a consultant to “Experimental Psychology.”
2006 (fall): Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Drexel University, Philadelphia. Course taught: “Urban Ethnography Seminar.”
2003-2005: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Hunter College, New York. Courses taught: “Class, Status, and Power” (twice) and “Classical Sociological Theory” (twice); also an honors senior thesis advisor and a supervisor of undergraduate independent studies.
1999-2000: Teaching Assistant for Statistics and Methodology courses, Dept. of Sociology, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA.
Paper Presentations (Conferences and Invited Talks, last 2 years only)
2008. “The Morality of Aesthetics among Brooklyn's Rooftop Pigeon Flyers.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston MA.
2008. “A Place at the ‘Pet Shop:’ Status and Sociability among Brooklyn Rooftop Pigeon Flyers.” Yale University’s “Urban Ethnography: Its Tradition and Its Future.”
2008. “Peer Group Societies and Cultural Transmission: The Rooftop Pigeon Flyers of Brooklyn.” Columbia University’s “Urban Kaleidoscope: New Directions in Honor of Herbert Gans.”
2008. “Animals, Identity, and Place: The Pigeon Handlers of Berlin and New York.” New York University, Department of Sociology.
2007. “Ethnicity and Place in a Migrant Community: The Turkish Pigeon Handlers of Berlin.” Department of Sociology: Barnard College, University of Maryland (College Park), University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin (Madison), Yale University.
2007. “Making Place or Making Problems? The Role of Pigeons in the Public Squares of New York, Venice, and London.” NYU’s “Environmental Art Activism” seminar.
2007. “Primordial Ties, Animal Practices, and Ethnicity.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York.
2007. “How Pigeons Became Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York (2nd Place, SSSP student paper competition).
2007. “Animal Archeology: The Domestic Pigeon as a Product of Human Culture.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia PA.
2006. "Dualism or Duality? Rethinking the Human-Animal Relationship in "Modern" Society." Feature Thematic Session on “Transgressing The Human and Non-human Boundary.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.
2006. “The Impulse to Play: Toward a Theory of Cross-Species Sociability.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.
2006. “Up on the Roof: The Pigeon Coop as a Refuge From Modernity.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston MA.
Research Positions and Related Employment Experience Jan.- June 2005: Field Researcher, CUNY-GC. Performed participant observation and informal interviews on the #7 subway in New York as part of a research team, headed by William Kornblum, that examined how the subway socializes migrant groups to conceive of “the public.”
Jan.- May 2004: Editor of David Goode’s book (2006) Playing with My Dog, Katie: An Ethnomethodological Study of Canine-Human Interaction, Purdue University Press.
2002-2003: Research Assistant to Mauricio Font, Bildner Center for Western Hemispheric Research, CUNY-GC. Wrote grant proposals and literature reviews for the Center’s ongoing “Brazil Project” and “Cuba Project” (a series of reports and colloquiums).
1998-2000: Research Assistant to Douglas Porpora, Department of Sociology, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA. Provided literature reviews for Porpora’s research on religion.
Professional Activities Referee, American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Nature+Culture; Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal; Social Problems; Social Psychology Quarterly; Sociology Compass; and Sociology of Religion.
Elected Council Member, ASA Animals and Society section; 2007-present.
Elected Member, CUNY-GC Theory Committee; 2003-2005.
Invited Speaker, CUNY-GC graduate professional development workshops: Presenting and publishing; Applying for external funding; Pedagogy; Writing an IRB proposal; Passing the general and first exams; Writing the dissertation proposal.
Member, American Sociological Association; Eastern Sociological Society; International Society for Anthrozoology; Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Panel Organizer, “Fresh From the Field: The Experience of First Time Ethnographers in New York.” Annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, 2005
Related Experience *Experience with qualitative software such as Ethnograph and HyperResearch, as well as SPSS. *Have performed fieldwork as a member of a team, internationally, and with translators *Have a working knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese (conversationally competent) *Have traveled extensively throughout Europe, South America, and Southern Africa
References Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology (CUNY-GC and Princeton): (609) 258-4520; mduneier@princeton.edu
William Kornblum, Professor of Sociology (CUNY-GC): (212) 817-8776; wkornblum@gc.cuny.edu
Julia Wrigley, Associate Provost and Professor of Sociology (CUNY-GC): (212) 817-8771; jwrigley@gc.cuny.edu
