Mónica Salas Landa Curriculum Vitae September 2017

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1 Mónica Salas Landa Curriculum Vitae September 2017 Department of Anthropology & Sociology 304 Oechsle Center for Global Education Lafayette College, Easton, PA EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D.,, Department of Anthropology 2013 Exchange Scholar Program, Columbia University, Department of Anthropology 2012 M.A.,, Department of Anthropology 2008 M.A., New York University, Department of Museum Studies 2005 B.A., Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, Department of Anthropology (Honors) PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS present Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, Lafayette College Postdoctoral Fellow, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University PUBLICATIONS Books Manuscript in Preparation Violent Remains: Life among Mexico s Revolutionary Ruins 2007 Tierra, Agua y Poder [Land, Water, and Power]. Editora de Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Jalapa,Veracruz, Mexico. 1

2 Refereed Journal Articles (In)Visible Ruins: The Politics of Monumental Reconstruction is Post-revolutionary Mexico. Hispanic American Historical Review Crude Residues: The Workings of Failing Oil Infrastructure in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico. Environment and Planning A 48 (4) Enacting Post-revolutionary Agrarian Law: The Localized Effects of Legal Failure in Nautla, Veracruz, Mexico. The Journal of Latin American Studies 47 (4) Book Reviews Gastón Gordillo, Rubble: The Aftermath of Destruction. The Hispanic American Historical Review. Christina Bueno, The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History and the Making of Modern Mexico. H-Net Reviews. Web-based publications Toxic Bodies: Commentary. The Anthropology and Environment Society s Engagement blog AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 Professional Geographer Award, American Association of Geographers, Energy and Environment Speciality Group Honorable Mention, Social Sciences Essay Award, Latin American Studies Association, Mexico Section Winner of the Roseberry-Nash Prize, Society for Latin America and Caribbean Anthropology Finalist for the Rapapport Prize, Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association Winner of the Museum Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award, New York University 2

3 GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTED) 2017 (pending) Wenner-Gren Foundation, Engagement Grant Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, Fellows Program (declined) Sage Graduate Fellowship, 2013 Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 2011 Latin American Studies Program, Tinker Summer Grant 2010 Smithsonian Department of Anthropology and the National Science Foundation, SIMA Fellowship Sage Graduate Fellowship, Fulbright-Garcia Robles Fellowship INVITED TALKS 2017 An Archive of Refuse: Rag-Picking as Method. Andrew W. Mellon Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence, Closing Conference. Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Ruinas, Escombros y Fragmentos: La fabricación de la monumentalitad en el México Post-revolucionario. Antropología, Poder y Ruralidades. Seminario Permanente Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, Mexico Plenary Talk, Energy and Environment Speciality Group, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA Living among Ruins: Residues of Violence and Revolution in Veracruz, Mexico. Post-War Terrains Panel. Annual Conference of the Center of Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville. 3

4 2016 Crude Residues: The Workings of Failing Oil Infrastructure in Post- Revolutionary Mexico. The Anthropology of Contemporary Latin America Series, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (SELECTED) Symposium Organized 2016 Post-doctoral Symposium, Everyday Violence. Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Panels Organized 2017 Ruled by Records: Technologies of Inscription in Latin America s Development Age. Annual Meeting of the Latin America Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain The (Re)Sources of State-Formation: Restoring Nature and State Authority in Latin America. Annual Meeting American Society of Environmental History, Riverside, CA Porous Infrastructures: Entanglements of Materiality and Sociality in Latin America. Annual Meeting American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C The Building State: Construction, Ruins, and State Power in Latin America. Annual Meeting of the Latin America Studies Association, New York. Papers Presented 2018 (expected) Picturing Indigenismo: Isabel T. Kelly's photograph collection of Totonac Indians circa Ruled by Records: Technologies of Inscription in Latin America s Development Age Panel, Annual Meeting Latin American Studies Association, Barcelona, Spain (expected) The (Re)Sources of State-Formation: Restoring Nature and State Authority in Latin America Panel. Annual Meeting American Society of Environmental History, Riverside, CA. 4

5 2017 (expected) Crude Residues: The Workings of Failing Oil Infrastructures in Mexico. Porous Infrastructures: Entanglements of Materiality and Sociality in Latin America Panel, Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC Crude Matters: El campo Furbero and the Expansion the Southern Oil Frontier in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. Turning Nature into Resources Panel, Annual Meeting of American the Association of Environmental Historians, Chicago IL Iterable Ghosts: Photography, Race, and Repetition In Post- Revolutionary Mexico. Materiality on the Move: Pasts and Futures through the objects of Latin America Panel. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Minneapolis, MN The Making and Unmaking of Monumentality in Tajín Totonac. The Emergence and Evanescence of Model Communities Panel, Spring Conference of the American Ethnological Society, San Diego, CA Failing Infrastructures, Emerging Politics. Sprawling Cities, Whither Citizens? Urban Space and Novel Forms of Political Engagement in Latin America Panel, Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C. DEPARTMENTAL TALKS 2015 Modernist Ruins, Fragmented Debris Andrew W. Mellon Foundational Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Crude Toxicity: The workings of failing oil infrastructure in Poza Rica, Veracruz Mexico. Sustainability Research Panel, Sustaining the Humanities: Epistemology, Methodologies and Infrastructure, Society for the Humanities,, Ithaca, NY. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lafayette College Technologies of Memory (Fall 2017) 5

6 Environment and Culture/ Digital Humanities (Spring 2017) Introduction to Socio-cultural Anthropology (Fall 2016, 2017) Violence in Contemporary Latin America (Fall 2016) Teaching Assistant for The Comparison of Cultures With Professor David Holmberg (Fall 2010, 2011) Teaching Assistant for Ancient Peoples and Places With Professor John Henderson (Spring 2011) SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Manuscript Review Work: Cultural Anthropology, Hispanic American Historical Review Leadership of Professional Organizations: Prize Councilor, Society of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology Board (2017) DEPARTMENTAL/COLLEGE SERVICE Student Conduct Committee (2017) Search Committee, Department of Anthropology and Sociology (2017) TEACHING AREAS Violence Memory State Formation Modern and Contemporary Mexico Environment and Society Materiality LANGUAGES Native Spanish English French: Basic reading knowledge, basic conversational skills. 6

7 PROFESSIONAL AFFLILIATIONS American Anthropological Association Latin American Studies Associations American Society of Environmental History REFERENCES Marina Welker Department of Anthropology 200 McGraw Hall Ithaca NY Adam T. Smith Department of Anthropology 123 McGraw Hall Ithaca NY Raymond Craib Department of History 436 McGraw Hall Ithaca NY Neha Vora Department of Anthropology and Sociology OCGE 305 Lafayette College Easton PA