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EDUCATION
2018 Ph.D., Sociology, The Ohio State University
(expected) Dissertation: The Reputation Game: Searching for Low-Wage Work in Urban Nicaragua
Committee: Steven Lopez (chair), Tim Bartley, Rachel Dwyer, Kammi Schmeer
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
Certificate, Latin American Studies; specialization, Political Science; minor, Spanish
2003 Centro de Estudios Interamericanos (CEDEI), Cuenca, Ecuador
2001 Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
Ibañez, Lindsey M. 2015. “Beyond Inclusiveness: Institutions, Cooperation, and Rural Development.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 36(4), 499-515. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNHic3wcScuUIHNUiyTg/full
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 AND IN REVISION
Ibañez, Lindsey M. and Steven Lopez. "'Coming Back to Who I Am': Social Support and Identity Repair after Job Loss.” Conditionally accepted.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “A Balancing Act: Relational Work in Low-Wage Job Referrals." Under review.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “When Strong Ties Fail: Trust, Emotional Intimacy, and Low-Wage Job Referrals." In preparation for submission. Manuscript available upon request.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “The Reputation Game: Getting a Job Referral in the Low-Wage Labor Market.” In preparation. Manuscript available upon request.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “Constructing the Worthy Worker.” In preparation. Manuscript available upon request.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2016-2017 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship.
2014 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. Project: “Personal contacts and employment opportunities.”
2013 Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship. Graduate School, Ohio State University.
2013 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.
2013 Mershon Center for International Security Studies Graduate Student Grant. Project: “Food insecurity in Nicaragua: The role of community and political organizations.”
2012 Food Innovation Center Social Science Data Grant. Project: “Food Insecurity in Rural Latin America: A Food Systems Approach.”
2010 Distinguished Dean’s University Fellowship, Ohio State University.
2008 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Chicago.
2007 University Fellowship, University of Chicago.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2017 Instructor, Sociological Theory, Ohio State
Fall 2017 Visiting Instructor, People, Culture and Society, Denison University
2014-2016 Instructor, Research Methods in Sociology
2015-2016 Instructor, Sociology of Poverty
2015-2016 Preparing Future Faculty program
2014-present Tutor, Student Athlete Support Services Office, Ohio State University
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.
2004-2006 Health Education Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Dominican Republic
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 ASA Student Travel Award
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
Student Affiliate, Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Lindsey M. Ibañez and Steven Lopez. “‘Coming Back to Who I Am’: Unemployment, Identity, and Social Support.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec. August 14.
2017 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “When Strong Ties Fail: Trust, Emotional Intimacy, and Low-Wage Job Referrals.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Problems. Montreal, Quebec. August 12.
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 Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, 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
2017 “Open Doors/Diversity and Implicit Bias.” Office of Student Life, Ohio State University, March 4.
2016 “Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom.” University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University, February 19.
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 Study of Social Problems
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
Latin American Studies Association
LANGUAGES
Spanish (fluent)
Portuguese (basic)
EDUCATION
2018 Ph.D., Sociology, The Ohio State University
(expected) Dissertation: The Reputation Game: Searching for Low-Wage Work in Urban Nicaragua
Committee: Steven Lopez (chair), Tim Bartley, Rachel Dwyer, Kammi Schmeer
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
Certificate, Latin American Studies; specialization, Political Science; minor, Spanish
2003 Centro de Estudios Interamericanos (CEDEI), Cuenca, Ecuador
2001 Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
PUBLICATIONS
Ibañez, Lindsey M. 2015. “Beyond Inclusiveness: Institutions, Cooperation, and Rural Development.” Canadian Journal of Development Studies 36(4), 499-515. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNHic3wcScuUIHNUiyTg/full
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 AND IN REVISION
Ibañez, Lindsey M. and Steven Lopez. "'Coming Back to Who I Am': Social Support and Identity Repair after Job Loss.” Conditionally accepted.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “A Balancing Act: Relational Work in Low-Wage Job Referrals." Under review.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “When Strong Ties Fail: Trust, Emotional Intimacy, and Low-Wage Job Referrals." In preparation for submission. Manuscript available upon request.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “The Reputation Game: Getting a Job Referral in the Low-Wage Labor Market.” In preparation. Manuscript available upon request.
Ibañez, Lindsey M. “Constructing the Worthy Worker.” In preparation. Manuscript available upon request.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
2016-2017 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship.
2014 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. Project: “Personal contacts and employment opportunities.”
2013 Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship. Graduate School, Ohio State University.
2013 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.
2013 Mershon Center for International Security Studies Graduate Student Grant. Project: “Food insecurity in Nicaragua: The role of community and political organizations.”
2012 Food Innovation Center Social Science Data Grant. Project: “Food Insecurity in Rural Latin America: A Food Systems Approach.”
2010 Distinguished Dean’s University Fellowship, Ohio State University.
2008 Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Chicago.
2007 University Fellowship, University of Chicago.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2017 Instructor, Sociological Theory, Ohio State
Fall 2017 Visiting Instructor, People, Culture and Society, Denison University
2014-2016 Instructor, Research Methods in Sociology
2015-2016 Instructor, Sociology of Poverty
2015-2016 Preparing Future Faculty program
2014-present Tutor, Student Athlete Support Services Office, Ohio State University
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.
2004-2006 Health Education Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Dominican Republic
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 ASA Student Travel Award
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
Student Affiliate, Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Lindsey M. Ibañez and Steven Lopez. “‘Coming Back to Who I Am’: Unemployment, Identity, and Social Support.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec. August 14.
2017 Lindsey M. Ibañez. “When Strong Ties Fail: Trust, Emotional Intimacy, and Low-Wage Job Referrals.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Social Problems. Montreal, Quebec. August 12.
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 Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, 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
2017 “Open Doors/Diversity and Implicit Bias.” Office of Student Life, Ohio State University, March 4.
2016 “Active Learning Strategies for the Classroom.” University Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Ohio State University, February 19.
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 Study of Social Problems
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
Latin American Studies Association
LANGUAGES
Spanish (fluent)
Portuguese (basic)