Anne-Marie Turnage

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Geography, West Virginia University, ABD
• Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies Program, West Virginia University, 2000
• M.A., History, West Virginia University, 1995
• B.A., Anthropology, Mary Washington College, 1990

Research Interest

• Rural and Gender Geography, Informal Economy, Qualitative and Community-Based Research Methods, Global Studies, Geography of Developing Nations, Service Learning

Representative Scholarly Activity

• Turnage, A. (2008) “AmeriCorps,” The Hemlock, v. 2., i. 4.
• Oberhauser, Ann M., Amy Pratt and Anne- Marie Turnage (2001) “Unraveling Appalachia’s Rural Economy: The Case of a Flexible Manufacturing Network,” Journal of Appalachian Studies
• Oberhauser, Ann M. and Anne- Marie Turnage (1999) “Weaving the Socio- economic Fabric of Women’s Lives in the Central Appalachian Coalfields” in Barbara Ellen Smith (ed.) Neither Separate Nor Equal: Women, Race and Class in the U. S. South (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1999).
• Contributor (1998 ) Sciences of the Earth: An Historical Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Press).
• Macneal, Patricia and Bonelyn Kyofsky and Kenneth Thigpen (1997) Headwaters and Hardwoods: The Folklore, Cultural History and Traditional Arts of the Pennsylvania Northern Tier (Mansfield: Northern Tier Cultural Alliance). Reviewed for Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine, v. 14, n. 3.
• Peyton, Billy J. and Anne- Marie Turnage (1996) Unite … the Most Remote Corners: An Archaeological and Historical Survey of the Staunton- Parkersburg Turnpike. Technical Report. Morgantown, WV: Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, West Virginia University.
• “Placing Local Food Access Issues into a Global Context,” Council of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Denver, October 2017.
• “Global Service- Learning in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains: Values to Results,” Dalton Institute on College Student Values; Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida; February 2012.
• “Local and Global Partnerships: Where Study Abroad and Service- Learning Meet,” Region VIII NAFSA Conference; Philadelphia, PA; November 2011.
• “Learning the lessons our places are teaching us: Global Service- learning in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains,” African Regional Conference on Community University Partnerships and Community Based Research; Cheikh Anta Diop University; Dakar, Senegal; March 2011.
• Roundtable Moderator, “Establishing Reciprocal Relationships with Communities,” PA/NY Campus Compact Retreat, Honesdale, PA, May 2008.
• “Global Service- Learning,” LHUP New Faculty Internationalization Program, at Tecnologico de Monterrey- Campus Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, May 2008.
• “Integrating Global Service- Learning into Medical Education: Understanding Nutrition and Health among the Amazighen in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco,” Community Empowerment Conference, SUNY- Binghamton University, October 2007.
• “Best Practices in International Service- Learning,” Pennsylvania Council for International Education, September 2007.
• Invited Presenter for “Breaking New Ground for Regional Stewardship: Community Centered Teaching and Learning” Conference, Morehead State University, April 2-5, 2007.
• “Hillbilly Land: Poverty and Geographic ‘Othering’ “ Pennsylvania Campus Compact Annual Conference, March 2007.
• “The Engaged Department,” Pennsylvania Campus Compact Annual Conference, March 2007 .
• “Engaging Students in Service- Learning through Disaster Relief: a Case Study,” National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Seattle, Washington, June 18- 20, 2006.
• “Service, Community and Citizenship,” International Partnership for Service- Learning Annual Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 2004.
• Invited Presenter, “Community Service- Learning, Reflection and Geographic Scale,” Pennsylvania Communication Association Annual Conference, October 2003.

Honors, Awards and Grants

• Volunteer of the Year, Downtown Lock Haven, Inc., 2007.
• Lock Haven University, Woman of Distinction Award, Nominee, 2006
• Model Program, Pennsylvania Campus Compact, 2004
• Excellence in Leadership Development Award, Lock Haven University Celebration of Leadership & Service, 2004
• Student Organization of the Year (AmeriCorps) Award, Lock Haven University Celebration of Leadership & Service, 2003
• Leadership Clinton County, selected as a participant for, and successfully completed, a year- long leadership training program sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University Extension Service, 2001- 2002.
• Employee of the Year Award, Rotary, June 2000.
• Administered almost $600,000 in grant funding to support service- learning, civic engagement and community- based research from the following:
  • American Association of Geographers
  • Cameron Foundation (administered)
  • GlobalSL
  • Virginia Mentoring Project
    • AmeriCorps* VISTA
  • Corporation for National & Community Service
    • AmeriCorps
    • AmeriCorps* VISTA
  • SEDA-COG
  • Pennsylvania Campus Compact
  • Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development
  • Bonner Foundation
  • Pennsylvania Service Learning Alliance
  • Lock Haven University Presidential Initiative Grant
  • WVU Travel/Research Grant
  • West Virginia Geographical Alliance Travel Grant

Representative Service Activity

Professional

• Committee member, Civic Engagement Committee, State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, 2022-present
• Advisory Group member, Pennsylvania Campus Compact, 2010- 2012
• Grant Reviewer, Pennsylvania Campus Compact Learn & Serve grants, 2007- 08
• Co-Chair, Conference Planning Committee, 2007-08, Active Global Citizenship Conference; Lock Haven, PA
• Conference Planning Committee, 2006- 07, Pennsylvania Campus Compact
• Section Co-editor, 2000- present, Encyclopedia of Appalachia
• Scholarship Committee Member, 2000- 2001, Appalachian Studies Association

Institutional

• Panelist, Hot Topics departmental discussion panel on Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 2022
• Panelist, Hot Topics departmental discussion panel for Women’s History Month, March 2021
• International Education Advisory Council, Virginia State University, 2013- present
• Faculty Development Speaker series on Service- Learning and Civic Engagement, Virginia State University, 2014- 15
• Faculty Senate, Outreach Committee, Virginia State University, 2013- present
• Honors Convocation speaker and Faculty Development, Virginia State University, April 2013
• International Studies Task Force, Lock Haven University, 2010- 12
• International Student Recruiting Subcommittee
• Teaching and Learning Committee, Lock Haven University, 2008- 12, Service- Learning Task Force Chair

Community-based

• Diversity & Inclusion Task Force Member, First Chesapeake Robotics, 2021-22
• Board Member, Think Then Choose Wisely, Petersburg, VA, 2017- 18
• Board Member, Rebuilding Together Tri- Cities, Petersburg, VA 2013- 15
• Board Member, Lock Haven Salvation Army, 2012- 12
• Board Member, Clinton County Big Brothers/Big Sisters, 2006- 09
• Vestry Member, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, State College, PA, 2005- 2008
• Member, Clinton County Collaborative Board, 1999- 2012