Connor Fitzmaurice - Boston University



CONNOR J. FITZMAURICE

PhD Student

Department of Sociology, Boston University

96-100 Cummington Mall

Boston, MA 02215

Telephone: (908) 415-6467

Email Address: fitzmauc@bu.edu

education

Boston University, Boston, MA 2011-

Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2008-2010

B.A. Sociology, Environmental Studies Minor

Summa cum laude

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 2006-2008

Professional membersips

American Sociological Society 2012-Present

Eastern Sociological Society 2012-Present

Areas of specialization

Economic Sociology Sociology of Culture Sociology of Consumption

Urban Sociology Sociology of Food Ethnography

Publications

Books

Fitzmaurice, Connor and Brian Gareau. (Forthcoming) Organic Futures: Searching for

Sustainability on the Organic Farm. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press

Journal Articles

Carfagna, L., Dubois, E., Fitzmaurice, C., Laidley, T., Ouimette, M., Schor, J., & Willis,

M. 2014. “An Emerging Eco-Habitus: The Reconfiguration of High Cultural Capital

Practice Among Ethical Consumers.” Journal of Consumer Culture.14:158.

Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Articles, and Handbook Articles

Fitzmaurice, C. 2015. “Conspicuous Consumption and Distinction, History of.” In

James D. Wright (Editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social &

Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, Volume 4. Oxford: Elsevier. 695-699.

Schor, J.B., and Fitzmaurice, C. 2015. “Sharing, Collaborating, and

Connecting: The Emergence of the Sharing Economy." Handbook of Sustainable

Consumption. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Conference Presentations

Fitzmaurice, C. J. and Schor, J. B. 2015. “Handmade Matters: 2015

The Anatomy of a Failed Circuit of Commerce.” Presentation

at the Mass-Conn Qualitative Research Symposium. 13 May 2015.

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Fitzmaurice, C. and Schor, J.B. “Handmade Matters: (Re)Imagining 2014

‘Homemade’ Food at the Boundaries of Food Swap Circuits.”

Regular Session, Consumers and Consumption, American

Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Fitzmaurice, C. “Driving Taste, Shifting Identities: Valuation 2014

and Cultural Repertoires in Boston’s Food Truck Economy.”

Sociology of Culture Roundtables, American Sociological

Association, Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

Duggan, C., and Fitzmaurice, C. “Shaken or Stirred: Consumer 2014

Involvement in Producing Craft Cocktails.” Panel on Sports and

Leisure, Chicago Ethnography Conference. Chicago, IL, March 15.

Schor, J.B., Cook, T. Attwood-Charles, W., Carfagna, L.B., 2014

Fitzmaurice, C. “Connected Learning in Spaces and Sites of the

Connected Economy” DML2014. Digital Media and Learning

Conference. Boston, MA.

“Imagining Authenticity in Gourmet Consumption: The Obfuscation 2013

of Resilient Status Hierarchies in the Rosé Wine Revival.”

Consumers and Consumption Roundtables, American Sociological

Association, Annual Meeting. NY, New York.

Carfagna, L., Dubois, E., Fitzmaurice, C., Laidley, T., Ouimette, M., 2013

Schor, J., & Willis, M. “An Emerging Eco-Habitus: The

Reconfiguration of High Cultural Capital Practice Among Ethical

Consumers.” Regular SessionAmerican Sociological Association,

Annual Meeting. NY, New York.

“Hands Behind the Wheel: Maneuvering Taste in Boston’s 2013

Food Truck Economy.” Mini-Conference on Food Studies,

Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston Park

Plaza Hotel. Boston, MA. 22 March 2013

“Deploying Taste: Managing Cultural Repertoires in Boston’s 2013

Food Truck Economy.” Chicago Ethnography Conference.

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. March 2, 2013.

“Gourmet Knockoffs: White Truffles and Synthetic Substitutes in 2012

Elite Food Writing and Recipes.” Cultural Intermediaries in Action,

Sociology of Culture Roundtables, American Sociological Society

Annual Meeting. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

17-20 August 2012

“Narrating Economics and Meaning on a New England Organic Farm.” 2012

Producing Local and Natural Food: Paper Session, Eastern

Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Broadway Millennium

Hotel, New York, NY, 23-26 February. ESS.

Fellowships and Grants

Morris Grant, Boston University, Dept. of Sociology 2014

Awarded to support travel to the 2014 Chicago

Ethnography Conference.

Award Amount: $500

Morris Grant, Boston University, Dept. of Sociology 2013

Awarded to support travel to the 2013 Chicago

Ethnography Conference.

Award Amount: $500

Morris Grant, Boston University, Dept. of Sociology 2012

Awarded to support travel to the 2012 ASA Annual

Meeting in Denver, CO.

Dean’s Fellowship, Boston University 2011-2012

Tuition and Stipend

Award Amount: approximately $59,000

($40,000 tuition, $19,000 stipend)

Awards and Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2013

Honorable Mention. Proposal: Utilization of Community Food

Resources: Culture, Access, and Everyday Food Practices.

Research

Research Assistant for Dr. Juliet Schor, Boston College 2012-

MacArthur Foundation Connected Learning Research Network

Research Assistant for Dr. Laurel Smith-Doerr, Boston University 2012-2013

National Science Foundation Women in Science Policy (WiSP)

Project,

Teaching

Grader, SO306 Boston’s People and Neighborhoods, Fall 2014

Teaching Fellow, Dr. Catherine Connell, SO240 Sex and Social Spring 2014

Grader, SO306 Boston’s People and Neighborhoods, Fall 2013

Teaching Fellow, Dr. Susan Holsapple, SO100, Boston University Fall 2013

Grader, SO 253: Sociology of Popular Culture Spring 2012

Manuscripts in preparation or under review

Schor, J. B., Fitzmaurice, C. J., Carfagna, L. B., and Atwood-Charles, W. (Forthcoming)

“Paradoxes of Openness and Distinction in the Sharing Economy.” Conditional Acceptance,

Poetics.

Fitzmaurice, C. and Schor, J.B. (2015). “Handmade Matters: The Anatomy of a Failed Circuit of

Commerce.” Under Review at Social Problems.

Fitzmaurice, Connor. (2015) “Cultural Fields in Place Across Boston’s Food Truck Economy.”

Unpublished Manuscript, Boston University.

Fitzmaurice, Connor. (2015) “Can Elites Be Authentic? Appeals to Genuine Elite Status in the

Rosé Wine Revival.” Unpublished Manuscript, Boston University.

Fitzmaurice, Connor. “Gourmet Knockoffs: White Truffles and Synthetic Substitutes

in Elite Food Writing and Recipes.”

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