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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