Dolores (Dolly) Jørgensen's CV

note that all publications, awards, etc. prior to 2005 are under my former name, Dolores Wilson

Education

PhD History (Medieval Europe/Environment/Technology), University of Virginia, 2008. Dissertation: "Private Need, Public Order: Urban Sanitation in Late Medieval England and Scandinavia" directed by W. B. Carlson. Available from Digital Dissertations.

M.A. History (Europe), University of Houston, 2003. Thesis: "Resources, Roles & Conflict: Active Resource Management in the Anglo-Norman Kingdom" directed by Sally Vaughn.

B.S. Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering Specialty), Texas A&M University, 1994. Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Program, Engineering Scholars Program

Academic Work Experience

Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2008-present. Project: “Sea Stories: Constructing Nature in the Rigs-to-Reefs Debate”. Funded by the Research Council of Norway.

Instructor, English Article Writing Seminar, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU, 2008-2009

Editor of English-language scholarly articles (språkvask), NTNU, 2007-2009

Visiting Researcher, NTNU, 2006-2008

Teaching Assistantships (UVA): History of Technology (US 1890-1990), Spring 2006; Anglo-Saxon England, Fall 2005

Teaching Assistantships (UH): World Civilizations to 1500, Spring 2002 & Spring 2003; US History through Reconstruction, Fall 2002 & Spring 2004; US History from Reconstruction, Fall 2003.

Guest Lectures: “Industrialization of Agriculture,” NTNU, Fall 2006; “A Snapshot of Roman Life: Pompeii and Herculaneum,” UH, Spring 2002 & Spring 2003; “Barbarians and the Birth of Europe,” UH, Spring 2003.

Tour Guide for Museum Exhibits: “Ancient Afghanistan,” Spring 2003; “Saint Peter and the Vatican,” Spring 2003.

Refereed Publications

“Cooperative sanitation: Managing streets and gutters in late medieval England and Scandinavia,” Technology & Culture, 49, no. 3 (2008): 547-567. Online with Project Muse. Article was awarded the European Society for Environmental History publication prize 2009

“What to do with waste? The dilemmas of waste disposal in two late medieval towns,” in The Living City. Urban Change and Urban Environment in History edited by Sven Lilja, forthcoming (2009).

“‘All good rule of the Citee’: Sanitation and civic government in England, 1400-1600,” Journal of Urban History, accepted for publication, March 2010.

“Multi-Use Management of the Medieval Anglo-Norman Forest,” Journal of the Oxford University History Society, 1.1 (2004). Available online

Other Publications

“Pigs and hogs,” accepted for Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, ed. Kathy Brosnan (New York: Facts on File)

Review of Maggie Black and Ben Fawcett, The Last taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis (London: Earthscan, 2008) for H-Net Reviews (December 2008). Available online

Review of Ben Campkin and Rosie Cox, eds., Dirt: New Geographies of Cleanliness and Contamination (London: I. B. Tauris, 2007) for H-Net Reviews (June 2008). Available online

“Miljøhistorie: Kunsten å lytte til naturens stemme?” co-authored with Finn Arne Jørgensen, Fortid 5, no. 4 (2008): 6-9. Available online

“Forests and forestry—Europe,” Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World (New York: Facts on File, 2008)

“Medieval latrines and the law,” Medium Aevum Quotidianum 53 (2006): 5-16.

“‘Without which the forests cannot be preserved’: Magna Carta, ecclesiastics, and forest sustainability,” in History and Sustainability: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History (Florence: Università di Firenze, 2005).

“On the margins: Imagination in gothic illuminated manuscripts” in Lustre: Spiritual Treasures & Sensory Pleasures. Medieval Texts & Images from Houston Collections (Houston: University of Houston), 33-38.

“Implications of feeding pigs in the Anglo-Norman forest” in Dealing with Diversity: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History (Prague: Charles University Faculty of Science, 2003).

“The divine right of kingship: A comparison of medieval coronation images of Charlemagne and Roger II of Sicily,” Visual Culture: A Journal of Art History and Art 3, no. 1 (2003): 32-35.

Digital Publications

“Å lære unge forskere å bli forskere,” blog post on forskning.no, 7 April 2009

“Den individuelle tverrfagligheten,” blog post on forskning.no, 15 February 2009

Website “Experiencing Medieval Places”

Unpublished Conference Papers

“A controversial platform: The politics of fishermen and environmentalists in the Rigs-to-Reefs debate,” World Congress of Environmental History, accepted, August 2009.

“An oasis in a watery desert: Maintaining an industrial ecology in the Gulf of M/exico with the Rigs-to-Reefs program,” American Society for Environmental History, February 2009.

“Contesting conversion: The dynamics of Rigs-to-Reefs discussions,” Society for the History of Technology, October 2008.

“‘The foule corrupcion that cometh of theym’: The environment and urban livestock in late medieval England,” American Society for Environmental History, March 2008.

“Simple versus Complex: Overcoming notions of medieval waste handling ineffectiveness,” ICOHTEC, August 2007.

“Water in the cultural landscape of two late medieval towns,” American Society for Environmental History, April 2006.

“Controlling technology by controlling users in order to control the environment in medieval Coventry,” Society for the History of Technology, November 2005.

“Mirror images: Nobles and clergy who copied royal resource management strategies,” International Medieval Congress (Leeds), July 2004.

“The environmental cost of medieval cathedral construction,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo), May 2004.

“The intertwined nature of politics and the environment in Magna Carta,” Texas Medieval Association Annual Conference, September 2003.

“Hide and seek: Finding medieval environmental history in hidden places,” National Council of Public History Annual Meeting, April 2003.

“Foresters, hunters, and hawkers: Agents of Anglo-Norman resource management,” Texas Medieval Association Annual Conference, October 2002.

Professional Activities

Envirotech Special Interest Group article prize committee, Society for the History of Technology, Chair (2009-2010); Member (2008)

Sites Committee, Society for the History of Technology, 2009-2011

Chair, Hal Rothman fellowship committee, American Society of Environment History, 2008

Organizer and Main Contact for 2nd Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science (WHEATS), University of Virginia, October 2005

Session Organizer for “Medieval Sustainability” session at ESEH 2005

Session Organizer for “Liquid Landscapes in Medieval Europe” session at ASEH 2006

Session Organizer for “Animals in the City” session at ASEH 2008

Member of European Society for Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History, Society for the History of Technology, Envirotech Special Interest Group

Awards

Research travel stipend, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, 2009

John Wirth Grant (conference attendance), American Society for Environmental History, 2008

Leiv Eiriksson mobilitetsprogram (Year-Long Research Abroad), Norges forskningsråd, 2007-2008

Crown Princess Märtha Fellowship (Year-Long Research Abroad), American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2006-2007

Dumas-Malone Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Virginia, 2006-2007

Huskey Travel Grant (conference attendance), University of Virginia, 2004-2006

SHOT Young Scholars Travel Fund Grant, Society for the History of Technology, 2005

Summer Research Grant, Department of History, University of Virginia, 2005

Fellowship in History of Environment and Technology (3-year), University of Virginia

Phi Alpha Theta Graduate Essay Award, University of Houston local chapter, Spring 2003

Murray Miller scholarship (1-year), University of Houston

President’s Endowed Scholarship (4-year), Texas A&M University

Fluor Daniel Engineering Scholarship for Women and Minorities (3-year), Texas A&M University

Industrial Experience

Over twelve years of experience in the environmental engineering business.

Associate Database Analyst, CH2M HILL, Fall 1999 - present

Audited waste disposal sites for regulatory compliance and practices. Developed software for environmental regulatory-driven site cleanup and environmental management projects. Typical projects include development of a tool to manage wetlands assessment observation, a capital request tracking application for a city water department, and development of a database for environmental impact information about military operations.

Environmental Information Systems Specialist, Radian International, Fall 1999

Performed product testing during implementation of the Radian Environmental Oracle product at Dow Chemical. Reviewed requirements and system functionality with clients during testing to ensure that the data was migrated into the new system and that all required functionality was present.

Product Manager, Radian International Software, Spring 1998 – Fall 1999

Worked with clients to define business processes for waste management. Conducted functional knowledge for the solid waste, environmental management unit, container inventory management, and groundwater monitoring areas within the application. Reworked the solid waste management module of Oracle Environmental software, including analysis, software design and development, and testing.

Associate Engineer, Radian International, Spring 1995 – Spring 1998

Performed business process reviews and compliance gap analysis for numerous hazardous waste management facilities and industrial sies, including oil & gas production operations and petrochemical manufacturing plants. These projects involved examining operations and permits for compliance with hazardous/solid waste management, air, water, and spill prevention regulations, as well as an assessment of potential liabilities for clients using the facilities. Developed emergency response and pollution prevention plans for numerous facilities.

Student Engineer, 1991-1994

Semester student/cooperative-education engineering positions at Conoco (summer onsite at west Texas oil field), HDR Engineering (two semesters in environmental consulting practice), and Shell Western E&P (summer in oil exploration and production environmental compliance department)