Curriculum Vitae
Keith K. Miyake
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Education
Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Center,CUNY, New York, NY
2016
Dissertation Title: “Institutionalizing Environmental Justice: A Geographical History of Environmental Impact Assessment”
Dissertation Chair: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Dissertation Committee Members: Rupal Oza, Tom Angotti
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
2004
Graduated with High Distinction, Minor in Asian American Studies
Grants and Fellowships
Fellowships
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Davis
2016 - 2018
American Studies Department
Faculty Mentor: Julie Sze
Graduate Center Digital Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2013 - 2016
Funding to assist students, faculty, and research centers with digital humanities projects.
Center for Place, Culture and Politics Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2013 - 2014
Dissertation writing fellowship and seminar on “Remaking Worlds: Insurgencies, Revolutions, Utopias.”
Provost’s Office University Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2012
Supplemental stipend for digital humanities work involving The Graduate Center, CUNY research centers.
Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2009 - 2014
Five-year merit award including tuition and stipend.
Research Grants
The Graduate Center, CUNY Advanced Research Collaborative Knickerbocker Award
2013
$3,000. Funding for archival research in American Studies.
The Graduate Center, CUNY Advanced Research Collaborative Summer Research Grant
2012
$5,000. Research and travel grant to participate in the Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory.
Additional Honors & Awards
Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory (SECT VIII)
2012
Sponsored by the University of California Humanities Research Institute. Summer research seminar at American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Letter of Commendation, Dean of Academic Affairs, Harvey Mudd College
2004
For “Superior Academic Performance” and graduating with “High Distinction” (95th percentile)
Dean’s List, Harvey Mudd College
2001 - 2004
Sigma Xi, National Scientific Research Society, Harvey Mudd College
2003
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society, Harvey Mudd College
2002
Letter of Commendation, Dean of Students, Harvey Mudd College
2001
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“Not just a walk in the park: Methodological improvements for determining environmental justice implications of park access in New York City for the promotion of physical activity.”
2010
Miyake, K.K., A.R. Maroko, K.L. Grady, J.A. Maantay, and P.S. Arno. Cities and the Environment. 3(1):article 8. http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol3/iss1/8. 17 pp.
Working Papers
“U.S. Empire and the Institutionalization of Environmental Knowledge”
2013
Individual Working Paper Session. Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Presentations
Invited Lectures
“Police, Pollution, and Prisons: Environmental Justice and the Racial Environmental State”
2016
Colloquium Speaker, Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
“When the Environmentalists joined the Abolitionists: Race, environmental policy, and social change”
2016
Public lecture, Environmental Analysis Program, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
“More than Just Green: Race, Environment, and the State Since 1970”
2015
Public lecture, Environmental Studies Department, San José State University, San José, CA
Conference Presentations
“Carceral Environments and the Racial Environmental State”
2015
American Studies Association, Annual Conference, Toronto, ON
“Racializing Environmental Policy: Urban Renewal and the National Environmental Policy Act”
2015
Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
“The Present and Future of the Digital Graduate Center” (Panelist)
2014
The CUNY Integrative Technology Conference, New York, NY
“Surviving or Thriving: Asian American Studies at CUNY” (Invited Panelist)
2013
Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AARI), Annual Conference, New York, NY
“Encountering Empire in Environmental Epistemologies”
2013
Critical Ethnic Studies Association (CESA), Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
“A Biopolitics of Place: The Institutionalization of Environmental Justice”
2013
Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
“Geography Towards Revolution: in Honor of Professor Neil Smith” (Panel organizer and discussant)
2013
Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
“U.S. Empire and the Institutionalization of Environmental Knowledge”
2013
Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
“Myths & Realities for Asian Pacific American Faculty & Students” (Invited Panelist)
2012
CUNY Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Conference, New York, NY
“Critical Reflections on Environmental Impact Assessment”
2012
Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, New York, NY
“Fostering Student-Based Media: A Look at the OpenCUNY.org Academic Medium” (Panelist)
2011
The CUNY Integrative Technology Conference, Annual Conference, New York, NY
“Radical Pedagogy in the Classroom: A view from the graduate student” (Panelist)
2010
Association of American Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
“The Relationship between Park Accessibility and Socio-demographic Factors in New York City: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Park Accessibility” (Poster presentation)
2010
Nature, Ecology, and Society (NES), Annual Colloquium, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses
Asians in the U.S.
2013
Adjunct Instructor, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
Course website: http://keithmiyake.info/asam210/
Interdisciplinary introductory course in Asian/Pacific/American Studies. Reading- and writing-intensive seminar-style course.
Introduction to Geography
2010 - 2011
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY
Course website: http://keithmiyake.info/geh101/
Survey course covering a range of fields within physical and human geography.
Additional Teaching Experience
Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound, La Jolla, CA
2005
High School Teacher and Resident Advisor
Courses: Geometry, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus
Taught intensive summer math sessions and served as an advisor to students in biomedical and life science internships at Scripps Research Institute, Sea World, UC San Diego, and a VA Hospital.
North Park Middle School, Pico Rivera, CA
2004
Middle School Teacher
Courses: Algebra 1 and Life Sciences
Etiwanda High School, Etiwanda, CA
2004
Student Teacher
Courses: Algebra 1 and Geometry
Professional Work Experience
GC Digital Fellow
2013 - 2016
Digital Scholarship Lab, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Part of the The Graduate Center, CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative. Responsibilities include leading workshops, advising students and faculty in digital humanities praxis, collaborating on digital scholarly projects, and supporting digital initiatives throughout the university.
Graduate Assistant and Web Developer
2010 - 2013
The Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and Mellon Committees on Globalization and Social Change, Science Studies, and the Study of Religion, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Responsibilities included organizing lectures and symposia, digital video production, web development, and other administrative tasks.
Freelance GISc Consultant
2009 - 2013
North Star Fund, New York, NY
Responsibilities included developing web- and print-based maps of power outages and the resulting projects funded through a legal settlement.
Project website: https://kaymmm.github.io/GreeningWesternQueens
Senior Staff Engineer
2006 - 2010
ARCADIS-US (formerly LFR, Inc.), Costa Mesa, CA
Responsibilities included designing and monitoring environmental remediation systems, oversight of field operations and technical staff, project management, and maintaining and developing environmental data collection and storage systems.
Co-Founder and Educational Director
2005 - 2006
Prodigy Learning Studio, Beijing, China
After-school educational enrichment and activity center startup. Responsibilities included general business operations, developing educational curricula, publicity and outreach, and investor relations.
Development and Research Assistant
2001 - 2002
Asian Pacific Community Fund, Los Angeles, CA
Responsibilities included conducting community health-needs assessments, grant writing and reporting, and developing client relation management database.
Additional Research Experience
Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, NY
2010
Primary Investigators: Juliana Maantay, Jayajit Chakraborty, and Jean D. Brender
U.S. E.P.A. Project: “Proximity to Environmental Hazards: Environmental Justice and Adverse Health Outcomes”
Workshops and Resource Guides
Introduction to Programming with Python
2015
Basics of using the Python programming language including syntax, structure, and build environments. Announcement.
Digital Storytelling with Maps: CartoDB
2015
Introduction to the use of CartoDB for basic GIS. Workshop and online tutorial cover data management and creating various types of maps. Announcement and online tutorial.
Introduction to the Command Line
2014
Digital scholarship workshop on using the command line. Announcement and handout.
Introduction to DHBox
2014
Digital scholarship workshop introducing the DHBox (Digital Humanities in a Box) teaching and learning suite.
Digital Storytelling Using StoryMaps
2014
Digital scholarship workshop introducing the use of basic thematic maps to visualize data using the ESRI StoryMaps platform. Announcement
Github for Everyone: Intro to Git and Tracked Online Collaborative Development
2013, 2014
Digital scholarship workshop introducing the basics of online collaborative development software using Git and the Github platform. Announcement and Resource Guide
Introduction to Cloud Storage and Data Management
2013, 2014
Digital scholarship workshop on using cloud storage and other digital tools for data management and other scholarly activities. Announcement and Resource Guide
Organizing Your Research with Zotero and Mendeley
2013, 2014
Workshop on the basics of setting up and using Zotero and Mendeley Desktop citation management software for research and writing. Announcement and Resource Guide
Academic Service
University Service
Digital Initiatives Master’s Degrees Committee, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2015 – 2016
Member of a team developing degree programs in digital studies and data visualization
The Advanced Research Collaborative, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2013 – 2015
Website development, fellowship program development. Website
The Center for Place, Culture and Politics, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2011 - 2015
Website development, videography, and event programming.
Website: http://pcp.gc.cuny.edu
Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2010 - 2015
Elected Student Representative. Executive Committee (2010-2015) and Curriculum Committee (2010-2012).
Asian Americans in New York: Film and Literature, Hunter College, CUNY
2015
Summer seminar for K-12 educators, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Webmaster and programming assistant.
Website: http://asianamericansnyc.hunter.cuny.edu
Search Committee: Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2015
Search Committee: Graduate Center Digital Fellows, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2015
Revolutionizing American Studies Initiative, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2014
Website Development.
OpenCUNY.org, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2010-13
Elected board member
Doctoral Students Council, The Graduate Center, CUNY
2010-11
Elected Student Representative. Funding and Grants Committee, Student Technology Fee Committee, College Association Representative, At-Large Representative.
Asian American Sponsor/Mentor Programs, Claremont Colleges
2004-07
Invited Workshop Facilitator
Asian Pacific Islander Sponsor Program at Harvey Mudd College
2002-04
Founder and Co-Director. Incoming student mentoring program. Secured institutional funding and space. Trained other peer mentors. Organized programming efforts.
Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies, Claremont Colleges
2001-03
Student Representative. Curriculum development. Multiple faculty search committees.
Manuscript Reviews
Journal of Urban Health
People and the Environment
Society & Natural Resources
Professional Affiliations
Association for Asian American Studies
Association of American Geographers
American Studies Association
Critical Ethnic Studies Association
Sigma Xi National Scientific Research Association
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society