Employment
2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Veritas Research Center | Yonsei University | South Korea
Project Title: Korean Food Waste Systems: Global Narratives and Local Perspectives
2017 Lecturer of Science, Technology, and Policy & Research Design and Quantitative Methods
Underwood International College | Yonsei University | South Korea
Veritas Research Center | Yonsei University | South Korea
Project Title: Korean Food Waste Systems: Global Narratives and Local Perspectives
2017 Lecturer of Science, Technology, and Policy & Research Design and Quantitative Methods
Underwood International College | Yonsei University | South Korea
Education
2016 Ph.D. Department of Planning, Policy and Design | University of California, Irvine
Dissertation: Closing the Food Systems Loop: Leveraging Social Sciences to Improve Organic Waste Policies
2013 NEURUS/ICURD Fellow | University of Groningen, Netherlands
Research Topic: Lessons from the Waste Stream: Exploring the Challenges and Successes of the Dutch Bio-Waste Program
2010 M.A. Demographic & Social Analysis | University of California, Irvine
Master's Thesis: “Poverty, Race, & Air Pollution: Socio-economic predictors of exposure to mobile-source air pollution”
2006 B.A. Sociology & Spanish | Southwest Minnesota State University
Dissertation: Closing the Food Systems Loop: Leveraging Social Sciences to Improve Organic Waste Policies
2013 NEURUS/ICURD Fellow | University of Groningen, Netherlands
Research Topic: Lessons from the Waste Stream: Exploring the Challenges and Successes of the Dutch Bio-Waste Program
2010 M.A. Demographic & Social Analysis | University of California, Irvine
Master's Thesis: “Poverty, Race, & Air Pollution: Socio-economic predictors of exposure to mobile-source air pollution”
2006 B.A. Sociology & Spanish | Southwest Minnesota State University
Publications (see Research)
Fellowships and Awards
2016 Fellowship ($24,000) UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
2015 Fellowship ($20,000) Lindley Haynes Dissertation Fellowship Food Waste for Fuel: A two-part experiment to test new tools in organic waste policy implementation
2015 Fellowship ($6,039) UCI Data Science Initiative Fellowship
2015 Award ($1,500) UCI School of Social Ecology Dean's Community Engagement Award
2015 Fellowship ($10,000) UCI Public Impact Distinguished Fellow Food Scraps, Climate Change, and the City: Exploring the Role of Household Behavior in Municipal Organics Collection Programs
2015 Grant ($29,900) from the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District for study of Household Behavior and Curbside Organics Collection Programs
2014 Grant ($50,000) Southern California Association of Governments, City of Stanton's Sustainability Engagement & Awareness Program, Consultant
2014 Fellowship ($2,500) UC Global Food Initiative Fellowship Local Food Access and Advocacy: Cultivating Town and Gown Synergies Lead Researcher
2014 Fellowship ($2,500) UC Global Food Initiative Fellowship Grow Your Own Food and Sustain the Soil Project Assistant Researcher
2014 Fellowship ($400) Stanford Precourt Energy Efficiency Student Fellows Program
2014 Grant ($400) Associated Graduate Students Conference Travel Grant
2013 Fellowship Sustainability Fellow, Empowering Sustainability on Earth Conference
2011 Grant ($300) American Planning Association's Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Division Conference Grant
2010 Grant ($1,000) Southern California Edison Award for Research on Energy and the Environment
2015 Fellowship ($20,000) Lindley Haynes Dissertation Fellowship Food Waste for Fuel: A two-part experiment to test new tools in organic waste policy implementation
2015 Fellowship ($6,039) UCI Data Science Initiative Fellowship
2015 Award ($1,500) UCI School of Social Ecology Dean's Community Engagement Award
2015 Fellowship ($10,000) UCI Public Impact Distinguished Fellow Food Scraps, Climate Change, and the City: Exploring the Role of Household Behavior in Municipal Organics Collection Programs
2015 Grant ($29,900) from the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District for study of Household Behavior and Curbside Organics Collection Programs
2014 Grant ($50,000) Southern California Association of Governments, City of Stanton's Sustainability Engagement & Awareness Program, Consultant
2014 Fellowship ($2,500) UC Global Food Initiative Fellowship Local Food Access and Advocacy: Cultivating Town and Gown Synergies Lead Researcher
2014 Fellowship ($2,500) UC Global Food Initiative Fellowship Grow Your Own Food and Sustain the Soil Project Assistant Researcher
2014 Fellowship ($400) Stanford Precourt Energy Efficiency Student Fellows Program
2014 Grant ($400) Associated Graduate Students Conference Travel Grant
2013 Fellowship Sustainability Fellow, Empowering Sustainability on Earth Conference
2011 Grant ($300) American Planning Association's Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Division Conference Grant
2010 Grant ($1,000) Southern California Edison Award for Research on Energy and the Environment
Invited Speaker
2018 "If you build it, will they separate? Socio-technical interventions in curbside food waste programs" Sustainable Research Institute, Leeds University, UK
2018 "In pursuit of circular food systems: Whither households?" Environment and Society Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, UK
2018 "The role of the household in circular food systems: Results from socio-technical interventions" Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University, UK
2018 Sintov, N., Geislar, S., White, L. "Cognitive accessibility as a new factor in pro-environmental spillover: Results from a field study of household waste management." Sustainability Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Atlanta, GA
2017 "Leveraging Social Sciences to Improve Organic Waste Policy: Results from an RCT" Seminar Series, Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society, Durham University, UK
2015 "Behavioral Sciences in Food Waste Policies" Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute of State and Global Policy, USC (forthcoming)
2015 Sustainable Lens: Resilience on Radio www.sustainablelens.org
2014 "Food Scraps, Households, and Climate Change: Exploring New and Old Habits" Association of Women in Water, Energy, & Environment, at Irvine, CA
2014 "Backyard Composting and Citywide Organic Waste Diversion Programs" URS Corporation Staff Meeting, Santa Ana, CA
2018 "In pursuit of circular food systems: Whither households?" Environment and Society Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, UK
2018 "The role of the household in circular food systems: Results from socio-technical interventions" Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University, UK
2018 Sintov, N., Geislar, S., White, L. "Cognitive accessibility as a new factor in pro-environmental spillover: Results from a field study of household waste management." Sustainability Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Atlanta, GA
2017 "Leveraging Social Sciences to Improve Organic Waste Policy: Results from an RCT" Seminar Series, Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society, Durham University, UK
2015 "Behavioral Sciences in Food Waste Policies" Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute of State and Global Policy, USC (forthcoming)
2015 Sustainable Lens: Resilience on Radio www.sustainablelens.org
2014 "Food Scraps, Households, and Climate Change: Exploring New and Old Habits" Association of Women in Water, Energy, & Environment, at Irvine, CA
2014 "Backyard Composting and Citywide Organic Waste Diversion Programs" URS Corporation Staff Meeting, Santa Ana, CA
Paper Presentations
2017 Geislar , S. The new norms of food waste at the curb: Evidence-based policy tools to help close the food systems loop. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Denver, CO
2017 Geislar, S. " Reflections on organic waste processing: Scale, distancing, and equity", Opening the Bin: Workshop in Lund University, Helsinborg, Sweden
2017 Geislar, S., Sintov, N., White, L. "Unintended Consequences of Food Waste Diversion: Whether and How Spillover Behaviors Improve Urban Environmental Impacts" Urban Affairs Association, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Holman, B., Geislar, S. "Sex Drugs and Science Policy"
Too Much Medicine Conference University of Oxford, UK
On the Limits of Knowing: Political Economy of Technoscience, MIT, Boston, MA
2016 Geislar, S. "If you Build it, Will they Separate? Household Food Waste Behavior in Organics Collection Programs " Association of American Geographers Conference, San Francisco, CA
2016 Geislar, S. "Residential Food Waste: Communicating New Norms of Separation" Urban Affairs Association Conference, San Diego, CA
2016 Scott, S., Dillion, H. & Geislar, S. "California Farmer's Market Food Assistance Program Suitability Analysis" Urban Affairs Association Conference, San Diego, CA
2016 Holman, B., Geislar, S. "Sex Drugs and Science Policy"
Philosophy of Science Bi-Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Geislar, S. "Faced with Food Waste: Understanding how the built environment shapes behavior and attitudes" Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Houston, TX
2015 Geislar, S. "Food Scraps, Households, and Climate Change: Exploring New and Old Habits"
Urban Affairs Association Conference in Miami, FL
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Washington, D.C.(2014)
2014 Geislar, S. "Navigating Waste Streams: The role of human behavior and separation strategies in municipal composting programs"
NEURUS/ICURD Spring Seminar at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL
Urban Affairs Association Conference in San Antonio, TX
2013 Geislar, S. "From the Ground Up: Lessons on Incorporating Behavior Change Research in Sustainability Programs." International Conference for Empowering Sustainability on Earth at UC Irvine, CA
2012 Garrety, M. & Geislar, S. “Our Precious Public Lands: Collaborative Climate Change Mitigation Planning.” American Planning Association Conference in Los Angeles, CA
2017 Geislar, S. " Reflections on organic waste processing: Scale, distancing, and equity", Opening the Bin: Workshop in Lund University, Helsinborg, Sweden
2017 Geislar, S., Sintov, N., White, L. "Unintended Consequences of Food Waste Diversion: Whether and How Spillover Behaviors Improve Urban Environmental Impacts" Urban Affairs Association, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Holman, B., Geislar, S. "Sex Drugs and Science Policy"
Too Much Medicine Conference University of Oxford, UK
On the Limits of Knowing: Political Economy of Technoscience, MIT, Boston, MA
2016 Geislar, S. "If you Build it, Will they Separate? Household Food Waste Behavior in Organics Collection Programs " Association of American Geographers Conference, San Francisco, CA
2016 Geislar, S. "Residential Food Waste: Communicating New Norms of Separation" Urban Affairs Association Conference, San Diego, CA
2016 Scott, S., Dillion, H. & Geislar, S. "California Farmer's Market Food Assistance Program Suitability Analysis" Urban Affairs Association Conference, San Diego, CA
2016 Holman, B., Geislar, S. "Sex Drugs and Science Policy"
Philosophy of Science Bi-Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Seoul, South Korea
2015 Geislar, S. "Faced with Food Waste: Understanding how the built environment shapes behavior and attitudes" Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Houston, TX
2015 Geislar, S. "Food Scraps, Households, and Climate Change: Exploring New and Old Habits"
Urban Affairs Association Conference in Miami, FL
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Washington, D.C.(2014)
2014 Geislar, S. "Navigating Waste Streams: The role of human behavior and separation strategies in municipal composting programs"
NEURUS/ICURD Spring Seminar at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL
Urban Affairs Association Conference in San Antonio, TX
2013 Geislar, S. "From the Ground Up: Lessons on Incorporating Behavior Change Research in Sustainability Programs." International Conference for Empowering Sustainability on Earth at UC Irvine, CA
2012 Garrety, M. & Geislar, S. “Our Precious Public Lands: Collaborative Climate Change Mitigation Planning.” American Planning Association Conference in Los Angeles, CA
Poster Presentations
2017 Sintov, N., Geislar, S., White, L. "Cognitive accessibility as a new factor in pro-environmental spillover: Results from a field study of household waste management. American Psychological Association
2015 Geislar, S. "Faced with Food Waste: Understanding how the built environment shapes behavior and attitudes " Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Sacramento, CA (forthcoming)
2015 Geislar, S. " Food Scraps, Households, and the City: Testing social-psychological theories for future policy tools--Data Collection Phase I & II" Data Science Initiative Summer Fellows Symposium at UC Irvine, CA
2015 Geislar, S. "Local Food Access and Advocacy: Cultivating Town and Gown Synergies", California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, San Francisco, CA
2015 Caporaso, P., Hanna, K., Mansour, C., Sharvini, S., Geislar, S. "Focus on Food Waste: Using a focus group method to improve study materials for a community-based experiment", (Mentor) Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Fellowship, UC Irvine, CA
2014 Geislar, S. "Food Scraps, Household Behavior, and Climate Change: Preliminary Results from a food scrap recovery program in graduate student apartments on a university campus" Edible Education Conference at University of California, Irvine
2012 Davis, N. & Geislar, S. “Transportation Tax Policy Acceptability: a Test of Message Framing and the Value Belief Norm Theory.”Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Washington D.C.
2015 Geislar, S. "Faced with Food Waste: Understanding how the built environment shapes behavior and attitudes " Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Sacramento, CA (forthcoming)
2015 Geislar, S. " Food Scraps, Households, and the City: Testing social-psychological theories for future policy tools--Data Collection Phase I & II" Data Science Initiative Summer Fellows Symposium at UC Irvine, CA
2015 Geislar, S. "Local Food Access and Advocacy: Cultivating Town and Gown Synergies", California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, San Francisco, CA
2015 Caporaso, P., Hanna, K., Mansour, C., Sharvini, S., Geislar, S. "Focus on Food Waste: Using a focus group method to improve study materials for a community-based experiment", (Mentor) Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Fellowship, UC Irvine, CA
2014 Geislar, S. "Food Scraps, Household Behavior, and Climate Change: Preliminary Results from a food scrap recovery program in graduate student apartments on a university campus" Edible Education Conference at University of California, Irvine
2012 Davis, N. & Geislar, S. “Transportation Tax Policy Acceptability: a Test of Message Framing and the Value Belief Norm Theory.”Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference in Washington D.C.
Professional Experience
2014-Present Founding Director, Lead Researcher, The Food Works Lab
*Testing New Policy Tools based on Social-Psychological Theory for Curbside Organics Programs
*Expanding Food Scrap Recovery Programs to On-Campus Apartments
*Local Food Access and Economies: Cultivating Town & Gown Synergies
Upcoming Projects
*Maximizing the Good: Developing Analysis Tools for Efficient and Equitable Federal Food Aid Programs
2014-2015 Consultant, Sustainability Education and Awareness Program, City of Stanton, CA
2010-2015 Project Associate, Maya Dunne & Associates
2011, 2014 Deliberation Moderator, ReFrameIt & Stanford's Center for Deliberative Democracy
Policies toward immigrants and guest workers in the U.S www.pbs.org
State-Local Reform, Taxation & Fiscal Policy, Initiative Process, Representation www.nextca.org
2011 Graduate Student Researcher, Metropolitan Futures Initiative
2010-2013 Member, Board of Directors, Community Sustainability USA, Inc 501 (c)3
*Testing New Policy Tools based on Social-Psychological Theory for Curbside Organics Programs
*Expanding Food Scrap Recovery Programs to On-Campus Apartments
*Local Food Access and Economies: Cultivating Town & Gown Synergies
Upcoming Projects
*Maximizing the Good: Developing Analysis Tools for Efficient and Equitable Federal Food Aid Programs
2014-2015 Consultant, Sustainability Education and Awareness Program, City of Stanton, CA
2010-2015 Project Associate, Maya Dunne & Associates
2011, 2014 Deliberation Moderator, ReFrameIt & Stanford's Center for Deliberative Democracy
Policies toward immigrants and guest workers in the U.S www.pbs.org
State-Local Reform, Taxation & Fiscal Policy, Initiative Process, Representation www.nextca.org
2011 Graduate Student Researcher, Metropolitan Futures Initiative
2010-2013 Member, Board of Directors, Community Sustainability USA, Inc 501 (c)3
Service
2017 Referee: Waste Management | Society and Business Review
2015-2016 Graduate Student Representative Food Security Workgroup at UC Irvine
2015-2016 Member Student Advisory Council on Sustainability Education at UC Irvine
2015- 2016 Graduate Student Representative Humanities Commons: Food Studies Research Cluster
2015 Workshop Organizer and Facilitator Cultivating Food Research Community at UC Irvine
2014 Public Forum Organizer and Facilitator Forum on Irvine Farmer's Market Relocation
2014-2015 Analyst for UCI Application for Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System (STARS) Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
2012-2013 PhD Student Representative Planning, Policy and Design UC Irvine
2015-2016 Graduate Student Representative Food Security Workgroup at UC Irvine
2015-2016 Member Student Advisory Council on Sustainability Education at UC Irvine
2015- 2016 Graduate Student Representative Humanities Commons: Food Studies Research Cluster
2015 Workshop Organizer and Facilitator Cultivating Food Research Community at UC Irvine
2014 Public Forum Organizer and Facilitator Forum on Irvine Farmer's Market Relocation
2014-2015 Analyst for UCI Application for Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System (STARS) Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
2012-2013 PhD Student Representative Planning, Policy and Design UC Irvine