Sneha Kadyan recognized for establishing the first Fairtrade University in India

Sneha Kadyan, Ph.D. student and Research Assistant at our Center for Fair & Alternative Trade (CFAT), received an award for her work in establishing the first Fairtrade University in India at Jindal Global Business School where she is employed as a Lecturer in Sociology. Kadyan was honored at the first Fairtrade Conference held in India […]

What is the biggest challenge facing the future of agriculture?

Given CSU’s breadth of expertise in all-things agriculture — from the College of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering and the Office of Extension and Engagement — we asked faculty to consider this important question.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics publishes Azmal Hossan’s Disaster Food Security Scale

Azmal Hossan, Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, is part of an interdisciplinary research team supported by the Twenty-Five Years of Food Security Measurement Program funded by the USDA Economic Research Service. The team’s first manuscript from their project “Developing a Disaster Food Security Scale” has been published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition […]

James Hale publishes interdisciplinary work in Journal of Rural Studies

James Hale is the lead author of “A systematic review of cultural capital in U.S. community development research” that has been published in the Journal of Rural Studies. Hale is a Research Scientist II in Sociology and CSU’s Food Systems Institute for Research, Engagement, and Learning. Co-authors include Michael Carolan, Becca Jablonski, and colleagues from Ohio […]

Applications accepted through Sept. 10 for Assistant Professor of Sociology – Criminology & Critical Criminology

Our Sociology Department is seeking applications for a tenure track, nine-month position of Assistant Professor of Sociology – Criminology & Critical Criminology that will begin August 16, 2024. For the full posting announcement, please visit https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/132210 and apply by September 10, 2023. CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on all final candidates.

Stephanie Malin’s team receives $2 million DOE award to study spent nuclear fuel storage

As part of a U.S. Department of Energy study, CSU is partnering with Boise State University to research how to improve the approach of locating these storage facilities by encouraging meaningful community engagement and participation in decision-making to enhance environmental equity.

James Hale, Michael Carolan, and Adam Snitker receive USDA and CO Department of Agriculture funding

As part of both a USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities and Conservation Innovation Grant, James Hale and Michael Carolan received over $700k from the Colorado Department of Agriculture to research the social dimensions of a soil health program called STAR (Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources) over the next four years. Adam Snitker is and will be […]