KuoRay Mao, Lou Swanson, and Pete Taylor presented virtually at the 2020 International Forum on the Theory & Practices of Poverty Alleviation and Ecological Revitalization in the Yellow River Basin. The forum was held November, 7, 2020, in Shandong, China, and organized by Beijing Forestry University, Institute of Ecological Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences […]
Joshua Sbicca’s latest book A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City was released by NYU Press in July 2020. Along with Alison Hope Alkon (University of the Pacific) and Yuki Kato (Georgetown University), Dr. Sbicca co-edited contributions about gentrification’s effects on food landscapes in cities and towns across the United States […]
This summer Azmal Hossan began working with the COVID-19 and Food Insecurity interdisciplinary research group, one of the CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research. The groups’ projects are supported by the National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards […]
What the Election Should Have Been About By Steve Dandaneau. Originally published by CounterPunch. Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Consult Roger Cohen in the Times on the “shrinking American mind” or Max Boot in the Post on the “sleaziest presidential campaign ever,” or any number of kindred spirits, and it is clear that the pundit class is dissatisfied with […]
Energy Research and Social Sciences published Stephanie Malin’s latest research article, “Depressed democracy, environmental injustice: Exploring the negative mental health implications of unconventional oil and gas production in the United States.” It is referenced below in her most recent article for The Conversation. When fracking moves into the neighborhood, mental health risks rise Article by Stephanie Malin. […]
People living near unconventional oil or gas wells report chronic stress and depression related to their uncertainty about environmental and public health risks as well as noise, pollution, and truck traffic.
Poudre School District (PSD) is naming its new elementary school after the late Gary Bamford (’68), a longtime principal and staff member and a CSU Sociology alum. Read PSD’s article here about Gary Bamford’s career and impact.
Ph.D. student Azmal Hossan has been accepted to the Agents of Change in Environmental Health Fellowship, a joint initiative of George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health and Environmental Health News. In spring 2021, his cohort will begin a nine-month program to receive rigorous training on writing and publishing academic pieces on environmental health […]
Dr. KuoRay Mao and Ph.D. student Nefratiri Weeks co-published three recent articles. KuoRay Mao, Shuqin Jin, Yu Hu, Nefratiri Weeks & Liangjun Ye “Environmental Conservation or the Treadmill of Law: A Case Study of the Post-2014 Husbandry Waste Regulations in China” – International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Read it here ABSTRACT As industrialized animal agriculture expanded […]
Rather than focus on race, the class explores theories which emphasize the social nature of reality.
