Pat Hastings, Jessie Luna, Becca Clark-Hargreaves, Stephanie Malin, KuoRay Mao, Tony Roberts and Nefratiri Weeks present at ASA Annual Meeting

The 115th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting was held virtually this year. 2020’s theme was “Power, Inequality and Resistance at Work.” Presentations: Dr. Pat Hastings co-presented “Seasonality in Parental Investments in Children: Understanding the ‘Other Faucet’ and the Summer Learning Gap.” Dr. Jessie Luna gave a talk for a paper co-authored with Ph.D. student […]

Journal of Agrarian Change publishes Jessie Luna’s research

Jessie Luna published “Peasant essentialism in GMO debates: Bt cotton in Burkina Faso” in Journal of Agrarian Change on August 7, 2020. ABSTRACT Amidst polarized global debates about genetically modified (GM) crops, much attention has focused on Burkina Faso, where farmers grew Bt cotton from 2008 to 2015 in the first widespread commercial adoption of […]

The Conversation publishes Jessie Luna’s research on how power shaped Burkina Faso’s ‘success’ with GM cotton

Story by Jessie Luna and Brian Dowd-Uribe (University of San Francisco). Originally published by The Conversation.  How power shaped the ‘success story’ of genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once the poster child for genetically modified (GM) crop advocates. Its 2008 adoption of GM cotton for smallholder farmers was hailed […]

Jeni Cross publishes ‘unlearning’ racism article on The Conversation

Article by Jeni Cross. Originally published by The Conversation. Many Americans are asking how they can be more sensitive to members of different racial groups, a desire fueling sales of books like “How to be an Anti-racist” and the presence of “Hate has no home here” signs in front yards. But how to achieve that […]

Michael Carolan’s food systems team studies COVID-19 impacts on Denver supply chain

Story by Anne Manning. Originally published on SOURCE. Food systems experts to study Denver supply chain impacts from COVID-19 Social distancing measures, including shutdowns of schools and restaurants during COVID-19, have caused major shifts in how American municipalities, institutions and families get their food. This new reality is very much on the minds of food systems […]

The Conversation publishes Joshua Sbicca’s article on food and gentrification

Story by Joshua Sbicca, Alison Alkon (University of the Pacific) and Yuki Kato (Georgetown University). Originally published on The Conversation. In changing urban neighborhoods, new food offerings can set the table for gentrification When new residents and businesses move into low-income neighborhoods, they often deny that they are displacing current residents. In a striking exception, a […]