Jessie Luna published in Qualitative Sociology

Jessie Luna published “The Ease of Hard Work: Embodied Neoliberalism among Rocky Mountain Fun Runners” in Qualitative Sociology in January. Luna joined CSU’s Department of Sociology in Fall 2018 and specializes in environmental inequality, race, food and agriculture, development, and cultural sociology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11133-019-9412-8#aboutcontent Direct access at: https://rdcu.be/bhWm1 ABSTRACT In contemporary Western countries, thin, fit, and “healthy” bodies operate as important markers […]

Tara Opsal receives Ann Gill Faculty Development Award

Dr. Tara Opsal has been awarded an Ann Gill Faculty Development Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity in the College of Liberal Arts. Her winning project is Penitentiaries on the Plains: Rural Economies, Identities, and the Carceral State. In her proposal, Dr. Opsal says this is one component of a larger comparative project that examines the […]

Pat Hastings’ proposal wins CLA Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award

Dr. Pat Hastings has been awarded an Ann Gill Faculty Development Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity in the College of Liberal Arts. His winning proposal is Rethinking Consumption Inequality: Investigating Differences by Types of Consumption and Consumers. In his proposal, Dr. Hastings describes how he will investigate what has happened to consumption inequality during the […]

Jeni Cross’s SPHEReS team hosts future scientists, featured by USGBC+

Jeni Cross’s Sustainable Places, Health and Educational Research in Schools (SPHEReS) research team hosted 52 fourth-graders from Northglenn’s STEM Lab in January. SPHEReS partners with Adams 12 Schools to examine the impact of school environment on occupant health and performance. Funded by the EPA, the Healthy Schools project is the first time that epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, and sustainability experts have collaborated at this scale to address this question. STEM Lab […]

Lynn Hempel presents about mentoring at CSU’s Professional Development Institute (PDI)

Lynn Hempel and CSU’s Graduate School presented “Mentoring – building relationships that build careers” during CSU’s 40th Annual Professional Development Institute (PDI) put on by The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT) in January at the LSC (shown below right). The session covered why have a mentor, the responsibilities of both parties, establishing and fostering the […]

Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab appoints Tara Opsal as CARAN fellow

The Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab team invited Tara Opsal to join the Colorado Applied Research and Action Network (CARAN). As a CARAN fellow, she will be among a select group of outstanding researchers who are committed to improving the lives of Colorado residents. CARAN fellows will serve an important role in asking and answering […]