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Professor
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology
HCRD
Education
- Ph. D., Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, June 1966 (minor: Agricultural Economics)
- Attended Graduate School, Iowa State University, Economics and Sociology, 1962
- M.S., Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, June 1961
- B. S., Agricultural Economics, The Ohio State University, 1960
- Fulbright Scholar, National University, Bogota, Colombia, 1964
Teaching Experience
- Sociology of Economic Change
- Sociology of Agriculture
- Environmental Sociology
- Technological Change and International Development
Area of Research
Interest in understanding rural and urban constituents= concerns about the food system; i.e., genetically engineered plants and animals, organically produced foods stuffs, large vs. small farms and environmental concerns associated with agricultural production
Service
- President, The Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc., The Public Institutions of the Big Ten Conference, 1980-2001
- Distinguished Rural Sociologist, Rural Sociological Society, 1993
- President of the Rural Sociological Society, 1980-1981
- Active in professional associations and the recipient of teaching and research awards
- Member of the Ohio Agricultural Council, 1975 to present
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