Chardie Baird, assistant professor of sociology, has an article forthcoming in Annual Sociological Review: Reynolds, John R. and Chardie L. Baird. "Is There a Downside to Shooting for the Stars? Unrealized Educational Expectations and Symptoms of Depression." American Sociological Review 75(1).
Baird also was selected to be a member of the 2008-2009 cohort of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Early Work and Family Early Career Scholars program. The goal of the program is to bolster the career progress of new scholars in the area of Work and Family that are expected to be future leaders in the field. To this end, she just returned from an invitation-only conference with leading scholars in the area of work and family in New York City.
Laszlo J. Kulcsar, associate professor of Sociology, together with Benjamin Bolender, doctoral student in Sociology, presented a paper "Empty fields: Farm transition and aging in Kansas" at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI, July 30 -August 2, 2009. The project was funded by K-State's Center on Aging.
Kulcsar is going to be the lead editor of the "International Handbook of Rural Demography". This book is the latest addition to Springer's demography handbook series, and will be published at the end of 2010.
Gerad Middendorf, associate professor of Sociology, edited “The Fight over Food: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System”, a book that was recommended by Choice Reviews, a review journal for academic libraries.
Middendorf, along with Terrie Becerra, current PhD student and Derrick Cline, who received his M.A. in Sociology from KSU in 2006, have published a journal article, “Transition and Resilience in the Kansas Flint Hills”. It was published in the Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy in Volume 4, No. 3 (2009).
Robert Schaeffer, professor in Sociology, presented a paper, "The New Barbary Coast: The Reemergence of Hybrid States and the External Arena," at the Political Economy of the World-System Miniconference, University of San Francisco, August 7, 2009.
Schaeffer published an article, "Dictatorship and Development in China: Their Impact on the Workers of the World," in Ganesh K. Trichur, ed., The Rise of Asia and the Transformation of the World-System (Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2009).
Theresa Selfa, Richard Goe, Laszlo Kulcsar, Gerad Middendorf, and Carmen Bain
Socioeconomic Impacts of the Biofuels Revolution: The goal of this project is to provide a better understanding of the socio-economic and cultural implications of biofuels development for rural communities, and to contribute to more informed policy development regarding bioenergy. The project has completed three cases: Russell, KS; Philipsburg, KS and Nevada, IA. Currently we are working on Liberal, KS. An updated list of deliverables can be found in the publications section of the main website (see above) for the project.
Spencer Wood presented a paper at the Agricultural History Society annual meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, titled, "A Violation of Civil Rights: Discrimination in Farm Credit, the Largest Class-Action Civil Rights Settlement in U.S. History, and the On-Going African-American Freedom Movement."
Wood was a co-organizer and panelist on the panel "Community-Based Research: Documenting and Learning from Project Outcomes" at the Rural Sociological Society annual meeting in Madison, WI.
Kara Dillard, doctoral student in Sociology, was selected as a graduate assistant for the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) and participated in the event “Coming to Public Judgment on Healthcare Reform” in Washington, D.C.
Paul Ibbetson, Sociology doctoral student, published his second book: “Feeding Lions: Sharing the Conservative Philosophy in a Politically Hostile World.”
Baird also was selected to be a member of the 2008-2009 cohort of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Early Work and Family Early Career Scholars program. The goal of the program is to bolster the career progress of new scholars in the area of Work and Family that are expected to be future leaders in the field. To this end, she just returned from an invitation-only conference with leading scholars in the area of work and family in New York City.
Laszlo J. Kulcsar, associate professor of Sociology, together with Benjamin Bolender, doctoral student in Sociology, presented a paper "Empty fields: Farm transition and aging in Kansas" at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI, July 30 -August 2, 2009. The project was funded by K-State's Center on Aging.
Kulcsar is going to be the lead editor of the "International Handbook of Rural Demography". This book is the latest addition to Springer's demography handbook series, and will be published at the end of 2010.
Gerad Middendorf, associate professor of Sociology, edited “The Fight over Food: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System”, a book that was recommended by Choice Reviews, a review journal for academic libraries.
Middendorf, along with Terrie Becerra, current PhD student and Derrick Cline, who received his M.A. in Sociology from KSU in 2006, have published a journal article, “Transition and Resilience in the Kansas Flint Hills”. It was published in the Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy in Volume 4, No. 3 (2009).
Robert Schaeffer, professor in Sociology, presented a paper, "The New Barbary Coast: The Reemergence of Hybrid States and the External Arena," at the Political Economy of the World-System Miniconference, University of San Francisco, August 7, 2009.
Schaeffer published an article, "Dictatorship and Development in China: Their Impact on the Workers of the World," in Ganesh K. Trichur, ed., The Rise of Asia and the Transformation of the World-System (Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2009).
Theresa Selfa, Richard Goe, Laszlo Kulcsar, Gerad Middendorf, and Carmen Bain
Socioeconomic Impacts of the Biofuels Revolution: The goal of this project is to provide a better understanding of the socio-economic and cultural implications of biofuels development for rural communities, and to contribute to more informed policy development regarding bioenergy. The project has completed three cases: Russell, KS; Philipsburg, KS and Nevada, IA. Currently we are working on Liberal, KS. An updated list of deliverables can be found in the publications section of the main website (see above) for the project.
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Spencer Wood presented a paper at the Agricultural History Society annual meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas, titled, "A Violation of Civil Rights: Discrimination in Farm Credit, the Largest Class-Action Civil Rights Settlement in U.S. History, and the On-Going African-American Freedom Movement."
Wood was a co-organizer and panelist on the panel "Community-Based Research: Documenting and Learning from Project Outcomes" at the Rural Sociological Society annual meeting in Madison, WI.
Kara Dillard, doctoral student in Sociology, was selected as a graduate assistant for the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) and participated in the event “Coming to Public Judgment on Healthcare Reform” in Washington, D.C.
Paul Ibbetson, Sociology doctoral student, published his second book: “Feeding Lions: Sharing the Conservative Philosophy in a Politically Hostile World.”