Category: Newsletter

The Summer 2024 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; two feature essays “Environmental Sociology Section Member Tom Dietz Elected to the National Academy of Sciences” and “Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Environmental Impacts of Universities”; many important recent book and article publications; several calls for contributions to special issues and conferences, and Envirosoc Section Awards and Election Results. Finally, thanks to Michael Haedicke for his hard work as the Publications Committee Chair!

Attached, please find the spring issue of the Environmental Sociology section newsletter, with a message from the section chair and essays about the Prison Agriculture Lab at Colorado State University and the environmental justice issue of straight piping in Alabama. The newsletter also contains information about section members’ accomplishments and opportunities of interest.

The Winter 2024 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; many important recent book and article publications; calls for abstract submissions to conferences, a special issue of Valuation Studies, and an edited volumeaddressing queer climate justice and information on the ASA Paper/Extended Abstract Call for Submissions for the ASA 2024 meeting in Montréal.

The Winter 2023 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; two feature essays “From the Front Lines of CoP 27” and “Hazardous Energy Fueling the Pain of Rural Women in Pakistan”; many important recent book and article publications; and information on the ASA Paper/Extended Abstract Call for Submissions for the ASA 2024 meeting in Montréal.

The Summer 2023 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; two feature essays “Remembering Addie Levine” and “Risk and Greed in Brazil’s Northeastern Region”; many important recent book and article publications; and Environmental Sociology Section Award winners; and information on the Env soc section meeting at ASA. Congratulations to all of our esteemed award winners! New Section Council Members: Chair-ElectRaoul S. Liévanos, University of Oregon Membership Committee ChairJennifer Givens, Utah State University TreasurerMaricarmen Hernandez, Columbia University Teaching, Training and Practice Committee ChairAlan Rudy, Central Michigan University

The Spring 2023 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; three feature essays on “Rotten Apples: The Externalities of Urban Greening”, “The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Food Service Workers in British Columbia”, and “Stony Brook University’s ‘Turbulent Times’ Colloquium”; many important recent book and article publications; several announcements and opportunities including the CONVERGE Positionality in Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice Training Module and Demonstration Webinar, University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, and Society for Human Ecology International Conference Call for Submissions; and the 2023 Section on Environmental Sociology Call for Awards.

The Winter 2023 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; two feature essays “From the Front Lines of CoP 27” and “Hazardous Energy Fueling the Pain of Rural Women in Pakistan”; many important recent book and article publications; and ASA Paper/Extended Abstract calls and descriptions of Environmental Sociology Section Sessions at the ASA annual meeting.

The Fall 2022 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. In this issue: A message from the publications committee chair, Michael Haedicke; A request for proposals by the Climate Social Science Network for research into the structural, political, and institutional dynamics of climate change politics outside the U.S. and Canada; Calls for papers from PLOS Climate, PLOS Water, and the Russel Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences; An announcement and call for papers for the upcoming Environmental Sociology Mini-Conference in Baltimore, MD; and many important recent book and article publications.

The Summer 2022 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download (PDF). In this issue: A message from the section chair, Norah MacKendrick; A welcome for new section council members (see below); The Environmental Sociology Section schedule for August’s ASA Conference; An announcement about an upcoming conference, Navigating Uncertain Futures: Social Engagement and Transformative Change in Global Socio-Ecological Systems; ASA Environmental Sociology Section Award Winners; An excellent feature essay by Lourdes Vera entitled “How Mentorship Can Challenge Legacies of Oppression in Academia”; and many important recent publications (both books and articles). New Section Council Members: Chair-Elect: Debra Davidson, University of AlbertaLegacy Chair: Scott Frickel, Brown UniversityCouncil Member-at-Large: Michael Warren Murphy, University of PittsburghNominations Committee Chair: Cameron T. Whitley, Western Washington UniversityPublications Committee Chair: Michael Haedicke, University of MainePolicy and Research Committee Chair: Nikhil Deb, Murray State UniversityDigital Communications Co-Chair (Webmaster): Michael Lengefeld, Bemidji State UniversityDigital Communications Co-Chair …

The Spring 2022 issue of the Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter is now available for download (PDF). In this issue: A message from the section chair, Norah MacKendrick; An announcement about an event entitled “Teaching Environmental Sociology in a Time of Radical Flux” (recording link); Call for extended abstracts for a day-long conference celebrating the life and legacies of Immanuel Wallerstein (PEWS section); An announcement about a CONVERGE Public Health Implications of Hazards and Disaster Research Training Module and Demonstration Webinar (link); An incredible feature essay by Danielle Melvin Koonce entitled “Hog Farming and the Fight for Environmental Justice in Rural, Black Communities”; and many excellent recent publications (both books and articles).