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Winter 2024 Newsletter

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.

Environmental Sociology Section Award Nominations

Please see below for descriptions and nomination instructions for the four awards that our Section will grant this year, and consider nominating yourself or a colleague! Nominees do not need to be section members, but in accordance with ASA policies, award recipients must be current members of the American Sociological Association at the time the award is given. The same award will not be given to the same individual more than once. The Environmental Sociology Outstanding Publication Award This is given for publications of special noteworthiness in the field of environmental sociology. This year the committee will consider books published within the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2023. Self-nominations are welcome. To nominate a book, please email a nomination letter by March 15th, 2024 to Policy & Research Committee Chair, Nikhil Deb (ndeb@calpoly.edu). The Environmental Sociology Student Paper Award The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding paper written by …

Winter 2023 Newsletter

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.

Summer 2023 Newsletter

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

Spring 2023 Newsletter

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.

Fall 2022 Newsletter

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.

Summer 2022 Newsletter

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 …

2022 Award Winners

We are very pleased to announce the winners of our section awards for 2022. We will be celebrating these achievements at the ASA meeting in August. Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award Amalia Leguizamón (Tulane University) for Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina (2020, Duke University Press)  Honorable Mention: Colin Jerolmack (New York University) for Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town (2021, Princeton University Press). Fred Buttel Distinguished Contribution Award David Pellow (University of California, Santa Barbara)   Mentorship and Teaching Award  Kristen Shorette (State University of New York at Stony Brook)  Marvin E. Olsen Student Paper Award (co-winners) Kristen Vinyeta (University of Oregon) for “Under the guise of science: how the US Forest Service deployed settler colonial and racist logics to advance an unsubstantiated fire suppression agenda” and Daniel Driscoll (University of California, San Diego) for “Populism …

April 25th Virtual Event

Our section recently hosted an online event entitled, “Teaching Environmental Sociology in a Time of Radical Flux.” We had such an amazing panel! Much appreciation goes out to Dr. Jennifer Carrera (Michigan State University), Dr. Marla Pérez-Lugo (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and Dr. Mehmet Soyer (Utah State University). In case you missed the event (or if you just want to watch it again!), we have a link to the recording of the first part of it: https://youtu.be/No-thPlJnks (we had breakout sessions in the second part, which we didn’t record). What a great event!

Spring 2022 Newsletter

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).