The Rural Sociological Society has several research and interest groups that members can join and participate in. These groups also coordinate activities and session for the Annual Meetings.
RIG Committee Chair:
Douglas Jackson-Smith (Chair)
Leif Jensen (past VP)
Rural Policy RIG
Chair: Doug Jackson-Smith
doug.jackson-smith@usu.edu
Co-Chair: Glenn Sterner
ges5098@psu.edu
Rural Poverty RIG
Chair: David Peters
dpeters@iastate.edu
Rural Studies RIG
Chair: Kate MacTavish
kate.mactavish@oregonstate.edu
Co-Chair: Lisa Pruitt
lrpruitt@ucdavis.edu
Rural Racial Ethnic Minorities RIG
Chair: Michelle Eley
mleley@ncat.edu
Senior Rural Sociologists RIG
Chair: J. I. (Hans) Bakker
hbakker@uoguelph.ca
Co-Chair: Bill Lacy
wblacy@ucdavis.edu
Sociology of Agriculture & Food RIG
Chair: Phil Howard
howardp@msu.edu
Co-Chair: Michelle Worosz
mrw0016@auburn.edu
Teaching and Curriculum RIG
Chair: Susan Farner
sfarner@illinois.edu
Co-Chair: Jennifer Steele
jen.steele@mail.wvu.edu
Applied and Extension RIG
Chair: Kristi Lekies
Lekies.1@osu.edu
Co-Chair: Lorraine Garkovich
lgarkov@uky.edu
Community RIG
Chair: Gretchen Thompson
ghthomps2@gmail.com
Education and Work RIG
Chair: Kai Arthur Schafft
kas45@psu.edu
Family and Health RIG
Chair: Alex McIntosh
w-mcintosh@tamu.edu
Co-Chair: Wes Dean
wdean@rsph.tamhsc.edu
Natural Resources RIG
Chair: David Matarrita
dmatarrita@ag.tamu.edu
Co-Chair: Becky Schewe
rschewe@ssc.wisc.edu
Population RIG
Chair: John Green
greenjj1@gmail.com
Rural Gender Issues RIG
Co-Chair: Julie Keller
jckeller@wisc.edu
Co- Chair: Aya Kimura
aya.hirata.kimura@gmail.com
We are sorry it has taken us so long to get this out to you, but we finally have your budget ready for you. There is $2,288.73in your budget as of the end of May. Our goal is to give you an updated budget every month from here on out. Again, we are sorry for the delay in getting this out to you and we wish you the best.
