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North American Academic Institutions
Working in Rural Sociology

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Alaska Iowa Nevada South Dakota
Arizona Kansas New Hampshire Tennessee
Arkansas Kentucky New Jersey Texas
California Louisiana New Mexico Utah
Colorado Maine New York Vermont
Connecticut Maryland North Carolina Virginia
Delaware Massachusetts North Dakota Washington
Florida Michigan Ohio West Virginia
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Hawaii Mississippi Oregon Wyoming
Idaho Missouri Pennsylvania  
Illinois Montana Rhode Island Canada

Alabama

Auburn University
Contact: Conner Bailey
cbailey@acesag.auburn.edu
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
202 Comer Hall
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849-5406
   TEL: 334/844-5632
   FAX: 334/844-5639

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Rural Sociology, Community, Environmental and Natural Resources, Applied Research Methods and Statistics, International Development Studies
Website: http://www.ag.auburn.edu/agec/

Colorado

Colorado State University
Contact: Prabha Unnithan
prabha@lamar.colostate.edu
Department of Sociology
B236 Clark Building
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1784
   TEL: 970/491-6615

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Rural Sociology, Sociology of Natural Resources, Social Change, Criminology, Globalization
Website: www.colostate.edu/Depts/Sociology

Illinois

University of Illinoin-Urbana
Contact: Bob Hughes
hughesro@uiuc.edu
Dept of Human and Community Development
274 Bevier Hall MC-180, 905 S Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
   TEL: 217/333-3790
   FAX: 217/244-7877

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Agricultural Communications, Agricultural Education Community and Rural Development, Environmental Communication
Website: http://www.hcd.uiuc.edu/

Iowa

Iowa State University
Contact: Paul Lasley
plasley@iastate.edu
Department of Sociology
107 East Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1070
   TEL: 515/294-0937
   FAX: 515/294-8649

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community Studies and Development; Food Systems, Agriculture and the Environment; Sociology of Families; Methodology; Social Change and Development; Criminology; Social Inequality; The Economy, Organizations and Work; Social Psychology; Theory
Website: www.soc.iastate.edu

Kansas

Kansas State University
Contact: Gerad Middendorf
middendo@ksu.edu
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
204 Waters Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-4003
   TEL: 785/532-4960
   FAX: 785/532-6978

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Social Change and Development; Rural Development; Work and Labor Markets; Gender Relations; Critical and Feminist Criminology; Politics, States and Social Movements
Website: http://www.k-state.edu/sasw/

Kentucky

University of Kentucky
Contact: Gary Hansen
ghansen@uky.edu
Department of Sociology
500 Garrigus Building
Lexington, KY 40546
   TEL: 859/257-7586
   FAX: 859/257-1164

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community, Agriculture, Social Change
Website: www.uky.edu/Ag/Sociology

Louisiana

Louisiana State University
Contact: Michael Grimes
mgrimes@lsu.edu
Department of Sociology
126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5411
   TEL: 225/578-1645
   FAX: 225/578-5102

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Criminology/Deviance, Social Inequality, Social Capital
Website: http://appl003.lsu.edu/artsci/sociologyweb.nsf/index

Maryland

University of Maryland
Contact: William Falk
wfalk@socy.umd.edu
Department of Sociology
Rm 2112, Art/Sociology Bldg
College Park, MD 20742
   TEL: 301/405-6394
   FAX: 301/314-6892

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Development, Demography, Military Sociology, Social Psychology, Stratification/Mobility, Theory, Comparative Sociology, Gender/Work/Family
Website: www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/

Michigan

Michigan State University
Contact: Thomas Connor, Larry Busch
soc@mus.edu
Department of Sociology
Speciality in Rural and Environmental Studies
316 Berkey Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1111
   TEL: 517/355-6632
   FAX: 517/432-2856

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Environment, Science and Technology; Family Studies; Feminist Sociology; Food and Agriculture; Migration, Social Structure and Identity; Race and Ethnicity; Social Psychology/Social Psychology of Health
Website: www.soc.msu.edu

Mississippi

Mississippi State University
Contact: Frank Howell
fmhl@ra.msstate.edu
PO Box C
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
   TEL: 662/325-2495
   FAX: 662/325-4564

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Rural Sociology, Community, Agriculture, Environmental and Natural Resources, Rural Labor Markets, Spatial Analysis Methods, Demography
Website: www.msstate.edu/dept/sociology/

Missouri

University of Missouri-Columbia
Contact: Michael Nolan, Interim Chair
rural_sociology@missouri.edu
Department of Rural Sociology
121 Gentry Bldg
Columbia, MO 65211-7040
   TEL: 573/882-7451
   FAX: 573/882-5127

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Food, Environment and Society, Rural Transitions (Community, Institutional and Social Change)
Website: www.ruralsociology.missouri.edu

New York

Cornell University
Contact: Max Pfeffer, Chair
mjp5@cornell.edu
Department of Development Sociology
Warren Hall
133 Warren Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
   TEL: 607/255-1688
   FAX: 607/254-2896

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Rural & Environmental Sociology, Community and Regional Sociology, State, Economy and Society, Population and Development, Environmental Manage and Methods of Social Research Development Sociology

North Carolina

North Carolina State University
Contact: Ed Kick
elkick@ncsu.edu
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
162 Harrelson Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-8107
   TEL: 919/513-8301
   FAX: 919/515-2610

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Applied Sociology, Work/Industry/Organization Development, Social Change, Comparative Community
Website: http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/s&a/index.html

North Dakota

North Dakota State University
Contact: Gary A Goreham
kate.umer@ndsu.nodak.edu
Department of Sociology-Anthropology
PO Box 5075 SU Station
Fargo, ND 58105-5075
   TEL: 701/231-8657
   FAX: 701/231-1047

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Criminology/Delinquency, Criminal Justice, Medical Sociology, Aging/Social Gerontology, Demography, Applied/Evaluation Research, Marriage/Family, Qualitative and Quantitative Methodology, Theory, Anthropology, Community Development
Website: www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sociology/

University of North Dakota
Contact: Curtis W. Stofferahn
curtis_stofferahn@und.nodak.edu
Department of Sociology
Gillette Hall Room 202
225 Centennial Drive Stop 7136
Grand Forks ND 58202-7136
   TEL: 701-777-2187

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
No particular program specialization but faculty have specialties in particular areas including rural, environmental, and community.
Website: www.und.edu/dept/soc/

Ohio

Ohio State University
Contact: Joseph F. Donnermeyer
donnermeyer.1@osu.edu
Rural Sociology Program
Department of Human and Community Resource Development
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1067
   TEL: 614/292-9167
   FAX: 614/292-7007

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Sociology of Agriculture/Natural Resources, Social Change/Development, Community Development
Website: www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hcrd/rural_sociology/
Website: www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~hcrd/rural_sociology/graduate_program.html

Oregon

Oregon State University
Contact: Lori A. Cramer
lcramer@orst.edu
Department of Sociology
Fairbanks Hall, Room 307
Corvallis, OR 97331-3703
   TEL: 541/737-5382
   FAX: 541/737-5382

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Environment/Natural Resources, Rural Development, International Development, Family

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State University
Contact: Steve Smith
smsmith@psu.edu
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
103C Armsby Bldg
University Park, PA 16802
   TEL: 814/865-5461
   FAX: 814/865-3746

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community, Demography, Sociology of Agriculture, Methods and Statistics, Environment and Natural Resources, Community Development.
Website: www.aers.psu.edu

South Carolina

Clemson University
Contact: Brenda J. Vander Mey
vanmey@clemson.edu
Department of Sociology
132 Brackett Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-1356
   TEL: 864/656-3238
   FAX: 864/656-1252

South Dakota

South Dakota State University
Contact: Donna J Hess
donna_hess@sdstate.edu
Department of Rural Sociology
226 Scobey Hall
Brookings, SD 57007
   TEL: 605/688-4132
   FAX: 605/688-6354

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
(Undergrad) Criminal Justice, Social Work, Human Services, Human Resources
(Grad) Demography, Social Organization, Social Deviance, Cultural Ecology, Family Studies

Texas

Texas A&M University
Contact: Don Albrecht
donalbrecht@tamu.edu
Department of Rural Sociology
2125 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2125
   TEL: 979/845-9781
   FAX: 979/845-8529

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Demography-Human Ecology, Community, Sociology of Agriculture, Sociology of Natural Resources, Race/Ethnicity, Health, Adoption/Difussion, Sociology of Nutrition, Policy Analysis, Social Organization, Environmental Sociology, Social Impact Assessment.
Website: http://ruralsoc.tamu.edu

Sam Houston State University
Contact: Gene L. Theodori
gtheodori@shsu.edu
Department of Sociology
Box 2446
Huntsville, TX 77341-2446
   TEL: 936/294-1512
   FAX: 936/294-3573

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community and Natural Resources, Health and Aging, Social Change and Development
Website: http://www.shsu.edu/sociology

Utah

Utah State University
Contact: Richard Krannich
Richard.Krannich@usu.edu
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
0730 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-0730
   TEL: 435/797-1230
   FAX: 435/797-1240

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Demography, Environmental/Natural Resources, Sociology of Development, Social Problems.
Website: http://www.usu.edu/sswa/

Brigham Young University
Contact: Ralph B. Brown
ralph_brown@byu.edu
Department of Sociology
800 SWKT
Provo, UT 84602
   TEL: 801/378-3242
   FAX: 801/378-4888

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Macro-Comparative, Comparative Family, Community and Rural Studies
Website: http://fhss.byu.edu/soc/

Washington

Washington State University
Contact: Ray Jussaume
rajussaume@wsu.edu
Department of Community and Rural Sociology
PO Box 644006
23 Wilson-Short Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-4006
   TEL: 509/335-8623
   FAX: 509/335-2125

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community Development, Sustainable Agri-Food Systems, Global and Cross-cultural Studies
Website: www.crs.wsu.edu

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin
Contact: Leann Tigges
lmtigges@wisc.edu
Department of Rural Sociology
350 Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
   TEL: 608/262-1510
   FAX: 608/262-6022

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Community Analysis/Development, Rural Population Studies, Sociology of Agriculture/Sociology of Natural Resources, Social Stratification, Sociology of Development, Sociology of Science, Environmental Sociology, Race/Ethnic Minority Relations, Economic Sociology
Website: www.drs.wisc.edu

Canada

University of Alberta
Contact: Ellen Goddard, Chair
Naomi.krogman@ualberta.ca
or debra.davidson@ualberta.ca
Department of Rural Economy
Rural Sociology Program
5-15 General Services Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1
CANADA
   TEL: 780/492-4225
   FAX: 780/492-0268

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Natural Resource Sociology, Forest Sociology, Development, Institutions, Social Impacts of Resource Development
Website: www.re.ualberta.ca

University of Guelph
Contact: Ronald Hinch, Chair
dcarter@uoguelph.ca
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
CANADA
   TEL: 519/824-4120 ext 3894
   FAX: 519/837-9561

Areas of Specialization in Department or Program:
Sociology, Women in Development, Third World Development, International Development