2018 Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society Programme

2018,

26th - 29th July

2018 Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society

Conference Programme

Thursday, 26th July
Thursday 08:00 - 15:00	Field Trip: Labor Issues in Organic Agriculture (registration required) Venue Lobby
Thursday 08:00 - 16:30	RSS Council Mtg. Venue Weyerhaeuser
Thursday 08:30 - 18:00	Field Trip: Water Conservation in the Willamette Valley (registration required) Venue Lobby
Thursday 10:15 - 17:00	Field Trip: Queering the Food System in Oregon (registration required) Venue Lobby
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	Graduate Student Speed Networking
Thursday 18:00 - 19:00	Presidential Address
Thursday 19:00 - 21:00	Presidential Reception
Thursday 21:00 - 22:00	President's Graduate Student Reception Venue Presidential Suite
Friday, 27th July
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	OID.120 Applied & Extension 1. A Realignment of Rural Sociology and Extension for the 21st Century Chaired By: Jennifer Lai Venue Clackamas
08:00 Spatial dimensions of trust among Midwestern corn farmers » Jennifer Lai (Michigan State University), Mark Suchtya (Michigan State University) 08:15 Effectively relaying science-based education to rural communities: The case of shale oil and gas development in rural Appalachian communities » Myra Moss (Ohio State University), Nancy Bowen-Ellzey (Ohio State University), Thomas Murphy (Pennsylvania State University) 08:30 People and Places: The Nature and Location of Talent in Indiana » Lionel "Bo" Beaulieu (Purdue University), Indraneel Kumar (Purdue University), Michael Wilcox (Purdue University) 08:45 Applied and Extension RIG Mini-Conference: A Realignment of Rural Sociology and Extension for 21st Century Applied Research » Michael Lotspeich II (Baylor University), Sunday Ogunjimi (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State), Amanda Crump (University of California Cooperative Extension), Glenn Israel (University of Florida), Lou Swanson (Colorado State University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	OID.128 Best of the West: Malheur, Militias, and Multiple Use Management... Chaired By: Ann Eisenberg Venue Salon 4
08:00 Malheur, Militias, and Multiple Use Management - the 2016 Refuge Takeover's Implications for "Science and Society" » Ann Eisenberg (University of South Carolina School of Law)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	PID.101 Graduate Students Professional Development: Succeeding in Graduate School Chaired By: Jamiko Deleveaux and Paige Kelly Venue White Stag
08:00 Graduate Students Professional Development: Succeeding in Graduate School » Jamiko Deleveaux (University of Texas at San Antonio), Paige Kelly (The Ohio State University)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	PID.111 Responding to Rural Food Insecurity: The Case of Oregon Chaired By: Mark Edwards Venue Glisan
08:00 Responding to Rural Food Insecurity: The Case of Oregon » Mark Edwards (Oregon State University), Susannah Morgan (Oregon Food Bank), Chloe Eberhardt (Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon), Sharon Thornberry (Oregon Food Bank)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.10 Climate, Risk, Technology and the Un/intended Effects of Labels Chaired By: Leland Glenna Venue Multnomah
08:15 Three Materialisms: Climate Change Perception among U.S. Specialty Crop Producers » Yetkin Borlu (University of Richmond), Leland Glenna (The Pennsylvania State University) 08:30 Heterogeneous agent modelling of information quality and technology adoption in agriculture » Jason West (University of Queensland) 08:30 The 'Standard' Organic: A Case Study of Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films » Katherine Dentzman (Washington State University) 08:45 "La fresa orgánica es más chiquita": Farmworker Preference for Conventional Production » Rachel Soper (California State University, Channel Islands)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.37 Connecting the Fate of Rural Education and Rural Communities Chaired By: Devora Shamah Venue Pettygrove
08:00 Care for Kids, Care for the Community: Employment in Early Care and Education in Rural, Southwest Pennsylvania » Annelise Hagedorn (Pennsylvania State University) 08:15 College and career readiness: Do rural youth feel ready to move beyond high school? » Devora Shamah (Gateway to College National Network), Alina Randall (Gateway to College National Network) 08:30 "I want to be seen": The process of disengaging from school for rural youth » Alina Randall (Gateway to College National Network), Devora Shamah (Gateway to College National Network) 08:45 Town, gown, or just shuffled around: Using school consolidation to understand urbanormativity » Julia Miller (University of Kentucky)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.48 Ideology, Identity, and Enviromental Concern Chaired By: Debbie Beecher Venue Overton
08:00 Opposition "Overblown"? Community Response to Wind Energy Siting in the Western United States » Leanne Giordono (Oregon State University), Hilary Boudet (Oregon State University), Anna Karmazina (Oregon State University), Casey Taylor (Oregon State University), Brent Steel (Oregon State University) 08:15 Affinities between Oil and Agricultural Production in the Bakken: An Explanation of Local Support » Debbie Becher (Barnard College, Columbia University) 08:30 Pollution and Pavement: Impervious Surfaces, the Built Environment, and Carbon Intensity of Well Being » Daniel Shtob (University of Oregon), Patrick Greiner (University of Oregon) 08:30 Environmental concern at the intersection of corporate rhetoric, ecological relations, and "anti-environmentalist-ism" in a Wyoming coal community" » Dawn Harfmann (University of Oregon)
Friday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.64 Community Well-being: Challenges and Solutions Chaired By: Jessica Omoregie Venue Jantzen
08:00 Inequalities in the Utilization of Antenatal Care in Nigeria » Jessica Omoregie (University of Texas at San Antonio) 08:15 Loss of community and the search for belonging: The influence of changing rural livelihoods on young men, masculinity and violence in western Honduras » Rebecca J. Williams (University of Florida), Paige Castellanos (Pennsylvania State University) 08:30 Implementing a Soil Testing Laboratory and Farmer Outreach in North Haiti: Institutional Obstacles and Possibilities » Joseph Molnar (Auburn University), Lonege Ogisma (Development Alternatives Inc. and State University of Haiti-Limonade)
Friday 09:15 - 09:30	Break
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	OID.121 Applied & Extension 2. Reflections on Best Practices in University Outreach and Engagment in the World Chaired By: Louis Swanson Venue Clackamas
09:30 Applied and Extension RIG Mini-Conference: Reflections on Best Practices in University Outreach and Engagement in the West » Michael Lotspeich II (Baylor University), Sunday Ogunjimi (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State), Lou Swanson (Colorado State University), Amanda Crump (University of California Cooperative Extension), Glenn Israel (University of Florida)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	OID.129 Best of the West: How the Rural West is Different Chaired By: Lisa R. Pruitt Venue Salon 4
09:30 How the Rural West is Different » Lisa R. Pruitt (University of California, Davis)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	PID.109 Authors Meet the Experts: A Discussion of "Singlewide: Chasing the American Dream in a Rural Trailer Park Chaired By: Elizabeth Seale Venue Jantzen
09:30 Authors Meet the Experts: A Discussion of "Singlewide: Chasing the American Dream in a Rural Trailer Park » Sonya Salamon (University of Illinois Emeritus), Kate MacTavish (Oregon State University)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	PID.133 Graduate Student Professional Development, Part 2: Preparing for Interviews and Job Talks Chaired By: Ian Carillo Venue White Stag
09:30 Graduate Student Professional Development, Part 2: Preparing for Interviews and Job Talks » Ian Carrillo (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.11 Emerging Social Science Perspectives in Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture Chaired By: Cornelia Flora Venue Multnomah
09:30 The Sociology of Soil in the US: The New Importance of Soil Microbiology » Cornelia Flora (Kansas State University/Iowa State University) 09:45 Saving heirloom varieties for sustainable seed supply systems » Chikara Okada (Kyoto University) 10:00 The measurement and typology of agricultural sustainability: A quantitative study based on the agroecology approach » Hui-Ju Kuo (Academia Sinica) 10:15 Social science in integrated pest management research » Amanda Crump (University of California Cooperative Extension), Wesley Dean (U.S.D.A, National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.30 Community-Scale Science: Water, Solar, and Technology Chaired By: Rhianna Williams Venue Glisan
09:30 Community scale solar electricity for rural communities: Designing for resilience, access, and identity » Emily Prehoda (Michigan Technological University), Chelsea Schelly (Michigan Technological University), Richelle Winkler (Michigan Technological University) 09:45 "Data Revolution" for the Public Good? Mobilizing Big Data and Crowdsourcing Technologies for Climate Action » Maria Isabel Espinoza (Rutgers University), Melissa Aronczyk (Rutgers University) 09:45 Quantifying Impact of Feeding America's National Produce Program on the Food Energy Water Nexus » Margaret Perry (University of Montana) 10:00 Market based Conservation Programs and non-market Motivations for Participation: Evidence from Landowners in two Payments for Ecosystems Services programs in Veracruz, Mexico » Theresa Selfa (SUNY ESF), Diana Cordoba (University of Victoria), Andres Urcuqui (SUNY ESF)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.43 Emerging Areas of Research and Data Application in Environmental Sociology Chaired By: Kristal Jones Venue Crown-Zellerbach
09:30 The scientific and social benefits, challenges and approaches to sharing and re-using qualitative data » Kristal Jones (University of Maryland) 09:45 Effects of Farm Size, Operators, and Operations on Wind Farm Locations » Joshua Fergen (Ohio State University), Jeffrey Jacquet (Ohio State University) 10:00 Landowner-led workshops: an innovative approach to engaging stakeholders in rural natural resource management » Mary Sketch (Virginia Tech University, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation), Ashley Dayer (Virginia Tech University, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation), Alexander Metcalf (University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.54 Illuminating Rural Population Diversity Chaired By: Weiwei Zhang Venue Weyerhaeuser
09:30 Unfolding the Settlement History of Prairie Pioneers: A Historical GIS Project of South Dakota Homesteaders from 1862 to 1920 » Weiwei Zhang (South Dakota State University) 09:45 Age, period, and cohort processes in institutional trust, as contextualized by economic change in nonmetropolitan communities » Michael Lotspeich II (Baylor University) 10:00 Rural and Growing, Growing, Growing! A Big Data Analysis of the Amish Population » Cory Anderson (Truman State University), Joseph Donnermeyer (The Ohio State University)
Friday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.63 Bolstering Resilience: A Gendered Perspective Venue Pettygrove
09:30 Gender and sustainable intensification: The case of horticulture in Cambodia » Sovanneary Huot (The Pennsylvania State University), Leif Jensen (The Pennsylvania State University) 09:45 Inequalities and Water Access in a Dairy Development Intervention in Rural Uganda » Elizabeth Ransom (University of Richmond), Carmen Bain (Iowa State University) 10:00 She Said, He Said: Insights from a Survey of Smallholder Couples in Honduras » Paige Castellanos (Pennsylvania State University), Janelle Larson (The Pennsylvania State University), Leif Jensen (The Pennsylvania State University), Elisabeth Garner (The Pennsylvania State University)
Friday 10:45 - 11:00	Break
Friday 11:00 - 12:15	KN-1 Keynote Venue Salon 4
11:00 RIG Methods/Science Lightening Talks » Research and Interest Group Chairs
Friday 12:20 - 13:20	RIG Mtgs. 1: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Int. Development, Rural Policy, and Population Venue Room Assignments TBA
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	OID.115 Bridging Home, Community and School: Responsive Approaches to Family Engagement in Mexican Origin... Chaired By: Gloria Rodriguez Venue Pendelton
13:30 Bridging home, community and school: responsive approaches to family engagement in mexican origin, im/migrant, rural communities » Araceli Gonzalez (University of California Davis - School of Education), Argelia Lara (Mills College), Nava Pedro (Mills College), Gloria Rodriguez (University of California Davis - School of Education), Rosa Manzo (University of California Merced - Health Science Research Institute)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	OID.122 Applied & Extension 3. Opportunities for Applied Research in Non-Agricultural Scholarship Programs Chaired By: Michael Lotspeich II Venue Clackamas
13:30 Applied and Extension RIG Mini-Conference: Opportunities for Applied Research in Non-Agricultural Scholarship Programs » Michael Lotspeich II (Baylor University), Sunday Ogunjimi (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State), Lou Swanson (Colorado State University), Amanda Crump (University of California Cooperative Extension), Glenn Israel (University of Florida)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	OID.127 Best of the West: Wildfire Impacts, Recovery, and Resilience in the Rural West Chaired By: Catrin Edgeley Venue Salon 4
13:40 Addressing the Rural Fire Problem: Understanding Community Vulnerability » Dianna Bryant (University of Central Missouri), Jeffery Hartle (University of Central Missouri) 13:50 Resilience on the Range: An Alternative Model for Community Wildfire Protection » Emily Jane Davis (Oregon State University) 14:00 Public Perceptions of Post-wildfire Landscape Recovery and the Implications for Wildfire Management » Chad Kooistra (Oregon State University) 14:10 An Extension Perspective on Community Engagement and the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge, OR » Glenn Ahrens (Oregon State University)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	PID.103 Careers for Rural Sociologists beyond the Research/Teaching Job Chaired By: Florence Becot Venue White Stag
13:30 Careers for rural sociologists beyond the research/teaching job » Florence Becot (The Ohio State University), Wesley Dean (U.S.D.A, National Institute of Food and Agriculture), Dara Bloom (North Carolina State University), Amanda Crump (University of California Cooperative Extension), Stephanie Teixeira-Poit (RTI International)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	PID.123 Continuing the Conversations: Developing a Research Agenda for Rural Poverty Chaired By: Robert Francis and Elizabeth Seale Venue Weyerhaeuser
13:30 Addressing Poverty Over the Next 50 Years: Continuing the Conversation on a Research Agenda for Rural Poverty Scholars » Elizabeth Seale (SUNY Oneonta)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.16 Resilient for Whom? Critical and Underrepresented Perspectives in Local and Regional Food System Development Chaired By: Lillian MacNell Venue Multnomah
13:30 A geo-ethnographic analysis of where low-income rural and urban women shop for food » Lillian MacNell (Campbell University) 13:45 Who Connects the Links? Understanding Roles and Impacts of Value Chain Coordination in Place Based Development » Sarah Rocker (Pennsylvania State University) 14:00 Farm to School and Healthy School Food Initiatives: A Review of Literature and Evaluation Efforts » Eleanor Green (Oxford School District-Good Food for Oxford Schools) 14:15 Farmers and Foodies » Kathryn De Master (University of California, Berkley), Patrick Baur (University of California, Berkley), Karna Baraboo (University of California Berkeley)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.31 Environmental Justice and Health Chaired By: Nathaniel MacNell Venue Overton
13:30 Toxic Territories: Econometric Models of Green Crime Offenses Throughout the U.S. » Ryan Thomson (University of Florida/Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law) 13:45 "You shouldn't worry walking a block and a half to your car": Perceptions of Crime and Anomie in the Bakken Oil Play » Michael Fedder (South Dakota State University), Jessica Ulrich-Schad (South Dakota State University), Julie Yingling (South Dakota State University) 14:00 Combating the Scientific Establishment: Elite Resistance to Black Lung Prevention and Compensation » Aysha Bodenhamer (Radford University) 14:15 Quantitative Impacts of Swine Industrial Livestock Operations on Quality of Life in Rural North Carolina » Nathaniel MacNell (University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill))
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.39 Rural Contexts for Post-Secondary Education Access and Attainment Chaired By: Michael Cope Venue Jantzen
13:30 Where to live and work? Examining the influence of job and community characteristics on post-graduation plans among Physician Assistant students » Anjel Stough-Hunter (Ohio Dominican University), Kristi Lekies (The Ohio State University) 13:45 Rural Trajectories: Investigating the Relationship between Space, Resources and University Enrollment » Jasmine Whiteside (The Ohio State University) 14:00 Critical Service Learning at a Commuter Campus in Rural Kentucky: A Path for Low-Income Youth to Persist and Combat Social Inequality? » Nicole Breazeale (Western Kentucky University), Alexa Hatcher (Western Kentucky University) 14:15 Education Deserts in Utah: Access to Higher Education in 25 Rural Communities » Carol Ward (Brigham Young University), Michael Cope (Brigham Young University), Scott Sanders (Brigham Young University), Paige Park (Brigham Young University)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.41 Climate Change and Communities Chaired By: Karen O'Neill Venue Crown-Zellerbach
13:30 Governing the commons: climate change, irrigation, and cooperation in southern rural Romanian communities » Cristina Bradatan (Texas Tech University), Sharmistha Swain (Texas Tech University) 13:45 Scientists say we must move from the coast, but few institutions promote moving » Karen O'Neill (Rutgers University) 14:00 Community adaptation efforts after extreme weather events » Robi Nilson (Oregon State University), Hilary Boudet (Oregon State University), Chad Zanocco (Oregon State University)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.60 Repositioning the Lens Chaired By: Brandn Green Venue Pettygrove
13:30 Civic Engagement and Household Resilience: Evidence from female survivors of the 2010 Mount Merapi Eruption » Siti Kusujiarti (Warren Wilson College), Sarah Eissler (The Pennsylvania State University), Ann Tickamyer (Penn State University), Leslie Angeningsih (Sekolah Tinggi Pembengunan Masyarakat Desa) 13:45 Gender Differentiated Food Security: Productivity Traps in Malawian Agriculture » Vanessa Rickenbrode (Michigan State University) 14:00 Farming against the grain: socio-demographic trends among U.S. farm women, 2002-2012 » Michaela Hoffelmeyer (Pennsylvania State University), Kathleen Sexsmith (Pennsylvania State University), Kathy Brasier (The Pennsylvania State University), Hannah Whitley (Pennsylvania State University)
Friday 13:30 - 14:45	SID.65 Critical Discourses in International Development Chaired By: Keith Moore Venue Glisan
13:30 Community Resilience: A Meta-Study of International Development Rhetoric in Emerging Economic Countries » Rachel Haggard (University of Mississipppi) 13:45 Beyond Grand Policy Explanations of US and EU policies on GMOs in Relation to Developing World Context: A Critique of Policy Explanations of EU Stance on GMOs » Yassine Dguidegue (University of Missouri) 14:00 Accountability versus Science: the changing relationship between USAID and land grant universities » Keith Moore (CIRED/Virginia Tech)
Friday 14:45 - 15:00	Break
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	OID.125 Population Change and Equity in the Pacific Northwest Chaired By: Shaun Golding Venue Weyerhaeuser
15:00 Population Change and Equity in the Pacific Northwest: Causes, Consequences, Responses » Shaun Golding (Kenyon College)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	PID.102 How to be a Good (Ethical) Rural Sociologist Chaired By: Thomas Rudel Venue Pendelton
15:00 How to be a Good (Ethical) Rural Sociologist » Chelsea Schelly (Michigan Technological University), Jennifer Sherman (Washington State University), E Helen Berry (Utah State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	PID.124 Rural Poverty in Western Place and Space Chaired By: Robert Francis Venue Salon 4
15:00 Rural Poverty in Western Place and Space » Robert Francis (Johns Hopkins University)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	PID.126 DACA, Dreamers, and the Future Chaired By: Jose Garcia-Pabon Venue Clackamas
15:00 DACA, Dreamers, and the Future » Jose Garcia-Pabon (Washington State University)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	SID.17 Resistance and Dissent: New Perspectives against Power Concentration in the AgriFood System Chaired By: Annabel Ipsen Venue Multnomah
15:00 Voicing dissent: environmental governance, community development, and accountability » Annabel Ipsen (Michigan State University) 15:15 The Campaign to Defeat the Referral of the Exemptions to the North Dakota Corporate Farming Law: Examination of Themes of Opponents and Proponents » Curtis Stofferahn (University of North Dakota (retired)) 15:30 Power and Fairness in Agricultural Markets: Violating Farmers' Freedoms? » Mary Hendrickson (University of Missouri), Christine Sanders (University of Missouri), Harvey James (University of Missouri), Annette Kendall (University of Missouri)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	SID.27 Applied Sociological and Extension Research in Nutrition & Food Sciences Venue Jantzen
15:00 Research development and technology transfer: A missing link in Nigeria agricultural development » Sunday Ogunjimi (Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State), Adedapo Adesoji (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) 15:15 Local Food Procurement in Farm to Early Care and Education Programs: Analyzing Innovative Models for Farmer Profitability » Dara Bloom (North Carolina State University), Rebecca Dunning (North Carolina State University), Kathryn Boys (North Carolina State University), David Yates (University of North Carolina), Rebecca Shisler (North Carolina State University) 15:30 Better than Blue Apron: results from a community-based meal kit project » Lindy Olive (Auburn University), Michelle Worosz (Auburn University)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	SID.32 Healthcare and Inequality Venue Overton
15:00 The role of social capital in healthcare access: the case of Hispanics in Missouri » Maria Rodriguez-Alcala (University of Missouri) 15:15 Insights into Health Disparities for Rural Low Income Families » Patricia Dyk (University of Kentucky) 15:30 The Association of Global Beverage Consumption with Strength of the Economy, Position in the World System, Poverty, and Income Inequality » William McIntosh (Texas A&M University) 15:45 Comparing Barriers and Enablers to Health Among Rural Low-Income Latino and White Families » Doris Cancel-Tirado (Western Oregon University), Sarah Feeney (Central Washington University), Yoshie Sano (Washington State University), Kimberly Greder (Iowa State University)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	SID.44 Environmental Justice and Extractive Industries Chaired By: Ethan Schoolman Venue Crown-Zellerbach
15:00 Sacrifice Zones in Transit: Environmental Justice in US Pipeline Communities » Taylor Braswell (Northeastern University) 15:15 Transforming Property: Pipelines, Protest, and Community-Driven Change » Jessica Shoemaker (University of Nebraska College of Law) 15:30 "Faces of stone": Responses to anthropogenic climate change (ACC) and colonial environmental impact in the Dakotas, USA » Will Stovall (University of Otago), James Higham (University of Otago), Janet Stephenson (University of Otago)
Friday 15:00 - 16:15	SID.61 Work and Queer/Gender Identity Chaired By: Robert Baez Venue Pettygrove
15:00 Lesbian and Queer Farmer Networks in the Midwest » Jaclyn Wypler (Unveristy of Wisconsin-Madison) 15:15 Queer Farmland: Land Access Strategies for Small-scale Agriculture » Isaac Leslie (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 15:30 Photovoice and community development: women in agriculture and the transformation of rural spaces » Angie Carter (Michigan Technological University), Claudia M. Prado-Meza (Universidad de Colima) 15:45 Out in the Fields: An Examination of LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff at a Rural Land Grant Institution » Matthew Jeffries (Washington State University), Jenne Schmidt (Washington State University)
Friday 16:15 - 17:00	Diversity Reception
Friday 16:15 - 17:45	PS.00 Poster Session Venue Grand Ballroom - Prefunction Area
16:15 Complementary and Alternative Interventions to Prevent Opioid Abuse and Misuse in Rural Areas » Zola Moon (University of Arkansas), Charleen McNeill (Fayetteville State University), Lisa Washburn (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture), Betsy Garrison (University of Arkansas) 16:17 Media representations across space, place, and time: Impact framing of ethane plant development in Southwest Pennsylvania » Grace Wildermuth (The Pennsylvania State University), Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University), Jenn Baka (The Pennsylvania State University), Kathy Brasier (The Pennsylvania State University), Aparna Parikh (The Pennsylvania State University) 16:19 Agent-Based Modeling for Understanding The Walmart Effect: A Preliminary Study » Yanu Prasetyo (University of Missouri) 16:21 Community-Engaged Sustainability Education: Research, Education, and Outreach » Alissa Rossi (University of Kentucky), Lindsay Shade (University of Kentucky) 16:23 Seen and Unseen: How Observable Characteristics Influence Our Interactions » Edith Marie Green (Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science) 16:25 An Integrated Water Resources Vulnerability Assessment for the Columbia River Basin: Tools for Targeted, Community-Based Adaptation » Paris Edwards (University of Idaho) 16:27 An Exploration of Mental Health in Jamaica West Indies » Felicia Francis (RiseBoro Community Partnership) 16:29 Does the Tailored Design Method work with Rural Populations? » Dylan Martinez (University of Arkansas), Zola Moon (University of Arkansas), Tim Killian (University of Arkansas), Kelly Way (University of Arkansas), Betsy Garrison (University of Arkansas) 16:31 Primary Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Definition, Access, Perception » Kathryn Keating (Louisiana State University), Tim Slack (Louisiana State University), Jaishree Beedasy (Columbia University), Thomas Chandler (Columbia University), Jeremy Brooks (Columbia University) 16:33 Mapping farmer expectations for changes in human and natural systems: implications for attracting falcons to fruit orchards » Philip Howard (Michigan State University), Chris Bardenhagen (Michigan State University) 16:35 Male Migration and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: Gender dynamics in the Guatemalan Highlands » Carrie Seay-Fleming (University of Colorado- Sociology department) 16:37 The Job Carousel: How Poor-Quality Jobs Contribute to Declining Labor Force Participation Among Working-Class Men » Robert Francis (Johns Hopkins University) 16:39 Development of Agricultural Technology Sharing Network Nongsaro » Yoon-Ji Choi (Rural Development Administration), Tae-Wan Park (Rural Development Administration), KIM SOOKYOUNG (Rural Development Administration), Byung-taek Oh (Rural Development Administration), Byung-yeon Lee (Rural Development Administration) 16:41 Achievement gap in rural communities: Test scores in rural Northern California compared with California state averages » Aubrey Pellicano (Humboldt State University) 16:43 An analysis on the Characteristic of the Successful Settlement in Rural Korea » Yoon-Ji Choi (Rural Development Administration), Hyo-Yeon Shin (Jeonnam National University) 16:45 How ICT Can Transform Food Production: A Mobile Phone App for Fish Farmers in Uganda » Joseph Molnar (Auburn University), Moureen Matuha (University of Idaho) 16:47 In the Absence of a Welfare State: The Regulation of Agricultural Production Credits in Turkey since the Great Recession » Yetkin Borlu (richmond) 16:49 Healthcare, Hate Crimes, Horse Droppings, and More! Toward an Empirically-Grounded Amish Policy for Rural Governments » Cory Anderson (Truman State University) 16:51 Potential Media Sources and their Claims about Alternative Food Networks: The Case of Local Beef » Amanda Stitt (Auburn University), Michelle Worosz (Auburn University), Mary Shelley (Auburn University) 16:53 Evaluation and Revision of an Instrument to Measure Prejudice Toward the Amish » Lee Decker (Truman State University), Cory Anderson (Truman State University) 16:55 Cultivating collaboration in a rural public park setting: A case study of the Dakota Nature Park as a new common pool resource » Keahna Margeson (South Dakota State University) 16:55 Stakeholder Engagement in Natural Resource Management: A Systematic Review of Definitions, Practices, and Outcomes » Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University), Kathy Brasier (The Pennsylvania State University), Weston Eaton (Pennsylvania State University), Walt Whitmer (The Pennsylvania State University) 16:57 Impact evaluation in the field: A case study on the evaluation of an improved cookstove initiative in rural Guatemala » Robi Nilson (Oregon State University) 16:59 Scares and Scandals: Media's Framing of Local Beef Food Safety » Mary Shelley (Auburn University), Michelle Worosz (Auburn University), Amanda Stitt (Auburn University) 17:01 Exploring STEM engagement, attitudes, and identity through the Rural Activation and Innovation Network » Jill Stein (JKS Consulting), Dolly Hayde (Lifelong Learning Group, Center of Science and Industry) 17:03 Go Small and Go Home: Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Siskiyou County and Diversification » Margiana Petersen-Rockney (University of California Berkeley)
Friday 17:30 - 18:30	RSS Business Meeting Venue Salon 4
Friday 20:00 - 22:00	MN.00 MOVIE NIGHT Chaired By: Multiple
20:00 THE LAST CROP » Chuck Schultz (BluePrint Productions) 20:30 Priced Out » Shaun Golding (Kenyon College) 21:00 A River between Us » Doug Jackson-Smith (Ohio State University), Jason Atkinson (Independent Consultant)
Saturday, 28th July
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	PID.105 Funding and Fieldwork: Navigating the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research in International Contexts Chaired By: Anne Cafer Venue White Stag
08:00 Funding and Fieldwork: Navigating the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research in International Contexts » Anne Cafer (University of Mississippi), Rebecca Savoie (University of Missouri), Florence Wakoko-Studstill (Columbus State), Gretchen Thompson (FHI 360), Kristal Jones (University of Maryland)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.01 Science in Society: Integrating Expert and Experiental Knowledge Chaired By: Douglas Jackson-Smith Venue Salon 4
08:00 Local Knowledge: Farmers' Perspectives on Waste, Water, and Ways of Knowing » Erin Menzies Pluer (Cornell University), Lori Leonard (Cornell University), M. Todd Walter (Cornell University) 08:15 Navigating paradoxes: What roles for experts in public engagement with wicked water issues in the United States? » Weston Eaton (The Pennsylvania State University), Kathy Brasier (The Pennsylvania State University), Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University), Chrissie Bausch (Arizona State University), Walt Whitmer (The Pennsylvania State University) 08:30 Science and Society, indigenous society and social science: A tribal college/state land-grant collaboration » Mary Emery (South Dakota State University) 08:30 Civic Informatics & Critical Impact Assessments: Mobilizing Data for Public Engagements in Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Debates » Kirk Jalbert (Arizona State University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.12 Financialization, Deskilling, and Immigration: New (and old?) Crises of Capital in Agriculture Chaired By: John Canfield Venue Weyerhaeuser
08:00 Labor and the problem of herbicide resistance: How immigration policies in the U.S. and Canada impact technological development in grain crops » Samuel Mindes (Michigan State University), Katherine Dentzman (Washington State University) 08:15 Farming Without Farmers: Deskilling in Industrialized Poultry Farming » Elizabeth Miller (Whittier College) 08:30 Land Financialization in McDonough and Fulton Counties, Illinois » John Canfield (Auburn University), Loka Ashwood (Auburn University), Kathryn De Master (University of California, Berkley), Madeleine Fairbairn (University of California, Santa Cruz), Anand Kumar (University of California, Berkley) 08:45 Disentangling French and US farmers' health needs and access to care: An application of Bourdieu's Theory of Practice » Florence Becot (The Ohio State University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.13 Gardening Beyond Food: Self-provisioning as an Act of Development Chaired By: Diana Mincyte Venue Overton
08:00 Nobody wannu plant the corn: Small Scale Community Farming » Jamiko Deleveaux (University of Texas at San Antonio) 08:15 Practicing Ecological Citizenship on Urban Farms: Fragmented Care and the Politics of Participation in Lithuania » Diana Mincyte (City University of New York-NYC College of Technology), Aiste Bartkiene (Vilnius University), Renata Bikauskaite (Vilnius University) 08:30 Building Capacity FOR Building Capacity: Program Outcomes of Community Gardening in Central Appalachia » Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.26 Constructing Identities in a Globalizing World Chaired By: Conner Bailey Venue Crown-Zellerbach
08:00 'Something else is possible': The experience of art during a festival in rural Japan » Menelaos Gkartzios (Newcastle University), Hironori Yagi (University of Tokyo), Agnes Sarale (AgroParisTech - Institute of Technology for Life, Food & Environmental Sciences) 08:15 Society in/and Science: Revisiting the intellectual legacy of Saint-Simon » Omar Ali (Cornell University) 08:30 'How to be rural' revisited » Olli Rosenqvist (University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius) 08:45 Normative Responsibility in the Possession of Farmland in Rural Japan: Elements of the collective spirit in maintaining common agricultural resources » HARUHIKO IBA (Kyoto University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.45 Fisheries and Community Livelihood Chaired By: Sonja Ganseforth Venue Clackamas
08:00 Diverse Fishing Stakeholders After the BP Oil Spill » Rebecca Schewe (Syracuse University), David Hoffman (Mississippi State University), Joseph Witt (Mississippi State University), Matthew Freeman (Northwest Fisheries Science Center), Brian Shoup (Mississippi State University) 08:15 Rural livelihoods and global commodity chains in shrinking Japanese fisheries » Sonja Ganseforth (German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ)) 08:30 Coastal community resilience: A narrative policy framework analysis of the perceived impacts of 'graying of the fleet' in Oregon » Anna Freitas (Oregon State University), Lori Cramer (Oregon State University), Flaxen Conway (Oregon State University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.57 Spatial Explanations in Rural Well Being Chaired By: John Green Venue Multnomah
08:00 American Rural-Urban Differences in Motherhood Wage Penalties » Xiao Li (Washington State University) 08:15 Rural Disability and Differential Migration Behavior » Christiane von Reichert (University of Montana, Department of Geography and RTC Rural), E Helen Berry (Utah State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology) 08:30 Maternal Mortality in Rural Areas: What explains the disparity by location? » Johnelle Sparks (University of Texas at San Antionio), Corey Sparks (University of Texas at San Antonio) 08:45 Using multi-method community-based participatory research to inform program development: case of a breastfeeding initiative in the Mississippi Delta Region » Caroline Canarios (University of Mississippi), John Green (University of Mississippi), Sannie Snell (Women and Children's Health Initiatives), Mobolaji Famuyide (University of Mississippi Medical Center), David Allen, III (University of Mississippi)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.59 Navigating Queer Identity in Social Spaces Chaired By: Rayna Sage Venue Pettygrove
08:00 Queer information literacies: social media and identity access among rural LGBTQ people » Jean Hardy (University of Michigan) 08:15 The Politics of (Rural) Pride: (Re)Imagining Space and Place » Robert Baez (University of Florida/Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.66 Globalization, Agrarian Change, and Shifting Identities Chaired By: Debarashmi Mitra Venue Pendelton
08:15 The paradox of reduced poverty and rising inequality: Intersection of class, caste, and gender in the context of rural poverty in India » Debarashmi Mitra (Central New Mexico Community College) 08:30 Pacha Mama: Grounding the Agrarian Transitions of the Quinoa Boom » Marygold Walsh-Dilley (University of New Mexico) 08:45 Cultivating Insecurity: Forest conservation, agrarian change, and in situ displacement in upland northern Thailand » Daniel Ahlquist (Michigan State University), Amanda Flaim (Michigan State University)
Saturday 08:00 - 09:15	SID.70 Racial Dynamics of Governance and Property Chaired By: Ian Carrillo Venue Jantzen
08:00 Examining the Participation of African American Farmers in USDA Programs » Cassandra Wilder (Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center at Alcorn State University) 08:15 The Environmental State and the Racial State in Tension: Does Racism Impede Environmentalism? » Ian Carrillo (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 08:30 Heir property in two resettlement communities in Alabama » James Patterson III (Auburn University)
Saturday 09:15 - 09:30	Break
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	OID.116 Urban-Rural Dynamics: Examining Linkages Chaired By: Gregory Fulkerson Venue Pettygrove
09:30 Urban-Rural Dynamics: Examining Linkages » Gregory Fulkerson (SUNY Oneonta)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:15	OID.130 Rural Queer Voice in Research and the Academy Chaired By: Emily Wornell Venue Glisan
09:30 View from the Tower: Rural Queer Voice in Research and the Academy » Rayna Sage (University of Montana), Emily Wornell (Ball State University)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	PID.106 Embedded: Navigating the Organization-Based Dissertation Field Work Experience Venue White Stag
09:30 Embedded: navigating the organization-based dissertation field work experience » Elisabeth Garner (The Pennsylvania State University), Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University), Sarah Rocker (The Pennsylvania State University)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.02 Society in Science: Dynamics of Technological Change in AgriFood Systems Chaired By: Douglas Jackson-Smith Venue Salon 4
09:45 Institutional Corruption, Commercial Science, and Agricultural Research at Land-Grant Universities » Leland Glenna (The Pennsylvania State University), María Vivanco (The Pennsylvania State University) 10:00 Turning the Environmental Proposition into the Money Proposition? Farmer and Expert Responses to the Call of Precision Agriculture » Clare Hinrichs (Pennsylvania State University), Weston Eaton (Pennsylvania State University) 10:15 Emerging Social and Scientific Imaginaries for Gene Edited Foods: Implications for Governance » Carmen Bain (Iowa State University), Sonja Lindberg (Iowa State University), Theresa Selfa (SUNY ESF)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.05 Spatial and Relational Aspects of Rural Poverty (and Prosperity) Chaired By: Bonnie Bounds Venue Jantzen
09:30 Cumulative Spatial Disadvantage and Human-Social Capital: A Study of Income and Poverty in the Greater Delta Region » Katrina Alford (University of Mississipppi) 09:45 Success and distress in the rural US: Defining and measuring "prosperity" in a rural context » Bonnie Bounds (The Ohio State University) 10:00 Experiences with Economic Assistance, Poverty, and Local Resources in a Peri-Rural Area of South Dakota » Julie Yingling (South Dakota State University), Candace May (South Dakota State University)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.21 Agricultural and Rural Development in the US and Beyond Chaired By: Christina Maria Dos Santos Paulino Venue Weyerhaueser
15:15 Assembling farming and social welfare (and more?): An analysis of bumpy development road for the nou-huku-renkei program in Japan » Kiyohiko Sakamoto (Ryukoku University), Takeshi Ueda (Kyoto University) 15:30 Distribution with Dignity: Rural Food Insecurity and Moral Stigma » Sarah Whitley (Washington State University), Jennifer Sherman (Washington State University) 15:30 The rural web and social network analysis as scientific tools to enhance rural development knowledge in Santo Antão, Cabo Verde » Cristina Maria dos Santos Paulino (Universidade de Lisboa), Isabel Mendes (Universidade de Lisboa)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.33 Infrastructure's Role in Quality of Life Chaired By: Kim Skobba Venue Overton
09:30 Cultivating a Vibrant Community: Institutions and Small-Town Iowa » Nathaniel Crail (Grinnell College) 09:45 What about rural blight? Housing and neighborhood conditions in Southern small towns » Kim Skobba (University of Georgia), Adenola Osinubi (University of Georgia), Karen Tinsley (University of Georgia) 10:00 A Qualitative Analysis of Harm Reduction Seeking Experiences in a Rural Community: The Role of Stigma, Transportation, and Capacity » Cameron McAlister (University of Kentucky), Carrie Foote (Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis), Joan Duwve (Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.46 Forest Restoration and Community Resilience Chaired By: Tom Rudel Venue Clackamas
09:30 Whither the Forest Transition?: Climate Change, Policy Responses, and Redistributed Forests in the 21st Century » Thomas Rudel (Rutgers University) 09:45 Building community resilience and restoration economies near eastern National Forests » Kristin Floress (US Forest Service Northern Research Station), Kofi Akamani (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Sayeed Mehmood (The Ohio State University), David Apsley (The Ohio State University), Jarel Bartig Stephanie Connolly (US Forest Service) 10:00 Resident understandings of a county-level evacuation warning system for wildfire in central Idaho » Catrin Edgeley (University of Idaho), Travis Paveglio (University of Idaho) 10:15 Collaborative Forest Restoration in the Estancia Basin, New Mexico » Alan Barton (New Mexico Highlands University)
Saturday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.55 Mobility, Growth, and Change in Rural Populations Chaired By: Ilona Matysiak Venue Multnomah
09:30 Retirement migration to nonmetropolitan areas and small cities in the US: insights from Northern Michigan and North Carolina » Ilona Matysiak (Maria Grzegorzewska University) 09:45 The Impact of Metropolitan Reclassification on Population Change in Rural and Urban America, 1970 to 2016 » Kenneth Johnson (University of New Hampshire), Daniel Lichter (Cornell University), John Cromartie (Economic Research Service-USDA) 10:00 Declining Yet Resilient Small Towns: Impact of Population Change on Community Quality of Life 1994-2014 » David Peters (Iowa State University) 10:15 Impacts of Labor Migration and Remittances on Household Dynamics: A Grounded Theory Study of the Kyrgyz Republic » Christian Scott (Pennsylvania State University), Guangqing Chi (Pennsylvania State University)
Saturday 10:45 - 11:00	Break
Saturday 11:00 - 12:15	KN-2 Keynote Venue Salon 4
11:00 TBA » Jill Belsky
Saturday 12:30 - 14:00	RSS Awards Luncheon Venue Salon 2 and 3
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	OID.113 Methods for Understanding Community Resilience Chaired By: Vanessa Parks Venue Pendelton
14:15 Methods for understanding community resilience » Vanessa Parks (Louisiana State University), Kathryn Keating (Louisiana State University), Michael Cope (Brigham Young University), Anne Cafer (University of Mississippi) 14:30 Revisiting Resilience: A Case Study in Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Data Collection and Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana » Kathryn Keating (Louisiana State University), Jyaphia Christos-rodgers (Louisiana State University), Amber Goff (Research 4 Progress), Jonathan Sury (Columbia University), Tim Slack (Louisiana State University) 14:45 Methods for Understanding Community Resilience » Michael Cope (Brigham Young University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	OID.131 View from the Crossroads: Representing Rural Quuerness in Advocacy and Activism Chaired By: Rayna Sage Venue Glisan
14:15 View from the Crossroads: Representing Rural Queerness in Advocacy and Activism » Rayna Sage (University of Montana), Emily Wornell (Ball State University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	PID.107 Pedagogical Approaches to Bridging the Rural/Urban Gap in the Classroom Chaired By: Amanda Buday Venue White Stag
14:15 Pedagogical Approaches to Bridging the Rural/Urban Gap in the Classroom » Amanda Buday (Fort Hays State University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.03 Science in Society: Local Knowledge in Global Comparison Chaired By: Douglas Jackson-Smith Venue Salon 4
14:15 Let them eat data: Development, justice, and the "datafication" of agriculture in the Global South » Madeleine Fairbairn (University of California, Santa Cruz), Zenia Kish (Stanford University) 14:30 Creativity and alienation in the creation of agricultural knowledge - the case of Israeli farmers in the era of the Big Data » Liron Shani (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 14:45 Underestimation of Local Knowledge in Development Process in Nigeria: Exploring the Potentials » Emmanuel Bamigboye (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife), Francis Kuponiyi (Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.07 Strategies and Circumstances of Those in Rural Poverty Chaired By: Valencia Gaspard Venue Pettygrove
14:15 Investigating Rural Precarious Employment » Valencia Gaspard (University of Guelph) 14:30 Inhibitors to SNAP recipient use of Access to Healthy Foods benefits at local farmers' markets in Boone County, Missouri » Chad Christensen (University of Missouri-Columbia), Parijat Ghosh (University of Missouri-Columbia), Mary Hendrickson (University of Missouri-Columbia) 14:45 Working together to keep a roof overhead: An examination of rural families' housing strategies » Brenda Barrett-Rivera (Oregon State University), Kate MacTavish (Oregon State University), Kelly Chandler (Oregon State University) 15:00 A Duel or a Dance? Rural, Low-Income Mothers' Experiences Managing Work and Family Time » Kelly Chandler (Oregon State University), Brenda Barrett-Rivera (Oregon State University), Yoshie Sano (Washington State University), Suzanne Smith (Washington State University), Carolyn Bird (North Carolina State University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.15 Post-capitalist Frameworks: Centering Values in a Just Food System Chaired By: Andrew Smolski Venue Weyerhaeuser
14:15 An Institutional Marxist Approach to Food Justice Studies » Andrew Smolski (North Carolina State University), Jason Allen (North Carolina State University) 14:30 "What's Orting Eating? What's Eating Orting?": Defining food justice across the Puyallup watershed » Emelie Peine (University of Puget Sound) 14:45 Cultivating Relational Values: Redistribution and Reciprocity in Sustainable Agriculture » Daniel Tobin (University of Vermont), Kristal Jones (University of Maryland)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.24 Exploring Rural Identities in the Era of Trumpian Politics Chaired By: Gregory Fulkerson Venue Crown-Zellerbach
14:15 Make America generous again: Worldviews of people experiencing homelessness in the amenity-rich West » Daisy Rooks (University of Montana) 14:30 What Hillbilly Elegy Reveals about Race in 21st Century America » Lisa R. Pruitt (UC Davis School of Law) 14:45 Balancing Rural Voice with Democratic Ideals: The Case of the Electoral College » Robert Francis (Johns Hopkins University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.47 Fossil Fuels and Public Perception Chaired By: Katherine Ann Willyard Venue Clackamas
14:15 Moving beyond simple support: understanding rural residents' relative support for various forms of natural resource use and development » J. Tom Mueller (Pennsylvania State University), Ann Tickamyer (Penn State University), Kai Schafft (Pennsylvania State University), Alan R. Graefe (Pennsylvania State University) 14:30 Who Is Burning Money and Throwing It In the Air?: A Quantitative Analysis of Disproportionality of Texas Oil and Gas Extraction Facility Venting and Flaring Practices in 2012 » Katherine Ann Willyard (Texas A&M University) 14:45 Community Perceptions of and Responses to Fossil Fuel by Rail: A Foucauldian Discourse Content Analysis » Anne Junod (Ohio State University), Jeffrey Jacquet (Ohio State University), Maria Fredericks (Ohio State University) 15:00 Rifts, Shifts, and Floods: A Social Metabolic Analysis of Coal Ash Storage in North Carolina » Heather Sanchez (North Carolina State University), Timothy Clark (North Carolina State University), Jason Allen (North Carolina State University), Andrew Smolski (North Carolina State University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.56 Population, Policy, and Development in Rural Contexts Chaired By: Scott Sanders Venue Multnomah
14:15 Countering Depopulation in Kansas: An Assessment of the Rural Opportunity Zone Program » Matthew Brooks (Pennsylvania State University) 14:30 Subsidized Relocation and the Willingness to Move: The First Look at the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Project in China » Shuai Zhou (Pennsylvania State University), Guangqing Chi (Pennsylvania State University), Brian Thiede (Pennsylvania State University), Zhen Lei (Pennsylvania State University), Huanguang Qiu (Renmin University of China) 14:45 Understanding the Effect of the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) on Rural Primary Health Care Selection » Scott Sanders (Brigham Young University), Michael Cope (Brigham Young University), Elizabeth Pulsipher (Brigham Young University), Jorden Jackson (Brigham Young University), Julius Johnson (Brigham Young University) 14:45 People mobility, spatial mismatch and rural development » Xue Zhang (Cornell University)
Saturday 14:15 - 15:30	SID.69 The Hands that Feed Us: Race, Ethnicity and Dynamics of Agricultural Labor Markets Chaired By: Julie Keller Venue Overton
14:15 Going Home for Health: Immigrant Dairy Workers in the Upper Midwest, U.S. » Julie Keller (University of Rhode Island) 14:30 ""Milk with dignity": collective agency and social inclusion of immigrant farmworkers in rural Vermont » Diego Thompson (Mississippi State University) 14:45 (Re) Conceptualizing the Farmworker Hierarchy: Latinx Blueberry Pickers in Oregon » Kevin Alejandrez (University of Kentucky) 15:00 Transitions in Agriculture and Farmworker Well-Being » Rebecca Som Castellano (Boise State University), Lisa Meierotto (Boise State University)
Saturday 15:30 - 15:45	Break
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	OID.132 Harvesting as Researchers and Farmers: Farming while Queer Chaired By: Mayra Sanchez Morgan Venue Glisan
15:45 Harvesting as Researchers and Farmers: Farming while Queer » Emily Wornell (Ball State University), Rayna Sage (University of Montana)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	PID.108 Honoring the Life and Legacy of Olaf F. Larson: Panel and Reception Chaired By: Julie N. Zimmerman Venue Weyerhaeuser
15:45 Honoring the Life and Legacy of Olaf F. Larson: Panel and Reception » Julie N. Zimmerman (University of Kentucky)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	PID.112 Putting the Sociological Imagination into Practice: Place, Power, and Praxis Chaired By: Angie Carter, Gabrielle Rosesch-McNally, Ahna Kruzic Venue Salon 4
15:45 Putting the sociological imagination into practice: place, power, and praxis » Angie Carter (Michigan Technological University), Gabrielle Roesch-McNally (USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station), Ahna Kruzic (Pesticide Action Network North America)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	SID.14 Old Roots, New Sprouts: Farm Succession and Entryways for New Producers Chaired By: Analena Bruce Venue Pendelton
16:00 Burnout in Swiss Agriculture before the Context of Finance, Health and Interconnection of Family and Farm » Linda Reissig (Agroscope) 16:15 Pathways Into Alternative Farming: Greenhorns, Returning, and Legacy Farmers » Analena Bruce (Indiana University Bloomington) 16:30 An Examination of Farmer Perceptions of the Economics of Farm Succession and Inheritance » Brian Leonard (National University of Ireland, Galway/ Teagasc), Marie Mahon (NUI Galway), Maura Farrell (NUI Galway), Anne Kinsella (Teagasc), Cathal O'Donoghue (NUI Galway)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	SID.25 Identity Politics in Post-Industrial Rural America Chaired By: Amanda McMillan Lequieu Venue Crown-Zellerbach
15:45 Constructing risk: Isolation, infrastructural paternalism, and the roots of company power over rural-urban landscapes » Amanda McMillan Lequieu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 16:00 The frying pan and the fire: market and state pressures on the immigrant population of Collinsville, Alabama » Karl Galloway (Auburn University) 16:15 "The real issue is…": A Community Case Study of Anti-Muslim Activism in the Great Plains » Sarah Walton (The Ohio State University) 16:30 Making and Breaking Big Rural: Science and Technology Construct the Coalfield » Crystal Cook Marshall (Southeast Economic and Education Development Hub Cooperative)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	SID.51 Resilience in Farm and Fishing Communities Chaired By: Candace May Venue Clackamas
15:45 RESILIENCE & POWER: EXPLAINING ADAPTIVE RESPONSES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA » Candace May (South Dakota State University) 16:00 "It connects me to the Earth": Marginalized Environmentalism, Ecological Embeddedness and a Resistance to Capitalist Logic » Ashley Colby (Rizoma Field School) 16:00 The Economic Impacts of Drought on Communities in the US High Plains Aquifer Region: A Longitudinal Analysis from 1960-2014 » Stephen Gasteyer (Michigan State University), Matthew Sanderson (Kansas State University/Iowa State University) 16:15 Variations in Optimism in Rural Communities » Zola Moon (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture), Daniel Walker (University of Arkansas), Betsy Garrison (University of Arkansas), Tim Killian (University of Arkansas), Kelly Way (University of Arkansas)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	SID.53 Demography, Space, and Health in Contemporary Rural Communities Chaired By: Scott Sanders Venue Multnomah
16:00 Rurality, Economic Dislocation, and Opioid Mortality Rates in the U.S. » Shannon Monnat (Syracuse University), David Peters (Iowa State University), Andrew Hochstetler (Iowa State University), Eric Rozier (Iowa State University), Mark Berg (University of Iowa) 16:15 Data Utilization for Rural Community Development: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating Public Engagement and Large-Scale Data for Population Health » John Green (University of Mississippi) 16:30 Disability, belonging, and rural community events » Rayna Sage (University of Montana), Erin Flores (University of Montana)
Saturday 15:45 - 17:00	SID.68 State Power and Structural Inequality Chaired By: Ann Tickamyer Venue Overton
15:45 Rural Tohoku beyond recovery: Local politics, governance, and the erosion of social capital during reconstruction » Kayleigh Ward (Michigan State University) 16:00 State Power and Women's 'Involuntary Voluntary' Labor in Indonesian Development » Ann Tickamyer (Penn State University), Siti Kusujiarti (Warren Wilson College), Megan Griffin (Penn State University) 16:15 Shaky deals? Ethiopian agro-investors and tensions between developmentalism and neopatrimonialism in Ethiopian land concessions » Sarah Stefanos (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Saturday 17:15 - 18:30	RIG Mtgs. 3: SAFRIG, Nat. Resources, Rural Studies, and Community Venue Room Assignments TBA
Saturday 17:15 - 18:30	Rural Poverty RIG Mtg. & Reception Venue Jantzen Beach Bar & Grill
Saturday 19:00 - 22:00	Off-site Reception (Department Night) Venue Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Sunday, 29th July
Sunday 07:30 - 09:00	Vanport Wetlands Walk/Hike Venue Vanport Wetlands, OR
Sunday 08:15 - 09:30	Standing Committee Mtgs.
Sunday 08:15 - 09:30	RIG Chairs Mtg.
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	PID.118 Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle: Research, Extension, and Outreach Chaired By: Keiko Tanaka Venue Overton
09:30 Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle: Research, Extension, and Outreach. Lessons from AOTM Research Fields » Keiko Tanaka (Washington State University) 09:45 New Inquiries into the Agri-culture of the Middle » Kathryn De Master (University of California, Berkley)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.04 Society v. Society: Who you gonna believe? Chaired By: Douglas Jackson-Smith Venue Salon 4
09:45 Contested science and endangered salmon in news media » Timothy Hawkins (University of British Columbia), Ralph Matthews (University of British Columbia) 10:00 When Ideology Trumps Science: Rural versus Urban Perspectives on the West Coast » Brent Steel (Oregon State University), Erika Wolters (Oregon State University), Rebecca Warner (Oregon State University) 10:15 Multiple knowledges and multiple ruralities: lessons from comparative studies of rural gentrification » Martin Phillips (University of Leicester)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.08 Entrepreneurship, Business, and Development in Rural Spaces Chaired By: Shaun Golding Venue Jantzen
09:30 Business Actors, Environmental Protection and Land-Use Control Policies, and Their Effects on Growth across U.S. Communities » Lazarus Adua (University of Utah), Linda Lobao (The Ohio State University) 09:45 Measuring the urban-rural divide of smart grid adoption by U.S. electric utilities in the American West » Anna Karmazina (Oregon State University) 10:00 Tech-Based Rural Development, Immigrant Investors, and the New Crossroads of Global Inequalities » Shaun Golding (Kenyon College), Monica Brannon (Park University)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.18 Sustainable Farming: Innovation, Diffusion, Adoption Chaired By: Riva Denny Venue Weyerhaeuser
09:30 A panel study of farmer nutrient management decisions in the Western Lake Erie Basin » Margaret Beetstra (The Ohio State University), Robyn Wilson (The Ohio State University) 09:45 Conservation practices and fertilizer use: an analysis using multilevel structural equation modeling » Riva Denny (Michigan State University) 10:00 Why farmers adopt (or do not adopt) soil and water conservation practices: Results from a meta-analysis of adoption research from 1982-2017 » J. Gordon Arbuckle (Iowa State University), Kristin Floress (US Forest Service Northern Research Station), Linda Prokopy (Purdue University) 10:15 Understanding Conservation Practice Adoption Of Midwestern US Corn Farmers » Sandy Marquart-Pyatt (Michigan State University), Riva Denny (Michigan State University), Matt Houser (Michigan State University), Jennifer Lai (Michigan State University)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.20 Why Farm Differently? The Influence of Education, Social Networks and New Markets Chaired By: Raymond Jussaume Venue Multnomah
09:30 The Social Contexts of Weed Management Practices » Raymond Jussaume (Michigan State University) 09:45 Does how you sell local food matter for how you grow it? » Ethan Schoolman (Rutgers University) 10:00 Agroecological assessment of food farming in the rural-urban interface: Building resilient regional food systems » Judith Wait (Washington State University, Vancouver), Marcia Ostrom (Washington State University) 10:15 Longitudinal Effects of Adopting Sustainable Farming and Ranching Production Methods on Latino Producers in Missouri » Eleazar Gonzalez (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.23 Defining Rural, Measuring Rural: Data and Methods for Rural Sociologists Chaired By: Aimee Vieira Venue White Stag
09:30 What is Rural: An overview of Urban/Rural Geographies and Classifications » Jennifer Zanoni (U.S. Census Bureau) 09:45 Contextualizing rurality for data analysis » Michael Commons (U.S. Census Bureau) 10:00 The County as a Unit of Analysis in Rural Sociology » Aimee Vieira (Norwich University) 10:15 Applied and/or Public Sociology? A Bibliometric Citation Network Analysis 2005 – 2017 » Ryan Thomson (University of Florida/Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law), Melissa Fry (Indiana University Southeast)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.38 Rural Communities and the Development of Youth Future Aspirations Chaired By: J. Kessa Roberts Venue Pettygrove
09:30 Stepping into STEM: Rural students pathways to STEM fields » David Cotter (Union College), Joanne Kehlbeck (Union College) 09:45 Community influences on youth aspirations in rural, resource-rich areas » Nicole Bernsen (University of Maine), Mindy Crandall (University of Maine), Jessica Leahy (University of Maine), Jesse Abrams (University of Oregon) 10:00 Stability and Change in Educational, Occupational and Residential Aspirations of Rural Youth » Donghui Wang (Pennsylvania State University), Annelise Hagedorn (Pennsylvania State University), Diane McLaughlin (Pennsylvania State University) 10:15 Choosing college in the age of Trump: Exploring rural students' postsecondary decision-making processes » J. Kessa Roberts (The Ohio State University)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.49 Land Management and Communities Chaired By: Richard Brinkman Venue Clackamas
09:30 "We Are a Community": Creating Gemeinschaft in a Gesellschaft World » Kristi Fondren (Marshall University), Richard Brinkman (Wenatchee Valley College) 09:45 The Social Impacts of Protected Area Policies in Sian Ka'an, Quintana Roo, Mexico » Mayra Sanchez Morgan (Michigan Technological University), Audrey Mayer (Michigan Technological University) 10:00 Social solidarity, collective identities, and community resilience: two case studies from the rural U.S. and Uruguay » Braden Leap (Mississippi State University), Diego Thompson (Mississippi State University)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.58 Challenging Dominant Gender Norms Chaired By: Ennea Fairchild Venue Pendelton
09:30 Perceptions of Post-Disaster Recovery and Relief Efforts: Evidence from Male and Female Survivors of the 2010 Mount Merapi Eruption » Sarah Eissler (The Pennsylvania State University), Siti Kusujiarti (Warren Wilson College), Ann Tickamyer (Penn State University), Leslie Angeningsih (Sekolah Tinggi Pembengunan Masyarakat Desa) 09:45 "It's a boy's club:" The gendered challenges of women agricultural landowners » Ennea Fairchild (Utah State University), Peggy Petrzelka (Utah State University), Mary Briggs Ott (Utah State University) 10:00 Chronic kidney disease and the emasculation of agriculture in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua » Tracy Kirkland (University of Colorado Boulder) 10:15 Female Leadership and the Canadian Egg Farming Industry » Jodey Nurse-Gupta (University of Waterloo)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:15	SID.62A Best Pedagogical Practices for Student Learning I Chaired By: Jessica Crowe Venue Glisan
09:45 Providing Research, Professional Development, and Mentorship Opportunities as a Way to Retain and Enhance the Experience of Biological Sciences Majors » Jessica Crowe (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) 10:00 Teaching Social Justice: Pedagogies of the heart, mind and spirit » Alissa Rossi (University of Kentucky), Melissa Rock (SUNY New Paltz) 10:00 Experiential Learning Modules for Teaching International Agricultural Development: How to Use These Tools and Assess Their Impact » Abhimanyu Gopaul (Auburn University), Joseph Molnar (Auburn University), James Linder (Auburn University)
Sunday 09:30 - 10:45	SID.71 Shifting Economic Paradigms in a Neoliberal World Chaired By: Rebecca Savoie Venue Crown-Zellerbach
09:45 The Walmart Effect: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis » Yanu Prasetyo (University of Missouri), Hua Qin (University of Missouri) 10:00 Privatizing Rural Public Transportation: Structural Adjustment Saskatchewan (Party) Style » JoAnn Jaffe (University of Regina), Michael Gertler (University of Saskatchewan) 10:15 Neoclassical Economics Dismissal of the Collective in Cooperatives: Producing conceptual absence with "vaguely defined property rights" » Thomas Gray (USDA-Program on Co-ops & Co-op Center, U. Saskatchewan)
Sunday 10:45 - 11:00	Break
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	OID.119 Defining Rural and Accessing Rural Data: U.S. Census Bureau Chaired By: Joseph Quartullo Venue Jantzen
11:00 Defining Rural and Accessing Rural Data: U.S. Census Bureau » Joseph Quartullo (U.S. Census Bureau)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	PID.104 The Promises and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research Chaired By: Analena Bruce and Rebecca Som Castellano Venue Pendelton
11:00 The Promises and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research » Analena Bruce (Indiana University Bloomington), Rebecca Som Castellano (Boise State University)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	SID.09 Lessions Learned: Policy Changes and Innovative Responses Chaired By: Jeffrey Jacquet Venue Clackamas
11:15 Rural Oregon Rejuvenated with New Tax Approaches » Nancy Shurtz (University of Oregon School of Law) 11:30 Rural case studies from Hungary and the United States illustrate connections between funding streams and social innovation » Sarah Brown (Fulbright Commission US-Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Gusztav Nemes (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 11:30 Game changer or history on repeat: A case study of a proposed ethane plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania" » Jenn Baka (The Pennsylvania State University), Kathy Brasier (The Pennsylvania State University), Grace Wildermuth (The Pennsylvania State University), Elly Engle (The Pennsylvania State University), Aparna Parikh (The Pennsylvania State University) 11:45 Lessons from a decade of social science research on development of the Marcellus Shale » Jeffrey Jacquet (Ohio State University), Anne Junod (Ohio State), Dylan Bugden (Cornell University), Grace Wildermuth (The Pennsylvania State University), Joshua Fergen (The Ohio State University)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	SID.29 Civic and Corporate Actors in Community Development Chaired By: Stephanie Teixeira-Poit Venue Multnomah
11:00 Elder civic engagement and rural community development » Elisa Avila (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Randy Stoecker (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 11:15 Enhancing Collaboration and Cooperation Among Organizations to Develop Age-Friendly Communities » Stephanie Teixeira-Poit (RTI International) 11:30 Civil Society versus Growth Machine: Community Actors' Influence on Local Development Strategies » Paige Kelly (The Ohio State University) 11:45 Locally Owned Bank Concentration and New Business Start-Ups in Metropolitan, Micropolitan and Non-Core Rural Counties from 1970-2010 » Carson Mencken (Baylor University), Charles Tolbert (Baylor University), Craig Carpenter (Texas A&M University)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	SID.40 The Effects of Uneven Resource Distribution on Youth, Education and Rural Vitality Chaired By: Glenn Israel Venue Pettygrove
11:00 Public Finance for Rural Schools: Connecting Institutions to Collective Preferences » Kattalina Berriochoa (University of Massachusetts, Boston) 11:15 Differing Effects of Nutrition Education in Low-income Populations in Rural versus Suburban Students in Florida » Catherine Campbell (University of Florida), Glenn Israel (University of Florida), David Diehl (University of Florida), Sebastian Galindo (University of Florida), Mike Swain (University of Florida) 11:30 Examining the Rural-Urban Skills Gap in Canada: Insights from the 2012 Longitudinal International Study of Adults » David Zarifa (Nipissing University), Brad Seward (Nipissing University), Roger Pizarro-Milian (Nipissing University) 11:45 Adolescent Crime and Violence in the United States: Rural, Suburban, and Urban Differences » Misty Harris (West Virginia University), Walter S. DeKeseredy (West Virginia University), Jeralynn Sittig Cossman (West Virginia University)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	SID.62B Best Pedagogical Practices for Student Learning II Chaired By: David Ader Venue Glisan
11:00 Assessing the Effectiveness of the Service Learning Approach to Teach Social Impact Analysis » Kenneth Robinson (Clemson University) 11:15 Science in Society: the role of study abroad for science education » David Ader (University of Tennessee), Tom Gill (University of Tennessee), Phil Myer (University of Tennessee)
Sunday 11:00 - 12:15	SID.67 Social Capital and Collective Action: Models, Theories, and Practical Applications Chaired By: Karl Jicha Venue Weyerhaeuser
11:00 Cooperative Organization and Responses to Environmental Change in two Rural Communities in Tabasco, Mexico » Erin Pischke (Michigan Technological University) 11:15 How Generalizable are Social Capital Theories Designed for the Core of the World System: An Examination of the Causes of Social Capital in a Rural, Island Hinterlands Region » Karl Jicha (North Carolina State University), Gregory Fulkerson (SUNY Oneonta), Edward Kick (North Carolina State University) 11:30 "Examining the link between access to public recreational facilities and disparities in population health outcomes in rural North Carolina" » Karl Jicha (North Carolina State University), Edward Kick (North Carolina State University)

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