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Jun 7, 2023
HERE & NOW on NPR features a segment on the recent performances of oral histories, set up as eulogies in "Calling Hours." CALLING HOURS is a theatrical memorial written and performed to pay tribute to the generations of coal-energy production at AEP Conesville and to give voice to the loss of that way of life.
Listen to a segment on the closure and performance on NPR's HERE & NOW by Julie Grant, The Allegheny Front.
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Jul 13, 2022
A new episode of Rural Matters, a podcast about rural education, business and health is available and discusses achieving rural prosperity with Linda Lobao, professor emeritus in Rural Sociology and Distinguished Professor in Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University.
Read about the five-part series and listen here. The podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and many other podcast platforms.
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Jun 6, 2022
The National Farm Medicine Center released "Majority of farm families worry about major medical expenses, and it could threaten their farm business," which discusses the findings of a published study in the peer reviewed journal, Agriculture and Human Values authored by SENR alum Dr. Florence Becot and faculty member Shoshanah Inwood.
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Feb 14, 2022
U.S. coal industry employment fell 94% over the last century and is expected to almost disappear by 2050. As the nation transitions away from coal, regions and communities must learn to adapt.
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University is the first to go beyond national trends to analyze how the coal industry affects local Appalachian counties—a coal-intensive region spanning 13 states and 420 counties—and outline policy recommendations to support successful transitions away from coal. Read more.
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Nov 2, 2021
Maritza Pierre, a doctoral student in the Rural Sociology specialization in the School of Environment and Natural Resources was awarded North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) funding via the 2021 Graduate Student Grant Program.
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Aug 31, 2017
Ohio State Professor Emeritus Joe Donnemeyer is one of three keynote speakers at the first-ever International Rural Crime Conference in South Africa Sept. 27.
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Feb 19, 2017
Rural sociology faculty and graduate students from the School of Environment and Natural Resources are helping to organize the 2017 Rural Sociological Society conference which will be held in Columbus July 27-30, 2017. The conference theme is Rural Peoples in a Volatile World: Disruptive Agents and Adaptive Strategies. Topics will include food and agriculture, natural resources, rural populations, health, education, poverty, youth, the opiate epidemic, crime, and human responses to natural disasters. Abstracts for papers, posters, and special sessions are due February 22.
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Aug 28, 2016
The School of Environment and Natural Resources would like to congratulate Linda M. Lobao, professor of rural sociology and chair of the rural sociology program at The Ohio State University on receipt of the Distinguished Rural Sociologist Award at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society held in Toronto, Canada this summer.
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Jul 27, 2016
Income inequality, rural food insecurity and demographic change are just a few of the topics that will be presented at the upcoming Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada (August 7-10). Understanding rural social class in an era of global challenge is the theme of this year’s annual meeting. The conference brings together rural sociologists, social scientists, historians, economists and others to learn, network and become engaged in rural research.
Ohio State is well represented at this year’s meeting with several presentations scheduled.
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Jan 26, 2015
Joseph F. Donnermeyer, professor emeritus of rural sociology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources has just published a new book, Key Concepts in Crime and Society (SAGE) with co-authors Ross Coomer, (Griffith University, Brisbane), Karen McElrath (Fayetteville State University), and John Scott (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane).
