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Food Systems
Faculty, students, and staff in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Community and Environmental Sociology are concerned with a wide array of issues from environmental degradation and globalization to sustainability and local food systems. The faculty is made up of an interdisciplinary group trained in fields ranging from sociology to science and technology studies and environmental studies. We are an engaged group whose work, while theoretically informed, is often directed at intervening in and affecting real-life situations. Our graduate program is equally dynamic and is offered jointly with the UW’s Department of Sociology.
The issues discussed in Community and Environmental Sociology classes can also be applied outside of the classroom. In the video below, alumni, students, and faculty from the department discuss their passions and how the major has helped them make a difference.
Undergraduate
The Undergraduate Program connects students with globally esteemed faculty, a wide range of intimate and interactive courses, and a tight-knit community of scholars passionate about understanding and developing solutions to our social and environmental problems. C&E Soc also offers a certificate in Food Systems open to any major.
Graduate
The Department of Sociology and the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology jointly conduct the graduate program.
Research
Research is an integral part of studying people and the environment and C&E Soc students are encouraged to pursue their research interests. Students may join the existing labs supported by the department or conduct independent research through the guidance of faculty.
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EVENTS
C&E Soc News & Events
- C&E Sociology Haller Lecture on December 5th at 4:00pmDr. Pablo Lapegna, an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia will be talking on “Prosperity, Plants, and Pesticides: The Ambivalences of Farming in Argentina.” The lecture will be in 354 Ag Hall from 4:00-5:30 on… Read more: C&E Sociology Haller Lecture on December 5th at 4:00pm
- “Towards an Emplaced Vocabulary of Motive: Senses of Place and Land Sale Decision-Making in the Northern Great Plains” – Check out Danielle Schmidt’s newly published thesis in Rural Sociology!Congratulations to Danielle Schmidt, a Community & Environmental Sociology grad student, for having her thesis published in Rural Sociology! Abstract: One of the most remote regions in the contiguous United States, the Upper Missouri River… Read more: “Towards an Emplaced Vocabulary of Motive: Senses of Place and Land Sale Decision-Making in the Northern Great Plains” – Check out Danielle Schmidt’s newly published thesis in Rural Sociology!
- Screening of Bad RiverThis month, in honor of Native November, the documentary film Bad River will be screened twice on campus. The film follows the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band on their continuous fight for sovereignty. The first screening… Read more: Screening of Bad River
UW Events
Events
- 12/15/24 CALS Pre-Commencement Celebration
- 12/16/24 Biochemistry Colloquium - Junko Yano Towards making movies of molecules – The application of X-ray free electron lasers
- 01/13/25 Biochemistry Colloquium - Lu Bai Mechanism of nucleosome invasion and binding specificity of pioneer factor
- 01/27/25 Biochemistry Colloquium - Lluis Morey Role of Polycomb in cancer and neurodevelopment