Agriculture, Health, and the Environment

This group takes an interdisciplinary approach to the interrelated issues of nutrition, medicine and disease, and environmental sustainability. Blending history and sociology, researchers in this cluster offer perspectives into grand global challenges such as the provision of food and the control of epidemics, while also examining events on the ground affecting individuals. Collectively, they illuminate how cultural norms and practices and social and political institutions shape both our perceptions of health and welfare and our approaches to them, with deep ramifications for individuals and profound implications for social justice.  For more information, visit the faculty page for the Agriculture, Health, and the Environment research area.

Kate Pride Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Environment; Globalization

 

Mary McDonald, Homer Rice Professor of Sport and Society
Sport, Recreation, and the Body

 

Jennifer Singh, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology of Medicine and Disease

 

John Tone, Professor of History
History of Medicine and Disease

 

Germán Vergara, Assistant Professor of History
Agriculture; Environmental and Energy History

 

Bill Winders, Associate Professor of Sociology
Global Agriculture and Development; Food

 

Greg Nobles, Emeritus Professor of History
American Environmental History