Associate Professor
Sociology Adviser
Anspach Hall 132
(989) 774-7611
Email: rudy1a@cmich.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-1:45 pm
Education
- Ph.D., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1995
- M.A., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1991
- B.A., Swarthmore College, 1984
Areas of Teaching Expertise
- Environmental Sociology
- Political Economy
- Science and Technology Studies
Research Interests
Research interests lie in the areas of hybrid environmental social theory, the overlapping politics of nature, labor and community and regional agricultural studies - most often in the American Southwest.
Selected Publications
- Universities in the Age of Corporate Science: The UC Berkley-Novartis Controversy. Alan Rudy et al. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 2007.
- "Anti-Environmentalism: Prometheans, Contrariansd and Beyond.: Pp. 124-142 in Jules Pretty, et al. (eds.) Sage Handbook on Environment and Society. 2007.
- "Environmental Sociological Pedagogy When Nature is Uncertain." American Behavioral Scientist. 51(4): 495-515. 2007.