Members in the News Celebrating the Achievements of Our Members
The article is titled "Values at the tap: how organizational culture shapes water unaffordability and environmental justice in U.S. cities"
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The piece appeared in Science Policy in a SNAP, a publication of the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
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The panel was called "Sustaining Our Shared Spaces: Stewardship of Public Lands and the Next Generation"
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The series highlights exceptional students in the university's College of Arts and Sciences
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The article is titled "Housing financial stress and community well-being: Is there an urban-rural dimension".
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The article is titled "Canaries in the Coal Mine: Rural Women, Maternal Health, and the Future of Feminist Coalition Building".
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The article is titled "Expectation-Based Fairness in Agricultural Markets: Implications for Antitrust Policy"
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The report focuses on ensuring the future of public lands while supporting communities who bear the burden of shifting fossil fuel markets
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Titled "Inequality at the Urban–Rural Nexus," the book focuses on how the urban–rural divide intersects with race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality.
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Green is the director of the Southern Rural Development Center and will engage with the Community Development department at the bank
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Poston analyzes the potential impact of contraceptive taxes on declining fertility in the country.
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Greenberg and colleagues examined the geographic patterning of US federal environmental crime prosecutions from 2011 to 2020
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Green's article addresses the importance of hospice and palliative care policy in the context of rapidly aging populations and political unrest.
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Schulman's recent article qualitatively studies farmer stress through the lens of small-scale farmers.
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Pruitt, Tieken, and Walton contributed chapters to a upcoming edited volume from De Gruyter titled "Rethinking Rural Politics Place-Based Identity, Political Ideology, and Policy in Rural America"
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Becot (Pennsylvania State University) was quoted in a recent NPR piece on the importance and rising costs of health insurance for farmers.
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Shannon Monnat and Tim Slack recently published an article in The Conversation on myths about rural America
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Kautstubh Kumar and Douglas Jackson-Smith (the Ohio State University) recently published an article in the journal "Environmental Science & Policy"
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Hannah Haksgaard, a professor at the University of South Dakota, was awarded the Professional Scholarship Award by the American Agricultural Law Association for her recent book
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Jessica A. Shoemaker, a Law Professor at the University of Nebraska, was recently awarded the Professional Scholarship Award by the American Agricultural Law Association
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Hannah Haksgaard, Elizabeth Chambliss, Joseph Donnermeyer all authored chapters for the recent Bloomsbury Collections book “Global Reflections on Positionality in Rural Access to Justice Research”
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Shannon Monnat, Ken Johnson, and Lisa Pruitt were all quoted in a recent Newsweek article on recent American Communities Project survey results; the survey studies heterogeneity across rural areas.
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Catherine Biddle (University of Maine) was quoted in a recent New York Times Opinion piece on rural education, especially as it pertains to wraparound services and challenges in providing those.
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RSS Member Matt Brooks (Florida State) was quoted in a recent National Public Radio piece on the impact of the current administration on population flows and migration trends.
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The Rural Renewal Research Prize is an award given to a global leader in rural renewal research, education, and engagement by the Oklahoma State University Rural Renewal Initiative. The prize honors individuals who have made significant contributions to the renewal of rural communities and is awarded at the annual Rural Renewal Symposium, which was held in Woodward, Oklahoma, in November 2025.
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When enrollments decline, school boards often shutter schools, but this rarely saves money and always hurts kids and communities.
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New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall referenced the work of former RSS President, Jennifer Sherman of Washington State University, in his recent coverage of the Trump administration’s failure to fund SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps
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A new book which provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders face has just been published.
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RSS members Alex Theophilus and Jessica Ulrich-Schad of Utah State University recently published research on the perceived impacts of short-term rentals in high amenity rural communities.
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J. Tom Mueller argues that policymakers, politicians, and academics rarely make a clear case for why rural America matters and is worth saving in the first place. In this provocative book, Mueller meets these issues head-on by presenting a critique of conventional economic development efforts while also articulating why rural America is worthy of preservation.
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The Guardian recently published a story about the closure of a rural hospital in northern California. Many others are likely to follow across the nation, as federal funding streams dry up.
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As the USDA rolls back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, RSS Members Michaela Hoffelmeyer and Ike Leslie are sounding the alarm on the long-term consequences for agriculture and food security.
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Ethnographer Sonya Salamon, past president of the Rural Sociological Society, died on August 16, 2025, at the age of eighty-four.
On the NREA podcast, Dr. Casey Jakubowski discussed teacher retention, community-based practice, and ways rural schools can better support new educators.
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Call for Working Groups for the XVI World Congress of Rural Sociology
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In her latest piece for The Conversation, RSS Member Kristina Brant In her latest piece for The Conversation, RSS Member Kristina Brant sheds light on the harsh realities faced by flood-affected communities in Appalachia. With limited financial resources and few relocation options, many residents are left with no alternative but to rebuild in the same vulnerable locations.
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In The Practice, RSS members Hannah Haksgaard, David Peters, Elizabeth Chambliss, and Lisa R. Pruitt examined the challenges of access to justice and legal education in rural communities.
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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems announced a Call for Papers for a special issue on “Education and Employment in Sustainable Food Systems,” focusing on curriculum, workforce training, equity, and policy.
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RSS celebrates Florence Becot, honored by the Agricultural Safety and Health Society for research improving rural well-being and agricultural safety.
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