Social Sciences Newsblog

Wellstead Co-Author of Paper Analyizing the Development of a Complex Policy Mix

Published October 19, 2017

Adam Wellstead co-authored a paper “Policy Mixes and their Alignment over Time: Patching and Stretching in the Oil Sands Reclamation Regime in Alberta, Canada” for a Special Issue on Policy Mixes: Aligning Instruments for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Provision in the Journal Environmental Policy and Governance.

Baeten, Langston, and Lafreniere Publish Article: “A Spatial Evaluation of Historic Iron Mining Impacts on Current Impaired Waters in Lake Superior’s Mesabi Range”

Published October 11, 2017

By Amy Spahn

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John Baeten, Nancy Langston and Don Lafreniere published the article, “A spatial evaluation of historic iron mining impacts on current impaired waters in Lake Superior’s Mesabi Range,” in the international journal, Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. The article compares historic mining intensity in Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range with current impaired waters data to show the utility of historical datasets to understand current environmental challenges at landscape scales. The authors present a novel spatial approach that lands managers and policy makers can apply to other landscapes to assess the effects of past mining activity on watershed health.

You can read the article at the following link:

http://rdcu.be/wvHW

Lafreniere Recipient of Innovative or Out of Class Teaching Award

Published September 25, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Don Lafreniere, after nomination through the Deans’ Teaching Showcase, has been selected to receive the 2017 Innovative or Out of Class Teaching award from the Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Lafreniere was selected based on his work with forward thinking technologies and his unique approaches to active learning.

Recipients are asked to make a 30-45 minute presentation, sharing the work they are doing that has drawn this recognition. Don will be sharing his work on October 10 at 1:00. Click here to learn more.

Congratulations Don!

Henquinet Publishes “Women’s Rights and Transnational Aid Programs in Niger”

Published September 22, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Kari Henquinet’s essay, Women’s Rights and Transnational Aid Programs in Niger: The Conundrums and Possibilities of Neoliberalism and Legal Pluralism, was published in the new book In Human Rights Encounter Legal Pluralism, Eva Brems, Giselle Corradi and Mark Goodale, eds. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2017.

In Print: International, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Research

Published September 22, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Students, faculty and community members in Erongarícuaro, Mexico

Erin Pischke and Kathy Halvorsen are co-authors of a newly-published article “Barriers and Solutions to Conducting Large International, Interdisciplinary Research Projects” in Environmental Management.

Pischke also had a blog post published AESS Voices about the challenges of conducting transdisciplinary research titled “Practicing What We Preach: Reflections on the Pros and Cons of Transdisciplinary Research in Erongaricuaro, Mexico”

Langston Publishes New Book on Climate Change & Toxics in the Lake Superior Basin

Published September 14, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Nancy Langston published a new book titled “Sustaining Lake Superior” (Yale University Press, Fall 2017).

“How can communities help sustain the health of Lake Superior in the face of mining, climate change, forest change, invasive species, and emerging chemicals of concern? The challenges facing Lake Superior are many–yet local, regional, and international communities overcame enormous threats to the lake’s ecosystems in the past century.

Sustaining Lake Superior asks: What can we learn from the recoveries around Lake Superior over the past century, as we face new interconnected challenges from climate change, synthetic chemicals, and forest change?”

Retrieved from http://www.sustaininglakesuperior.com/

Carter Publishes Article on Gendered Expectations and Women Farmland Owners

Published September 12, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Angie Carter authored a paper, “Placeholders and Changemakers: Women Farmland Owners Navigating Gendered Expectations” in Rural Sociology Volume 82, Issue 3 September 2017 Pages 499–523.

Wellstead Co-Authors Two New Articles

Published September 12, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Adam Wellstead recently co-authored two new articles: “Explaining through Causal Mechanisms: Resilience and Governance of Social-Ecological Systems” in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and “Policy Advice from Outsiders: The Challenges of Policy Co-construction” in International Journal of Public Administration.

Winkler Recipient of Excellence in Instruction Award

Published September 1, 2017

By Amy Spahn

Richelle Winkler and Chelsea Schelly at Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting

Richelle Winkler was awarded the 2017 Excellence in Instruction Award from the Rural Sociological Society at their annual meeting on July 27, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio.

The purpose of the Excellence in Instruction Award is to recognize outstanding rural-oriented teaching by RSS members at the graduate and/or undergraduate level. Note: Innovation in teaching and learning is emphasized. Innovation may relate to a particular course, thematic area, population of students or pedagogical approach or technique. Evidence of impact should be provided.

Congratulations Richelle!

In Print: Baeten Essay on Post-Mining Landscapes

Published August 31, 2017

By Amy Spahn

An essay by John Baeten (Social Sciences), titled “Filling Mines with Fish: Rebranding the Mesabi Range as a Recreational Landscape” has been published by The Living Landscape Observer. Baeten’s essay explores the complex story of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range, tracing the effects of heritage tourism and environmental reclamation on a region long known as a center of extractive industry.