Bio
Rebecca L. Som Castellano is Professor of Sociology and Director of Human-Environment Systems in the School of the Environment at Boise State University. A rural and environmental sociologist by training, her current projects include understanding the sustainability challenges faced by farmers from refugee backgrounds in the Boise community, rural land use change with a focus on the development of agricultural land and sagebrush steppe in Idaho, and experiences with labor among wildland firefighters and their families. Her work has been funded by a She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Western Washington University in Interdisciplinary Studies, a Master of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in Rural Sociology from The Ohio State University.