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Rebecca L. Som Castellano

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Sociology Department Boise State University 1910 University Drive

Boise, Idaho 83725-1945 rsomcastellano@boisestate.edu

Education

PhD, The Ohio State University, Rural Sociology, 2013

Areas of Emphasis: Rural Sociology; Sociology of Food and Agriculture; Gender and Development; Stratification

Dissertation: Cooking for Change? Alternative Agrifood Initiatives and the Labor of Food Provisioning

MA, University of Kentucky, Sociology, 2009

Thesis: School Lunch Programs and the American Diet: Exploring a Contested Food Terrain

BA, Western Washington University, Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002 Major Title: Social Change, Sustainability, and Renewable Food Production

Professional History

  • Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Boise State University, 2018 – present
  • Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Boise State University, 2013 – 2018
  • Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, March 2011 – June 2011; January 2013 – May 2013
  • Graduate Fellow, The Ohio State August 2009 – December 2012
  • Graduate Research Associate, University of Kentucky, August 2008-July 2009
  • Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Kentucky, August 2007-June 2008

Affiliate and Administrative Appointments

  • Design Lead, School of Human Systems and Global Engagement, Boise State University, 2020- present
  • Internship Coordinator, Department of Sociology, 2020-present
  • Research Sabbatical Fellow, Human-Environment Systems, Boise State University, 2019-2020
  • Interim Academic Director for Gender Studies, Boise State University, 2018- 2019
  • Affiliated Faculty, Environmental Studies, Boise State University, 2017-present
  • Affiliated Faculty, Human and Environment Systems, Boise State University, 2015 – present
  • Faculty Fellow, Public Policy Research Center, Boise State University, 2015 – 2016

Professional

  • Farmers’ Market Manager, Pike Place February 2004 – August 2007
  • Community Garden Coordinator, Oregon Food September 2003 – October 2004
  • Farmers’ Market Manager, Bellingham, WA Farmers’ Market 2001-2002

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Peer Reviewed Publications

 Hubbard, Monica and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. “Rural and Urban Difference in the Acceptance of Alternative Water Management Strategies: A Case Study of Idaho Residents.” Revise and Resubmit.

Golden, Lauren, Monica Hubbard, Steve Utych, Soren Newman, Steven Hines, Jason Thomas, Nick Andrews, Rebecca L. Som Castelllano, Doug Collins and Clare Sullivan. 2022. “Benefits, barriers, and use of cover crops in the western United States: Regional survey results.” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. and Anne Mooks. 2022. “A Critical Assessment of Participation in Stakeholder Engagement in Agrifood System Research.” Socio-Ecological Practice Research               https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022- 00116-8

Som Castellano, Rebecca L., Lisa Meierotto, and Cynthia L. Curl. 2022. “Under the Shadow of Structural Violence: Work and Family Dynamics for Latina Farmworkers in Southwestern Idaho.” Journal of Food Systems and Community Development

 Curl, Cynthia, Lisa Meierotto, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2021.“Understanding Challenges to Well-Being among Latina Farmworkers using an Interdisciplinary, Mixed-Methods Approach.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(1): 169

Cynthia L. Curl, Lisa Meierotto, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Meredith R. Spivak, Kurunthachalam Kannan. 2021. “Measurement of Urinary Pesticide Biomarkers among Latina Farmworkers in Southwestern Idaho.” Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology: 31(3), 538-548

Meierotto, Lisa, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, and Cynthia Curl. 2020. “Isolation and Fear of Deportation: Intersectional Barriers to Well‐Being Among Latina Farmworkers in Southwestern Idaho.” Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment 2(42): 93-102

Meierotto, Lisa, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2020. “Food Provisioning Strategies among Latinx Farmworkers in Southwestern Idaho.” Agriculture and Human Values 37(1): 209-223

Brandt, Jodi, Antonio J. Castro, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Jenna Narducci, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2019. “Implications of Urban Growth and Farmland Loss for Ecosystem Services in the Western United States.” Land Use Policy 86: 1-11

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. and Lisa Meierotto. 2019. “Transitions in Farming and Farm Labor in Southwestern Idaho.” Journal of Food Systems and Community Development 8(4): 1-13

Moroney, Jillian and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2018. “Farmland Loss and Concern in the Treasure Valley” Agriculture and Human Values 35(2): 529- 536

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. and Jillian Moroney. 2018. “Farming Adaptations in the Face of Climate Change.” Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 33(3): 206-211

Curl, Cynthia, Lisa Meierotto, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2018. “Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers,” Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: 12(5): Article 5 Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol12/iss5/5

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2018. “Gender, Labor and Food Systems.” Contribution to “Law and Public Policy 1st Edition” by Kevin J. Fandl, published by Routledge

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2017. “Receiving Assistance and Local Food System Participation.” Published as part of a special issue “Gender, Environment, and Development.” Social Sciences 16(1): 1-18

Bruce, Analena., and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2017. “Labor and Alternative Food Networks: Challenges for Farmers and Consumers.” Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 32(5): 403-416 *First authorship is shared on this article.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2017. “Women’s Labor and the Transformative Potential of Alternative Agrifood.” In Critiques of Resistance to the Neoliberal Food Regime, edited by Steven Wolf and Alessandro Bonanno. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2016. “Alternative Food Networks and the Labor of Food Provisioning: A Third Shift?” Rural Sociology 81(3): 445–469

Schupp, Justin, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Jeff Sharp, and Molly Bean Smith. 2016. “Exploring Barriers to Home Gardening in Ohio Households.” Local Environment 21(6): 752-767 *First authorship is shared on this article between J. Schupp and Rebecca L. Som Castellano.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2016. “Emotional Labor, Food Provisioning and Local Food System Engagement.” In Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After: Advances in Gender Research, edited by Vasililkie Demos and Marcia Segal. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 22, pp. 193-215

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2015. “Alternative Food Networks and Food Provisioning as a Gendered Act.” Agriculture and Human Values 32(3): 461- 474

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2014. “Creating Rupture through Policy: Considering the Importance of Ideas in Agri-Food Change.” In The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector, edited by Alessandro Bonanno and Steven Wolf. London, United Kingdom: Earthscan, pp. 112-128

Sharp, Jeff., and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2014. “Home Gardening.” The Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. New York, NY: Springer Press,1. 1168-1174

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications, Research Reports, White Papers, and News Contributions

 Curl, Cynthia, Lisa Meierotto and Rebecca L. Som Castellano. 2020. “Research Report on Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers.” Research report provided to local advocacy organizations.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. and Lisa Meierotto. 2018. “Food Provisioning Strategies among Agricultural Workers in Southwestern Idaho: A Landscape and a Labor Force in Transition.” The Blue Review. Published 1/15/2018 https://thebluereview.org/food-provisioning-strategies-among-agricultural- workers-southwestern-idaho/

Som Castellano, Rebecca L., Jillian Moroney, Lisa Meierotto, Susan Medlin and Jen Schneider. 2017. “Farmland Preservation: Public Concern and Local Action.” The Blue Review. Published 2/27/2017 https://thebluereview.org/farmland-preservation/

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2015. “Challenges and Rewards of Community Action Research.” Footnotes 8(42): 4. The American Sociological Association http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/dec15/challenges_1215.html.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2015. “The Locavore Glass Ceiling.” The Blue Review. Published 10/5/2015

https://thebluereview.org/women-labor-local-food-and-gender-inequality/

Som Castellano, Rebecca L., and Shanina Hicks. 2015. “Food Security at the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.” Report prepared for the Duck Valley Indian Reservation Tribal Council.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2011. “Learning from the Past to Improve the Future: Best Practices and Healthy Food Access in Ohio.” Report prepared for the Ohio State Department of Agriculture, Division of Sustainable Agriculture.

Editorial Contributions

 Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (guest editor) and Nathanial Hoffman (editor). 2015. “Broken Tables: Examining Food and Inequality in the U.S.” The Blue Review Special Issue on Food and Inequality. Published 10/5/2015 https://thebluereview.org/tbr-special-issue-on-food-and-inequality/

Media Contributions

  • Som Rebecca L. February 2021. Food Security in Idaho during COVID, Big Tent Radio Program.
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca , Cynthia Curl, and Lisa Meierotto. Fall 2020. Interview for the Idaho Press on Pesticide Exposure among Latina Farmworkers in Idaho.
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca , Cynthia Curl, and Lisa Meierotto. Fall 2020.

Interview for the Idaho Press on Latina Farmworker Well-Being in Idaho

  • Som Castellano, Rebecca , Cynthia Curl, Lisa Meierotto and Chris Torres. Fall 2020. Short film created for the Idaho Environmental Forum on Latina Farmworker Well-Being in Idaho.
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca Fall 2019. Radio Interview, Rachel Cohen, Boise Public Radio/NPR
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca Fall 2018. TV Interview, Channel 7 News, Boise, Idaho
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca Fall 2018. Edible Idaho. Magazine – Research Highlighted
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca Spring and Summer, 2018. IdahoPTV, “Idaho Science Journal”
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca 2018. NCAP Video on Living Wages in Agriculture
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca L. Winter Edible Idaho. Magazine – Interview
  • Som Castellano, Rebecca L. Spring 2016. InterActivist Magazine, Issue 59. Newspaper Interview https://issuu.com/interactivist/docs/ia_spring_edit_2

Published Data Sources

 Steimke, Amy; Flores, Alejandro; Han, Bangshuai; Brandt, Jodi; and Som Castellano, Rebecca L., “Modeled impacts of climate change on regional hydrology in the Upper Boise River Basin, Idaho” (2017). The Lab for Ecohydrology and Alternative Futuring (LEAF). 1. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/leaf_data/1

Current Research Projects and Partnerships

Developing a Systematic Approach to Farmland Protection Planning (FPP) based on Ecosystem Services, Climate Resiliency, and Social Acceptability. (2021-present).

Principal Investigator: Jodi Brandt. Co-Investigators: Jen Schneider, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Vicken Hillis. Graduate Assistant: Sarah Halperin. Funding: USDA, NIFA.

Latina Farmworkers Engaging Nature: Situated Perspectives on Environment, Justice and Health. (2021-present).

Principal Investigators: Lisa Meierotto and Rebecca L. Som Castellano.

 Pesticide Exposures and Risk Perceptions among Male and Female Latinx Farmers in Idaho. (2021-present).

Principal Investigator: Carly Hyland. Co-Investigators: Cynthia Curl, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Lisa Meierotto, Carolina Viera. Graduate Assistant: Carolyn Griswold.

Partners: Angie Gribble, Vicky Jekich, Irene Ruiz and Kurunthachalam Kannan. Funding: PNASH.

The Social Landscape of Sagebrush Steppe (2019-present)

Principal Investigators: Kelly Hopping, Rebecca L. Som Castellano (BSU), Morey Burnham (Idaho State University); Co-Investigator: J.D. Wulfhorst (University of

Idaho); Graduate Research Assistant: Haley Netherton (BSU); Partner: Gretchen Hyde (Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission) Funding: EPSCOR GEM3 EPSCOR RII Track-1 Award (2018-2023): GEM3: Linking Genome to Phenome to Adaptive Responses of Organisms to Changing Landscapes, Faculty Associate. Funded. 2019- present, and IRRC.

Funded Grants and Support

 Brandt, Jodi, Jen Schneider, Rebecca L. Som Castellano and Vicken Hillis. “Developing a Systematic Approach to Farmland Protection Planning (FPP) based on Ecosystem Services, Climate Resiliency, and Social Acceptability.” United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources and Environment: Agroecosystem Management. $637,046.40. Funded. 2022-2026.

Hyland, Carly (P-I), Cynthia Curl, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Lisa Meireotto, Carolina Viera, Angie Gribble, Vicky Jekich, Irene Ruiz and Kurunthachalam Kannan. 2 “Pesticide Exposures and Risk Perceptions among Male and Female Latinx Farmers in Idaho.” Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH). $59,475.00. Funded. 2021-present.

The social landscape of sagebrush steppe: Understanding the role of values and place 2020-2022 Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission partnership. $8,000. Kelly Hopping (PI), Co-PIs: Haley Netherton-Morrison, Matt Williamson, and Rebecca Som Castellano, Boise State University; Morey Burnham, Idaho State University; J.D. Wulfhorst, University of Idaho.

Brandt, Jodi, Jen Schneider, Vicken Hillis, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Julie Heath, Neil Carter, Shawn Benner, Marie-Anne de Graaff. 2019. “Developing Integrated Research and Decision Support Tools to Support Farmland Preservation for

Ecosystem Services (FarmPrES).” United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Requested $199,999. Funded. 2019-2022.

Curl, Cynthia L (PI), Rebecca L. Som Castellano (Co-I), and Lisa Meierotto (CO-I).

“Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers.” 2018 Health Disparities Pilot Grant Program, Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services. Requested $65,967. Funded. 2018- 2019.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal). “Food Provisioning and Farmworkers in the Hops Fields of Idaho,” Funded. Casita Nepantla Latino Research Award,

Sponsored by Casita Nepantla. Total Amount Requested: $500, Amount of Total Award: $500.00. Funded. February 2017-January 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Assessing Food Security in Idaho Farmworker Communities – Pilot Study.” Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Arts, Humanities and Social Science Grant program. Total Amount Requested: $4,500.00, Amount of Total Award: $4,500.00. Funded. July 2016- June 2017.

National Science Foundation Idaho EPSCoR Track 1. Assisted with pre-proposal preparation; pre- proposal selected by Idaho EPSCoR State Committee. “Idaho FEWS Resilience Framework” 2017

National Science Foundation Idaho EPSCoR Track 1: Managing Idaho Landscapes for Ecosystem Services. Faculty Associate. 2017-2019.

National Science Foundation Idaho EPSCoR Track 1: Managing Idaho Landscapes for Ecosystem Services. Undergraduate Research Internships (MURI) Faculty Mentor. 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal),”COAS Travel Grant.” Boise State University College of Arts and Sciences. Amount of Total Award: $400.00. Funded. March 2016 – April 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Farm to School and the Labor of Food Provisioning.” Sponsored by the College of Social Science and Public Administration. Amount of Total Award: $3,000.00. Funded. January 2015 – April 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Tribal Community Food Assessment in Idaho,” Funded. Sponsored by American Sociological Association, Non-Profit Organization, Closed. Total Amount Requested: $3,939.00, Amount of Total Award: $3,000.00, Total Amount Awarded for Entire Project Period: $3,000.00. Funded. February 20, 2014 – April 30, 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Tribal Community Food Assessment in Idaho.” Sponsored by the Public Policy Research Center, Boise State University. Amount of Total Award: 5,000.00. Funded. April 2014 – March 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Cooking up Change? Alternative Agrifood Initiatives and the Labor of Food Provisioning.” Sponsored by the Coca Cola Critical Difference for Women Grant. Amount of Total Award: 3,000.00. Funded. June 2012 – June 2013.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Food Innovation Center Graduate Student Travel Grant.” Sponsored by the Food Innovation Center, The Ohio State University. Amount of Total Award: 800.00. Funded. April 2013.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Principal), “Career Development Grant.” Sponsored by the Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University. Amount of Total Award: 500.00. Funded. January 2012 – December 2012.

Presentations

Conference Presentations

 Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (presenter), Lisa Meierotto, Cynthia Curl and Carly Hyland. “Carework, Pesticide Exposure and Structural Violence among Latine Farmworkers.” Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting and Conference, Westminster, CO. August 5, 2022.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (presenter), Lisa Meierotto, Cynthia Curl and Carly Hyland. “Pesticide Exposure and its Aftermath: A Case Study of Idaho Farmworkers.” Agriculture and Human Values Conference, University of Georgia. May 16, 2022.

Meierotto, Lisa (presenter), Rebecca L. Som Castellano (co-presenter), and Cynthia Curl. 2021. “Nature in Agriculture: Race-Based Exclusion of Latinx Knowledge and Contributions.” Nature and Health Virtual Conference, University of Washington. October 12, 2021.

Netherton-Morrison, Haley (presenter), Kelly A. Hopping, Morey Burnham,

  1. Rebecca Castellano, Matthew Williamson. 2021. “Learning to Love the Sagebrush: Exploring Diverse Perspectives on Idaho’s Sagebrush Steppe.” International Association for Society and Natural Resources Virtual Conference. June 20, 2021.
  2. Rebecca Som Castellano, Matthew Williamson. 2020. “So what don’t you like about sagebrush?” Unraveling current and historical perspectives on sagebrush steppe. GEM3 Annual Meeting. Virtual. December 10, 2020.

Dolman, Megan (presenter), Megan Cattau, Jodi Brandt, Trevor Caughlin, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Morey Burnham, and S. Canova. 2020. “Social-ecological Vulnerability to Wildfire in Sagebrush Systems.” GEM3 Annual Meeting. Virtual. December 10, 2020.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. 2020. Invited Talk on Panel the Future of Western Farming. “Latina Farmworkers and Well-Being in the American West.” Pacific Sociological Association. March 27, 2020. Cancelled due to COVID.

Netherton, Haley, Kelly Hopping, Morey Burnham, and Rebecca L. Som Castellano.

  • “A Proposed Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Public Values and Perceptions of Sagebrush Ecosystems.” GEM3 Annual Meeting. Poster Presentation. Boise, ID. Presented December 2019.

Meierotto, Lisa (Presenter), Som Castellano, Rebecca L., and Curl, Cynthia L. 2019.

Latina farmworkers engaging nature: situated perspectives on environment, justice and health. American Anthropological Association. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Presented November 2019.

Curl, Cynthia (Presenter), Meierotto, Lisa, Phinney, Rachel, Som Castellano, Rebecca L. Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farmworkers. NIH IDeA Western Regional Conference. Las Vegas, NV. Presented October 2019.

Curl, Cynthia (Presenter), Rebecca L. Som Castellano and Lisa Meierotto. 2019. Annual Meeting for the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). “Occupational Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers in Southern Idaho.” Poster Presentation. Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Presented August 25, 2019.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter), Lisa Meierotto, and Cynthia Curl. 2019.

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. “Considering Well-Being: Definitions and Challenges for Latina Farm Workers in Southern Idaho.” Richmond, Virginia. Presented August 2, 3019.

Phinney, Rachel (Presenter), Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Lisa Meierotto, Christopher Torres, and Cynthia Curl. 2019. Poster Presentation to the Mountain West Clinical Translation Research-Infrastructure Network. “Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers.” Presented June 20, 2019.

Meierotto, Lisa (Presenter), Rebecca L. Som Castellano, and Cynthia Curl. 2019. Health and well-being disparities among Latina farm workers in southwestern Idaho. Society for Applied Anthropology. Portland, OR. Presented March 2019.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter) and Lisa Meierotto. 2018. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, “Transitions in Farming and Farm Labor in Southwestern Idaho.” Portland, Oregon. Presented July 28, 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2018. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Panel Participant: “Rural Sociologists and Interdisciplinary Research: Opportunities and Challenges.” Portland, Oregon. Presented July 29, 2018.

Meierotto, Lisa (Co-Presenter) and Rebecca L. Som Castellano (Co-Presenter).

  • American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, “Food Provisioning Strategies among Agricultural Workers in Rural Idaho.” Washington, D.C. Presented November 30, 2017.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter) and Jillian Moroney. 2017. EPSCoR Annual Meeting. “Farmer Adaptations and Climate Change in Idaho.” Poster Presentation. Pocatello, Idaho. Presented October 13, 2017.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter) and Jillian Moroney. 2017. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, “Farming Adaptations in the Face of Climate Change.” Columbus, Ohio. Presented July 28, 2017.

Leonard, A. (Presenter), Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Benke Han, Amy Steimke, and Lejo Flores. 2016. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, “Impacts of Irrigation and Climate Change on Water Security: Using Stakeholder Engagement to Inform a Process-based Crop Model.” American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California. Presented: December 2016.

Steimke, A. (Presenter), Benke Han, Jodi Brandt, Rebecca L. Som Castellano, Andrea Leonard, and Lejo Flores. 2016. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, “Quantifying the Effects of Climate and Landscape Change on

Hydrologic Processes.” American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California. Presented: December 2016

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. RC-40 Mini-Conference on the New Frontier of Resistance in Global Agri-Food, International Rural Sociology

Association World Congress, “Women’s Labor and the Transformative Potential of Alternative Agrifood,” International Rural Sociology Association, Toronto, Canada. Presented: August 11, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, “Food Security on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation,” Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada. Presented: August 10, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture, “Women Provisioning in Local Food Systems,” Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented: March 31, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2015. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, “Community Action Research on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Presented: August 22, 2015.

Bruce, A. (Co-Presenter) and Rebecca L. Som Castellano (Co-Presenter). 2015.

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “Labor as a Limitation to Scaling Up Alternative Agrifood,” Rural Sociological Society, Madison, Wisconsin. Presented: August 8, 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter).    2015. Family Studies Conference, “Current Research Related to Family,” Families Studies Program, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: May 1, 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2014. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “Exploring the Intersection of Gender and Class in Alternative Food Networks,” New Orleans, Louisiana. Presented: August 2, 2014.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2014. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, “Cooking for Change? Alternative Agrifood Participation & Food Provisioning as a Gendered Act,” Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon. Presented: March 28, 2014.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2013. Joint Session of the American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society, “Right Eating Gone Wrong: Exploring Structural Inequality and Food System Engagement,” American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society, New York, New York. Presented: August 2013.

Castellano, I. M. (Co-Presenter) and Rebecca L. Som Castellano (Co-Presenter). 2013. Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, “Food Security Meets State Security,” International Studies Association, San Francisco, California. Presented: April 2013.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2012. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, “Exploring Food Provisioning as a Gendered Act within Alternative Agrofood Movements,” American Sociological Association, Denver, Colorado. Presented: August 2012.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2012. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “Creating Rupture through Policy: Considering the Importance of Ideas in Agri-food Change,” Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois. Presented: July 2012.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2012. Food Networks: Gender and Foodways, “Gender and Inequality in Alternative Agrifood Movements,” Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. Presented: January 2012.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2011. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, “Exploring Paradox in the Local Foods Movement: Challenges in Uniting Ideology and Practice,” American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented: August 2011.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2011. Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, “Ideas, Interests and Institutions: Examining Change in Food Security Policy,” European Society for Rural Sociology, Chania, Greece.

Presented: July 2011.

Schupp, J. L. (Co-Presenter)., and Rebecca L. Som Castellano (Co-Presenter). 2010.

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “Bursting the Local Foods Bubble? An Examination of Potential Obstacles Facing Food System Localization,” Rural Sociological Society, Atlanta, Georgia. Presented: July 2010.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and J.L. Schupp (Co-Presenter). 2010.

Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Association, “Examining the Immigrant Experience in the School Food Environment,” Agriculture, Food and Human Values Association, Bloomington, Indiana. Presented: May 2010.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2009. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “Serving up a Political Agenda: Findings from a Contested Food Terrain,” Rural Sociological Society, Madison, Wisconsin. Presented: July 2009.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2009. Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Association, “Power on the Plate: A Theoretical Perspective on the National School Lunch Program,” Agriculture, Food and Human Values Association, University Park, Pennsylvania. Presented: May 2009.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2009. Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Society, “What’s Your Concern About Food? Shopper Survey at Five Food Retail Sites in Lexington, Kentucky,” Southern Rural Sociological Society, Atlanta, Georgia. Presented: January 2009.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2008. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, “School Lunch Programs and the American Diet: Exploring a Contested Food Terrain,” Rural Sociological Society, Manchester, New Hampshire. Presented: July 2008.

Public Presentations and Guest Lectures

 Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). “Urban Growth and Land Use Change” Presentation to ENVSTD: 200: Environmental Methods. February 16, 2022.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Organizer and Presenter.) Ag Land Protection Roundtable, Intersection of Research and Practice. Sponsored by the American Farmland Trust. September 24, 2021.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). “Agrifood System Overview” Presentation to Urban Agriculture summer course, Boise State University. June 7, 2021.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter) and Jodi Brandt (Presenter). Presentation on Farmland Preservation for the Idaho Humanities Council. March 23, 2021.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). Qualitative Research in Human- Environment Systems Research. Presentation to Human-Environment Systems Seminar. January 2020.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter), Meierotto, Lisa (Co-Presenter), and Curl, Cynthia (Co-Presenter). 2019. Overview of Research on Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities among Latina Farm Workers. Research Presentation for the Community Council of Idaho. Presented December 2019.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2018. Guest Lecture to Local FoodEconomy workshop, “Local Food Systems: A Critical Perspective.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: November 3, 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L (Presenter). 2018. Guest Lecture to UF 100: Talking about Trash, “Some Food System Basics.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: November 2, 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L (Co-Presenter) and I. Castellano (Co-Presenter). 2018. Guest Lecture to UF 100: Thinking about Climate Change, “Food and Security in an Era of Climate Change.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: November 1, 2018.

 

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2018. “Growing a Revolution: Agriculture, Soils, Health and Equity in the Treasure Valley and Beyond” Earth Day Events at Boise State. Presented: April 19, 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and Isaac Castellano (Co-Presenter).

  • Presentation for UF 100: Thinking about Climate Change, “Thinking about Climate Change: Food and Securitization.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: April 6, 2018.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2018. “Food Justice: Idaho and Beyond.” Presentation for the Alternative Spring Break Program.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and Isaac Castellano (Co-Presenter).

  • Presentation for UF 100: Thinking about Climate Change, “Thinking about

Climate Change: Food and Securitization.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: October 19, 2017.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and Jen Pierce (Co-Presenter). 2017. Idaho Interfaith Roundtable against Hunger Public Talk, “Climate Change and Food Security.” Boise, Idaho. Presented September 26, 2017.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter), and I. Castellano (Co-Presenter). 2016. Guest Lecture to UF 100: Thinking about Climate Change, “Food and Security in an Era of Climate Change.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: November 17, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and Isaac Castellano (Co-Presenter).

  • Presentation for UF 100: Thinking about Climate Change, “Thinking about Climate Change: Food and Securitization.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: March 9, 2017.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2017. Gender Studies Research Symposium, “Cooking for Change? Gender and Food Provisioning in Alternative Agrifood.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: March 2, 2017.

Schneider, J. (Co-Presenter), Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter), Brandt, J. (Co-Presenter), and J. Moroney (Co-Presenter). 2016. “The Future of Food:

Public Presentation on the future of Food, Water, and Land in the Treasure.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: October 11th, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Gender Studies Brownbag Series, “Exploring the Intersection of Gender and Class in Alternative Food Networks,” Boise State University Gender Studies Department, Boise, Idaho. Presented: April 14, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Agriculture Research Luncheon, “Stakeholder Engagement,” Boise State University Division of Research and Economic Development, Boise, Idaho. Presented: April 11, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Presentation to visiting students from Willamette University, “Food and Justice,” Boise State University.

Presented: March 24, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2016. Guest Lecture, “Family, Diversity and Alternative Food Systems,” Graduate Course on Diversity in Family Systems, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: February 17, 2016.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2015. Film Series: Food and the City Workshop,

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Co-Presenter) and Shanina Hicks. 2015. Duck Valley Tribal Council Meeting, “Food Insecurity on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation,” Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada. Presented: July 12, 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). “Food and Society,” Department of Community and Regional Planning, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: March 14, 2015.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2014. Politics and Policy Brownbag Lunch Series, “Right Eating Gone Wrong: Exploring Structural Inequality and Food System Engagement,” Department of Political Science, Department of Public Policy and Administration, and the Public Policy Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Presented: April 4, 2014.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2012. Guest Lecture, Political Science 1200, “The Politics of Food,” Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio. Presented: October 2012.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2012. Rural Sociology 105, “Stratification, Social Class and Poverty,” The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Presented: February 2012.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2011. Food and Literacy Seminar, “Food Literacy, Food Provisioning, and Agrofood Change,” Center for Literacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Presented: December 2011.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2009. Community and Leadership Development 201: Sustainable Agriculture, “Perspectives on Work in Sustainable Agriculture,” University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Presented: February 2009.

Som Castellano, Rebecca L. (Presenter). 2008. Sociology 101: Introduction to Sociology, “Food and Inequality: Lexington Food Deserts,” University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Presented: October 2008.

Teaching

Teaching Experience

Boise State University

  • SOC 101, Introduction to Sociology (in person, online, hybrid)
  • SOC 300/GENDER 300, Society, Food and Gender (via USAC program in San Sebastian, Spain)
  • SOC 311, Social Research Methods (in person, remote)
  • SOC 421/GENDER 380, Social Inequality (in person)
  • SOC 440/GENDER 440, Environmental Sociology (cross listed with Gender Studies and Environmental Studies, in person)
  • SOC 445/597, Food and Society (cross listed with Gender Studies and Environmental Studies) (in person, remote)
  • SOC 446, Rural Sociology (cross listed with Gender Studies and Environmental Studies) (in person, remote)
  • SOC 293/493, Internship
  • SOC 498, Senior Seminar
  • SOC 496, Independent Study (multiple sections)
  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Agrifood System Change and Response,” Fall 2013, Vanessa Fry
  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Genetic Modification and Food Security,”

Spring 2014, Vanessa Fry

  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Typologies of Western Land Managers Fall 2016, Amy Steimke
  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Farmers in Irrigated Agricultural Systems,”

Fall 2016, Andrea Leonard

  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Values and Ecosystem Services,” Spring 2017,

Jenna Narducci

  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Course Development for Intro to Postmodern Thought,” Fall 2017, Dave McKerracher
  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Food, Agriculture, and Society,” Spring 2018,

Lauren Golden

  • SOC 596 (Independent Study), “Environment and Rural Society,” Spring 2021, Haley Netherton
  • PUBADM 693

The Ohio State University

  • RURALSOC 1400, Introduction to Rural Sociology (2 semesters)

University of Kentucky

  • SOC 302, Social Research Methods, Teaching Assistant (2 semesters)
  • SOC 435, Social Inequalities and Stratification, Teaching Assistant (2 semesters)

Advisory and Mentoring Activities

Graduate Committee Memberships

 Doctoral Advisory Committee Co-Chair. (2022-Present)

Advised: Gwenaelle DAumale, PhD Student, EEB (Ecology, Environment and Behavior)

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member (January 2021-Present)

Advised: Megan Dolman, PhD Student, EEB (Ecology, Environment and Behavior)

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member (January 2020-Present)

Advised: Haley Netherton, PhD Student, EEB (Ecology, Environment and Behavior)

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member (September 2020-Present) Advised: Sarah Halperin, PhD Student, EEB (Ecology, Environment and Behavior)

Doctoral Advisory Committee Member (August 2016 – Present)

Advised: Lauren Golden, PhD Student, PPA (Public Policy and Administration)

Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair. (2014 – 2019)

Advised: Vanessa Fry, PhD Student, PPA (Public Policy and Administration)

Master’s Thesis Committee Member. (January 2016 – Spring 2018) Advised: Jenna Narducci, MS Student, Geosciences

Master’s Thesis Committee Member (2017)

Advised: Dave McKerracher, MA Student, Interdisciplinary Studies

Master’s Thesis Committee Member (January 2016 – December 2017) Advised: Andrea Leonard, MS Student, Geosciences

Master’s Thesis Committee Member (January 2016 – December 2017) Advised: Amy Steimke, MS Student, Geosciences

Mentored Post-Doctoral Students

  • Jillian Moroney, 2016-2017. Post-Doctoral Researcher funded via the ESPCoR MILES grant.

Formal Mentoring, Undergraduate Students

  • Kiley Peterson, 2014, Independent Study advisor, ““Agrifood System Change and Alternative Agrifood”
  • Shanina Hicks, 2014-2015, Research Assistant Supervisor and Independent Study Advisor, “Food Security and Inequality”, and “Community Food

Security on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.”

  • Katrina Pietromica, 2017-2018, Mentor and Research Assistant
  • Brandy Blush, 2015, Independent Study Advisor, “Agrifood System ”

Service

  • Gianna Alessi, 2017-2018, Mentor and Independent Study Advisor, “Exploring Research in Rural Sociology”
  • Riley Taylor, 2018, Independent Study Advisor, “Well-Being in the Changing Agrifood System.”
  • Christa Champa, 2019, Independent Study Advisor, “Environmental ”
  • Jasiel Rodriguez, 2021, Research Assistant
  • Allyssa Hernandez, 2016, Louise Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Idaho EpSCOR MILES Mentor
  • Alexandra Langel, 2017-2018 Interdisciplinary Studies Program Committee
  • Natalia Cruces, 2020-2021, Micron Mentoring Program
  • Alejandra Hernandez, 2021-2022, McNair Scholars Program

To Department:

 Internship Coordinator, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (Fall 2020- Present)

Adviser to Sociology and Social Science Majors, and Gender Studies Minors. Range from 15 to 60 student. (Fall 2013-Present)

Committee Member, Hiring Committee, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)

Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion Policies, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (Spring 2017-Winter 2019).

Committee Member, Lecturer Performance Review, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (February-March 2017).

Committee Member, Hiring Committee, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (September 2015-March 2016)

Committee Chair, Teaching Assistant Policy Development Committee, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (August 2015 – December 2015)

Committee Member, Department Subcommittee on Developing Lecturer Policies, Sociology Department, Boise State University. (October 2013 – April 2014)

Committee Member, Hiring Committee, Sociology Department, University of Kentucky. (August 2008 – January 2009).

To College:

College of Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning Subcommittee: Graduate Programming. (2021-present).

College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion Committee, Promotion to Associate. (2021-present).

School Development Lead, School of Human Systems and Global Engagement. (Summer 2021-present).

Humanities and Social Science Design Team. (Fall 2020-Spring 2021).

Committee Member, 3D College Committee. (2020-2021). Bronco Day Organizer and Participant. (April 6, 2019.)

Committee Member, COAS Dean Evaluation Committee, Boise State University. (Spring Semester 2019)

Committee Member, COAS Tenure and Promotion Committee, Boise State University. (August 2018-present)

Committee Member, COAS Honors and Awards Committee, Boise State University. (September 2017 – April 2018)

A/H/SS Committee Member. (October 2016-present).

Committee Member, COAS Honors and Awards Committee, Boise State University. (September 2015 – April 2016)

Committee Member, SSPA Ad Hoc Research Committee, Boise State University. (October 2013 – June 2014)

Committee Member, Awards Committee, Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (February 2012 – May 2012)

Grant Reviewer, Seed Grant Program for Graduate Students, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (September 2012-December 2012).

To University:

 Design Lead, Development of School of Human Systems and Global Engagement (HSGE) (2019-present)

School of Environment Curriculum Design Committee (2021-present) McNair Program Mentor, Alejandra Hernandez (2021-present)

Graduate Faculty Representative, Briana Krebs, Public Policy and Administration (May 2021-present)

Basic Needs Collaborative, Boise State University. (Fall 2020-present).

Advisory Board Member, Environmental Studies Program Boise State University (September 2018-present)

Adviser, Peace Corp Prep Program (Spring 2017-present) HES Program Development Adviser (August 2016 – present) EPSCoR Participant (May 2014-present)

Human Environment Systems Initiative Tenure Track Faculty Review. (Summer 2021, Summer 2022)

Judge for Graduate Student Showcase (April 2021, April 2022) Dining Services Evaluation Committee (2021)

Mentor in Micron Mentoring Group, Natalia Cruces (2020-2022)

Participant and Presenter, Mandela Washington Fellows Program, Boise State University (June-July 2019)

Participant, Shared Governance Workshop, Boise State University (February 1, 2019)

Interim Academic Director, Gender Studies program, Boise State University (July 2018-July 2019)

Mentor. Interdisciplinary Mentoring Group. Boise State University (August 2018- June 2019)

Human-Environment Systems Initiative 3 Year Tenure Review Committee (Spring 2018)

Planning Committee Member, Celebrate Earth Date Event (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)

Advisory Board Member, Gender Studies Advisory Board, Boise State University (September 2013 – Present)

Organizer, Women’s Pre-Tenure Faculty Group, Boise State University (September 2013 – August 2017)

Organizer, Guest Faculty Speaker, Megan Carney (University of Washington). (July – October 2016).

Advisory Member, Urban Studies program. (January 2016-May 2018).

Panel Member, Food Chains Film Screening and Discussion, Boise State University. (April 21, 2015)

Committee Member, Urban Studies Planning Committee, Boise State University. (Fall 2015-Spring 2016)

eCampus Quality Matters Reviewer. (October 15, 2015 – Present)

Panel Member, “Food Security”, 2014 African Culinary Conference, Boise State University. (November 14, 2014)

Event Co-Chair, Agrifood Food Forum. (October 2013 – March 2014) Event Co-Chair, Organizing Visiting Speaker. (October 2013 – March 2014)

Designed and coordinated a visit from Professor Steven Wolf (Cornell University).

Organizer, Rural and Development Seminar Series, Lexington, Kentucky. (August 2007 – May 2009)

To Profession:

Reviewer for: Rural Sociology; Canadian Food Systems; Agriculture and Human Values; Local Environment; Sociological Inquiry; Natural Resources Forum; Feminist Economics; Food, Culture and Society; Fulbright Fellowship Program; Seeds Grant Program, The Ohio State University.

Council Member, Representing Non-Land Grant Universities, Rural Sociological Society. (2022-present.)

Conference presider, Ag and Human Values Conference, University of Georgia, May 19, 2022.

Committee Member, Rural Sociological Society, Development Committee. (August 2018-2020)

Session Organizer, Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting 2018. Session Title: “The Promises and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research.” (October 2017 – July 2018).

Session Organizer, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2017. Session Title: “Bienestar: Transition and Wellbeing amongst Mexican-origin Farmworkers.” (January 2017 – December 2017).

ASA Database of Subject Matter Expert for the Media, American Sociological Association. (2013 -2017)

Committee Member, Rural Sociological Society, Publications Committee. (August 2012 – Present)

Conference Session Chair, Rural Sociological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana. (August 2, 2014)

Panel Chair, Food Networks: Gender and Foodways Conference, South Bend, Indiana. (January 2012) Chaired panel at the Food Networks: Gender and Foodways conference.                                           Responsibilities included organizing panel, introducing presenters, providing comments on submissions and leading discussion.

To Community:

 Task Force Member, Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force, Idaho. (October 2013 – present)

Ag Land Protection Roundtable, Intersection of Research and Practice. Sponsored by the American Farmland Trust. (Fall 2021)

Research Adviser, Community Council of Idaho. (2017-2020).

Consultant with University of Idaho Extension Agent Karie Boone on Food Security Assessment. Payette, Idaho. (Spring and Summer, 2019).

Program Organizer, Biennial Conference on Hunger and Food Security. (April 2018 – October 2018)

Panel Member, Fairhaven Graduates in Higher Education. (May 2018)

Panel Member, Idaho Climate Summit. Health, Well Being, and Climate Change Track, Safeguarding Idaho’s Economy in a Changing Climate (November 2017).

Panel Member, Turtle Island Farm Cooperative Launch, Boise, Idaho. (April 2017). Committee Co-Chair, Blueprint Planning Committee, Boise State University and the

University of Idaho. (November 2015-October 2017).

Program Organizer, Biennial Conference on Hunger and Food Security. (April 2016 – October, 2016)

Research Volunteer, Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada. (January 2014 – December 2015)

Panel Member, Sun Valley Institute Forum on Resilience, Ketchum, Idaho. (July 12, 2015 – July 13, 2015).

Program Organizer, Biennial Conference on Hunger and Food Security. (April 2014 – October 28, 2014)

Research Volunteer, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Columbus, Ohio. (September 2010 – June 2011).

Consulting in Service to:

  • Turtle Island Farm Cooperative, Hayden, (2017-2018)
  • Treasure Valley Food Coalition, Boise, (October 2016-2017)
  • Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Boise, (2015)
  • The Hunger Coalition of Blaine County, Hailey, (2015 – 2016)
  • Semilla Nueva, Boise, Idaho & (2014).

Awards and Honors

  • Human Environment Systems Sabbatical Fellow, 2019-2020
  • Golden Apple Teaching Award Nominee, 2018
  • Fellow, Aligning Stakeholders and Structures to Enable Research Transformation (ASSERT), Boise State University, 2016-2017
  • Awardee for Governor’s Proclamation on Hunger and Food Security for 2015. The Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force and the Office of the Governor,

October 2015

  • Don Thomas The Ohio State University, July 2012
  • USDA National Needs Fellowship, United States Department of Agriculture and the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2009-2013
  • Rural Sociological Society Master’s Thesis Rural Sociological Society, 2008

Professional Memberships

Pacific Sociological Society. (2014 – Present)

Agriculture, Food and Human Values Association. (2008 – Present) American Sociological Society. (2007 – Present)

Rural Sociological Society. (2007 – Present) American Anthropological Association. (2017-2019) European Society for Rural Sociology. (2011 – 2014)

Development Activities

Advancing Engagement Workshop Series Participant. (2020-2021). Ecosystem Services Frameworks for Human Environment Systems Research,

Human Environment Systems Initiative, Boise State University. (Fall 2019).

EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Idaho EPSCoR, (December 2 and 3, 2019). Farmworker Awareness Conference Attendee. (March 27th, 2019).

Workshop Participant, “Social Justice in Education”, Center for Teaching and Learning, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. (November 1, 2018).

Field Trip Participant, “Labor Issues in Organic Agriculture.” Organized by the Sustainable Agriculture Working Group of the Rural Sociological Society. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, July 2018.

Workshop Participant, “Social-Ecological Future of American West.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. (May 7-10, 2018).

Conference Participant, “National Women Studies Chair and Director Meeting.” Denver, Colorado. (March 7-8, 2018).

Workshop Participant, “Stephanie Coontz on Media Engagement: Print, Television, and Radio Interviews to Increase Public Knowledge.” School of Public Service, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. (March 7, 2018).

Workshop Participant, “Tribal Sovereignty Workshop.” Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. (February 2018).

Conference Attendee, “Idaho EPSCoR Annual Meeting,” Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. (October 2017)

Conference Attendee, “Idaho Diversity Network Mentoring Conference: Strategies for Student and Faculty Mentors” (February 8-9, 2017)

ASSERT: Aligning Stakeholders and Structures to Encourage Strategic Risk Taking (September 2016 – May 2017).

Center for Teaching and Learning, “Hot Moments and Difficult Discussions: Strategies for Productive Dialogue in the Classroom,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Boise, Idaho (September 23, 2016).

Conference Attendee, “Idaho EPSCoR Annual Meeting,” University of Idaho, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (October 19-21, 2016)

Workshop, “NSF Supercommunicator Workshop,” National Science Foundation, Boise, Idaho. (March 3, 2016 – March 4, 2016)

Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture Winter Warmer, Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Boise, Idaho. (December 7, 2015)

Conference Attendee, “Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture Symposium,” Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Caldwell, Idaho. (November 7, 2015)

Conference Attendee, “Idaho EPSCoR Annual Meeting,” University of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. (October 28, 2015 – October 30, 2015)

Conference Attendee, “Sun Valley Forum on Resilience,” Sun Valley Institute for Resilience, Sun Valley, Idaho. (July 12, 2015 – July 13, 2015)

Faculty Training, “Quality Matters Reviewer Workshop,” eCampus Quality Instruction Program, Boise, Idaho. (January 16, 2015)

Conference Attendee, “Sustainable Agriculture Symposium,” Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Nampa, Idaho. (November 18, 2014)

Center for Teaching and Learning, “Interdisciplinary Mentorship Program,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Boise, Idaho. (September 2013 – August 2014)

Interdisciplinary Mentoring Program, “Participant,” Center for Teaching and Learning, Boise, Idaho. (August 2013 – July 2014)

Faculty Training, “eCampus Teaching Online Seminar (eTos),” Extended Studies, Boise, Idaho. (June 9, 2014 – July 20, 2014)

Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture Networking Event, Idaho Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Boise, Idaho. (April 10, 2014)

Faculty Training, “Early Career Proposals: The Application Process,” Office of Sponsored Projects. (December 12, 2013)

Center for Teaching and Learning, “Flipping Your Classroom: What Will Students Do in Class?” (November 15, 2013)

Faculty Training, “Strategies to Win Grants,” Office of Sponsored Projects; College of Social Sciences and Public Administration. (October 24, 2013)