Paul Stock


Paul Stock
  • Associate Professor
  • Sociology and the Environmental Studies Program

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Department Phone:
Fraser Hall, room #721

Education

Sociology, Colorado State University, 2009, Fort Collins, CO
Sociology, Illinois State University, 2004, Normal, IL
Sociology and Anthropology, Truman State University, 2001, Kirksville, MO

Research

Paul is an environmental and rural sociologist with a primary interest in family farmers. Specifically, how do farmers respond to changes in the international economy? This work is also related to interests in environmental ethics, justice and agriculture, agricultural social movements, and the culture and symbolism of farming as it relates to policy.

Research interests:

  • environment
  • food
  • agriculture
  • collaboration
  • farmers
  • care
  • ethics
  • morality

Teaching

Teaching interests:

  • environment
  • food
  • agriculture
  • rural sociology

Selected Publications

Stock, P. (2024). Environmental violence and agriculture: incorporating Jacques Ellul's theory of technique and technological morality to the environmental violence framework. Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement. Cambridge University Press. [9781009417143].
Burton, R., Forney, J., Stock, P., Sutherland, L. (2021). The Good Farmer: Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture. Routledge/Earthscan.
Darby, D., Hossler, T., Stock, P. (2019). New Farmers 2014/2018. P & T Committee. [9780578433134].
Nelson, J., Stock, P. (2018). Repeasantisation in The United States. Sociologia Ruralis - Issue 1 | Volume 58. https://doi.org/10.1111/SORU.12132.

Awards & Honors

A 50 Best Book Cover in 2019 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition. American Institute for Graphic Artists. Received: 12-31-2019.
A 50 Best Book in 2019 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition. American Institute for Graphic Artists. Received: 12-31-2019.