Rural Sociology

2011 Rural Sociology Best Paper Award
Community Economic Identity: The Coal Industry and Ideology Construction in West Virginia
Shannon Elizabeth Bell and Richard York

Shannon Elizabeth Bell is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and is affiliated faculty in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department, Appalachian Studies Program, and newly-formed Environmental Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oregon in 2010. Bell’s research falls at the intersection of environmental sociology, social movements, and gender, with a particular interest in environmental justice issues and activist research. In addition to the honor of receiving this award from the Rural Sociological Society for her article with Richard York, this year she also received Honorable Mention for the Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Richard York is Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, Director of Graduate Studies of Sociology, and the Richard A. Bray Faculty Fellow at the University of Oregon. His research examines the anthropogenic forces driving environmental degradation and the philosophy, history, and sociology of science. He has twice (2004 and 2007) received the Outstanding Publication Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association and once (2011) Honorable Mention for the same award.

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