Paul Stock

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

Contact Info

785-864-1468
Fraser Hall, Room 721
Lawrence

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.

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 —

<div class="fp-award fp-container"><div class="aca-award">A 50 Best Book Cover in 2019 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition. American Institute for Graphic Artists. Received: 12-31-2019.</div><div class="aca-award">A 50 Best Book in 2019 50 Books | 50 Covers Competition. American Institute for Graphic Artists. Received: 12-31-2019.</div></div>