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Curriculum Vita MAX JOHN PFEFFER Max J. Pfeffer, Professor of Development Sociology, is Senior Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. His administrative responsibilities include faculty affairs, department and program reviews, sponsored research oversight, management of core research funds, and academic aspects of facilities and human resources. Pfeffer’s expertise and research in key policy areas, including land use and environmental planning, rural and agricultural labor markets, and rural-to-urban and international migration, have helped Cornell develop a reputation with policy makers for innovative solutions to pressing social issues. His academic work focuses on a variety of rural and urban communities in rural New York, Mexico, and Central America. He has been awarded competitive grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative and its Fund for Rural America, and the Social Science Research Council. Pfeffer has published a wide range of scholarly articles and has written/co-edited four books, including (with John Schelhas) Saving Forests, Protecting People? Environmental Conservation in Central America. Pfeffer has served on and led National Research Council committees of the Water Science and Technology Board, and has served as Chair of the New York Sea Grant Board of Governors. He has been Chair of the Development Sociology Department and the Associate Director of both the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cornell University Center for the Environment. EDUCATION 1986 Ph.D. Sociology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 1979 M.S. Rural Sociology University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 1976 B.A. Sociology University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado EMPLOYMENT 2010- Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University 2006-2010 Chair, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University

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Curriculum Vita MAX JOHN PFEFFER

Max J. Pfeffer, Professor of Development Sociology, is Senior

Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at

Cornell University. His administrat ive responsibilit ies include faculty

affairs, department and program reviews, sponsored research

oversight, management of core research funds, and academic aspects

of facilit ies and human resources.

Pfeffer’s expert ise and research in key policy areas, including land use

and environmental planning, rural and agricultural labor markets, and

rural-to-urban and international migrat ion, have helped Cornell develop

a reputat ion w ith policy makers for innovative solut ions to pressing

social issues. His academic w ork focuses on a variety of rural and

urban communit ies in rural New York, Mexico, and Central America.

He has been aw arded competit ive grants from the National Inst itutes of Health, the

National Science Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protect ion Agency, the U.S.

Department of Agriculture' s National Research Init iat ive and its Fund for Rural

America, and the Social Science Research Council. Pfeffer has published a w ide

range of scholarly art icles and has w rit ten/co-edited four books, including (w ith

John Schelhas) Saving Forests, Protect ing People? Environmental Conservation in

Central America.

Pfeffer has served on and led National Research Council committees of the Water

Science and Technology Board, and has served as Chair of the New York Sea Grant

Board of Governors. He has been Chair of the Development Sociology Department

and the Associate Director of both the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment

Stat ion and the Cornell University Center for the Environment.

EDUCATION 1986 Ph.D. Sociology

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

1979 M.S. Rural Sociology

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

1976 B.A. Sociology

University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

EMPLOYMENT 2010- Senior Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University

2006-2010 Chair, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University

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2006-2010 Co-Director, Community and Rural Development Inst itute, Cornell University

2003-2005 Associate Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion

2002- International Professor of Development Sociology, International Programs,

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

2002- Professor, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University

2002 Acting Director, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

2001-2002 Assistant Director for Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell

Cooperative Extension

2001 Associate Director, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

2000-2001 Associate Professor, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

1996-2001 Associate Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

1993-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

1988-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University

1987-1988 Research Associate/Lecturer, Department of Rural Sociology, University of

Wisconsin-Madison

1978-1986 Research Assistant, Department of Rural Sociology, University of

Wisconsin-Madison

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES National Research Committees

2010-2011 Panel on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California

Bay-Delta: Review of the Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Water Science

and Technology Board, National Research Council.

2009-2011 Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the

California Bay-Delta, Water Science and Technology Board/Board on

Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council.

2009 Social Sciences and Humanit ies Research Council of Canada (Adjudicat ion

Committee ---Special Call in Canadian Environmental Issues)

2002-2003 Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis

and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning: Panel on Methods

and Techniques of Project Analysis. Water Science and Technology Board,

National Research Council

2001 National Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Division of

Environmental Biology and Division of Behavioral and Cognit ive Sciences

(Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems)

2001 National Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Directorate for Social,

Behavioral, and, Economic Sciences in the Division of Social and Economic

Sciences (Decision Making and Valuation for Environmental Policy)

1997-1999 Vice-Chairman, Commit tee to Review the New York City Watershed

Management Strategy, Water Science and Technology Board, National

Research Council

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1996-1998 Committee on Watershed Management, Water Science and Technology

Board, National Research Council

1993 National Review Panel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State

Research Service, National Research Init iat ive Competit ive Grants Program

(Rural Development)

1993-1994 Chair, U.S. Department of Agriculture Regional Project S-229 (elected).

1992-1994 Chair, Proposal Development Committee, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Regional Project DC 93-05.

1992-1993 Vice Chair, U.S. Department of Agriculture Regional Project S-229 (elected).

1991-1992 Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Regional Project S-229 (elected).

1991 Racial Stereotypes in the Workplace Working Group, Russell Sage

Foundation, New York, NY.

1991 National Review Panel for the Small Business Innovation Research Program,

Cooperative State Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Advisory Boards

2014- Chair, Board of Governors, New York Sea Grant

2012- Board of Governors, New York State Sea Grant

2010-2014 External Advisory Committee, Inst itute for a Sustainable Environment,

Clarkson University

2009- New York State Rural Education Advisory Council, New York Department of

Education

2008- Immigrat ion Research Init iat ive Expert Advisory Panel, Fiscal Policy Inst itute

2008-2010 New York State Associat ion of Counties, Dennis A. Pellet ier County

Government Inst itute, Board of Directors

2006-2010 New York Off ice of the State Comptroller, Local Government Research

Advisory Committee

2007 New York Farm Labor Issues Working Group, Governor' s Off ice of

Intergovernmental Affairs

2002-2004 Chair, Board of Governors, New York State Sea Grant

1992-1996 Technical Advisory Committee, Northeast Regional Center for Rural

Development (elected).

University Committees

2013-2016 Language Education Council

2013-2016 Internationalizat ion Council

2012 Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrit ion Program Search Committee, Chair

2011 Kuali-Coeus Steering Committee

2010 Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus

Shale

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2009-2012 Social Science Internal Advisory Council

2009-2012 Professor-at-Large Select ion Committee

2009 Off ice of Sponsored Programs Director Search Committee

2009 Social Sciences Planning Task Force

2008- International Studies Advisory Committee, Vice Provost for International

Relat ions, Cornell University

2004-2005 Chair, Transit ion Committee, Cornell Migrant Program, College of Human

Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Cornell Cooperative

Extension

2002-2003 Research Steering Committee, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

2001 Provost’s Task Force on Environmental Sustainability, Cornell University

2001 Genomics Task Force, Cornell University

2000-2001 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Genomics Committee, Cornell University

2000-2002 Committee on Financial Policies, (Chair, 2001), Cornell University

1999 Iscol Dist inguished Environmental Lectures Committee, Center for the

Environment, Cornell University

1996-1997 Search Committee, Cornell University Center for the Environment Director

College Committees

2008-2010 CALS Strategic Advisory Committee (formerly Budget Advisory Committee)

2010 Environmental Sciences Planning Committee

2008 Warren Hall Architect/Engineer Select ion Committee

2006 Co-Chair, Land Grant Mission for 21 st Century Task Force, College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences

2006- Steering Committee, Cornell Farmworker Program, College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences.

2006- Steering Committee, Cornell Community and Rural Development Inst itute.

2006- Awards Nomination Committee, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

2006- Community and Economic Vitality Program Council, College of Agriculture

and Life Sciences

2004 New York City Advisory Committee, Cornell Cooperative Extension

2004 Chair, Subcommittee on Applied Research and Extension, College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences, Faculty Financial Advisory Committee

2002-2003 Chair, Research Applicat ion and Extension Task Force, College of Agriculture

and Life Sciences, Cornell University

1997-2002 Faculty Senator-At-Large, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University (elected)

2001-2002 CALS Vision Task Force, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University

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2000-2002 Environmental Task Force, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University

1999-2000 Chair, Faculty Senate, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell

University (elected)

1999-2000 Search Committee, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean, Cornell

University.

1998-2000 Executive Committee, Faculty Senate, College of Agriculture and Life

Sciences, Cornell University (elected)

1997 Environmental Outreach Council, Cornell University Center for the

Environment

1996-1998 Executive Committee, NSF Research Training Group, Ecological and Social

Science Challenges of Conservation, Cornell University.

1996-2001 Advisory Committee, New York State Water Resources Inst itute, Cornell

University Center for the Environment

1995-1998 Executive Committee, Cornell International Inst itute for Food, Agriculture and

Development-Central America

1993-1998 Undergraduate Honors Commit tee, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,

Cornell University

1995-1997 Co-Chair, Watershed Science and Management Init iat ive, Cornell Center for

the Environment

1993-1996 Development Sociology Field Admissions Committee, Cornell University

(elected).

1994 Co-Chair, Whole Watershed Init iat ive, New York State Water Resources

Inst itute, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

1993-1994 Co-Chair, Whole Community Planning Advisory Panel, New York State Water

Resources Inst itute, Center for the Environment, Cornell University

1992-1993 Cook College Planning Committee, Rutgers University (elected)

1990-1992 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stat ion Sustainable Agriculture Working

Group on Extension Research Programs

1989-1990 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stat ion Sustainable Agriculture

Committee

Editorial

2005-2008 Associate Editor, Rural Sociology

2004-2006 Editorial Advisory Board, Research in Rural Sociology and Development

1999-2002 Book Review Editor, Rural Sociology

1993-1999 Associate Editor, Rural Sociology

Professional Associations

2006 Nominations Committee, Rural Sociological Society

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2002-2003 Program Committee, Education and Outreach Chair, American Water

Resources Associat ion, 2003 International Congress: Watershed

Management for Water Supply Systems

2000-2001 Publicat ions Committee, Chair, Rural Sociological Society

1998-2000 Nominations Committee, Environment and Society Section, American

Sociological Associat ion

1998 Nominations Committee, Rural Sociological Society (elected)

1995-1997 Publicat ions Committee, Rural Sociological Society

1995 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Rural Sociological Society

1994 Awards Committee, Rural Sociological Society

1990-1993 Development Committee, Rural Sociological Society

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS 1991 Competit ive Fellowship Faculty Leave, Rutgers University

1988-1990 Henry Rutgers Research Fellow

1985 J.H. Kolb Memorial Aw ard, Department of Rural Sociology, University of

Wisconsin-Madison for outstanding graduate student

1983 German Academic Exchange Service " Direktst ipendium" to conduct

dissertat ion research in the Federal Republic of Germany

COMMUNITY SERVICE 2010-2014 Board of Trustees, WSKG Public Broadcasting

1997-2008 Tompkins County Trust Company' s Robert B. Smith Award Committee

CONSULTING 1996 Technology Management, Incorporated. " Evaluation of the Rural and Community

Development Impacts of Fuel Cells." (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Small

Business Innovation Research Program Grant #96-0027).

PUBLICATIONS

2013 Amy Freitag and Max J. Pfeffer ‘‘Process, Not Product: Investigat ing

Recommendations for Improving Cit izen Science ‘Success’ ’’ . PLoS ONE 8(5):

e64079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064079

2012 Philomena de Lima, Pilar A. Parra, and Max J. Pfeffer ‘‘Conceptualizing

Contemporary Immigrant Integrat ion in the Rural United States and United

Kingdom,’’ Pp. 79-99, in Mark Shucksmith, David L. Brown, Sally Shortall, Jo

Vergunst and Mildred E. Warner (eds.), Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in

the US and UK.

2011 John W. Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘When Global Conservation Meets Local

Livelihoods: People and Parks in Central America. ’’ Revista Geográfica de América

Central 45:77-101.

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2011 ‘‘Communit ies of Interest and the Negotiat ion of Watershed Management.’’ Pp.

109-120 in Lois W. Morton and Susan Brow n (eds.), The Cit izen Effect: Pathways

to Better Water Quality. The Penn State University Press. With Linda Wagenet.

2009 John W. Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘When Global Environmentalism Meets

Local Livelihoods: People and Parks in Central America.’’ Conservation Letters 2

(2009):278-285.

2009 John W. Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. Saving Forests, Protect ing People?

Environmental Conservation in Central America. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

(First edit ion, hardcover, 2008).

2009 ‘‘Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Human Capital: Lat ino Immigrant Employment Outside

the Enclave.’’ Rural Sociology 74(2):241-269. With Pilar A. Parra.

2009 Marygold Walsh-Dilley, Emme Edmunds and Max J. Pfeffer (eds.), Civic Alternatives

in Rural Development, Special Issue of Agriculture and Human Values 26(1-2).

2009 Review of Development w ith Identity: Community, Culture, and Sustainability in the

Andes, edited by Robert E. Rhoades. Society and Natural Resources 21:956-960.

2008 ‘‘The Underpinnings of Immigrat ion and the Limits of Immigrat ion Policy. ’’ Cornell

International Law Journal 41(1):83-100.

2007 Jules Pretty, Andrew Ball, Ted Benton, Julia Guivant, David Lee, David Orr, Max J.

Pfeffer and Hugh Ward (eds.) Sage Handbook of Environment and Society. London:

Sage Publicat ions.

2007 Jules Pretty, Andrew Ball, Ted Benton, Julia Guivant, David Lee, David Orr, Max J.

Pfeffer and Hugh Ward. ‘‘ Introduction to Environment and Society. ’’ Pp. 1-32 in

Jules Pretty, Andrew Ball, Ted Benton, Julia Guivant, David Lee, David Orr, Max

Pfeffer and Hugh Ward (eds.) Sage Handbook on Environment and Society.

London: Sage Publicat ions.

2007 ‘‘Volunteer Environmental Monitoring, Know ledge Creation and Cit izen-Scientist

Interact ion.’’ Pp. 235-249 in Jules Pretty, Andrew Ball, Ted Benton, Julia Guivant,

David Lee, David Orr, Max J. Pfeffer and Hugh Ward (eds.) Sage Handbook on

Environment and Society. London: Sage Publicat ions. With Linda Wagenet.

2007 Linda Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Organizing Cit izen Engagement for Democratic

Environmental Planning. ’’ Society and Natural Resources 20(9)801-813.

2007 Erika Styger, Harivelo M.Rakotondramasy, Max J. Pfeffer, Erick C.M. Fernandes,

David M. Bates. ‘‘ Inf luence of Slash-and-Burn Farming Practices on Fallow

Succession and Land Degradation in the Rainforest Region of Madagascar. ’’

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 119:257-269.

2007 Review of Handbook of Rural Studies, edited by Paul Cloke, Terry Marsden and

Patrick H. Mooney. Contemporary Sociology 36(5):464-466.

2007 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘The Social Context of Volunteer

Environmental Monitoring. ’’ Impact 9(5):6-8.

2006 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. " New Immigrants in Rural Communit ies: The

Challenges of Integrat ion." Social Text 88 24(3):81-98.

2006 ‘‘Environmental Globalizat ion, Organizational Form, and Expected Benef its from

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Protected Areas in Central America. ’’ Rural Sociology 71(3):429-450. With John

Schelhas and Catherine Meola.

2006 ‘‘Fifty Years of Farmland Change: Urbanization, Populat ion Grow th and the

Changing Farm Economy. ’’ Pp. 103-130 in David L. Brown and William Kandel,

Populat ion Change and Rural Society in the 21 st Century. Dordrecht: Kluwer

Academic Publishers. With Joe D. Francis and Zev Ross.

2006 Review of Tropical Forests: Regional Paths of Destruct ion and Regeneration in the

Late Twentieth Century by Thomas K. Rudel. Contemporary Sociology 35(5):502-

504.

2005 John Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Forest Values of National Park Neighbors in

Costa Rica.’’ Human Organization 64(4):385-397.

2005 ‘‘Populat ion, Conservation, and Land Use Change in Honduras. ’’ Agriculture,

Ecosystems and Environment 110(1-2):14-28. With John Schelhas, Stephen

DeGloria and Jorge Gomez.

2005 ‘‘Reconciling Different Land Use Value Spheres: An Example at the Rural/Urban

Interface.’’ Pp. 186-201 in Stephan Goetz, James Short le and James Bergstrom

(eds.), Land Use Problems and Conflicts: Causes, Consequences and Solut ions.

London: Routledge. With Linda P, Wagenet, John Sydenstricker-Neto, and Catherine

Meola.

2005 Review of The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers’ Lives, Labor, and Advocacy ,

edited by Charles D. Thompson, Jr., and Melinda F. Wiggins. Society and Natural

Resources 18:(9):849-851.

2004 Niamah O’Leary, Tom Vawter, Max J. Pfeffer and Linda P. Wagenet. " Assessing

Water Quality Using Tw o Taxonomic Levels of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Analysis:

Implicat ions for Volunteer Monitors. ’’ Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19(1):584-

586.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Language Skills Open Opportunit ies. ’’ Northeast

Dairy Business 6(12): 54.

2003 Platt , Rutherford H., Paul K. Barten, and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘New York Protege Ses

Sources Rurales Pour Fournir de Leau Potables Ses Habitants.’’ [New York City

Protects Rural Sources of Potable Water for its Residents] . LaRevueDurable 7:38-41

[The Sustainability Journal], Fribourg, Sw itzerland.

2003 Tania Schusler, Daniel Decker and Max J. Pfeffer. " Social Learning for Collaborative

Natural Resource Management." Society and Natural Resources 15:309-326.

2003 ‘‘The Watershed as Community.’’ Pp. 1473-1475 in Christensen, Karen and David

Levinson (eds). Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World.

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2003 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Stakeholder Part icipation in Watershed

Management I & II.’’ Impact 5(6):8-14.

2003 Review of Latino Workers in the Contemporary South, edited by Arthur D. Murphy,

Colleen Blanchard and Jennifer A. Hill. Lat ino Studies 1:471-472.

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2003 ‘‘The Polit ics and Economics of Watershed Management. ’’ In EMAP Symposium

2002 Proceedings. United States Environmental Protect ion Agency, National Health

and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvalis, Oregon.

2003 Max J. Pfeffer, Dan van Abs and Kenneth N. Brooks (eds.) Watershed Management

for Water Supply Systems: Proceedings of the American Water Resources

Associat ion International Congress. Middleburg, VA: American Water Resources

Associat ion.

2003 ‘‘Social Capital, Organization and Community: New York City and Upstate

Watershed Communit ies.’’ In Ken Brooks, Max J. Pfeffer and Dan van Abs (eds.)

Watershed Management for Water Supply Systems: Proceedings of the American

Water Resources Associat ion International Congress. New York City, June 29-July

2. With Linda Wagenet.

2002 ‘‘ Immigrant Environmental Behaviors in New York City. ’’ Social Science Quarterly

83(1):65-81. With J. Mayone Stycos.

2002 Review of Hungry for Prof it : The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the

Environment edited by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Buttel.

Society and Natural Resources 15:290-291.

2001 ‘‘Forest Conservation, Value Conflict, and Interest Formation in a Honduran National

Park.’’ Rural Sociology 66(3):382-402. With John Schelhas and Leyla Day.

2001 Nick van de Giesen, Luis Mata, Pertra Doel, Arjen Hoekstra, Max J. Pfeffer, Jorge

Ramirez. ‘‘Modeling Water Availability: Scaling Issues. ’’ Pp. 245-253 in Eckhart

Ehlers and Thomas Kraf t (eds.), Understanding the Earth System: Compartments,

Processes and Interact ions. Berlin: Springer.

2001 " Forging New Connections Between Agriculture and the City." In Otto Solbrig,

Robert Paarlberg and Francesco DiCastri (eds.), Pp. 419-446 in Globalizat ion and

the Rural Environment . Cambridge: Harvard University Press. With J. Mayone

Stycos, Leland Glenna and Joyce Altobelli.

2000 Martha Perales and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Desarrollo Sostenible: Un Desarrollo

Alternativo?’’ Red Gestión de Recursos Naturales 2(21):7-15.

2000 Laura J. Ehlers, Max J. Pfeffer, and Charles R. O’Melia. ‘‘Making Watershed

Management Work in New York City. ’’ Environmental Science and Technology.

34(21):464-471.

2000 Rutherford H. Platt , Paul K. Barten and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘A Full, Clean Glass?

Managing New York City’s Watersheds.’’ Environment 42(5):8-20.

2000 ‘‘Class, Ethnicity and Marginal Employment: African-American and Cambodian Day-

Haul Farm Workers in Philadelphia.’’ Research in the Sociology of Work 9:73-93.

1999 Linda P. Wagenet, Max J. Pfeffer, Dean Sutphin and J. Mayone Stycos. ‘‘Adult

Education and Watershed Know ledge in Upstate New York. ’’ Journal of the

American Water Resources Associat ion 35(3):609-622.

1999 ‘‘Planning for Environmental Responsibility and Equity: A Crit ical Appraisal of

Rural/Urban Relat ions in the New York City Watershed. ’’ Pp. 179-205 in Mark B.

Lapping and Owen Furuseth, Contested Countryside: The Rural Urban Fringe of

North America. Brookfield: Ashgate. With Linda Wagenet.

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1999 J. Mayone Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer. " Environmental Know ledge and Att itudes in

the New York City Watershed." Pp. 185-200 in Thomas A. Hirschl and Tim B.

Heaton (eds.) New York in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

1998 J. Mayone Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer. " Does Demographic Know ledge Matter?

Results of a Poll in the New York City Watershed." Populat ion Policy Review .

17(4):389-402

1998 Review of Changing Rural Social Systems: Adaptat ion and Survival edited by Nan E.

Johnson and Ching-li Wang. Contemporary Sociology 27(3):285-286.

1998 Review of Halt ing Degradation of Natural Resources: Is There a Role for Rural

Communit ies? by Jean-Marie Baland and Jean Phillippe Platteau. Society and

Natural Resources 11(7):701-703.

1997 " Welfare versus Work in the Ethnic Transformation of a Philadelphia Labor Market."

Social Science Quarterly 78(2):452-470.

1997 Mark B. Lapping and Max J. Pfeffer. " City and Country: Metropolitan Agriculture --

Forging New Connections." Pp. 91-104 in William Lockeretz (ed.), Visions of

American Agriculture. Ames: Iowa State University Press.

1997 Wagenet, Linda P., Max J. Pfeffer, H. Dean Sutphen, and J. Mayone Stycos.

‘‘Educating the Public about On-Site Wastewater Treatment System Maintenance

and Watershed Protect ion. ’’ Water Courses 4(3):3-4.

1997 Wagenet, Linda P., Max J. Pfeffer, H. Dean Sutphin, and J. Mayone Stycos.

" Impact of an Environmental Education Program on Adults: A Study of Know ledge

and Att itudes in the New York City Watersheds." Pp. 515-524 in John J. Warw ick,

ed., Water Resources Education, Training, and Practice: Opportunit ies for the Next

Century: Proceedings of the American Water Resources Associat ion Symposium.

Keystone, CO, June 29-July 3.

1996 " Agriculture Resurges in Metropolitan America." Resource: Engineering and

Technology for a Sustainable World 3(4):8-11. With Mark Lapping.

1996 Wagenet, Linda P., Max J. Pfeffer, and Joe Mayone Stycos. " Educating the Public

About the Relat ionships Between Septic System Maintenance and Watershed

Protect ion." Pp. 251-260 in Jeffrey J. McDonnell, James B. Sribling, L. Robert

Neville, and Donald J. Leopold, eds., John J. Warw ick, ed. Watershed Restorat ion

Management: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Considerat ions. Herndon, Virginia:

American Water Works Associat ion.

1995 David Grif f ith, Ed Kissam, Jeronimo Camposeco, Anna Garcia, Max J. Pfeffer,

Manuel Valdes Pizzini, and David Runsten. Working Poor: The Formation and

Transformation of Agricultural Labor in the Rural Americas. Philadelphia: Temple

University Press.

1995 David Grif f ith and Max J. Pfeffer, " Ethnic Change in the New Jersey Nursery

Industry." Pp. 173-189 in David Grif f ith, Ed Kissam, Jeronimo Camposeco, Anna

Garcia, Max J. Pfeffer, Manuel Valdes Pizzini and David Runsten. Working Poor:

The Formation and Transformation of Agricultural Labor in the Rural Americas.

Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

1995 " Prospects for Sustainable Agriculture in the Northeast ' s Rural/Urban Fringe."

Research in Rural Sociology and Development 6:67-93. With Mark Lapping.

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1995 " Public and Farmer Support for Purchase of Development Rights in the Metropolitan

Northeast." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 50(1):30-33. With Mark

Lapping.

1995 Review of Farm Labor Organizing: Trends and Prospects by Marilyn Edid. Rural

Sociology 60(3):558-559.

1995 Review of The Dispossessed: The Underclass from the Civil War to the Present , by

Jacqueline Jones. Rural Sociology 59(3):547-548.

1995 Review of Immigrant and Native Families: The Impact of Immigrat ion on the

Demographic Transformation of Western Massachusetts, 1850-1890, by Hilda H.

Golden. International Migrat ion Review 29(3):837-838.

1995 Review of Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict by Allan Schnaiberg and

Kenneth Alan Gould. Society and Natural Resources 8(1):83-84.

1994 " Farmland Preservation, Development Rights and the Theory of the Grow th

Machine: The Views of Planners." Journal of Rural Studies 10(3):233-248. With

Mark Lapping.

1994 " Low-Wage Employment and Ghetto Poverty: A Comparison of African American

and Cambodian Day Haul Farmworkers in Philadelphia." Social Problems 41(1):401-

421.

1994 " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed

Comparing Residents' Know ledge and Att itudes." Water Courses 1(2), December:

2-4. With J.Mayone Stycos.

1994 " Community Planning and the Formation of Public Opinion: A Natural Experiment in

the New York City Watershed." Pg. 85-107 in Susan Blumenthal (ed.),

Communit ies and Watershed Planning: Shaping a Research Agenda, Ithaca: Cornell

University.

1994 Review of Living Condit ions, Disasters and Development: An Approach to Cross

Cultural Comparisons by Frederick Bates and Walter Peacock. Human Ecology

22(2):235-238.

1993 " Black Migrat ion and the Legacy of Plantat ion Agriculture," Pp. 191 -214 in Joachim

Singlemann and Forest A. Deseran (eds.), Inequalit ies in Labor Market Areas.

Boulder: Westview Press.

1993 " A Comment on Calvin L. Beale' s ' Salient Features of the Demography of American

Agriculture." Pp. 140-144 in David L. Brown, Donald R. Field, and James J.

Zuiches, The Demography of Rural Life. University Park Pennsylvania: Northeast

Regional Center for Rural Development.

1992 " Sustainable Agriculture in Historical Perspective." Agriculture and Human Values

9(4):4-12.

1992 " Labor and Production Barriers to the Reduction of Agricultural Chemical Inputs."

Rural Sociology 57(3):347-362.

1992 " Class Based Social Mobility on the Rural/Urban Fringe: Cambodian Farmworkers in

Philadelphia." Pp. 95-117 in Terry Marsden (ed.). Labour and Locality: Uneven

Development of the Rural Labour Process. London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd.

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1992 Doris P. Slesinger and Max J. Pfeffer, " Migrant Farm Workers." Pp. 135-154 in

Cynthia M. Duncan (ed.). Rural Poverty in America. New York: Auburn House.

1991 " Gender and Off -Farm Employment in Two Regional Farming Systems: Responses

to Farm Crisis in the Cornbelt and the Mississippi Delta." The Sociological Quarterly

34(4):593-610. With Jess Gilbert.

1991 Review of Class and Community in Frontier Colorado by Richard Hogan. American

Journal of Sociology 97(1):228-229.

1991 Review of Agriculture and the State: Market Processes and Bureaucracy by E.E.

Pasour, Jr. Rural Sociology 56(1):150-152.

1991 Review of Poverty Amidst Plenty: World Polit ical Economy and Distribut ive Justice

by Edward Weisband (ed.) Rural Sociology 56(1):155-156.

1989 " Part-Time Farming and the Stability of Family Farms in the Federal Republic of

Germany." European Review of Agricultural Economics 16(4):425-444.

1989 " The Feminization of Production on Part -Time Farms in the Federal Republic of

Germany." Rural Sociology 54(1):60-73.

1989 " Values and Policy Conflict in West German Agriculture." Agriculture and Human

Values 6(1):59-69

1989 " Federal Farm Programs and Structural Change in the 1980s: A Comparison of the

Cornbelt and the Mississippi Delta." Rural Sociology 54(4):551-567. With Jess

Gilbert.

1989 " Structural Dimensions of Farm Crisis in the Federal Republic of Germany." Pp.

183-204 in David Goodman and Michael Redclif t (eds.). The International Farm

Crisis. London: MacMillan.

1989 " Industrial Structure and Change." Pp. 263-302 in Glenn V. Fuguitt , David L.

Brow n, and Calvin L. Beale. Rural and Small Town America. Beverly Hills: Sage

Publicat ions. With Robert M. Jenkins and David L. Brow n.

1989 Review of Farmw ork and Fieldwork by Michael Chibnik (ed.) Human Ecology

17(1):121-124.

1986 A.E. Havens, Gregory Hooks, Patrick H. Mooney and Max J. Pfeffer (eds.). Studies

in the Transformation of U.S. Agriculture. Boulder: Westview Press.

1986 " Immigrat ion Policy and Class Relat ions in California Agriculture." Pp. 252 -286 in

A.E. Havens, Gregory Hooks, Patrick H. Mooney and Max J. Pfeffer (eds.). Studies

in the Transformation of U.S. Agriculture. Boulder: Westview Press.

1986 Review of Semiperipheral Development by Giovanni Arrighi (ed.)." Rural Sociology

51(3):365-367.

1986 " Farm Policy and Structure in the European Economic Community." As You Sow ,

Social Issues in Agriculture. (Madison, WI: Department of Rural Sociology) 1 (7

July).

1984 " La Transformacion del Capital Agricola Estadounidense y las Relaciones Laborales."

Problemas del Desarrollo 15(59):31-76. With Edward Nelson, A. Eugene Havens,

and J. David Stanfield.

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1984 Review of Bit ter Harvest: A History of California Farmw orkers 1870-1941 by

Cletus Daniel and Farmworkers, Agribusiness and the State by Linda C. Majka and

Theo J. Majka. Rural Sociology 49(1):154-157.

1983 " Social Origins of Three Systems of Farm Production in the United States." Rural

Sociology 48(4):540-562.

1983 " Industrial Farming." Democracy 3(2):37-49.

1983 Mooney, Patrick H. and Max J. Pfeffer. " Do Unto Farmers . . ." The Rural

Sociologist 3(2):37-49.

1982 " The Labor Process and Capitalist Development of Agriculture." The Rural

Sociologist 2(2):72-80.

1981 " Changing Characterist ics of Farm Workers and the Labor Process: Harvest

Mechanization in California." Development and Change 12(2):215-236.

1980 " The Labor Process and Corporate Agriculture: Mexican Workers in California." The

Insurgent Sociologist 10(2):25-44.

1980 Review of Race and State in Capitalist Development by Stanley S. Greenberg."

Rural Sociology 46(3):532-534.

Translation 1987 From German to English: " The Family Farm in the Federal Republic of Germany," by

Ulrich Planck. Pp. 155-192 in Boguslaw Galeski and Eugene Wilkening (eds.),

Family Farming in Europe and America. Boulder: Westview Press.

National Research Council Reports 2012 Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta.

Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. With Water Science and Technology

Board and Ocean Studies Board Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental

Management in the California Bay-Delta.

2011 A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay

Delta Conservation Plan. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. With Water

Science and Technology Board and Ocean Studies Board Committee on Sustainable

Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta.

2010 A Scientif ic Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on

Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s Bay-Delta. Washington, D.C.:

National Academy Press. With Water Science and Technology Board and Ocean

Studies Board Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in

the California Bay-Delta.

2004 Analyt ical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning.

Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. With Water Science and Technology

Board Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis

and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning: Panel on Methods and

Techniques of Project Analysis.

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2000 Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing New York City’s

Approach. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. With Water Science and

Technology Board Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Agreement.

1999 New Strategies for America’s Watersheds. Washington, D.C.: National Academy

Press. With Water Science and Technology Board Committee on Watershed

Management.

1995 Criteria for Watershed Sustainability: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington,

D.C.: National Research Council. With Water Science and Technology Board

Workshop on Sustainable Watershed Development .

INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2010 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Impacts of U.S. Immigrat ion Policies: A Look at

Local Communit ies’ Responses.’’ Policy Brief ings, U.S. House of Representat ives

and U.S. Senate, Washington D.C., September 24.

2010 ‘‘Part isan Alignment on Immigrat ion. ’’ Cornell Populat ion Program, Cornell

University, April 9.

2009 ‘‘ Immigrat ion and Community Development. ’’ Policy Forum. The Changing Face of

New York: How Will Our Changing Demographics Affect Counties? New York State

Associat ion of Counties, Fall Seminar, Saratoga Springs, September 17.

2009 ‘‘Rural Schools: An Integral Part of Community Development. ’’ Leading During

Times of Scarcity: A Conference for Leaders of School Districts, New York State

Center for Rural Schools, the Rural Education Advisory Board, and the Rural Schools

Associat ion, Liverpool, NY, March 26.

2008 ‘‘An Overview of the Immigrant Experience in New York State. ’’ Keynote Speaker.

The Immigrant Child: Past, Present, and Future. Family Life and Development

Center, Cornell University, October 4.

2008 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Community Response to Immigrants in New

Destinations.’’ Conference on Immigrat ion Reform: Implicat ions for Farmers, Farm

Workers, and Communit ies, Washington, D.C., May.

2008 ‘‘Book Talk: Saving Forests, Protect ing People? Environmental Conservation in

Central America.’’ Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, April.

2008 ‘‘ Immigrants in Upstate New York. ’’ Panel presentat ion at Immigrat ion and the

Changing Face of New York State’s Populat ion: Implicat ions for County

Government --- A Policy Forum, New York State Associat ion of Counties, 2008

Legislat ive Conference, Albany New York.

2007 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Polít icas de Inmigracíon y Acceso a la Salud en

Los Estados Unidos.’’ Congreso Latinamericano y Caribeño de Ciencias Sociales,

FLACSO, Quito Ecuador, October 30.

2007 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Community Relat ions and Immigrant

Integrat ion.’’ Immigrat ion Reform: Implicat ions for Farmers, Farm Workers, and

Communit ies Conference, Washington, D.C., June.

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2007 ‘‘The Needs and Aspirat ions of New Yorkers: Regional Views of the State’s Future. ’’

Applied Research and Extension Program Council Conference, Cornell University,

Ithaca, NY, May 9.

2007 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra, ‘‘New Yorkers’ Opinions About the Impacts of

Immigrat ion Reform. ’’ New York State Assembly/Senate Puerto Rican/Hispanic

Task Force' s annual conference, Somos El Futuro, panel on " The Impacts of

Immigrat ion Enforcement Policies on the Latino Immigrant Populat ion in New York

State,’’ Albany, NY, April 28.

2007 ‘‘The Underpinnings of Immigrat ion and the Limits of Immigrat ion Policy.’’ Keynote

Speaker. Cornell International Law Journal Symposium, Immigrat ion Policy: Who

Belongs? Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, February 23.

2006 " Polit ical, Economic and Social Dimensions of Community Formation in a Watershed

Context." Keynote Speaker. Global Research on Water-Based Economies

Symposium on Populat ion and Environment: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Kansas

State University, November 10.

2006 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Immigrants and the Community. ’’ Forum on

Hispanic Immigrants in Rural New York Communit ies, New York State Assembly,

Albany, New York, June 13.

2006 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Community Integrat ion of Farmw orkers and

Former Farmworkers in New York. ’’ Immigrat ion and Agriculture Conference,

Washington, D.C., June 15.

2006 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Farmworker Retention and Community

Integrat ion.’’ Presented at the 2006 Empire State Fruit and Vegetable Expo and

Becker Forum, Syracuse, February 14.

2005 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘The Latino Effect: The Changing Face of Rural

America.’’ Presented at the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference,

Philadelphia, July 17.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and John Sydenstricker-Neto. ‘‘Populat ion Re-Distribut ion, Land

Use Change and Health Outcomes in Brazilian Amazonia. ’’ Center for Social and

Demographic Analysis and Lew is Mumford Center Colloquium, Department of

Sociology, University at Albany, April 15.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Immigrants in Rural Communit ies: Asset or

Burden? New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, March

18.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer, Joe D. Francis and Zev Ross. ‘‘Fifty Years of Farmland Change:

Ubanization, Populat ion Grow th and the Changing Farm Economy.’’ Conference on

Populat ion Change and Rural Society, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. January 29.

2002 ‘‘Trends in Agriculture and Immigrat ion. ’’ Board of Directors Meeting, Rural

Opportunit ies, Inc. Rochester, NY, October 7.

2002 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘The Limits of Social Capital for Immigrant

Integrat ion in Rural Communit ies. ’’ Social Capital and Civic Involvement: A

Workshop, Cornell University and the University of Turin, Ithaca, September 13.

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2002 ‘‘Rural Communit ies and the New Urban Immigrants. ’’ 30 th Anniversary Conference

of the Cornell Migrant Program. Ithaca, May 22.

2002 ‘‘Historical Impacts: The Polit ics and Economics of Watershed Management. ’’

Keynote Address, Socio-Economic Impacts Session of the Environmental Monitoring

Assessment Symposium 2000: The Condit ion of Our Nation’s Streams and Rivers

from the Mountains to the Coasts. Kansas City, May 9.

2002 ‘‘The Changing Face of Agriculture and Farm Worker Integrat ion in Peri-Urban

Communit ies.’’ Board of Directors Meeting, Rural Opportunit ies, Inc. Rochester,

NY, March 15.

2002 ‘‘Value Conflict and Land Use Planning: An Example at the Rural/Urban Interface. ’’

NERCRD Research Workshop on Land Use Problems and Conflicts. ’’ Orlando, FL,

February 21.

2001 ‘‘Value Conflicts and Interest Formation in Environmental Management w ith

Illustrat ions from Central America and New York State. ’’ Clarkson University,

Potsdam, NY, November 9.

2001 ‘‘The History of the New York City Water Supply: Relat ions between the City and

Rural Communit ies. Gotham History Festival. New York City, October 6.

2001 ‘‘Aportaciones de las Ciencias Sociales al Manejo de Recursos en Cuencas

Hidrologicas.’’ CENAPROS/CIDE, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, March 1.

2001 ‘‘Manejo de Cuencas Y Agricultura Sostenible, Perspectiva Desde las Ciencias

Sociales,’’ La Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Mexico, March 7.

2000 ‘‘New York City in the Catskills: An Historical Overview . ’’ EPA Mid-Atlantic Region

Watershed Roundtable. Claryville, NY, October 25-27.

2000 ‘‘Linking Urban and Rural Populat ions Through Watershed Management: The Case

of New York City. ’’ Comparative Perspectives on Populat ion and Rural

Sustainability. University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, August.

2000 ‘‘Rural/Urban Relat ions in the New York City Watershed.’’ Human Ecology

Department, Rutgers University, April.

2000 ‘‘City and Country: Forging New Connections Through Agriculture.’’ The Impact of

Globalizat ion and the Information Society on the Rural Environment. Harvard

University, January.

1999 ‘‘Scale Issues in Watershed Planning. ’’ Understanding the Earth System:

Compartments, Processes and Interact ions. Bonn, Germany, November.

1999 ‘‘Social Aspects of Forest Conservation in a Honduran National Park.’’ Department

of Natural Resources, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, December.

1999 " Inst itut ional Structure and Change: Adaptive Management and Scientif ic

Collaboration in the New York City Watershed. ’’ Cornell Watershed 1999, Cornell

Center for the Environment, June.

1999 ‘‘Forest Conservation, Value Conflicts, and Interest Formation in a Honduran

National Park.’’ Cornell University International Planning Seminar Series,

‘‘Environment, Power, Identity,’’ February.

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1998 ‘‘Planning for Environmental Responsibility and Equity: The Case of

Upstream/dow nstream Relat ions in the New York City Watershed. ’’ The Program

in Ecosystem-Based Management, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL,

September.

1998 ‘‘Cultural Praxis and the Form and Content of Environmental Know ledge.’’ The

Program in Science, Technology, Information and Medicine, University of Illinois,

Champaign-Urbana, September.

1998 ‘‘Planning and Part icipat ion in the New York City Watershed. ’’ Watersheds and

Socially Constructed Landscapes: Integrat ing Social and Biological Data at the

Regional Scale, USDA Regional Project NCT-170, May.

1998 ‘‘Scale Issues in Watershed Management .’’ Cornell Watershed ‘98, Cornell Center

for the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

1997 ‘‘Environmental Know ledge and Public Part icipation in Watershed Planning. ’’

Workshop on Watershed Management in the Upper Mississippi Watershed,

Committee on Watershed Management, Water Science and Technology Board,

National Research Council, Bloomington, MN, April.

1994 " Comments Relat ing to Criteria for Watershed Sustainability," Water Science and

Technology Board Workshop, National Research Council and President ' s Council on

Sustainable Development, Washington, D.C., December.

1994 " Low Wage Labor and Ghetto Poverty: A Comparison of African-American and

Cambodian Day-Haul Farm Workers in Philadelphia." Department of Agricultural

Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, March.

1993 " Low Wage Labor and Ghetto Poverty: A Comparison of Blacks and Cambodians in

Philadelphia." The Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY, March 3.

1983 " Issues Associated w ith Changes in the Structure of Agriculture." Faculty Seminar

Exchange Program of the University of Bonn and the University of Wisconsin, Bonn,

Federal Republic of Germany.

RESEARCH BRIEFS, REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS 2011 Scott R. Sanders, David L. Brown and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘The Brain Drain/Gain Issue:

Residential Expectat ion of Young Adults in New York’s Southern Tier. ’’ New York

Minute 46, June, Community and Regional Development Inst itute.

2009 ‘‘Upstate and Downstate Differ in Response to Needs of Immigrant Community. ’’

NYSAC News 30(9):23-24.

2009 Djahane Salehabadi and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Articulat ing Local Polit ics and Markets

Forces for Economic Development: A Case Study of Ethanol Development in

Upstate New York.’’ CaRDI Reports 8 (March), Community and Rural Development

Inst itute, Cornell University.

2008 Djahane Salehabadi and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Local and Market Forces: A Case Study of

Ethanol Development in NYS. ’’ Rural New York Minute 24, December, Community

and Rural Development Inst itute, Cornell University.

2008 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Community Response to Immigrants in New

Destinations.’’ Research and Policy Briefs 23, November 2008, Community and

Rural Development Inst itute, Cornell University.

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2008 John Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘When Global Conservation Meets Local

Livelihoods: People and Parks in Central America. ’’ Paper presented at the

conference, Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Transnational Historical

Perspective.’’ German Historical Inst itute, Washington, D.C., June

2007 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘New Yorkers’ Perceptions of Immigrants and

Immigrat ion. Research and Policy Briefs 3, March 2007, Community and Rural

Development Inst itute, Cornell University.

2007 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘New Yorkers’ Opinions About Immigrants.’’

Workshop on Addressing the Needs of Mult icultural and Immigrant Communit ies,

Cornell Cooperative Extension System Conference, October 9-10, Ithaca, NY.

2007 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Human Capital:

Lat ino Immigrant Employment Outside the Enclave. ’’ Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August.

2007 ‘‘ Immigrat ion and Community Response.’’ New York Opinion Index: Empire State

Poll 2007. Report 3. Survey Research Inst itute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

2007 ‘‘New Yorkers’ Perceptions of Immigrants and Immigrat ion.’’ Research and Policy

Brief Series 3, Community and Rural Development Inst itute, March.

2006 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘Conceptualizing Immigrant Integrat ion Outside

Metropolises.’’ Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological

Associat ion, Montreal, August.

2006 Gatua Mgubwa, Erick C.M. Fernandes, Max J. Pfeffer, and Eloy Rodriguez. ‘‘The

Impact of Biointensive Cropping on Yields and Nutrient Contents of Collard Greens

in Kenya.’’ Poster presented at the 18 th World Congress of Soil Science,

Philadelphia, July.

2006 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Stream Management and Restorat ion. ’’

Department of Development Sociology (http://rnyi.cornell.edu), Cornell University,

Ithaca, NY.

2006 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Watershed Management Terminology. ’’

Department of Development Sociology (http://rnyi.cornell.edu), Cornell University,

Ithaca, NY.

2006 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Stromwater Runoff. ’’ Department of

Development Sociology (http://rnyi.cornell.edu), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

2006 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Protect ing Banks w ith Vegetat ion. ’’

Department of Development Sociology (http://rnyi.cornell.edu), Cornell University,

Ithaca, NY.

2006 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Large Woody Debris.’’ Department of

Development Sociology (http://rnyi.cornell.edu), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

2006 ‘‘ Immigrat ion Policy.’’ New York Opinion Index: Empire State Poll 2006. Report 5.

Survey Research Inst itute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

2005 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Immigrants and the Community: Community

Perspectives,’’ Department of Development Sociology

(http://rnyi.cornell.edu/poverty_and_inequality/ ), Cornell University, Ithaca, New

York.

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2005 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Immigrants and the Community: Former

Farmworkers,’’ Department of Development Sociology

(http://rnyi.cornell.edu/poverty_and_inequality/ ), Cornell University, Ithaca, New

York.

2005 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘ Immigrants and the Community: Farmw orkers

w ith Families,’’ Department of Development Sociology

(http://rnyi.cornell.edu/poverty_and_inequality/ ), Cornell University, Ithaca, New

York.

2005 John Sydenstricker, Stephen DeGloria and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Deforestat ion and

Malaria in Brazilian Amazonia. ’’ Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Rural Sociological Society, Tampa, FL, August.

2005 L.P. Wagenet, M.J. Pfeffer, S.D. DeGloria, T.J. Fahey, G.N. Nagle. Linking the

Biological, Physical and Social Perspectives in Watershed Research. Presented at

the Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference. July 28 -August 4,

2005. Rochester, NY.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘ Immigrants and the Community, ’’ Department of

Development Sociology

(http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/publicat ions/upload/11-

2004-immigrants_community.pdf ), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. ‘‘New Immigrants and Rural Communit ies. ’’

Paper presented at The Strength of Diversity: Building Inclusive Organizations and

Outreach, Cornell Cooperative Extension Conference, Syracuse, New York,

November.

2004 Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Stakeholder Part icipation in Watershed

Management.’’ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society, Sacramento, August.

2004 Joe D. Francis, Zev Ross and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Spatial and Non-Spatial Components

in the Analysis of Longitudinal Data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Rural Sociological Society, Sacramento, August.

2004 John Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Forest Values of National Park Neighbors in

Costa Rica.’’ Paper presented at the 10 th International Symposium on Society and

Natural Resource Management, Keysone, Colorado, June.

2004 Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra. Immigrants and the Community. Development

Sociology Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.

2003 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘ Immigrants as a Catalyst for Economic and

Community Development. ’’ Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of

Northeast Section of Regional Science Associat ion, Binghamton University,

November.

2003 ‘‘Social Capital, Organization and Community Formation in the New York City

Watershed.’’ Paper presented at the American Water Resources Associat ion 2003

International Congress, New York City, July. With Linda Wagenet.

2003 Social Capital and Immigrant Integrat ion in Rural Communit ies. ’’ Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Montreal, July. With Pilar A.

Parra

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2003 ‘‘Organizational Form and Perceived Benefits from Protected Areas in Central

America. Paper presented at the International Workshop, Reconciling Rural Poverty

Reduction and Resource Conservation: Identifying Relat ionships and Remedies.’’

Ithaca, NY, May 2-3, 2003.

2002 Pilar A. Parra and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Rural Communit ies and New Immigrants in New

York State.’’ Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Anthropological Associat ion, Chicago, November.

2002 Niamah O’Leary, Max J. Pfeffer, Tom Vawter and Linda Wagenet. ‘‘Linking

Science, Extension and Education in Water Quality Monitoring. ’’ Presented at the

National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, Madison, WI, May.

2002 Kayte Meola, Linda P. Wagenet and Max J. Pfef fer. Seeley Creek Watershed Issues

and Concerns: A Report on Survey Findings. Ithaca, NY. Cornell University Center

for the Environment.

2001 Otsego Lake Watershed Issues and Concerns: A Report on Survey Findings. Ithaca,

NY: Cornell University Center for the Environment.

2001 ‘‘Populat ion, Conservation, and Land Use Change in Honduras. ’’ Paper presented at

the Annual Meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Albuquerque, August. With

John W. Schelhas, Stephan DeGloria, and Jorge Gomez.

2000 “Social Factors Affect ing Fallows Management in Central America.” Paper

presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy,

Minneapolis, November. With John W. Schelhas.

2000 “Populat ion, Conservation and Fallow Management in Honduras. ’’ Paper presented

at the CIIFAD Forum, Cornell University, November.

2000 Joyce Altobelli and Max J. Pfeffer. Metropolitan Agriculture: A Chartbook of

Trends and Stat ist ics for the United States, the Northeast Region, and New York

State. Ithaca, NY: New York State Agricultural Experiment Stat ion. Also

http://w ww .cas.nercrd.psu.edu/Publicat ions/index.htm, as RDP #3.

2000 ‘‘Forging New Connections Between Agriculture and the City.’’ Paper presented at

the 63 rd Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Washington, D.C.,

August. With J. Mayone Stycos, Leland Glenna and Joyce Altobelli.

2000 ‘‘Forest Conservation, Value Conflict, and Interest Formation in a Honduran National

Park.’’ Paper presented at the 95 th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological

Associat ion, Washington, D.C., August. With John Schelhas and Leyla Day.

2000 ‘‘Local Consequences of the Globalizat ion of Environmental Concern. ’’ Paper

presented at the X World Congress for Rural Sociology, Rio de Janeiro, July/August.

With John Schelhas and Leyla Day.

2000 John W. Schelhas and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘Mental and Cultural Models of Forests and

the Environment in Central American Forests.’’ Paper presented at the 8th

International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Bellingham,

Washington, June.

2000 Tammo Steenhuis and Max J. Pfeffer. ‘‘ Integrated and Sustainable Management of

Water, Land and Biological Resources.’’ Symposium on Managing Bio-Resources

and Bio-Diversity: Agriculture of the New Century, Taipei, April.

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1999 ‘‘ Integrat ing Rural Development, Environmental Planning, and Civic Part icipation:

The Case of the New York City Watershed" International Symposium on Society

and Resource Management. Brisbane, July. With Leland Glenna.

1999 Leland Glenna, Max J. Pfeffer, and J.M. Stycos. " Environmental Mediat ion and

Att itudinal Change: The Case of the New York City Watershed.’’ Annual Meetings

of the Associat ion for the Study of Food and Society and the Agriculture, Food, and

Human Values. Toronto, June.

1999 " Cultural Praxis and the Form and Content of Environmental Know ledge" Annual

Meeting of the American Sociological Associat ion, Chicago, August. Leland

Glenna, and J.M. Stycos.

1999 Leland Glenna, Max J. Pfeffer, and J.M. Stycos. " Prospects for a Food and Water

Security Zone in the New York City Watershed. ’’ Annual Meeting of the Rural

Sociology Society. Chicago, August.

1999 Linda Wagenet, Max J. Pfeffer, H. Dean Sutphin, and J. M. Stycos. ‘‘Adult

Environmental Know ledge and Confidence: Impacts of a Watershed Education

Program.’’ Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Center for

Environmental Decision-Making Research, April, Knoxville.

1998 ‘‘Labor Markets and Economic Restructuring.’’ Session Organized for the Annual

Meeting of the American Sociological Associat ion, San Francisco, August.

1998 ‘‘Labor Markets, Low Wage Labor and Informal Economy. ’’ Session Organized for

the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Associat ion, San Francisco,

August.

1998 ‘‘Cultural Praxis, Material Interests and Environmental Know ledge: Implicat ions for

the Resolut ion of a Watershed Conflict .’’ Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the Rural Sociological Society. August, Port land. With Leland Glenna and J.

Mayone Stycos.

1998 Marta Perales and Max J. Pfeffer. " Desarrollo Rural Sostenible, un Desarrollo

Alternativo?" Paper presented at the Fif th Latin American Rural Sociological

Congress. October, Texcoco, México.

1998 Leland Glenna, J. Mayones Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer. " Cultural Explanations for a

Conflict over Water and Land Use." Seventh International Symposium on Society

and Resource Management, Columbia, Missouri, May 27-31.

1998 Leland Glenna, J. Mayone Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer. " The Jeffersonian Ideal vs.

The Administrat ive State: The New York City Watershed in Historical Context."

Annual Meeting for the Associat ion for the Study of Food and Society and the

Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. San Francisco, June 4-7

1998 ‘‘Labor Market Areas, Economic Achievement and Immigrat ion.’’ Paper presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Populat ion Associat ion of America, April, Chicago.

With Jason Frost.

1998 J. Mayone Stycos, Leland L. Glenna and Max J. Pfeffer. " Watershed Views: A

Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed (Report #7)."

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1997 " Value Conflict and the Ethic of Responsibility in Environmental Planning." Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Associat ion, Toronto,

August.

1997 Wagenet, Linda, Max J. Pfeffer, H. Dean Sutphin and J. Mayone Stycos. " Impact

of and Environmental Education Program on Adults: A Survey of Know ledge and

Att itudes in the New York City Watersheds." Paper presented at the Annual

American Water Resources Associat ion Conference, Keystone, Colorado, June.

1996 " Evaluation of the Rural and Community Development Impacts of Fuel Cells."

Report prepared for Technology Management, Incorporated.

1996 J. Mayone Stycos and Max J. Pfeffer. " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey

on the New York City Watershed (Report #6)."

1996 " Environmental Planning and the Ethic of Responsibility: Cit izen Part icipation in the

New York City Watershed." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Sociological Associat ion, New York, NY, August.

1996 " Labor Market Areas, Economic Achievement and Immigrat ion." Cornell University

Populat ion and Development Program Working Papers Series 96.10. With Jason

Frost.

1996 Wagenet, L.P., M.J. Pfeffer, and J.M. Stycos. " Educating the Public About the

Relat ionships Between Septic System Maintenance and Watershed Protect ion" .

Paper presented at the Annual American Water Resources Associat ion Conference.

Syracuse, July 14-17.

1996 " The Social Bases of Environmental Behavior." Paper presented at the Sixth

International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, University Park

PA, May.

1995 " Social Equity and Regional Environmental Planning: A Conceptual Framework w ith

Proposed Applicat ions in the New York City Watersheds." Paper presented at the

Community and Rural Development Inst itute w orkshop, Sustaining Rural

Landscapes in Urbanizing Environments: The Crit ical Link Between Environment

and Community, Wells College, June.

1995 " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed

(Report #5)." With J. Mayone Stycos.

1995 " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed

(Report #4)." With J. Mayone Stycos.

1995 " Public and Farmer Support for Purchase of Development Rights." Agriculture and

Development Planning in the Metropolitan Northeast . University Park, PA:

Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development 5 (February). With Mark Lapping.

1995 " Farmland Preservation Policies and Their Outcomes." Agriculture and Development

Planning in the Metropolitan Northeast . University Park, PA: Northeast Regional

Center for Rural Development 4 (January), With Mark Lapping.

1995 " The Local Labor Market Integrat ion of African-American and Cambodian Day-Haul

Farm Workers in Philadelphia." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Associat ion of American Geographers, Chicago, March.

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1994 " Social Buffers and Labor Market Integrat ion: African-American and Cambodian

Day-Haul Farm Workers in Philadelphia." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of

the American Sociological Associat ion, Los Angeles, August.

1994 " Prospects for a Sustainable Agriculture in the Northeast ' s Rural/Urban Fringe."

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Port land,

August.

1994 " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed

(Report #2)." With J. Mayone Stycos.

1994 " Watershed Views: A Public Opinion Survey on the New York City Watershed

(Report #1)." Paper presented at the Conference on Communit ies and Watershed

Planning, Cornell University, July. With J. Mayone Stycos.

1994 " Sustainable Agriculture in the Rural/Urban Fringe: Planners' Visions of the Future."

Paper presented at the Fif th International Symposium on Society and Resource

Management, Fort Collins, June.

1994 " Low Wage Labor and Ghetto Poverty: A Comparison of African-American and

Cambodian Day-Haul Farm Workers in Philadelphia." Paper presented at the U.S.-

Mexico Workshop on Sociological Perspectives of Labor Market Areas, Mexico City,

February.

1994 " New Direct ions in Rural/Urban Fringe Agriculture." Agriculture and Development

Planning on the Metropolitan Northeast . University Park, PA: Northeast Regional

Center for Rural Development 3 (December). With Mark Lapping.

1994 " Agricultural Trends and Variat ion." Agriculture and Development Planning in the

Metropolitan Northeast . University Park, PA: Northeast Regional Center for Rural

Development 2 (November). With Mark Lapping.

1994 " Introduction." Agriculture and Development Planning in the Metropolitan

Northeast. University Park, PA: Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development 1

(October). With Mark Lapping.

1993 " Crop Production Trends and Socio-Economic Factors Af fect ing Crop Diversity."

Paper presented at the Workshop: Genetic and Socio-Economic Aspects of In-situ

Conservation of Biodiversity and Crop Improvement in Mexico, CIMMYT, Texcoco,

Mexico, December 15-20.

1993 " Paternalism versus Flexible Specializat ion: Labor Relat ions and the Provision of

Farmworker Housing in New Jersey." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Rural Sociological Society, Orlando, FL, August.

1993 " Public Assistance and Part icipation in Low Wage Labor: Day Haul Farm Work in

Philadelphia." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society, Orlando, FL, August.

1992 " Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Comparative Analysis of Labor

Markets." Paper presented at the Rural Economy and Society Study Group Annual

Meeting, University of Hull, GB, December.

1992 " The Process of Social Isolat ion." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Sociological Society, Pit tsburgh, PA, August.

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1992 " Low Wage Labor and Ghetto Poverty: A Comparison of Blacks and Cambodians in

Philadelphia." Paper presented at the 8th World Congress for Rural Sociology and

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, University Park, PA, August.

1992 " Farmland Preservation and the Urban Grow th Machine." Paper presented at the

8th World Congress for Rural Sociology, University Park, PA, August. With Mark

Lapping.

1992 Brooks, Fran J. and Max J. Pfeffer, " The Supply and Demand for Farm Labor

Housing in New Jersey: A Survey of Commercial Farmers." Final Report to the

United States Farmers Home Administrat ion.

1992 " Labor Market Marginalizat ion and the Urban Underclass: Final Narrat ive Report."

Final report to the Program for Research on the Urban Underclass, Social Science

Research Council.

1992 " Research on Ghetto Poverty Uses RUCS Resources." RUCS Newsletter

(Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Computing Services) 2(4):1 -7.

1991 " A Comment on Calvin L. Beale' s ' Salient Features of the Demography of American

Agriculture.' " Paper presented at the symposium, The Demography of Rural Life:

Current Know ledge and Future Direct ions for Research, University of Wisconsin,

Madison, October.

1991 " Labor and Production Barriers to the Reduction of Agricultural Chemical Inputs."

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture and Human Values

Society Meeting, Pacif ic Grove, California.

1991 Jess Gilbert and Max J. Pfeffer, " Regional Considerat ions in U.S. Farm Policy." As

You Sow, Social Issues in Agriculture. (Madison, WI: Department of Rural

Sociology) 1 (22 December).

1990 " Recent Patterns of Black Interregional Populat ion Redistribut ion in the 'Old South' ."

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society,

Washington, D.C.

1990 " Farm Labor Recruitment After Immigrat ion Reform: Some Preliminary Findings from

Exploratory Research on New Jersey Nurseries."

1990 " Art iculat ion Issues in the Reunif icat ion of German Agriculture." Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Norfolk.

1989 " Sustainable Agriculture in Historical Perspective." Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Seatt le.

1989 Jess Gilbert and Max J. Pfeffer, " Farm Household Survival Strategies in the Corn

Belt and the Mississippi Delta: Regional Considerat ions in U.S. Farm Policy." Final

Report to the Ford Foundation and the Rural Economic Policy Program of the Aspen

Inst itute.

1989 " Gender and Class Dimensions of Off -Farm Employment: Response to Farm Crisis in

the Cornbelt and the Mississippi Delta." With Jess Gilbert. Paper presented at the

Annual Meeting for the American Sociological Associat ion, San Francisco.

1988 " Farm Programs and Socio-Economic Differentiat ion in the 1980s." With Jess

Gilbert. Paper presented at the 7th World Congress for Rural Sociology, Bologna,

Italy.

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1988 Jess C. Gilbert and Max J. Pfeffer. " Divergent Paths of Capitalist Development in

Agriculture: Historical and Contemporary Comparisons of Labor in the Corn Belt

and the Mississippi Delta." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern

Sociological Society, Nashville.

1987 Glenn V. Fuguitt , Daniel T. Lichter, Max J. Pfef fer, Robert M. Jenkins,

" Nonmetropolitan Populat ion Deconcentrat ion in the 1980s." Paper presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison.

1987 " Family Farming and the Sexual Division of Labor: The Effects of Off -Farm

Employment in the Federal Republic of Germany." Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the American Sociological Associat ion, Chicago.

1987 " Off-Farm Employment and Farm Policy." As You Sow , Social Issues in Agriculture.

(Madison, WI: Department of Rural Sociology) 1 (14 February).

1986 Robert M. Jenkins, Glenn V. Fuguitt , and Max J. Pfeffer. " Migrat ion Select ivit ies

for Rural and Urban Nonmetropolitan Areas." Paper presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Southern Regional Demographic Group, Balt imore, Maryland.

1986 " Migrat ion Effect iveness and Diffuse Urbanization." With Glenn V. Fuguitt and

Robert Jenkins. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1986 " Wisconsin Dairy Exports, Competit ion from the EEC." As You Sow , Social Issues

in Agriculture. (Madison, WI: Department of Rural Sociology). 1 (6 June).

1985 Glenn V. Fuguitt , Max J. Pfeffer, and Robert Jenkins, " Gross Migrat ion Trends for

Nonmetropolitan Counties." Center for Demography and Ecology Working Paper

85-19. Paper also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Populat ion Associat ion

of America, Boston.

1983 " Issues Associated w ith Changes in the Structure of Agriculture." Paper presented

at the f irst meeting of the Faculty Seminar Exchange Program of the University of

Bonn and the University of Wisconsin, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany.

1982 " The Social Relat ions of Subcontract ing: The Case of Contract Vegetable Farming

in Wisconsin," Center for Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Agriculture,

Working Paper No. 002.

1982 " Industrial Farming and Social Inequality." Center for Comparative Studies in the

Sociology of Agriculture, Working Paper No. 003.

Manuscript Reviewer

American Sociological Review , The American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces,

Social Problems, Demography, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Rural

Sociology, Social Science Quarterly, Human Ecology, Human Organization,

International Migrat ion Review , Studies in Comparative International Development ,

Journal of International Migrat ion and Integrat ion, Journal of Health and Social

Behavior, Applied Geography, International Planning Studies, Regulat ion and

Governance, Southern Rural Sociology, Choices, Agriculture and Human Values,

Journal of Rural Studies, Society and Natural Resources, Environmental Science and

Policy, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Practice, Agricultural

and Resource Economics Review , Environmental Management , Populat ion and

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Environment , Conservat ion Biology, Journal of Environmental Management , Journal

of Environmental Planning and Management/Landscape Research, Environment,

Development and Sustainability, Populat ion and Environment, Cambridge Journal of

Regions, Economy and Society, Ecology and Society, Regulat ion and Governance,

Cornell University Press, Oxford University Press, Duke University Press, Academic

Press (Elsevier, Inc.), Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, State

University of New York Press, Island Press, Acada Books, Louisiana Universit ies

Marine Consort ium, Allyn and Bacon, National Research Council (Water Science and

Technology Board; Agriculture and Natural Resources Board.

GRANTS 2010-2012 Principal Investigator, Forest Service, USDA, Joint Venture Agreement,

‘‘Language and Cultural Models in Stakeholder Input for Natural Resource

Management.’’ ($35,000)

2008-2011 Co-Principal Investigator, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,

‘‘Community Response to Immigrant Sett lement in Upstate New York.’’

($90,000)

2008-2011 Co-Principal Investigator, Economic Development Administrat ion, U.S.

Department of Commerce, ‘‘Cornell University Economic Development

Administrat ion University Center. ’’ ($450,000)

2005-2008 Co-Principal Investigator, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,

‘‘Methods of Assessing Access to Health Care by Undocumented Rural

Residents.’’ ($75,000)

2003-2005 Project Director, Health, Environment and Economic Development, Fogarty

International Center, National Inst itutes of Health, ‘‘Health-Environment

Relat ionships in the Brazilian Amazon.’’ ($300,162)

2001-2006 Project Director, Fund for Rural America, USDA, ‘‘ Integrat ing the Needs of

Immigrant Workers and Rural Communit ies. ’’ ($537,202)

2001-2004 Co-Principal Investigator, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,

‘‘ Immigrant Assimilat ion in Rural Communit ies. ’’ ($66,000).

2001-2005 Co-Principal Investigator, New York State Experiment Stat ion, ‘‘Watershed

Science and Management of Forest Resources in Upstate New York.’’

($260,000)

2003 Co-Principal Investigator, USDA Regional Water Quality Program. ‘‘Evaluating

the Nature of Public Part icipation in Watershed Management. ’’ ($10,000)

1998-2001 Principal Investigator, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,

‘‘ Inst itut ion-Building for Environmental Protect ion: Evaluat ion of the New

York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement.’’ ($72,000)

1997-2000 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, " Policy, Norms, and

Values in Forest Conservation: Protected Area Buffer Zone Management in

Central America." ($402,116)

1995-1998 Co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Environmental Protect ion Agency, " Public

Opinion on Environment and Water Quality in the New York City

Watershed." ($371,317)

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1994-1997 Co-Principal Investigator, National Research Init iat ive, USDA, " Community

Planning and the Formation of Public Opinion: A Natural Experiment in the

New York City Watershed." ($236,777)

1993-1997 Co-Principal Investigator, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Stat ion,

" Socio-Demographic Factors Related to Water Quality in the New York City

Watershed." ($40,000)

1994-1997 Principal Investigator, Cornell University, USDA Regional Project, S-259,

" Local Labor Markets in the Global Economy." ($21,000)

1994-1995 Co-Principal Investigator, Water Resources Inst itute, Center for the

Environment, " Whole Watershed Init iat ive." ($48,000)

1994-1995 Co-Principal Investigator, USDA Water Quality Grant, Cornell University,

" Assessing and Extending Public Water Quality Know ledge in the New York

City Watersheds." ($4,800)

1993-1994 Principal Investigator, New York State Water Resources Inst itute, Center for

the Environment, Cornell University, " Whole Community Planning Group."

($75,000)

1992-1993 Co-Principal Investigator, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development,

" Agriculture and Development Planning on the Rural/Urban Fringe."

($29,959)

1989-1993 Principal Investigator, Rutgers University, USDA Regional Project S-229,

" The Changing Structure of Local Labor Markets in Nonmetropolitan Areas:

Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implicat ions." ($15,350)

1991 Principal Investigator, Social Science Research Council Grant for the Study of

the Urban Underclass, " Labor Market Marginalizat ion and the Urban

Underclass." ($38,600)

1991 Co-Principal Investigator, Rural Opportunit ies, Inc., " The Supply and Demand

for Farm Labor Housing in New Jersey." ($17,540)

1990-1991 Principal Investigator, Rutgers University, New Jersey Agricultural

Experiment Stat ion, " Labor Recruitment Problems and Transformation of the

Casual Farm Workforce in New Jersey." ($10,200)

1990-1991 Principal Investigator, Rutgers University, New Jersey Agricultural

Experiment Stat ion, " Labor and Management Constraints in the Adoption of

Sustainable Agricultural Practices." ($14,200)

1989 Associate Investigator, U. S. Department of Labor Grant (#39N9004), " Farm

Labor Recruitment After Immigrat ion Reform." ($5,000)

1987 Co-principal Investigator, Aspen Inst itute Rural Economic Policy Program

Grant, " Household Survival Strategies in the Farm Crisis: The Comparative

Regional Impacts of Changes in Farm Commodity Policy." ($59,000)

Grant Reviewer

National Science Foundation (1. Sociology, 2. Decision Making and Valuation for

Environmental Policy; 3. Biocomplexity: Dynamics of Coupled Human and Natural

Systems; 4. Science and Technology Centers Programs; 5. Science and Society),

National Research Init iat ive Competit ive Grants Program (Rural Development, U.S.

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Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research Service), Social Sciences

and Humanit ies Research Council of Canada (Adjudication Committee ---Special Call

in Canadian Environmental Issues), Economic and Social Research Council --- U.K.

(Area and Development Studies), Israel Science Foundation, Canon National Parks

Science Scholars Program for the Americas, Fundaca~o de Amparo a Pesquisa do

Estado de Sa~o Paulo (Brazil), Small Business Innovation Research in Rural

Development (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research Service),

Water Resources Center (University of Wisconsin-Madison), North Carolina Sea

Grant Program, South Carolina Experimental Program to Stimulate Competit ive

Research Awards.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1995-2009 " Classical Sociological Theory," Graduate Seminar, Department of

Development Sociology, Cornell University.

1998-2002 ‘‘Foundations of Environmental Sociology, ’’ Department of Development

Sociology, Cornell University.

1998-2000 ‘‘How to Manage a Watershed? Physical, Biological and Sociological

Dimensions,’’ Graduate Seminar, Agricultural, Biological and Environmental

Engineering.

1993-1998 " Environment and Society," Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell

University.

1997-1998 " Introduction to Rural Sociology." Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell

University.

1997 " Environmental Racism." Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University.

1997-1998 " Agriculture in Developing Nations." Undergraduate/graduate f ield

experience in Honduras (1997) and Ecuador (1998), International Agriculture

Program, Cornell University.

1994-1996 " Environment and Development," Graduate seminar, Department of Rural

Sociology, Cornell University.

1988-1993 " Social and Ecological Aspects of Modern Agriculture," Department of

Human Ecology, Rutgers University.

1992 " Rural Development," Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University.

1990-1992 " The Sociology of Industrializat ion and Development," Graduate seminar,

Department of Sociology, Rutgers University.

1989 " The Human Ecology of Resource Sustainability," Department of Human

Ecology, Rutgers University.

1988 " Introduction to Rural Sociology," Department of Rural Sociology, University

of Wisconsin-Madison.

1988 " Sociological Issues in Food and Society," Department of Rural Sociology,

University of Wisconsin-Madison

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM MEMBERSHIPS Development Sociology

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Biology and Society

Science of Natural and Earth Systems

GRADUATE FIELD MEMBERSHIPS Development Sociology

Conservation and Sustainable Development

International Development

International Agriculture and Rural Development

Community and Rural Development

Water Resources