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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