Angie Carter

Contact

ancarter@mtu.edu
906-487-1431
Academic Office Building 207

Assistant Professor, Environmental/Energy Justice

PhD, Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
MS, Rural Sociology, Iowa State University
MFA, Creative Writing, University of Arizona
BA, English and French, University of Iowa

Research Interests

Environmental inequality and justice
Extractive industries
Agrifood and energy systems sustainability
Environmental and natural resource policy

Areas of Expertise

Environmental sociology
Rural sociology
Community-based and participatory research
Social movements and social change

Recent Publications

Carter, A. and A. Lazaro Lopez. 2019. "Rebranding the Farmer: Formula Story Revision and Masculine Symbolic Boundaries in US Agriculture." Feminist Formations 31:3: 25-50.
Carter, A. and A. Kruzic. 2019. "'No Soil in Our Oil!": Shifting Narratives from Commodities to the Commons." in Social Movements Contesting Natural Development. John Devlin, Ed. New York: Routledge.
Carter, A. 2019. "We Don't Equal Even Just One Man": Gender and Social Control in Conservation Adoption." Society & Natural Resources 32(8): 893-910.
Carter, A., B. Wells, and A. Kruzic. 2019. "Social Justice, Corporate Influence, and Development: Defending the Public Interest at a State University." Theory in Action 12(1): 54-85.
Carter, A., C. Chennault, and A. Kruzic. 2018. "Public Action for Public Science: Re-Imagining the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture." Capitalism Nature Socialism 29(1): 69-88.
Carter, A. and A. Kruzic. 2017. "Centering the Commons, Creating Space for the Collective: Ecofeminist #NoDAPL Praxis in Iowa." Journal of Social Justice 7:2-22.
Carter, A. 2017. "Placeholders and Changemakers: Women Farmland Owners Navigating Gendered Expectations." Rural Sociology 82(3): 499-523.
Carter, A. 2017. "Changes on the Land: Gender and Power of Social Networks." Pp. 76-93 in Land Justice: Re-Imagining Land, Food and the Commons in the United States. Eric Holt-Gimenez and Justine Williams, eds. Oakland: Food First.
Carter, A., B. Wells, J. Soulis, and A. Hand. 2016. "Building Power Through Community: Women Creating and Theorizing Change." Pp. 225-239 in Women in Agriculture Worldwide: Key Issues and Practical Approaches. Amber J. Fletcher and Wendee Kubik, eds. New York: Routledge.
Carter, A., C. M. Prado-Meza, J. Soulis, and D. Thompson Bello. 2014. "Students Creating Curriculum Change: Sustainable Agriculture and Social Justice." Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis 3(1):article 5.

Recent Funding

Carter, A., M. Seguin, R. Pressley. Jan 2020-Sept 2021. Seeding Rural Development: Creating Resiliency Through Gardening. Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. $19, 147.
Carter, A. Jan-Dec 2020. Growing Food, Feeding Communities of Practice: Preliminary Analysis of Community Food Provider Networks in Western Upper Peninsula. Rural Sociological Society Early Career Award. $1,680.
Carter, A. Jan-Dec 2020. Western Upper Peninsula Communities Food Systems Assessment Phase 1. Portage Health Foundation Research Excellence Fund Seed Proposal. $21,111.
Gofan, A., A. Wellstead, and A. Carter. October 2019-October 2021. Era of 'Labification': Solving Disruptive Social Problems through Policy and Social Innovation Labs. Binational Science Foundation. $168,194.
Gierke, J., A. Mayer, L. Bowman, A. Carter, F. Liu. May 2019- Collaborative Research: Coupling participatory and hydrological research for adapting to extreme hydrometeorological events in agricultural communities in El Salvador. National Science Foundation IRES Track III: Collaborative Research. $881,974.
Basche, A. and A. Carter. 2019-2021. "Partnering in Conservation: Engaging Women Farmland Owners and their Tenants in Collaborative Conservation Planning." North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Partnership Grant. United States Department of Agriculture. $40,000.

Research Projects

Local and community food systems & food justice
Women farmland owners and conservation adoption
Water and environmental justice
Grassroots movements to protect the commons

Teaching Experience

SS 2700 Introduction to Sociology
SS 3110 Food Systems & Sustainability
SS 3805 Environmental Justice
SS 4211 Ethnographic Methods
SS 4700 Communities and Research
SS 5720 Social Thought and Contemporary Issues