David A. SonnenfeldProfessor

211B Marshall Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210

315-470-4931 | 315-470-6636
dsonn@esf.edu

Summer 2019 office hours: by appointment

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Affiliations

• Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2018-19
• Research Associate, Environmental Policy Group, Dept. of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
• Affiliate Faculty, Dept. of Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
• Affiliate Faculty, Graduate Program in Environmental Science, SUNY-ESF
• Member, Foundational Editorial Board, Environmental Sociology
• Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Education

• S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Policy, University of California at Berkeley, 1998-2000
• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1996
• M.A., Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991
• B.A. (Honors College), Independent Scholar, with distinction, University of Oregon, 1973

Research Interests

• Sociology of environment and natural resources
• Comparative environmental policy and politics
• Sustainable transitions
• Transboundary water governance
• East/ Southeast Asia; the Middle East; Latin America and the Caribbean
• Field, historical, and mixed research methods

Recent Books & Symposia

• Sonnenfeld, David A., and Peter Leigh Taylor, eds. 2018. Special Issue on "Society and Natural Resources in an Illiberal World," Society & Natural Resources 31 (5), May. [link]
• Taylor, Peter Leigh, and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2018. Water Crises and Governance: Reinventing Collaborative Institutions in an Era of Uncertainty. London and New York: Routledge. [link] 
• Taylor, Peter Leigh, and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2017. Special Issue on "Water Crises and Institutions: Governance Challenges in an Era of Uncertainty," Society & Natural Resources 30 (4), April. [link]
• Oosterveer, Peter, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2015 [2012]. Food, Globalization and Sustainability. Korean edition, tr. Hye-Kyung Jung, Chul-Kyu Kim, Hong-Ju Kim, Min-Soo Park, and In-Ju Song. Seoul: Tabi Publishing Co. [link]
• Lockie, Stewart, David A. Sonnenfeld, and Dana R. Fisher, eds. 2014. Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change. London and New York: Routledge. [link]

Recent Articles & Chapters

• Quigley, Dianne, *Alana Levine, David A. Sonnenfeld, Phil Brown, *Qing Tian, and Xiaofan Wei. 2019. "Survey on Using Ethical Principles in Environmental Field Research with Place-Based Communities," Science and Engineering Ethics 25 (2): 477-517. [link]
• Zhang, Wei, Lei Zhang, Ying Li, *Yuling Tian, *Xiaoran Li, *Xue Zhang, Arthur P.J. Mol, David A. Sonnenfeld, Jianguo Liu, *Zeyu Ping, and Long Chen. 2018. "Neglected Environmental Health Impacts of China's Supply-side Structural Reform," Environment International 115 (June): 97-103. [link]
• Sonnenfeld, David A., and Peter Leigh Taylor. 2018. "Liberalism, Illiberalism, and the Environment," Society & Natural Resources 31 (5): 515-524. [link]
• Taylor, Peter Leigh, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2017. "Water Crises and Institutions: Inventing and Reinventing Governance in an Era of Uncertainty," Society & Natural Resources 30 (4): 395-403. [link]
• Sonnenfeld, David A., and Peter Leigh Taylor. 2017. "Scientific Publishing in the 21st Century: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Environmental Social Sciences," Society & Natural Resources 30 (1): 1-2. [link]
• Quigley, Dianne, David A. Sonnenfeld, Phil Brown, Linda Silka, *Linlang He, and *Qing Tian. 2016. "Research Ethics Training on Place-based Communities and Cultural Groups," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 6 (3): 479-489. [link]
• *Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., David A. Sonnenfeld, and Valerie A. Luzadis. 2015. "Social construction of the environment and smallholder farmers' participation in ‘low-carbon’, agro-industrial crop production contracts in the Philippines," Ecological Economics 116 (August): 70-77.
• *Na, Hang Ryeol, Jack P. Manno, David A. Sonnenfeld, and Gordon M. Heisler. 2015. "Governance of Forests: Regional Institutions in East Asia." Pp. 303-320 in Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia, eds. Paul G. Harris and Graeme Lang. London: Routledge.

Courses

• EST 361, History of the American Environmental Movement (3)
• EST 494, Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (1)
• EST 496, Water in the Middle East: Issues and Opportunities (3) [flyer]
• EST 690, International Environmental Policy Consultancy (with Wageningen Univ., NL) (3-4) [flyer, article]
• EST 696, Water in the Middle East: Issues and Opportunities (3) [flyer]
• EST 797, Environmental Studies Seminar: Research Methods (1)

Recent Graduate Theses

Doctoral

• Mokashi, Shruti, "Forest Gods and Forest Conservation: Evolving Perceptions and Relationships of Local Communities with their Sacred Forests in Western India," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Community Land Planning), SUNY-ESF, 2019
• Oh, Young Min, "Boundary Interaction between Science and Politics: A Case Study on Multinational Cooperative Mechanisms for Transboundary Air Pollution in Northeast Asia," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Community Land Planning), SUNY-ESF, 2018 (chair)
• Lee, Kyungsun, "Exploring Eco-Industrial Parks via a Technological Innovation Systems Lens: Sustainability Transitions in South Korea and Japan," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), SUNY-ESF, 2018 (chair)
• Ni, Xiaole, "Sense and Sensibility: Scientists and Environmental Advocacy in China," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), SUNY-ESF, 2018 (chair)
• Yang, Xiaoliang, "An International Partnership Approach to Clean Energy Technology Innovation: Carbon Capture and Storage," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), SUNY-ESF, 2016 (chair)
• Dai, Fan, "California-China Subnational Climate Cooperation," Dept. of Forest and Natural Resource Management, SUNY-ESF, 2015
• Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., "Growing Low-Carbon Commodities in Upland Philippines: Integration of Smallholders in Biofuels and Rubber Production Regimes," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), SUNY-ESF, 2014 (chair)

Masters

• Scott, Kelsey, "Gendered Division of Participation: The Role of Gender in Anti-Hydrofracking Advocacy," Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2018
• Coberly, Laura, "Mangrove Dependencies and Participation in Rehabilitation. A Case Study of the Sine-Saloum Delta, Senegal," Graduate Program in Environmental Science, SUNY-ESF, 2014 (chair) 
• Artyushevskaya, Nargis, "The Role of Women in Sustainability of Donor-funded, Rural Drinking Water Supply Projects in Developing Countries. A Case Study of Tajikistan," Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2014 
• Jiang, Chao, "The Emergence of Preventive Chemical Management as a Salient Environmental Policy Concern in China. A Case Study of the Textile Industry," Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2014 (chair)

Professional Associations

• International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Environment and Society (RC24)
• International Association for Society and Natural Resources
• Rural Sociological Society, Natural Resources Research and Interest Group
• Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (founding member)
• Switzer Environmental Program, Fellow

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