David A. SonnenfeldProfessor

211B Marshall Hall
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210

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

Spring 2019 office hours: M 1:30-3:30pm; W 3:00-5:00pm; & by appt.

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• Curriculum Vitæ
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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 the environment and natural resources
• Comparative environmental policy and politics
• Sustainable transitions
• 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]
• Smith, Ted, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David N. Pellow, eds. 2014 [2006]. Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry. Chinese edition, tr. Citizen of the Earth, Taiwan. Taipei: Socio Publishing Co., Ltd. [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]
• Mol, Arthur P.J., and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2014 [2000]. Ecological Modernisation around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates. eBook edition. London and New York: Routledge. [link]

Recent Articles & Chapters

• 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]
• Quigley, Dianne, *Alana Levine, David A. Sonnenfeld, Phil Brown, *Qing Tian, and Xiaofan Wei. 2018. "Survey on Using Ethical Principles in Environmental Field Research with Place-Based Communities," Science and Engineering Ethics, DOI 10.1007/s11948-017-9981-4. [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.
• Sonnenfeld, David A., and *Kristen Denninger Snyder. 2014. "Wildlife Conservation Areas and Protected Areas in China: A Law and Policy Bibliography," Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy 17 (3): 152-163.
• *Ma, Ben, Guojun Song, Lei Zhang, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2014. "Explaining Sectoral Discrepancies between National and Provincial Statistics in China," China Economic Review 30: 353-369.
• Mol, Arthur P.J., Gert Spaargaren, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2014. "Ecological Modernization Theory: Where Do We Stand?" Pp. 35-66 in Ökologische Modernisierung: Zur Geschichte und Gegenwart eines Konzepts in Umweltpolitik und Sozialwissenschaften, eds. Martin Bemmann, Birgit Metzger, and Roderich von Detten. Frankfurt and New York: Campus Verlag.
• Lockie, Stewart, David A. Sonnenfeld, and Dana R. Fisher. 2014. "Socio-Ecological Transformations and the Social Sciences." Pp. 1-12 in Routledge International Handbook on Social and Environmental Change.
• Mol, Arthur P.J., Gert Spaargaren, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2014. "Ecological Modernisation Theory: Taking Stock, Moving Forward." Pp. 15-30 in Routledge International Handbook on Social and Environmental Change.

Virtual Lecture

• "Ecological Modernization Theory: An Introduction", Renmin University, China, October 2009 (on iTunes U) [link]

Courses

• EST 361, History of the American Environmental Movement (3)
• EST 494, Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (1)
• EST 603, Research Methods and Design (3)
• EST 612, Environmental Policy and Governance (3)
• 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 796, Science, Technology & Sustainability (3)
• EST 797, Chinese Environmental Policy (with Zhen Lin) (1) [link]
• EST 797, Environmental Studies Seminar: Research Methods (1)
• EST 797, Ethics, Culture and Community-based Environmental Research (with Dianne Quigley) (1)

Recent Graduate Theses

Doctoral

• Oh, Youngmin, "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) 
• Na, Hang Ryeol, "Multilevel Forest Science, Regime and Governance: Case Studies of Korea," Graduate Program in Environmental Science (Environmental and Natural Resource Policy), SUNY-ESF, 2012
• Little, Peter C., "'Instead of Tumbleweed, We Have Mitigation Systems': An Ethnography of Toxics Risk, Mitigation, and Advocacy in IBM's Deindustrialized Birthplace," Graduate Program in Applied Anthropology, Oregon State University, 2010

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) 
• Webster, Andrea M., "Who Are We Educating About Sustainability? A Quantitative Analysis of Student of Color and Low-income Student Enrollment in Higher Education in New York State, 2009-2010," Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2012 (chair)
• Bell, Kyle, "Building Metrobús: Actors and Institutions in the Transfer of Bus Rapid Transit Policy to Mexico City," Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2011 (chair)
• Jo, Nayoung, "The New Community Movement in South Korea in the 1970s: The Power of Community or Governmental Involvement?" Dept. of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF, 2011 (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)
• Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
• Switzer Environmental Program, Fellow

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