VITA
Rick Welsh
P.O. Box 5750, Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699
p: 315-268-3988; f: 315-268-3983
email: welshjr@clarkson.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Rural Sociology, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York, 1995
Minors: Agronomy and Entomology
M.S. in Food and Resource Economics, University
of Florida, Gainesville, 1988.
B.A. in Economics, The College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1983.
Professional
Appointments
Current Position: Professor of Sociology, Clarkson University,
Potsdam, New York (5/09 to present).
Previous Positions: Associate
Professor of Sociology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (5/04
to 5/09).
Visiting Scholar in the
Resource, Environment and Science Policy Branch of the Economic Research Service/U.S.
Department of Agriculture (1/07 to 6/07).
Assistant Professor of
Sociology, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York (7/00 to 5/04).
Program Officer II, Henry A.
Wallace Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy at Winrock
International Institute for Agricultural Development (1/00 to 7/00).
Interim Associate Director,
Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, Maryland
(7/99 to 1/00).
Policy Analyst, Henry A.
Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, Maryland (7/98 to
1/00).
Director of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Program; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, University of Georgia, Griffin Station (1/97 to 6/98).
Policy Analyst, Henry A.
Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, Maryland (6/95 to
12/96).
Budget Analyst, U.S.
Department of Agriculture/ Foreign Agricultural Service (1/89 to 1/91).
U.S. Peace Corps/Philippines
Volunteer (5/83 to 7/85).
Research
Activities
Economic and social change and development with
emphases on agri-food systems, science and technology studies and environmental
sociology.
Professional
Affiliations
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society
American Sociological Association (Sections on
Environment and Technology & Science, Knowledge and Technology)
Rural Sociological Society (Sociology of
Agriculture Interest Group)
Society for Social Studies of Science
Current
& Recent Professional Activities
Associate Editor (4/2003 to present) Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (formerly
American Journal of Alternative
Agriculture)
Associate Editor (8/2005 to present) Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
Publication advisor for Agriculture and Human Values (2001 to present)
Panel Member for U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Programs on Regional
Approaches to Climate Change and Agricultural Prosperity for Small and
Moderate-sized Farms and Rural Development (2010).
External reviewer for National Science
Foundation Program on Science, Technology and Society (2008)
Technical committee member for the Sustainable
Community Grant Program of the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program (2009).
External reviewer for Social Science Research
Council of Canada (2008-2010).
I have also reviewed manuscripts for a number
of refereed journals including Agriculture,
Ecosystems and the Environment, Agriculture and Environmental Ethics,
Ecological Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation, Rural Sociology, Signs, Social Forces, Social
Studies of Science, and The
Sociological Quarterly.
Past
Professional Activities
Book Review Editor (3/1999 to 12/2007), Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (formerly
American Journal of Alternative
Agriculture)
Panel member for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Research Initiative Agricultural Prosperity for Small to
Moderate Sized Farms (2005 and 2006).
Reviewer for Producer Grants Program of
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (2005 to 2006)
Council member of the Agriculture, Food and
Human Values Society (6/2002 to 8/2005)
Co-chair of the Rural Sociological Society’s
Sociology of Agriculture Interest Group (1999)
Associate Editor, Rural Sociology (1995 to 1999)
Courses Taught
Biofuel and Farm Policy Environmental Policy
Food and Society Globalization
International Development Clarkson
Seminar (Great Books Course)
Introduction to Sociology Research
Methods
Presented the Outstanding Teacher Award by the
Clarkson University Student Association for 2003-2004
Local
(Northern New York) Outreach and Extension Activities
Member of the Board of Directors of Cornell
Cooperative Extension for St. Lawrence County.
Served on the Integrated Agriculture Task Force
of the St. Lawrence County Legislature (2008).
In 2006, I served on the board of a local NGO
(Gardenshare) working on anti-hunger and food system issues and co-authored a
proposal that led to Gardenshare receiving a Sustainable Communities Grant from
NESARE.
Served on the committee that organized the
incorporation of the North Country Grown Cooperative, Inc. (NCGC).
Wrote a proposal that led to receiving a REAP
(Renewing Earth and Its People Fund based in Lincoln, Nebraska) grant to help
NCGC transition to a new location (2005).
Research
Grants/Subcontracts Received ($682,000)
Farm
Waste to Energy: A Sustainable Solution
for Small Dairy Farms. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s P3
Program (People, Prosperity and Planet)- Phase 2. 7-2010 to 7-2011 (S. Grimberg,
S. Rogers and R. Welsh co-PIs: $75,000).
Farm
Waste to Energy: A Sustainable Solution
for Small Dairy Farms. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s P3
Program (People, Prosperity and Planet)- Phase 1. 5-2009 to 6-2010 (S.
Grimberg, S. Rogers and R. Welsh co-PIs: $10,000).
Social
Benefits of the Wetlands Reserve Program in Northern New York. Merwin Rural Services Institute of SUNY
Potsdam. 1-09 to 1-10 (R. Welsh and D. Horn co-PIs: $5,000).
Integrated
Methane Digester with Value-Added Processing. Jefferson County Job Development
Corporation. 6-6-2008 to 5-31-2010 (S.
Powers, P. Pillay, S. Grimberg and R. Welsh co-PIs: $154, 180).
Public
and Private Aspects of the Research of Scientists at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Economic
Research Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture. January 15, 2007-May 15, 2007 (R. Welsh, PI:
$ 40,000).
Energy
Economics of Farm Biogas in Cold Climates. U.S.
Department of Energy, June 1, 2006 – May 2008 (P. Pillay, S. Powers, S.
Grimberg, E. Thacher and R. Welsh, co-PIs: $247, 500).
Dairy
Farm Power and Energy from Agricultural Wastes: Increasing Profitability and
Reducing Environmental Impact. NYS Agriculture and Markets, January 2006 –
December 2007 (S.J. Grimberg, PI, S. Powers, P. Pillay, E. Thacher, R. Welsh,
R. Robbins co-PIs: $1,000,000).
Environmental
and Economic Performance of an Integrated, Value Added Digester-Cogeneration
Process, USDA-DOE. January 2006 – December 2008 (S.
Powers, PI, S.J. Grimberg, P. Pillay, E. Thacher, R. Welsh, co-PIs: $806,000)
Subcontract from Iowa State University for work
on Forming Agricultural Bargaining Units
for a Sustainable and Equitable Agriculture. 12-15-03 through 12-15-04.
$32,630.
Public
Goods and University-Industry Relationships in Agricultural Biotechnology.
Initiative for the Future of Food and Agricultural Systems of U.S. Department
of Agriculture. 9/2001 – 9/2004 (extended until /2005), $2 million total award
with $148,126 as sub-awards to Clarkson University (D. Ervin, PI, S. Buccola,
B. Lacy and R. Welsh co PIs).
Subcontract from Winrock International for work
on Effects of Agricultural Bargaining,
1/2002 – 12/2007 $7,480.
Subcontract from Winrock International for work
on Biotechnology Initiative: Business
Planning and Convening, 8/00 – 12/00 $7,000.
Publications
(* Denotes senior authorship is shared).
Edited Book
Lyson, T.A., S. Stevenson and R. Welsh (Eds.)
2008. Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing
Agriculture of the Middle. MIT Press.
Journal Articles
Welsh, R., S. Grimberg, G. Gillespie and M.
Swindal.
2010 “Technoscience, anaerobic digesters and
the dairy industry: Factors influencing northern New York dairy farmers’ views
on an alternative energy technology.” Renewable
Agriculture and Food Systems 25: 170-181. [invited]
M. Swindal, G. Gillespie and R. Welsh
2009 “Community digester operations and dairy
farmer perspectives” Agriculture and
Human Values DOI: 10.2007/s10460-009-9238-1.
Welsh, R.
2009 “Farm and market structure, industrial
regulation and rural community welfare: Conceptual and methodological issues.” Agriculture and Human Values, 26:21-28.
[invited]
Welsh, R., L. Glenna, W.B. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2008 “Close enough but not too far: Assessing
the effects of university-industry research relationships and the rise of
academic capitalism” Research Policy 37:
1854-64.
Glenna,
L., R. Welsh, W.B. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2007 “Industry perceptions of university-industry
relationships related to agricultural biotechnology.” Rural Sociology, 72: 608-631
Glenna,
L., W.B. Lacy, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2007 “University administrators, agricultural
biotechnology, and academic capitalism: Defining the public good to promote
university-industry relationships.” The
Sociological Quarterly, 48: 141-163
Welsh,
R. and L. Glenna
2006 “Considering the role of the university
in conducting research on agri-biotechnologies.” Social Studies of Science, 36: 929-942
Welsh,
R. and D. Ervin
2006 “Precaution as an approach to technology
development: The case of transgenic crops.” Science,
Technology and Human Values, 31: 153-172.
Langen,
T.A. and R. Welsh
2006 “Does a problem-based learning approach
to teaching conservation science and policy improve content knowledge and
change attitudes?” Conservation Biology,
20: 600-608
Lyson,
T. and R. Welsh *
2005 “Agricultural industrialization,
anti-corporate farming laws and rural community welfare.” Environment and Planning A., 37: 1479-1491
Ervin,
D., R. Welsh, S. Batie and C.L. Carpentier
2003 “Towards an ecological systems approach
in public research for environmental regulation of transgenic crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment,
99:1-14
Hinrichs,
C and R. Welsh *
2003 “The effects of the industrialization of
U.S. livestock agriculture on promoting sustainable agriculture practices.” Agriculture and Human Values, 20:
125-141
Welsh,
R., B. Hubbell and C. Carpentier
2003 “Agro-food system restructuring and the
geographic concentration of U.S. swine production.” Environment and Planning A., 235: 215-229
Lyson,
T.A., R. Torres and R. Welsh
2001 “Scale of agricultural production, civic
engagement and community welfare.” Social
Forces, 80: 311-327
Welsh,
R., C.L. Carpentier and B. Hubbell
2001 “On the effectiveness of state
anti-corporate farming laws in the United States.” Food Policy, 26: 543-548
Welsh,
R. and B. Hubbell
1999 “Contract hog production and
environmental management in the southern United States.” Agronomy Journal, 91: 883-888
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
1998 “An examination of trends in geographic
concentration in U.S. hog production: 1974 to 1996.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 30: 285-299
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
1998 “Transgenic crops: Engineering a more
sustainable agriculture?” Agriculture and
Human Values, 15: 43-56
Welsh,
R.
1998 “The importance of ownership arrangements
in U.S. agriculture.” Rural Sociology, 63:
199-213
Welsh,
R.
1997 “Vertical coordination, producer
response, and the locus of control over agricultural production decisions.” Rural Sociology, 62: 491-508
Graham,
M., R. Welsh and G. Mueller
1997 “In the land of milk and money: One dairy
farm’s strategic compensation system.” Journal
of Agribusiness, 15: 171-188
Welsh,
R. and T.A. Lyson
1997 “Farm structure, market structure and
agricultural sustainability goals: The case of New York State dairying.” American Journal of Alternative Agriculture,
12: 14-18
Welsh,
R.
1996 “Rotational grazing: A farm profile.” Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 8:
35-46
Welsh,
R.
1996 “Farm profile: The Battisti family dairy
farm.” Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation, 5: 34-37 [feature article].
Feldman,
S. and R. Welsh
1995 “Feminist knowledge claims, local
knowledge, and gender divisions of agricultural labor: Constructing a successor
science.” Rural Sociology, 60: 23-43
Welsh,
R.
1994 “Farm Profile: The Cecchini family dairy
farm.” Journal of Sustainable Agriculture,
5: 187-197
Lyson,
T.A. and R. Welsh
1993 “Crop diversity, the production function
and the debate between conventional and alternative agriculturists.” Rural Sociology, 58: 424-439
Beilock,
R., J. Burkhardt and R. Welsh
1989 “Risk permits: An alternative approach to
transportation safety regulations.” Logistics
and Transportation Review, 25: 195-208
Book
Chapters
Biscotti,
D., L. Glenna, W.B. Lacy and R. Welsh
2009 “The “independent” investigator: How
academic scientists construct their professional identity in
university-industry agricultural biotechnology research collaborations.” Pages
261-288 in N. Bandelj’s (ed.) Economic
Sociology of Work, Volume 18 of Research
in the Sociology of Work series. Emerald Group Publishing Limited/JAI.
Welsh,
R., T.A. Lyson and G.W. Stevenson
2008 “Preface: In T.A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson
and R. Welsh (eds.) Food and the
Mid-Level Farm: Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle. MIT Press.
Guptill,
A. and R. Welsh
2008 “Is relationship marketing an alternative
to the corporatization of organics? A case study of the Organic Farmers
Association for Relationship Marketing (OFARM)” In T.A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson
and R. Welsh (eds.) Food and the
Mid-Level Farm: Renewing Agriculture of the Middle. MIT Press.
Grow,
S., A. Guptill, E. Higgins, T.A. Lyson and R. Welsh
2008 “The effect of laws that foster
agricultural bargaining: The case of apple growers in Michigan and New York
State” In T.A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson and R. Welsh (eds.) Food and the Mid-Level Farm: Renewing Agriculture of the Middle.
MIT Press. (Reprinted with permission from Winrock International)
Stevenson,
G.W., R. Welsh and T.A. Lyson
2008 “Epilogue” In T.A. Lyson, G.W. Stevenson
and R. Welsh (eds.) Food and the
Mid-Level Farm: Renewing Agriculture of the Middle. MIT Press.
Ervin,
D. and R. Welsh *
2007 “Environmental effects of genetically
modified crops: A differentiated risk assessment model.” In R.E. Just, J.M.
Alston and D. Zilberman (eds.) Regulating
Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. Springer. (Reprinted with
permission from Springer). This volume won
the Quality of Communication Award of the American Agricultural Economics
Association at its annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 29-August 1, 2007.
Ervin,
D. and R. Welsh *
2005 “Environmental effects of genetically
modified crops: A differentiated risk assessment model.” In J. Wesseler, (ed.) Environmental Costs and Benefits of
Transgenic Crops in Europe: Implications for Research, Production and
Consumption. Springer.
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
2001 “Issues in Benefits Measurements for
Transgenic Crops in Sustainable Agriculture.” Pp. 151-176 In J.K.J. Gowdy and
J. van der Straaten (eds.) Sustainability
in Action, Edward Elgar Publishers.
Reports
Heisey,
P.W., J.L. King, K.D. Rubenstein, D.A. Bucks, R. Welsh
2010 Assessing
the Benefits of Public Research Within an Economic Framework: The Case of USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service, ERR-95, U.S. Dept. of Agr., Econ. Res. Serv. May 2010
Grow,
S., A. Guptill, T.A. Lyson, R. Welsh
2003 The
Effects of Laws That Foster Agricultural Bargaining: The case of apple growers
in Michigan and New York State. Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural
& Environmental Policy at Winrock International.
Welsh,
R. and T.A. Lyson
2001 Anti-corporate
Farming Laws, the Goldschmidt Hypothesis and Rural Community Welfare.
Friends of the Constitution, Elmwood, Nebraska.
Ervin,
D., S. Batie, R. Welsh, C.L. Carpentier, J.I. Fern, N.J. Richman, and M.A.
Schulz
2000 Transgenic
crops; an Environmental Assessment. The Henry A. Wallace Center for
Agricultural & Environmental Policy at Winrock International Institute for
Agricultural Development.
Welsh,
R.
1999 The
Economics of Organic Grain and Soybean Production in the Midwestern United
States. Policy Studies Report #13, The Henry A. Wallace Institute for
Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, MD.
Welsh,
R. and K. Ingram
1998 Systems
Research Methods. Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program. Georgia Station, Griffin, GA.
Welsh,
R.
1997 Reorganizing
U.S. Agriculture: The Rise of Industrial Agriculture and Direct Marketing.
Policy Studies Report #7, The Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative
Agriculture, Greenbelt, MD.
Welsh,
R.
1996 The
Industrial Reorganization of U.S. Agriculture: An Overview and Background
Report. Policy Studies Report #6, The Henry A. Wallace Institute for
Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, MD.
Hilchey,
D., R. Welsh, A. Knight and J. Green
1996 Farming
Entrepreneurs: Case Studies of Seven Innovative Horticultural Businesses in New
York State. The Farming Alternatives Program, Cornell University.
Welsh,
R.
1992 P.L.
480 Title I and Market Development. USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service Staff
Report #28.
Milon,
W.J. and R. Welsh
1989 An
Economic Analysis of Sport Fishing and the Effects of Hydrilla Management in
Lake County, Florida. Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences,
Gainesville, Florida. Economic Report #118.
Other
Publications
Book Reviews
Beyond
Food Production: The role of agriculture in poverty reduction.
Fabrizio Bresciani and Alberto Valdes (eds). Published by Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations and Edward Elgar Publishers. 2007.
Agribusiness- in
press.
The New
Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks and Power. Scott Frickel and Kelly Moore (eds). The
University of Wisconsin Press. 2006. Contemporary
Sociology 2008 37(5).
Farming
For Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability.
Michael Mayerfeld Bell. University Park,
PA: Pennsylvania Press, 2004. Contemporary
Sociology 2005 35(2).
Privatization
of Information and Agricultural Industrialization. Steven
A. Wolf (ed). 1997. CRC Press. Rural
Sociology 2002, 67(1).
The
Doubly Green Revolution: Food For All in the 21st Century. Gordon
Conway. Society and Natural Resources, 2000
13:611-15.
Pigs,
Profits and Rural Communities. Kendall Thu and E. Paul
Durrenberger (eds). SUNY Press 1998. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 1998
13:190-191.
Commentaries
and Editorials
“Sustainable agriculture systems in a resource
limited future” Renewable Agriculture and
Food Systems (2010) 25: 83-84.
“Commentary on ‘Ever Since Hightower: The
politics of agricultural research activism in the molecular age’” Agriculture and Human Values, (2005) 22:
289-290
Correspondence
Welsh, R, B. Hubbell, D. Ervin and M. Jahn.
2002 “GM crops and the pesticide paradigm”. Nature
Biotechnology 20: 548-549.
Paper and Poster Presentations
Invited
Presentations
Welsh, R.
2010 “Elements of Successful Transdisciplinary
Research” National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s workshop on “Social Science Research Planning: Climate Change,
Bio-Energy, and Natural Resources.”
Welsh, R. and L. Glenna
2008 “Choice of Research Priorities by Public
and Private Sector Scientists and Research Administrators.” Assessing the
Benefits of Agricultural Research Service R&D within an Economic Framework:
A Preliminary Results Workshop.
Economic Research Service/U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Welsh,
R., G. Gillespie and M. Gremelspacher
2007 “Cow Power: Use of Anaerobic Digesters to
Address Odor and Energy Issues in the New York Dairy Industry.” Environmental
Studies Seminar at Colgate University, September 21.
Welsh,
R., D. Ervin, L. Glenna, S. Buccola, H. Yang, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2006 “Agricultural Biotechnology &
University-Industry Research Relationships: Views of University Scientists and
Administrators and Industry.” National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, June
12-14, 2006 in Ithaca, New York.
Welsh,
R.
2004 Panel on “Universities and the Production
of Knowledge for Industry.” The 177th Annual Meeting of the
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy of the National Academics
of Science, November 18 in Washington, D.C.
Ervin, D. and R. Welsh.
2003 “Environmental Effects of Genetically
Modified Crops: A Differentiated Risk Assessment Model.” Presented at a Frontis
Sponsored Workshop on Environmental Costs and Benefits of Transgenic Crops in
Europe. Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, June 1-4, 2003.
Welsh,
R.
2002 “Social Implications of Agricultural
Biotechnology.” Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research &
Education/Professional Development Program Annual Workshop in Chattanooga, TN
January 24-25.
Ervin,
D., S. Batie, C.L. Carpentier and R. Welsh.
2001 “Transgenic Crops: Economic and
Institutional Forces Shaping Environmental Benefits and Risks.” Annual Meeting
of the Western Agricultural Economics Association in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Welsh,
R.
2000 “Genetically Modified Organisms on the
Farm.” Presentation at the Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture,
First Annual Meeting in Gaithersburg, MD.
Welsh,
R.
2000 “Transgenic Crops: Potential
Environmental Implications.” Presentation at the National Grocer’s Association
Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.
Welsh,
R.
1999 “Sustainable Agriculture and Genetically
Modified Pest Protected (GMPP) Plants.” Washington, D.C.: Presentation to the
National Research Council’s Board on Agriculture Committee on GMPP Plants.
Welsh,
R.
1999 “The Importance of Sustainable
Agriculture in the Chesapeake Bay Region.” Beltsville, MD: Third Annual U.S.
Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Symposium on
Sustainable Agriculture.
Welsh,
R.
1997 “Structural Change in Agriculture and its
Impact on Small Farms.” Memphis, TN: Presentation to the Secretary of
Agriculture’s National Commission on Small Farms.
Welsh,
R.
1997 “The Importance of Ownership Arrangements
in U.S. Agriculture.” Oklahoma City, OK: Kerr Center for Sustainable
Agriculture Rural Development Symposium.
Other Presentations
Welsh,
R., G. Gillespie and M. Swindal.
2009 “Technoscience, anaerobic digesters and
the dairy industry: Factors influencing northern New York dairy farmers’ views
on an alternative energy technology.” Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological
Society in Madison, WI.
Welsh,
R. and H. Sullivan-Catlin.
2009 “Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in
the North Country: Motivations and Oppositions among Members and Farmers.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Agriculture and Human Values Society in
State College, PA.
Welsh,
R., L. Glenna, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti.
2008 “Choice of Research Priorities by Public
and Private Sector Scientists” Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting in
Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Welsh,
R., G. Gillespie and M. Gremelspacher
2008 “Technoscience, Anaerobic Digester
Technology and the Dairy Industry” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association in Boston, MA.
Biscotti,
D., W. Lacy, L. Glenna and R. Welsh
2008 “The “Independent Investigator”: Resource
Dependence Dilemmas in University-Industry Agricultural Biotechnology Research
Collaborations” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in
Boston, MA.
Welsh, Rick, Leland Glenna, William Lacy and
Dina Biscotti
2008 “Choice of Research Priorities by Public
and Private Sector” Paper presented at the European Association for the Study
of Science and Technology meetings, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Welsh, Rick,
Leland Glenna, William B. Lacy, and Dina Biscotti
2008 “Measuring Agricultural Science
Orientations” Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society meetings,
Manchester, New Hampshire.
Lacy, William B., Leland Glenna, Rick Welsh,
and Dina Biscotti
2008 “University and Industry Cultures of
Science in Agricultural Biotechnology: Conflictual, Complementary or
Convergent” Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society meetings,
Manchester, New Hampshire. 31 July 2008.
Gremelspacher,
Megan, Gilbert Gillespie and Rick Welsh
2008 “Community Digester Operations: New York
Dairy Farmer Perspectives” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural
Sociological Society, Manchester, NH, July 28-31. Also presented at Department
of Development Sociology 2008 Annual Encore Conference, September 26.
Welsh,
R., L. Glenna, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti.
2007 “From an Economics of Science to an
Economic Sociology of Science.” Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gremelspacher, Megan, Rick Welsh and Gilbert
Gillespie
2007 “Dairy Farmer Views on Alternative Energy
Production” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological
Society, Santa Clara, CA, August 2-5.
Welsh,
R., G. Gillespie and M. Gremelspacher
2007 “New York State Dairy Farmer Attitudes
About, and Experiences with, Anaerobic Digesters” Annual Meeting of the
Agriculture Food, and Human Values Society in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Welsh,
R., L. Glenna, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2006 “Science, Agri-biotechnology and
Economy.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada.
Glenna,
L. R. Welsh, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2006 “University and Industry Perceptions of
University-Industry Relationships Related to Agricultural Biotechnology
Research.” Paper presented at the 10th International Consortium on
Agricultural Biotechnology Research, Ravello, Italy.
Glenna,
L. R. Welsh, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2006 “University and Industry Perceptions of
University-Industry Relationships Related to Agricultural Biotechnology
Research.” Paper presented at the NC-1003 Symposium “Funding Agricultural
Research: Evolving Institutional Frameworks. Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Welsh,
R., L. Glenna, W.B. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2005 “Academic Capitalism in Agricultural
Biotechnology: results of case studies of six U.S. land grant universities.”
Conference on Economic Sociology and Technology, Ithaca, NY.
Biscotti,
D., W.B. Lacy, L. Glenna and R. Welsh
2005 “Agricultural Biotechnology and the Land
Grant University Research Mission.” Joint Annual meetings of the Agriculture
Food and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and
Society, Portland, OR.
Biscotti,
D., W.B. Lacy, L. Glenna and R. Welsh
2005 “Institutional Boundaries and
Interorganizational Collaboration in the Field of Agricultural Biotechnology.”
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Biscotti,
D., W.B. Lacy, L. Glenna and R. Welsh
2005 “Systems of Exchange in U.S.
University-Industry Agricultural Biotechnology Research Collaborations.” Poster
presented at the ninth international conference of the Consortium on
Agricultural Biotechnology Research in Ravello, Italy.
Glenna,
L., R. Welsh, W.B. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2005 “University Agricultural Biotechnology
Research in the Context of Academic Capitalism.” American Sociological
Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Lacy,
W.B., L. Glenna, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2005 “The Two Cultures of Science:
university/industry research environments in agricultural biotechnology.” Rural
Sociological Society Annual meeting, Tampa, FL.
Lacy,
W.B., L. Glenna, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2005 “The Two Cultures of Science:
university/industry research environments in agricultural biotechnology.”
Fourth global conference of the Global Consortium of Higher Education and
Research for Agriculture, Hangzhou, China.
Welsh,
R. and L. Glenna
2004 “Considering the Role of the University
in Conducting Research on Agricultural Biotechnologies” Presented as part of
the Regular Session on Science and Technology of the Annual Meeting of the
American Sociological Association in San Francisco August 16.
Biscotti,
D., L. Glenna, W.B. Lacy and R. Welsh
2004 “Institutional and Ideological Regulation
of University-Industry Agricultural Biotechnology Research Collaborations.”
Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Sacramento, CA.
Glenna,
L., W.B. Lacy, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2004 “The University and Agricultural
Biotechnology in Institutional Context.” Leland Glenna, William B. Lacy, Rick
Welsh and Dina Biscotti. Rural Sociological Society annual meeting, Sacramento,
CA.
Welsh,
R., L. Glenna, W. Lacy and D. Biscotti
2003 “Factors Influencing University
Scientists’ Opinions of University-Industry Relationships in Agricultural
Biotechnology.” Presented as part of the Sociology of Science Section of the
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, August
16-19.
Glenna,
L., W.B. Lacy, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2003 “The Land Grant University and Marketable
Science.” Joint annual meetings of the Agriculture Food and Human Values
Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Austin, TX.
Lacy,
W.B., L. Glenna, R. Welsh and D. Biscotti
2003 “The Two Cultures of Science:
university/industry research environments, criteria for problem choice and
perceived impact.” Rural Sociological Society annual meeting. Montreal, Canada.
Welsh,
R., B. Hubbell, D. Erwin and M. Jahn
2002 “Monarch butterflies, The Science Wars
and Precautionary Technology Development.” Presented as part of the Environment
and Technology Section of the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association in Chicago, Illinois, August 16-19.
Welsh,
R., B. Hubbell and C. Carpentier
2002 “Agro-food System Restructuring and the
Geographic Concentration of the U.S. Swine Industry.” Presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society in Chicago, Illinois, August 15-18.
Welsh,
R., T. Lyson, S. Grow and A. Guptill
2002 “Grower Collective Bargaining in U.S.
Agriculture: Lessons from the MI & NY Apple Industries.” Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society in Chicago
Illinois, June 13-16.
Lacy,
W.B., L. Glenna, D. Biscotti and R. Welsh
2002 “University-Industry Relationships and
the Public Good: preliminary interview findings.” Pew Foundation Conference on
Food and Biotechnology. Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Ervin,
D., R. Welsh, S. Batie and C. Carpentier
2001 “Public Research for Biosafety Regulation
of Transgenic Crops.” June 15-18, 2001. 5th International Conference
convened by International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research
Conference in Ravello, Italy.
Welsh,
R. and T.A. Lyson
2001 “Anti-corporate Farming Laws and Rural
Community Welfare.” Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. August 15-19.
Welsh,
R. and C. Hinrichs
2001 “Industrialization of the U.S. Livestock
Industry and its Implications for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Practices.”
Agriculture and Human Values, St. Paul, MN, June 7-10.
Welsh,
R.
1999 “Genetically Modifies Pest Protected
Plants and Sustainable Agriculture.” Presented at the 1999 Fall Meeting of the
American Bar Association in San Diego, CA, October 7.
Welsh,
R. and B. Hubbell
1999 “Structural Change in the Pork Industry:
Some Environmental Implications.” Anaheim, CA: American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Welsh,
R.
1997 “Feminist Critiques of Agricultural
Science.” Toronto: Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
1997 “Vertical Coordination and On-Farm
Environmental Performance: Results of a Mail Survey.” Toronto: Rural Sociological Society Annual
Meeting.
Welsh,
R. and B. Hubbell
1997 “Hog Contracting and Manure Management in
the South and Southeast.” Toronto: American Agricultural Economics Association
Annual Meeting.
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
1997 “An Entropy-Based Measure of Geographic
Concentration of U.S. Hog Production.” Toronto: American Agricultural Economics
Association Annual Meeting.
Hubbell,
B. and R. Welsh
1996 “Issues in Benefits Measurement for
Transgenic Crops in Sustainable Agriculture.” Island of Vilm, Germany: Managing
Sustainability from the Ground-Up- University of Rostock and Wuppertal
Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.
Lyson, T.A.,
L. Tauer and R. Welsh
1995 “Factors Related to Adoption of rBST
Among a Population of Farmers in New York State.” Atlanta, Georgia: American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
Welsh,
R. and T.A. Lyson
1994 “Local Knowledge an the Spirit of Sustainable
Agriculture: Socioeconomic Aspects of Pest and Nutrient Management on New York
State Dairy Farms.” Portland, Oregon: Rural Sociological Society Annual
Meeting.
Welsh,
R.
1993 “Four Sustainable Agriculture Case
Studies.” Potsdam, New York: New York State Sociological Association Annual
Meeting.
Lyson,
T.A. and R. Welsh
1992 “Social and Economic Factors Related to
Biodiversity in U.S. Agriculture from 1978-1987.” Pennsylvania State
University: Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
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