Dr. Douglas H. Constance

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Email: soc_dhc@shsu.edu

Office: AB1 311D

Office Phone: 936-294-1514

 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.  1993  Rural Sociology, University of Missouri - Columbia.

M.S.  1984     Community Development, University of Missouri - Columbia 

B.S.  1976      Forest Management, University of Missouri - Columbia

 

SPECIALTY AREAS:

Globalization of the Economy and Society

Sociology of Food and Agriculture

Environmental Sociology

Rural/Community Development

 

EMPLOYMENT:

Associate Professor, August 2003 to present

Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University

Assistant Professor, August 1997 to August 2003

Department of Sociology, Sam Houston State University

 

RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS & BOOKS:

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2007 (forthcoming). AAgency and Resistance in the Sociology of Agriculture and Food.@ In Wynne Wright and Gerad Middendorf (eds.), Food Fights: Producers, Consumers, and Activists Challenge the Global Food System. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.

 

Aboites, Gilberto, Alessandro Bonanno, Douglas H. Constance, Kristin Erlandson, and Francisco Martinez. 2007. La Construction de Resistancias en un Mundo Global (The Construction of Resistance in the Global World). Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila Press.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2006.“Corporations and the State in the Global Era: The Case of Seaboard Farms in Texas.”Rural Sociology 71(1):59-84.

Constance, Douglas H. and Reny Tuinstra. 2005. “Corporate Chickens and Community Conflict in East Texas: Growers’ and Neighbors’ Views on the Impacts of Industrial Broiler Production.” Culture and Agriculture 27(1):45-60.

Constance, Douglas H. 2003. “Presidential Address: From Goldschmidt to Globalization: The Southern Model of Rural Development." Southern Rural Sociology 19(1):123-137.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2003. “The Global/Local Interface.” Pp. 41-51 in David Brown and Louis Swanson (eds.), Challenges for Rural America in the 21st. Century. University Park, PA: Penn State Press.

Constance, Douglas H., Alessandro Bonanno, Caron Cates, Daniel Argo, and Mirenda Harris. 2003. “Resisting Integration in the Global Agro-food System: Corporate Chickens and Community Controversy in Texas.” Pp. 103-118 in Reidar Almas and Geoffrey Lawrence (eds.), Globalisation, Localisation, and Sustainable Livelihoods. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Press.

Constance, Douglas H., Anna M. Kleiner, and J. Sanford Rikoon. 2003. “The Contested Terrain of Swine Production: Deregulation and Reregulation of Corporate Farming Laws In Missouri” Pp. 76-95 in Jane Adams (ed.), Fighting for the Farm: Rural America Transformed. University Park, PA: University Press of Pennsylvania.

Constance, Douglas H. 2002. “Globalization, Broiler Production, and Community Controversy in East Texas”. Southern Rural Sociology 18(2):31-55.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2001.“Globalization, Fordism, and Post-Fordism in Agriculture and Food: A Critical Review of Salient Literature.”Culture & Agriculture 23(2):1-18.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2001. “Corporate Strategies in the Global Era: The Case of Mega-Hog Farms in the Texas Panhandle Region.” International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 9(1):5-28.

Denq, Furjen, Douglas H. Constance, and Su-Shiow Joung. 2000. “The Role of Class, Status, and Power in the Distribution of Toxic Superfund Sites in Texas and Louisiana.” Journal of Poverty 4(4):(81-100)

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2000. “Regulating the Global Fisheries: The World Wildlife Fund, Unilever, and the Marine Stewardship Council.”Agriculture and Human Values 17(2):125-139

Bonanno, Alessandro, Douglas H. Constance, and Heather Lorenz. 2000. “Powers and Limits of Transnational Corporations: The Case of ADM.” Rural Sociology 65(3):440-460.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2000. “Mega Hog Farms in the Texas Panhandle Region: Corporate Actions and Local Resistance.” In P. Coy (ed.), Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change 22:83-110. Stamford, CN: JAI Press.

 

RECENT PAPER, POSTER, and PANEL PRESENTATIONS:

Constance, Douglas H. 2007. “From Sustainable Agriculture to Civic Agriculture: The Next Step in the Sociology of Agri-Food Systems?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Santa Clara, CA.  August 5.

 

Constance, Douglas H. 2007. “The Diffusion of an Innovation: The Poultry Industry Moves South.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Santa Clara, CA.  August 4.

 

Lau, Michael, Roger Hanagriff, and Douglas H. Constance. “The Role of Marketing Barriers in the Adoption of Organic Agriculture: The Case of Texas.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association. Portland, OR. July 31.

 

Constance, Douglas H. 2007. “The Broiler Contract and Agri-Industrial Globalization: Don and Bo on the “Go.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Victoria, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  June 1.

 

Jordan, Jeffrey and Douglas H. Constance. 2007. ASustainable Agriculture and the Social Sciences: Getting Beyond Best Management System and Getting into Food Systems.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. Mobile, AL. Feb. 5. 

 

Constance, Douglas H. and Holly Lyke Ho-Gland. 2007. AOrganic Bifucation and Quality of Life: A Look at Certified and Non-Certified Organic Farmers in Texas.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the  Southern Rural Sociological Association. Mobile, AL. Feb. 5. 

 

Constance, Douglas H. 2006. AKeynote Address: Sustainable Agriculture and the Social Sciences in the United States.@ Paper presented at the International Symposium for the 5th Anniversary of Kii-Kuroshio Life Area Field Sciences Centre, Mie University: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Asia. Tsu, Japan. December, 13.

 

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2006. AA Critical Sociology Case Study Approach to the Globalization of the Agro-Food System.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Louisville, KY. August 12.

 

Constance, Douglas H. and Lee Meyer.  2006. AGrant Opportunities in the Sustainable Agriculture Research Education (SSARE) Program.@ Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Orlando, KY. August 13.

 

Constance, Douglas H. and Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland. 2006. AOrganic Bifurcation?: A Look at Certified and Non-Certified Organic Farmers in Texas.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Boston, MA. June 8.

 

Constance, Douglas H., Alessandro Bonanno, and J. Kirk Jentoft, 2006. AThe Globalization of the Agro-Food System: Global Sourcing, Hogs, Water, and Resistance in Texas.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the  Southwestern Sociological Association. San Antonio, TX. April 15.

 

Lyke Ho-Gland, Holly and Douglas H. Constance. 2006. ACertified and Non-Certified Farmers in Texas: How Different Are They?@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the  Southwestern Sociological Association. San Antonio, TX. April 14.

 

Constance, Douglas H.  2006. "Global Sourcing in the Broiler Industry: The Case of Tyson Foods and Pilgrim=s Pride.@ Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. Orlando, FL. Feb. 5.

 

Constance, Douglas H. and Jeffrey Jordan. 2006. ASouthern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Grant Opportunities.@ Panel presentation at the Southern Rural Sociological Association. Orlando, FL. Feb. 6.

Constance, Douglas H. 2005. “The Life and Times of William H. Friedland.” Presentation at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Tampa, Fl. August 8.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2005. “The Theoretical Importance of Friedland’s Commodity Analysis in the Context of the Evolution of Globalization.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Tampa, Fl. August 8.

Douglas H. Constance. 2005. “On Organic Certification: The Views of Organic Producers and Consumers in Texas.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Portland, OR. June 11.

Bonanno, Alessandro and Douglas H. Constance. 2005. “Seaboard Farms and Texas: The State and Corporations in the Global Era.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Portland, OR. June 10.

Constance, Douglas H. and Nicole Infererra. 2005. “Organic Agriculture in Texas: Producers’ Views on Certification.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association. New Orleans, LA. March 25.

Constance, Douglas H. 2005. "The Views of Organic Food Producers and Consumers in Texas.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Society. Little Rock, AR. Feb. 7.

Constance, Douglas H. and Jeffrey Jordan. 2005. “The Southern SARE Education Grants Program.” Panel presentation at the Southern Rural Sociological Society. Little Rock, AR. Feb. 6.

Constance, Douglas H. 2004. “The Gift of the Sociological Imagination.” Paper presented at the First Annual Conference of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Sam Houston State University. Huntsville, TX. Aug. 23.

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2004. “Global Sourcing, Resistance, and State Agency in the Hog Industry.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Sacramento, CA. Aug. 15.

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2004.“‘The Texas Model’: Global Sourcing Meets Democratic Resistance in the Hog Industry”. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Hyde Park, NY. June 11.

Kristen Erlandson, Douglas H. Constance and Alessandro Bonanno. 2004. “Global Restructuring and Community Resistance: The Case of Broiler Production in East Texas.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association. Corpus Christi, TX. March 19.

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2004. “Environmentalism Versus Free Trade in the Fisheries Sector: The Case of ‘Dolphin-Safe’ Tuna.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Sociological Association. Corpus Christi, TX. March 18.

Constance, Douglas H. and Alessandro Bonanno. 2004. "Global Sourcing Meets Community Resistance: The Case of Hog CAFOs in the Texas Panhandle." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Society. Tulsa, OK. Feb. 16.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Sociology 168: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

Sociology 131: Principles of Sociology

Sociology 336: Social Change and Development

Sociology 376: Rural and Urban Sociology

Sociology 384: Economy and Society

Sociology 386: Sociological Theory

Sociology 462: Marriage and the Family

Sociology 477: Complex Organizations

Sociology 564: Seminar in Environmental Sociology

Sociology 576: Seminar in Sociology of Community

Sociology 589: Seminar in Social Change and Development

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: 

Department of Sociology:

2001-2007 Director of Undergraduate Studies

College of Humanities and Social Sciences:

2004-2007 Member, Curriculum Committee

Sam Houston State University:

2006 – 2009 Member, University Curriculum Committee

2005-2008 Faculty Senate

Discipline of Sociology:

2007- 2008    President, Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society Values Society

2003-2008     Qualify of Life Representative, USDA Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Program

2002-2003     President: Southern Rural Sociological Association.