Dr. Douglas H.
Constance

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.