Douglas H Constance

Douglas H. Constance is Professor of Sociology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, USA. His degrees are in Forest Management (BS), Community Development (MS) and Rural Sociology (PhD), all from the University of Missouri - Columbia. His recent co-edited books are Alternative Agrifood Movements: Patterns of Convergence and Divergence (2014) by Emerald Press and Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System (2018) by Earthscan Press. He is past president of the...See more

Douglas H. Constance is Professor of Sociology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, USA. His degrees are in Forest Management (BS), Community Development (MS) and Rural Sociology (PhD), all from the University of Missouri - Columbia. His recent co-edited books are Alternative Agrifood Movements: Patterns of Convergence and Divergence (2014) by Emerald Press and Contested Sustainability Discourses in the Agrifood System (2018) by Earthscan Press. He is past president of the Southern Rural Sociological Association (2003) and the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (2008), and past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Rural Social Sciences. He is also past Chair of the Administrative Council of the United States Department of Agriculture Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Program (USDA/SARE), where he served as the Quality of Life Representative. See less