Fred Buttel
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Frederick H. Buttel was William H. Sewell
Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
, his master's degree in forestry and environmental studies at Yale University
and his Ph.D. in sociology at the former institution. He served as a faculty member at Michigan State University
and Cornell University
, where he directed the Biology and Society Program.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(1987), was president of the Rural Sociological Society (1990-1991, the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (1998-1999) and the Environmental and Society Research Commnittee of the International Sociological Association, and was editor of the journal Research in Rural Sociology and Development[1] and co-editor of the journal Society and Natural Resources. Buttel was a scholar in rural sociology whose research focused on four major areas of study: the sociology of agriculture, environmental sociology
, technological change in agriculture, and national and global activism relating to environmental and agricultural policies.
After his death, the International Sociological Association
established in his honor the Frederick H. Buttel International Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Environmental Sociology. The chair he held at Wisconsin was renamed the Buttel-Sewell Professorship.
William H. Sewell
William Hamilton Sewell was a United States sociologist and the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1967-1968. He is known also as the father of another sociologist .-Biography:...
Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
, his master's degree in forestry and environmental studies at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and his Ph.D. in sociology at the former institution. He served as a faculty member at Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, where he directed the Biology and Society Program.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
(1987), was president of the Rural Sociological Society (1990-1991, the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society (1998-1999) and the Environmental and Society Research Commnittee of the International Sociological Association, and was editor of the journal Research in Rural Sociology and Development[1] and co-editor of the journal Society and Natural Resources. Buttel was a scholar in rural sociology whose research focused on four major areas of study: the sociology of agriculture, environmental sociology
Environmental sociology
Environmental sociology is typically defined as the sociological study of societal-environmental interactions, although this definition immediately presents the perhaps insolvable problem of separating human cultures from the rest of the environment...
, technological change in agriculture, and national and global activism relating to environmental and agricultural policies.
After his death, the International Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
International Sociological Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences...
established in his honor the Frederick H. Buttel International Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Environmental Sociology. The chair he held at Wisconsin was renamed the Buttel-Sewell Professorship.
Co-authored books
- New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development, Volume 11 (2005)
- Sociological Theory and Environment (2002)
- Environment, Energy, and Society: A New Synthesis (2001)
- Environment and Global Modernity (2000)
- Labor and the Environment (1990)
- Rural Sociology of the Advanced Societies (1980)