Faculty Member
Keiko Tanaka
College: College of Agriculture and College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Community & Leadership Development and Sociology
Designation: Associate Professor
Research: 1) Sustainable agriculture and food systems - (a) sustainable agriculture research in Japan and (b) local initiatives for making agriculture and food economy sustainable in Kentucky. 2) Science-based food safety governance - (a) cross-cultural comparison in a case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) between Japan and the US
Courses: SAG 201: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability; SAG 490: Capstone in Sustainable Agriculture; HON 115: World Food Systems II - Daily Bread; SOC 517: Rural Sociology; SOC 565: Environmental Sociology; SOC 637: Sociocultural Dimensions of Economic Development; SOC 640: Science, Agriculture & Development
Collaborative activities: (a) Science-Based Food Safety Regulatory Systems: Professionalization and Professional Ethics Surrounding Risk Analysis. Directed by Yoko Niiyama, Kyoto University, Japan. Funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (2007-09). (b) NC1036-Multistate Project: "Research and Education Support for the Renewal of an Agriculture of the Middle"
Current activities: Undergraduate and graduate teaching in Sociology (A&S College); Honors World Food Systems track (UK Honors); Undergraduate curriculum in Sustainable Agriculture (AG College)
Current funding: Dr. and Mrs. C. Milton Coughenour Research Endowment
Expertise: sustainable agriculture, governmental policy, regulations and programs; sociology of agriculture and food; sociology of science and technology; rural sociology; Japanese society and culture; Chinese society and culture; bibliographic analysis
Keywords: sociology; social science; social impact; sustainable agriculture; local food economy; science and society; agri-food systems, safety governance
Location: AG: 704 Garrigus Lexington, KY 40546-0215 and A&S:1575 Patterson Office Tower 40506-0027
Phone: AG: 859 257-7574 and A&S:859-257-6878
Fax: AG: 859 257-4354
Email address: ktanaka@email.uky.edu
Web site: http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CLD/dir.htm
