Faculty Member
Patrick H Mooney
College: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Sociology
Designation: Professor and Chair
Research: Rural Sociology with emphases on rural class struture, social movements, and cooperatives; social change and political economy; food security
Courses: SOC 517 Rural Sociology; masters and PhD research as well as independent research studies; SOC 350 Community Organization
Collaborative activities: work with Kentucky Community Farm Alliance and Prof. Keiko Tanaka (CLD) on Assessment of Food Security in Fayette County; work with Thomas Gray (USDA-Cooperative Services on cooperative restructuring); work with Prof Matteo Marini (Agricultural Economist--University of Calabria) on rural economic development in Europe.
Current activities: Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky
Expertise: Class analysis, frame analysis, historical analysis, agricultural cooperatives, United States, Poland
Keywords: sustainable agriculture movement, United States, Poland, food security, rural, class structure, social, political, economy
Location: 1559 Patterson Office Tower 40506-0027
Phone: (859) 257-4409
Fax: (859) 323-0272
Email address: phmooney@uky.edu
Web site: http://soc.as.uky.edu/users/soc168
