Dr. Craig Ketterer Harris

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Michigan State University
College of Social Science
Sociology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1982
Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station
National Food Safety and Toxicology Center
Institute for Food and Agricultural Standards

Mailing Address

429A Berkey Hall
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (517) 355-5048
Fax: (517) 432-2856
harrisc@msu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Mathematical Sociology, Minor in Human Ecology, 1978.
B.A., Lawrence University, Interdisciplinary Major in Social Science, 1968.

Expertise and Research Interests

My current research interests are as follows:
Strategies of adaptation in primary production occupations (fishing, farming, mining, lumbering)
Sociological aspects of organic farming in Michigan
Farming systems research
Determinants of adoption of energy conservation behaviors
Implications of adoption of alternative heat energy sources
Energy integrated farm systems
Evolving human settlement patterns and human settlement structures
Family functioning in self- sufficient household systems
Techniques of public policy evaluation
The effects of modernization in commercial fishing
The simulation of differentiation
The contemporary mining community

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Food Safety, Mining, Sociology, Sustainable Agriculture.

Additional Terms:

Food Safety, Sociology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Chinese, Mandarin: (Functional, Functional, Functional)
Swahili: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society
American Fisheries Society
American Sociological Association
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Rural Sociological Society
Society for Human Ecology
Society for Risk Analysis

Previous Positions

1991-1999, Visiting Research Socioeconomist, Uganda Freshwater Fisaheries Research Organization, Jinja, Uganda
1990-1999, Visiting Associate Professor, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Philosophy
1987-1988, Visiting Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension, Taipei, Tiawan

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation: Transitions In Agricultural Landscapes, $1,750,000, Jul 1, 2002 to Jun 30, 2005.
  • Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station: Social Dimensions of Bovine Tuberculosis In Michigan, $75,000, Jul 1, 2001 to Jun 30, 2004.
  • National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research Program, Kellogg Biological Station: Social Dimensions of Rural Land Management, 1998 to 2003.
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Safeguarding the Supply of Specialty Crops for Consumers, 1998 to 2001.
  • USDA/Cooperative State Research Education and Economics Service, Pest Management Assessment Program: Michigan Commodity and Pest Management Profiles, 1998 to 1999.
  • National Science Foundation Science and Technology Studies: Making the Grade: Science and Values in Agricultural Grades and Standards, 1998 to 2001.

Publications

  • T. Yamaguchi and C. K. Harris, The Economic Hegemonization of Bt Cotton Discourse In India, Discourse and Society, 2004
  • T. Yamaguchi, C. K. Harris, and L. M. Busch, Agrifood Biotechnology Discourse in India, Science, Technology and Society, 8(1), 47-72, 2003
  • W. Kurlfink and C. K. Harris, Carrot Soup for the Mind: Carrot Growers and Ecological Rationality, Human Ecology Review, 2003
  • R. Wimberley, C. K. Harris, J. Molnar, and T. Tomazic (eds.), The Social Risks of Agriculture: Americans Speak Out On Food, Farming, and the Environment, New York: Praeger, 2002
  • T. Tomazic, B. Katz and C. K. Harris, Is That Strawberry Safe to Eat? Popular Concerns About Food Safety, The Social Risks of Agriculture: Americans Speak Out On Food, Farming, and the Environment, 2002
  • C. K. Harris and C. Bailey, Public Preferences for a Clean, Green Agricultural Machine, The Social Risks of Agriculture: Americans Speak Out On Food, Farming, and the Environment, 2002
  • J. Molnar, M. Traxler and C. K. Harris, Public Perceptions of Pesticides and Chemicals In Food, The Social Risks of Agriculture: Americans Speak Out On Food, Farming, and the Environment, 2002
  • L. Lutzenhiser, M. Olsen and C. K. Harris, Energy, Society and Environment, Handbook of Environmental Sociology, 2001

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