This paper, Global Standards, Corporate Diagrams and Indigenous Agency: ExxonMobil in Russia and Alaska, co-authored by Assistant Professor Leah Horowitz, discusses how the government, and others may play important roles in influencing how corporate policies …
Civil Society & Community Research
Human Ecology collaboration supports women who face housing challenges following prison and jail time
The obstacles women face in trying to rebuild their lives and homes are unique.
Mapping Dejope: Indigenous Histories and Presence in Madison
Kasey Keeler, Assistant Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies and American Indian Studies, is leading an interdisciplinary community-engaged project, “Mapping Dejope: Indigenous Histories and Presence in Madison,” which will collect histories from UW and …
Can place-based civic science engage young people to make change?
In this article co-authored by Professor Emerita Constance Flanagan, the team explored how place-based civic science (PBCS) can provide opportunities to engage youth in environmental understanding and action through teamwork in which youth feel that …
Building power through reindigenization: Sharing the story of Menīkānaehkem
In this case study, published in the Journal of Community Psychology, Menīkānaehkem provides a valuable example of how community organizing is rooted in historical and cultural context to support power-building and collective action. For Menīkānaehkem, …
Flanagan: 21st century environmental & climate challenges require an eco-justice approach
Civic-science integrates science knowledge with civic practice but differs from the citizen-science prototype by reframing science as a public good and citizens as both recipients of and actors in policy. Authored by Professor Emerita Constance …
Horowitz: Indigenous cultural heritage preservation and the Dakota Access Pipeline
This paper published in The Geographical Journal [the academic journal of the Royal Geographical Society, since 1893] represents a “studying-up” of the controversy over federal regulatory processes regarding protection of Lakota and Dakota cultural heritage …
Cooperative principles at work in Indigenous foodsystems in the U.S.
Across Turtle Island, Native communities are joining the Indigenous food sovereignty movement to reclaim their foodsystems, cultural practices, and economies. Cooperatives are a particularly viable organizational structure for these projects since Indigenous foodsystems historically depended …
Four SoHE Faculty Earn Promotions
Drs. Robert L. Nix, Jennifer Gaddis, Kristin Litzelman, and Sarah Anne Carter return to campus with added distinction.
SoHE PhD Graduate to Find “Work That I Need, and Work That Needs Me”
A Q&A with Dr. Troy M. Williams, who graduated in spring 2021 from SoHE’s PhD program in Civil Society and Community Research.