FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Lou Swanson - CSU Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships

 

ACADEMIC TRAINING
1982, Ph.D. in Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
1975, Master of International Studies, North Carolina State University
1971, B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College

 

 

 

RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT

2006-Present Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships

2006 Associate Dean

2005-2006 Interim Associate Dean

1997-2005 Chair, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Special Assistant to the Dean of Liberal Arts for Research and Graduate Programs (1999 - 2003)

1982-1997 Assistant Professor (1982-87), Associate Professor (1987-1992) and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky (Appointment in the College of Agriculture and the College of Arts and Sciences)

1989 Resident Scholar with the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy of Resources for the Future, Sabbatic Leave, Washington, D.C.

1971-74 Peace Corps Volunteer, Tunisia

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION & HONORS

President of the Rural Sociological Society for the term of 1999-2000.

Soil and Water Conservation Society of America, President's Citation for Excellence, for the book Agricultural Policy and the Environment, Awarded August 7, 1995.

Award for Professional Excellence in Quality of Communications for the book Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes: Agrarian Myths in Agricultural Policy from the American Agricultural Economics Association in 1993 [the annual best book award]

Resident Fellow with the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy at Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., 1988?1989

Kellogg 1988 National Leadership Fellow at the National Center of Food and Agricultural Policy of Resources for the Future.

 

Books

Brown, David and Louis E. Swanson (Eds.)
2003 Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. The Rural Studies Series. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press

Swanson, Louis E., Frank Clearfield (Eds.)
1994 Agricultural Policy and the Environment: Iron Fist or Open Hand. Ankey, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society Press.

Browne, William P., Jerry R. Skees, Louis E. Swanson, Paul Thompson, Laurian Unnivher
1992 Sacred Cows and Hot Potatoes: Agrarian Myths in Agricultural Policy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Flora, Cornelia, Jan Flora, Louis E. Swanson, Jackie Spears
1992 Rural Communities: Legacy and Social Change. Boulder CO: Westview Press
Co. [This is the textbook for Telecommunications Course -- Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Corportation].

Luloff, A. E., and Louis E. Swanson, (Eds.)
1990 American Rural Communities. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Swanson, Louis E., (Ed.)
1988 Agricultural and Community Change in the U.S.: The Congressional Research Reports . The Rural Studies Series. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Selected Articles

Swanson, Louis E.
2001 “Rural Policy and Direct Local Participation: Democracy, Inclusiveness, and Collective Agency.” Rural Sociology Vol. 66.Nol 1 (Spring).

Swanson, Louis E.
2001 “Rural Opportunities: Minimalist Policy and Community-Based Experimentations” Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 96-107.

Rowe, Helen I., E. T. Bartlett, Louis E. Swanson
2001 Ranching Motivations in Two Colorado Counties.” Journal of Rangeland Management. Vol. 54 July.

Edwards, Ruth, Pamela Jumper-Thurman, Barbara Plested, Eugene Oetting and Louis Swanson
2000 “Community Readiness: Research and Practice.” Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 28, No. 3, 291-307.

Swanson, Louis E. and David Freshwater
1999 “From New Deal to No Deal.” Forum Vol. 84, Spring, pp. 84-89.

Swanson, Louis E. and Shripad Deo
1998 “To cross the Rubicon: The college of agriculture rural development dilemma.” Southern Rural Sociology. Vol. 13, No. 1 pp. 19-40.

Swanson, Louis E., Jerry R. Skees, and Lionel Williamson
1995 "African Americans in Southern Rural Regions: The Importance of Legacy," Review of Black Political Economy. Spring, Vol. 22, No. 4.

Bonanno, Alessandro, and Louis E. Swanson
1993 "Critical Sociology: A Theoretical Alternative for Rural Sociology." International Journal of the Sociology of Food and Agriculture. Vol. 2, 143-158.

Lobao, Linda, Michael Schulman, and Louis E. Swanson
1993 "Still Going: Recent Debates on the Goldschmidt Hypothesis." Rural Sociology Vol. 58 (2): 277-288.

Browne, William P., Jerry R. Skees, Louis E. Swanson, Paul B. Thompson, and Laurian Unnevehr
1992 "Stewardship Values: Still Valid for the 21st Century?" CHOICES Third Quarter:20-25.

Coughenour, C. Milton and Louis E. Swanson
1992 "Determinants of farmer's satisfaction with farming and with life." Southern Rural Sociology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 45-70.