John Hedlund
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Education
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Sociology
M.S. North Carolina State University, Sociology
B.A. City College of New York (CUNY), Sociology
Research Interests
Plastic production and consumption
Technology and society
Social Theory
Environmental Sociology
Global agriculture and pesticide use
Courses Taught at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Contemporary Social Issues
Introduction to Social Research
Publications
- 2025 with Longo, Stefano and Clark, Timothy. “Plastics, Social Metabolism, and the Society-Nature Problematic.” Environmental Sociology
- 2024 with Longo, Stefano. “Monopoly Capital and the Rise of the Synthetic Age.” Monthly Review Vol. 76 Issue 7, pages 22-39.
- 2022 with Longo, Stefano and Clark, Timothy. “The Role of Distinction in Dialectical Analyses of Socioecology: Metabolic Rift, World Ecology, and Urban Political Ecology.” World Review of Political Economy Vol. 13 Issue 4, pages 449-475.
- 2022 with Clark, Timothy, Smolski, Andrew, Allen, Jason and Sanchez, Heather. “Capitalism and Sustainability: An Exploratory Content Analysis of Frameworks in Environmental Political Economy.” Social Currents Vol. 9 Issue 2, pages 159-179.
- 2020 with Longo, Stefano and York, Richard. “Agriculture, Pesticide Use, and Economic Development: A Global Examination (1990-2014). Rural Sociology Vol. 85 Issue 2, pages 519-544.