Jennifer Rogers is a lecturer at the University of CA, Santa Barbara. In 2007, she concluded her dissertation research in Oaxaca, Mexico and recently graduated from UCSB. She is investigating the environmental rights movement in Mexico, and specifically, the movement to protect the biodiversity of maize (corn). While in Oaxaca, she also studied the Oaxacan APPO movement, the role of female activists, and the role of radio in the movement.
As a teaching associate at UCSB, Jennifer has taught Sociology courses on Deviance, Social Movements, Qualitative Methodology, and Intro to Sociology. Additionally, she taught a Women’s Studies course titled “Gender Issues in Development: Environment, Food, and Resistance.” She received her MA in Sociology at UCSB in 2005. She graduated from UC Irvine in 2001 with a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies where she was deeply inspired by her favorite professor, Nancy Naples, to pursue a doctorate in Sociology.
Curriculum Vitae: View PDF here:CVitaeRogersMay2008
Contact Jennifer:
jennifer (at) coolmojo (dot) net
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