Professor of Sociology
Year Started at JMU: 2010
colococr@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
B.A., Stonehill College
M.A., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Teaching
- Social Issues in a Global Context
- Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Capstone Seminar
- Sociology of the Environment
- Sociology of the Community
- Sociology of Disasters
- Senior Seminar in Sociology
Research
Environmental Sociology; Stratification; Community Change and Redevelopment; Sociology of Natural Resources; Space and Place.
Selected Publications
2018. "Recognizing the 'sparsely settled forest': Multi-decade socioecological change dynamics and community exemplars." Landscape and Urban Planning.
2017. "How Long Can We Keep Doing This? Sustainability as a Strictly Temporal Concept." Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
2015. "Forests in the Middle: Interactions Between Drivers of Change and Place-Based Characteristics in Rural Forest Communities." Journal of Rural Studies.
2013. “The Biophysical Dimension of Community Economic Addiction: Examining the Emergence of Biomass Energy in a Northern Forest Community.” Society & Natural Resources.
