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Community and economic development
Rural and international
Environmental sociology
Qualitative, participatory, and mixed methods
Food systems
Food justice, agroecology, and farm viability
Gender and sexuality
& intersections with race, ethnicity, nation, class, ability, and religion
Dr. Isaac “Ike” Leslie (they/them) is an Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development, Graduate Faculty in Food Systems, and Collaborator with the Institute for Agroecology at the University of Vermont. Ike researches and organizes with Vermont communities for social and environmental change. They are an environmental sociologist specializing in justice, sustainability, and economic viability in food systems. Ike also researches and organizes with LGBTQ+ farmers and rural residents.
Ike co-authored the sixth edition of An Invitation to Environmental Sociology and co-edited a special issue of Society & Natural Resources, which unpacks the roles of gender and sexuality in farming. Their work on the community and economic development of food systems is also published in Agriculture and Human Values, Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, and elsewhere.
Ike's research has been supported by Fulbright, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and others. They earned a Ph.D. in Sociology/Community & Environmental Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; an M.A. in Sociology and M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire; and a B.A. in International Studies and Music from Vassar College.
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Title | Authors | Year | Website | Access | |
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Social Mycorrhiza: The Social Infrastructure of Agroecological Farming Economies | Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2024 | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2023.2267828 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
“Marriage is Necessary:” How Accessing Infrastructure through the Family Farm Affects Viability, Transitions, and Justice | Isaac Sohn Leslie, Alexa Wilhelm, and Analena Bruce | 2024 | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10460-024-10617-9 | https://rdcu.be/dRoJn | |
Surveying Queer Farmers: How Heteropatriarchy Affects Farm Viability and Farmer Well-being in U.S. Agriculture | Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Jaclyn Wypler, Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.123.005 | https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1155/1127 | |
LGBTQ+ Food Insufficiency in New England | Isaac Sohn Leslie, Jessica Carson, Analena Bruce | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10403-5 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
An Invitation to Environmental Sociology, 6th Edition | Michael Mayerfeld Bell, Loka L. Ashwood, Isaac Sohn Leslie, Laura Hanson Schlachter | 2021 | https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/an-invitation-to-environmental-sociology/book255384 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Half of New Hampshire Residents Buy Local Farm Food at Least a Few Times a Month, But Engagement Varies by County
| Jess Carson, Analena Bruce, Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2021 | https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/half-of-new-hampshire-residents-buy-local-farm-food | https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1436&context=carsey | |
Relational Agriculture: Gender, Sexuality, and Sustainability in U.S. Farming | Isaac Sohn Leslie, Jaclyn Wypler, Michael Mayerfeld Bell | 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1610626 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Sustainable Beef Production in New England: Policy and Value-chain Challenges and Opportunities | Morgan A. Crowley, Kara E. Shannon, Isaac Sohn Leslie, Andrea Jilling, Cameron D. McIntire, Emily Kyker-Snowman | 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2018.1492494 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Queer Farmland: Land Access Strategies for Small-Scale Agriculture | Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1561964 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Race and Food: Agricultural Resistance in U.S. History | Isaac Sohn Leslie, Monica M. White | 2018 | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-76757-4_19 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture | Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12153 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
Improving Farmers Markets and Challenging Neoliberalism in Argentina
| Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-017-9774-z | http://isaacleslie.com/contact |