
ABOUT

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Environmental sociology
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Food systems & justice
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Gender & sexuality
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Rural economic & community development
Isaac, or “Ike,” is an Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development and graduate faculty in Food Systems at the University of Vermont. Ike researches and organizes with Vermont communities for social and environmental change. Ike is an environmental sociologist specializing in justice, sustainability, and economic viability in food systems. They also research and organize 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 economic and community development of food systems is also published in Rural Sociology, Agriculture and Human Values, the Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, 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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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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 Farmland: Land Access Strategies for Small-Scale Agriculture | Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1561964 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact | |
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 Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture | Isaac Sohn Leslie | 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12153 | http://isaacleslie.com/contact |