Carmen Bain, Department of Sociology: Faculty and Staff at Iowa State University

Dr. Carmen Bain • Assistant Professor

B.A., M.A. U of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
PhD Michigan State University

308 East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
294-9895
FAX: (515) 294-2303
cbain@iastate.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Bain's research interests include the political economy of food and agriculture; gender, social change and development; and the bioeconomy. Her current research has two focuses: first, using AidData (http://www.aiddata.org/home/index) to explore the gendered dimensions of international development aid for agriculture and; second, examining the social dimensions of the bioeconomy and biofuels development in the US. She has conducted research in Chile, Ghana, New Zealand and the US. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in the journals Gender & Society, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Biomass and Bioenergy, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, Rural Sociology, and Food Policy and several edited volumes including Calculating the Social: Standards and the Re-configuration of Governing and Agricultural Governance: Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation. She is the advisor for the Public Service and Administration (PSA) in Agriculture Program at ISU.

What's New with Dr. Bain

Sage Publications Podcast: Authors Elizabeth Ransom and Carmen Bain discuss their article, "Gendering Agricultural Aid: An Analysis of Whether International Development Assistance Targets Women and Gender." Download MP3

Bain, C., A. Prokos, and *H. Liu. (forthcoming). “Community Support of Ethanol Plants: Does Local Ownership Matter?” Rural Sociology.

Bain, C. (2011). “Constructing the Local: An Assessment of Ethanol Plant Ownership in Iowa.” Biomass and Bioenergy. 35(4): 1400-1407.

Selfa, T., L. Kulcsar, C. Bain, R. Goe and G. Middendorf. (2011). “Biofuels Bonanza? Exploring Community Perceptions of the Promises and Perils of Biofuels Production.” Biomass and Bioenergy. 35(4):1379-1389.

Bain, C., E. Ransom, and M. Worosz. (2011)“Constructing Credibility: Using Technoscience to Legitimate Strategies in Agrifood Governance.” Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 25(3): 160-192.

Ransom, E. and C. Bain.(2011) “Gendering Agricultural Aid: An Analysis of Whether International Development Assistance Targets Women and Gender.” Gender & Society. 25(1): 48-74.

Bain, C. (2010). “Structuring the Flexible and Feminized Labor Market: GLOBALGAP Standards for Agricultural Labor in Chile.” Signs 35(2): 343-370.

Bain, C. (2010). “Governing the Global Value Chain: GLOBALGAP and the Chilean Fresh Fruit industry.” International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 17(1): 1-23.

Bain, C. and M. Hatanaka. (2010). “The Practice of Third-Party Certification: Enhancing Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice in the Global South?” In V. Higgins and W. Larner (Eds.). Calculating the Social: Standards and the Re-configuration of Governing. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.

Bain, C. (2010). Book review. Bill Winders (2009). “The Politics of the Food Supply: US Agricultural Policy in the World Economy.” Yale University Press: New Haven. Contemporary Sociology. 39(2):212-213.

Bain, C. (2010). Film review. Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young. (2008). “Good Food.” Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films; Megan Thompson. (2007). “Ladies of the Land.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Films for the Feminist Classroom. Fall. Issue 2.2

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