Dr. Carolan is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Research for the College of Liberal Arts. He has published over 150 peer review articles and chapters. His areas of expertise include environmental and agricultural law and policy, environmental sociology, the sociology of food systems and agriculture, and the sociology of technology and scientific knowledge. He also dabbles in social theory. He recently published the following books: A Sociological Look at Biofuels: Understanding the Past/Prospects for the Future (2010); Decentering Biotechnology: Assemblages Built and Assemblages Masked (2010); Embodied Food Politics (2011); The Real Cost of Cheap Food (2011 [second edition available spring 2018!]); The Sociology of Food and Agriculture (2012 1st ed/2016 2nd ed); Society and the Environment: Pragmatic Solutions to Ecological Issues (2013 1st ed/2016 2nd ed); Reclaiming Food Security (2013); Cheaponomics: The High Cost of Low Prices (2014); Food Utopias: Reimagining Citizenship, Ethics and Community (2015 with Paul Stock and Chris Rosin); Biological Economies: Experimentation and the Politics of Agrifood Frontiers (2016; with Richard LeHeron, Hugh Campbell, and Nick Lewis); and No One Eats Alone: Food as Social Enterprise (2017). He has the following book under contract: Fare Share: Food in the Collaborative Economy (early 2018, expected). Dr. Carolan is also Co-Editor for the Journal of Rural Studies (Impact Factor of 2.444) and Associate Editor for the journal Society and Natural Resources (Impact Factor of 2.72).