Daniel Tobin
Associate Professor
Department of Community Development & Applied Economics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Gund Institute for the Environment
Food Systems
Rural Sociology
Agriculture and Human Values
BIO
Daniel Tobin is a rural sociologist whose research focuses on how small- and medium-scale farmers respond to external influences like market forces, policy mechanisms, and environmental changes. Particular interests include sociology of agriculture, development sociology, political economy of agricultural development, crop diversity conservation, and seed systems. Tobin currently has projects in Peru, Mexico, Vermont, and Uganda. In the classroom, Tobin also focuses on topics of rural and agricultural development, teaching large introductory lectures, graduate courses, and a travel course to Peru through which students partner with a local NGO and contribute to ongoing research with small-scale farmers in the highlands.
Area(s) of expertise
Agricultural development, Food systems, Development sociology, Rural sociology
Bio
Daniel Tobin is a rural sociologist whose research focuses on how small- and medium-scale farmers respond to external influences like market forces, policy mechanisms, and environmental changes. Particular interests include sociology of agriculture, development sociology, political economy of agricultural development, crop diversity conservation, and seed systems. Tobin currently has projects in Peru, Mexico, Vermont, and Uganda. In the classroom, Tobin also focuses on topics of rural and agricultural development, teaching large introductory lectures, graduate courses, and a travel course to Peru through which students partner with a local NGO and contribute to ongoing research with small-scale farmers in the highlands.
Areas of Expertise
Agricultural development, Food systems, Development sociology, Rural sociology