A Cross-National Analysis of Agricultural Dependency and its Impacts on Environmental Degradation.
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Adam Rourke Driscoll was born on May 11, 1978, in Baltimore, MD.He was raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia and rural Central Pennsylvania.He attended West Perry High School and graduated with honors in 1996 while running track and cross-country and participating in way too many school activities.He went on to attend Drexel University on a joint academic/athletic scholarship and graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences.After graduation, he taught for the department for two and a half years before deciding to leave academia.He went on to work for a year as an organic farmer for Village Acres Farm in Mifflintown, PA and then spent a summer biking across Southern Germany while working on various farms.After those adventures, Adam returned to academia, enrolling in East Carolina University's graduate program in Sociology.There, he formed a strong friendship with Bob Edwards who encouraged Adam to pursue his PhD.After a long application and decision process, Adam decided to enroll in North Carolina State University's PhD program.At NC State, Adam was lucky to work with such outstanding scholars and mentors as Ed Kick, Brett Clark, and Maxine Atkinson.He also managed to teach far more classes than any graduate student should, both in the classroom and online.In the fall of 2014, Adam will join the Department of Sociology and Archaeology at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse as an assistant professor.He is looking forward to what the next phase of life has to offer.iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank Ed Kick for always believing in me as a scholar.Ed's boundless energy and enthusiasm for the construction of knowledge has seen us through many projects, including this dissertation.I am a better thinker, writer, and scholar thanks to Ed's guidance and I look forward to all of our collaborations to come.I would also like to thank Brett Clark for being both a friend
Author: Adam Driscoll
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2254759508