Shoshanah Inwood is a rural sociologist and an associate professor in SENR. She holds degrees in rural sociology, environmental science and biology. Her career has focused on the intersection of agriculture, environment, and society in the context of community and economic development. Shoshanah has maintained a dual focus studying both the role of communities in food system development and the socio-cultural household level processes that underlay the American food and agriculture system. Her integrated research and extension program centers on: 1) Health and well-being in the food and agriculture sector, 2) Social factors affecting farm growth, 3) Community and economic development through food and agriculture, and 4) Food System Resilience, Disasters and Disruptions. These themes tie together through questions examining social sustainability in the food and agriculture sector and focus on people, place and community. She approaches these questions through a sociological lens and utilize a mixed methods approach integrating qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and analysis techniques. She co-directs the Center for Community and Working Landscapes on the Wooster Campus at The Ohio State University.
Projects and Websites
Center for Community and Working Landscapes https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/
Individual Project Pages:
- Ohio Farm Poll, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/ohio-farm-poll/
- Ohio Farm Trends, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/ohio-farm-trends/
- Emergencies, Disasters and Ohio’s Food System, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/ohio-emergency-management-and-food-systems/
- Childcare, Farm Economic Development & Quality of Life, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/childcare/
- Health Insurance & Farm Economic Development, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/health-care-health-insurance/
- Wayne County Pathways to Prosperity, https://u.osu.edu/ccwl/projects/creating-wealth-through-value-added-ag/
USDA-AFRI Project: Health Insurance Rural Economic Development and Agriculture
www.hirednag.net
USDA-AFRI Project: Pathways To Prosperity Project
https://localfoodeconomics.com/pathways/
CDC Project: Linking Childcare to Farm Children Safety
https://marshfieldresearch.org/nccrahs/FarmChildrenChildcare
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Date published:
Sep 12 2020
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Becot, Florence, Shoshanah Inwood, Casper Bendixsen & Carrie Henning-Smith (2020) Health Care and Health Insurance Access for Farm Families in the United States during COVID-19: Essential Workers without Essential Resources?, Journal of Agromedicine, DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2020.1814924
Working households: Challenges in balancing young children and the farm enterprise
Date published:
Aug 10 2020
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Shoshanah Inwood & Emily Stengel (2020) Working households: Challenges in balancing young children and the farm enterprise, Community Development, DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1800772
Date published:
Oct 1 2017
Publication type:
Journal article
Our Author(s):
Shoshanah Inwood, Emily Portman, Bonnie Braun, Scott Loveridge, Sarah Heiss, Alana Knudson. 2017. The Farming Population and Health Insurance: Educational Needs and Approaches of Extension Professionals. Journal of Extension 55:5