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John J. Green (Updated 3/15/17)

Center for Population Studies Phone: (662) 915-7295

Department of Sociology and Anthropology Email: [email protected]

537 Lamar Hall, P.O. Box 1848

The University of Mississippi

University, MS 38677

http://socanth.olemiss.edu/center-for-population-studies/

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Population Studies to Inform Development, Community Development, Rural Sociology,

Population Health, Agrifood Systems, Socioeconomic Inequality, Sustainability, Research

Methods, Statistics

SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND EXPERTISE

Development Policy and Health, Livelihoods and Capabilities Development Frameworks,

Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Resiliency, Inequality in Spatial Contexts, Community

Development Models of Practice, Group Process Methodologies, Integration of Statistics in

Community-Based Research

AREAS OF GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS

U.S., U.S. South, Mississippi Delta, Gulf Coast, U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (have also

traveled for projects in Canada, China, Jamaica, Mexico, Northern Ireland, and South Africa)

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Missouri-Columbia (2002), Rural Sociology

Dissertation: Community-Based Cooperatives and Networks: Participatory Social

Movement Assessment of Four Organizations.

M.S. Mississippi State University (1998), Sociology

Thesis: The Ecopopulist Versus Pro-Growth Typology: A Contextual Constructionist

Analysis of Claims Made Concerning the Siting of a Hazardous Waste Facility.

B.A. Mississippi State University (1997), Political Science

Thesis: Last Best Hope of Earth: An Argument for Environmental Rights.

Continuing Education

Methods of Social Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology (2010).

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi

(2015-Present), Associate Professor (2011-2015).

Director, Center for Population Studies, University of Mississippi (2011-Present).

Director, Minor in Society and Health, University of Mississippi (2016-Present).

Affiliated Faculty, School of Law, University of Mississippi (2014-2017).

Editor in Chief, Community Development, the Official Journal of the Community Development

Society (2012-Present).

CV for John J. Green,

Director, Institute for Community-Based Research, University of Mississippi (2011-Present),

Delta State University (2002-2011).

Director, Center for Community and Economic Development, Delta State University (2010-

2011).

Associate Professor of Sociology and Community Development, Division of Social Sciences,

Delta State University (2008-2011), Assistant Professor (2002-2008).

Graduate Coordinator, Master of Science in Community Development Program, Delta State

University (2003-2010).

Interim Chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Acting Chair of the Department of History,

Delta State University (2009-2010).

Consultant, MI Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of Michigan (2008-2010).

Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University (2008-Present).

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Competitive Fellowship

Senior Scholar Nominee from the University of Mississippi for the Andrew Carnegie Fellows

Program. 2015.

Professional Association Awards

Distinguished Service Award. Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. 2013.

Ted. K. Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award. Community Development Society. 2010.

Award for Excellence in Extension and Public Outreach. Rural Sociological Society. 2009.

University Awards

Health Champion. Healthy Campus/Community Initiative. Delta State University. 2010.

Delta State University Foundation Faculty Prize for Excellence in Research. Delta State

University. 2008.

Delta State University Foundation Faculty Prize for Excellence in Service. Delta State

University. 2006.

Advisory Board Member of the Year. AmeriCorps*Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).

Center for Community and Economic Development. 2007, 2008, 2009.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Holland, J., J. Green, M. Phillips, & L. Alexander. 2016. “School Health Policies: Evidence-

Based Programs for Policy Implementation.” Journal of Policy Practice 15(4): 314-332. doi:

10.1080/15588742.2015.1081580.

Kerstetter, K. & J. Green. 2014. “Fundamental Causes of Health Disparities: Associations

Between Adverse Socioeconomic Resources and Multiple Measures of Health.” In J. Jacobs

Kronenfeld (ed.), Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Volume 32. United Kingdom:

Emerald. doi: 10.1108/S0275-495920140000032022.

Kerstetter, K., M. Phillips, & J. Green. 2014. “Collective Action to Improve Rural Community

Wellbeing: Opportunities and Constraints in the Mississippi Delta.” Rural Society 23(3): 256-268. doi:

10.5172/rsj.2014.5267.


Green, J. 2012. “Who Counts Reality and Why it Counts: Searching for a Community-Based

Approach to Quantitative Inquiry.” Journal of Rural Social Sciences 27(2): 137-149.

Kleiner, A., K. Kerstetter, & J. Green. 2012. “Community-Based Research: Analysis of

Outcomes for Learning and Social Change.” Journal of Rural Social Sciences 27(2):1-11.

Freiman A., J. Montgomery, J. Green, D. Thomas, A. Kleiner, & M. Boulton. 2010. “Did H1N1

Influenza Prevention Messages Reach the Vulnerable Population Along the Mississippi Gulf

Coast?” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 17(1): 52-58. doi:

10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181fb8002.

Grant, R., A. Ramgoolam, R. Betz, L. Ruttner, & J. Green. 2010. “Challenges to Accessing

Pediatric Health Care in the Mississippi Delta: A Survey of Emergency Department Patients

Seeking Non-Emergency Care.” Journal of Primary Care and Community Health 1(3): 152-

157. doi: 0.1177/2150131910380727.

Arbuckle, J., C. Valdivia, A. Raedeke, J. Green, & J. Rikoon. 2009. “Non-Operator Landowner

Interest in Agroforestry Practices in Two Missouri Watersheds.” Agroforestry Systems 75: 73-

82. doi: 10.1007/s10457-008-9131-8.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2009. “Escaping the Bondage of the Dominant Agrifood System:

Community-Based Cooperative Strategies.” Southern Rural Sociology 24(2): 149-168.

Kleiner, A. & J. Green. 2009. “The Contributions of Dr. William Heffernan and the Missouri

School of Agrifood Studies.” Southern Rural Sociology 24(2): 14-28.

Green, J. 2008. “Community Development as Social Movement: A Contribution to Models of

Practice.” Community Development 39(1): 50-62. doi: 10.1080/15575330809489741.

Green, J., K. Kerstetter, & A. Nylander. 2008. “Socioeconomic Resources and Self-Rated

Health: A Study in the Mississippi Delta.” Sociological Spectrum 28(2): 194-212. doi:

10.1080/02732170701796551.

Kleiner, A. & J. Green. 2008. “Expanding the Marketing Opportunities and Sustainable

Production Potential for Minority and Limited Resource Agricultural Producers in Louisiana

and Mississippi.” Southern Rural Sociology 23(1): 149-169.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, & J. Montgomery. 2007. “The Texture of Local Disaster Response:

Service Providers’ Views Following Hurricane Katrina.” Southern Rural Sociology 22(2): 28-

44.

Green, J., D. Gill, & A. Kleiner. 2006. “From Vulnerability to Resiliency: Assessing Impacts and

Responses to Disaster.” Southern Rural Sociology 21(2): 89-99.

Green, J., A. Jones, & J. Pope. 2004. “Underemployment and Workforce Development in the

Mississippi Delta: Community-Based Action Research for Program Planning to Increase

Livelihood Security.” Southern Rural Sociology 20(1): 80-106.

Raedeke, A., J. Green, S. Hodge, & C. Valdivia. 2003. “Farmers, the Practice of Farming, and

the Future of Agroforestry: An Application of Bourdieu’s Concepts of Field and Habitus.”

Rural Sociology 68(1): 64-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2003.tb00129.x.

Miller, D., J. Green, & D. Gill. 1999. “Bridging the Gap Between the Reductionist Perspective of

Public Policy and the Precautionary Perspective of Communities.” Electronic Green Journal

1(11): Article 2.

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/pages/Articles/JRSS%202012%2027%202%201-11.pdf

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/auxiliary/srsa/pages/Articles/JRSS%202012%2027%202%201-11.pdf


Peer-Reviewed/Edited Book Chapters

Green, J. (Forthcoming in 2017). “Community Development in the Era of Large-Scale Data:

Integrating Quantitative Data and Community Engagement.” In S. Kenny, B. McGrath, & R.

Phillips (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Community Development. New York, NY: Routledge,

Taylor & Francis.

Green, J., T. Greever-Rice, & G. Glass, Jr. 2015. “Sociodemographic Snapshots of the

Mississippi Delta.” In J. Collins (ed.), Defining the Delta: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on

the Lower Mississippi River Delta. Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press.

Green, J. 2014. “The Status of African Americans in the Rural United States.” In C. Bailey, L.

Jensen, & E. Ransom (eds.), Rural America in a Globalizing World: Problems and Prospects

for the 2010s. West Virginia Press.

Green, J. & D. Mitra. 2013. “Intersections of Development, Poverty, Race, and Space in

the Mississippi Delta in the Era of Globalization: Implications for Gender-Based Health

Issues.” In K. Fitzpatrick (ed.), Poverty and Health in America. Westport, CT: Praeger

Publishers.

Green, J., E. Green, & A. Kleiner. 2011. “From the Past to the Present: Agricultural

Development and Black Farmers in the American South.” In A. Alkon & J. Agyeman (eds.),

Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Green, J. & S. Leonard. 2011. “Community Development and Problem Solving for Better

Health: Evaluation and Contributions to Models of Practice.” In B. Smith, J. Fitzpatrick, & P.

Hoyt (eds.), Problem Solving for Better Health: A Global Perspective. New York: Springer

Publishing Company.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2010. “Action Research and Evaluation in Community Development.” In

J. Robinson Jr. & G. Green (eds.), Introduction to Community Development: Theory, Practice,

and Service-Learning. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, J. Montgomery, & D. Thomas. 2010. “Using Research to Inform and Build

Capacity Among Community-Based Organizations: Four Years of Gulf Coast Recovery

Following Hurricane Katrina.” In D. Brunsma, S. Overfelt, & S. Picou (eds.), The Sociology

of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowman

and Littlefield.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2009. “Exploring Global Agrifood Politics and the Position of Limited

Resource Farmers in the United States.” In S. Dasgupta & J. Pieterse (eds.), The Politics of

Globalization. London: Sage Publications.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, & A. Nylander. 2007. “A Community Study of Disaster Impacts and

Redevelopment Issues Facing East Biloxi, Mississippi.” In D. Brunsma, S. Overfelt, & S.

Picou (eds.), The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe. Lanham, MD:

Rowman and Littlefield.

Edited Essays and Book Reviews

Green, J. 2016. “Community Development and Social Development: Informing Concepts of

Place and Intentional Social Change in a Globalizing World.” Research on Social Work

Practice 1-4.

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=18043


Green, J., M. Phillps, & K. Kerstetter. 2014. “Creating Opportunity Pathways for Asset

Development: The Role of Participatory Problem Solving in the Mississippi Delta.” Bridges:

The Quarterly Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Summer: 7-9.

Green, J. & M. Saulters. 2014. “R & D for Sustainability: A Research Editorial.” Southern Good

Life 2: 143-151.

Green, J., M. Phillips, & M. Saulters. 2013. “Exploring Trends in Community Development

Research.” An Editorial Review in Community Development 44(5): 527-528.

Green, J. 2012. “Review of Financing Low-Income Communities: Models, Obstacles, and Future

Directions, Edited by J.S. Rubin.” Community Development 43(2): 282-284.

Green, J. 2010. “Collaborative Research for Development in the Mississippi Delta.” In J. Puhr

(ed.), Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center: 60 Years of Commitment to

Innovation and Excellence. Springfield, IL: Creasy Printing Services.

Green, J. & T. Ernest. 2008. “Plantations.” In G. Goreham (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Rural

America, Volume II, Second Edition. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing.

Green, J. 2006. “Review of Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan, by Alex de Waal.” Rural

Sociology 71(3): 537-540.

Green, J. 2004. “Review of The New Poverty Studies, Edited by J. Goode & J. Maskovsky.”

Community Development 34(2): 118-120.

Earnest, T. & J. Green. 1998. “Plantations in Rural America.” In G. Goreham (ed.),

Encyclopedia of Rural America, Volume II. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

Green, J. 1998. “The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.” In D. Bradley & S.F. Fishkin

(eds.), Encyclopedia of Civil Rights. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Working Papers and Technical Reports

John J. Green has authored/co-authored dozens of working papers and technical reports from

applied research and evaluation projects. An illustrative example list is presented here.

Canarios, C., S. Bush, & J. Green. 2017. “Evaluation Supplement for the Mississippi Farm to

School Network.” University, MS: The University of Mississippi for the Tides Center and

W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, & L. Woo. 2016. “Evaluation Supplement for the New Pathways to Health

Program.” University, MS: The University of Mississippi for the Dreyfus Health Foundation

and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Green, J. & L. Woo. 2016. “Annual Evaluation Report for the Right! from the Start Initiative.”

University, MS: The University of Mississippi for the Community Foundation of Northwest

Mississippi and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Green, J. 2015. “Poor Birth Outcomes, Breastfeeding, and the Quest for Community-Based

Programs in the Mississippi Delta.” Collection of Research Briefs for the Right! from the Start

Initiative.” University, MS: The University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies/State

Data Center of Mississippi.

Green, J. & L. Woo. 2016. “Delta Directions Consortium: Next Steps for Organizational

Development.” University, MS: The University of Mississippi for the Winokur Family

Foundation.


Harris, S.G., L. Woo, J. Green, D. Thomas, L. Camp, & A. Greer. 2015. “Education and

Workforce Development with Youth and their Families in the Mississippi Delta: Evaluating

the Tri-County Workforce Alliance.” Clarksdale, MS: Tri-County Workforce Alliance.

Green, J., V. Parks, L. Woo, & D. Thomas. 2014. “Livelihoods Development in the Gulf Coast

Region of Mississippi: Evaluating and Planning for the Future.” Biloxi, MS: Visions of Hope.

Green, J., M. Phillips, & S.G. Harris. 2014. “A Summary Evaluation of Youth Development

Programs in the Mississippi Delta.” Drew, MS: We2gether Creating Change.

Green, J., L. Woo, & V. Parks. 2014. “Evaluation of the Delta Directions Consortium and Delta

Fellows Program.” Grenwich, CT: Winokur Family Foundation.

Green, J., L. Woo, N. Webb, & D. Thomas. 2013. “Coahoma County Higher Education Center:

Assessment and Strategic Planning Report.” Clarksdale, MS: The Coahoma County Higher

Education Center, a Partnership of Delta State University and Coahoma Community College.

Green, J., K. Kerstetter, M. Phillips, S. Harris, S. Snell, & D. Mitra. 2013. “Socioeconomic

Vulnerabilities and Disparities in Preterm Birth Rates: Analysis of Mississippi Counties.”

Population Brief. University, MS: The University of Mississippi Center for Population

Studies.

Phillips, M., J. Green, & V. Parks. 2013. “Charting New Pathways to Health in the Mississippi

Delta: Comprehensive Program Evaluation Report.” Working Paper Submitted to the Dreyfus

Health Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. University, MS: The University of

Mississippi Center for Population Studies.

Green, J., S. Harris, M. Phillips, & S. Snell. 2012. “Exploring Trends and Disparities in Preterm

Birth in Mississippi.” Population Brief. University, MS: The University of Mississippi

Center for Population Studies.

Harris, S., M. Phillips, & J. Green. 2012. “Perceptions of Education and Workforce

Development Needs for the Community Health Center Sector: Findings from Focus Groups,

Interviews, and Surveys Conducted in the Mississippi Delta.” Working Paper Submitted to

the A.E. Henry Community Health Service Center, Inc. University, MS: The University of

Mississippi Center for Population Studies.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, L. Woo, L. Picciano, T. McCurty, A. Adrar, B. Bird, E. Meador, & T.

Moncrief. 2012. “Exploring Innovative Solutions to Root Causes of USDA Exclusions:

Analysis from an Action Research Initiative.” Working Paper Submitted to the Rural

Coalition. University, MS: Institute for Community-Based Research.

Green, J. & M. Phillips. 2011. “Building the Capacity of Schools to Confront Asthma in the

Delta: Report from an Action Research and Participatory Planning Project to Improve

Population Health.” Working Paper Submitted to the Delta State University Center for

Community and Economic Development, School-Based Asthma Management Program.

Woo, L., J. Green, & C. Holley. 2011. “The Mississippi Chinese Population.” Population Brief.

University, MS: The University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies.

Hua, A., D. Thomas, J. Montgomery, J. Green, & A. Kleiner. 2010. “Life in Mound Bayou,

Mississippi: Findings from a Community Survey.” Working Paper Submitted to the St.

Gabriel Mercy Center, Delta Health Center, and the City of Mound Bayou Mayor’s Office.

University of Michigan School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice.


Green, J. & M. Wallace. 2009. “Mississippi Delta Leaders Empowering Youth: Final Evaluation

Report.” Working Paper Submitted to the Center for Community and Economic

Development, Delta State University.

Jefcoat, S. & J. Green. 2009. “Solutions for Non-Urgent Use of Delta Emergency Departments:

Creating Medical Homes in CHCs.” Working Paper Submitted to the Mississippi Primary

Health Care Association.

Wallace, M. & J. Green. 2009. “Evaluation of the Mississippi Delta Healthy Start Program: Year

Four Report.” Working Paper Submitted to the Tougaloo College Health and Wellness Center

and Delta Health Partners.

Bunko, A., D. Thomas, J. Montgomery, J. Green, & A. Kleiner. 2008. “Report of Evaluation and

Needs Assessment Survey for Visions of Hope.” Working Paper Submitted to Visions of

Hope and the Foundation for the Mid South. University of Michigan School of Public Health,

Office of Public Health Practice.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, J. Montgomery, I. Bayer, K. Kerstetter, & E. Rothney. 2006. “Voices from

the Frontlines: Service Providers Share their Experiences from Working in the Wake of

Hurricane Katrina.” University of Michigan School of Public Health, Michigan Center for

Public Health Policy.

Green, J. & A. Nylander. 2006. “A Community-Based Framework for Understanding Problems

and Exploring Alternatives: Connecting Underemployment, Poverty, and Access to Health

Care in the Mississippi Delta.” Rural Poverty Research Center Working Paper No. 06-02.

Green, J. 2005. “Community Building and the Development Process: A Synthesis Based on

Research and Practice.” Working Paper for the Communities of Opportunity Initiative of the

Foundation for the Mid South.

Green, J. 2004. “Access to Health Care in the Mississippi Delta: A Summary Report from the

2003 Delta Rural Poll.” Delta State University Center for Community and Economic

Development, Research Report.

Green, J. 2004. “Changes in the Cotton Regime and Exploration of Policy Alternatives: In

Search of Comprehensive Rural Development for the Mississippi Delta.” Working Paper

Submitted to Oxfam America.

Green, J. & S. Parker. 2004. “Healthy Community Program: Preliminary Evaluation for Program

Planning.” Working Paper Submitted to the Delta Center for Culture and Learning, Delta

State University.

Green, J. & A. Smith. 2004. “Project YES!: Evaluation of an Effort to Engage Youth in

Community Development in the Heart of the Mississippi Delta.” Working Paper Submitted to

the Center for Community and Economic Development, Delta State University.

Green, E. & J. Green. 2004. “Sustainable Enterprise Development Learning Network: An

Evaluation of Participant Perceptions of a Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Program.” Working Paper Submitted to the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working

Group.

Picciano, L., B. Toommaly, & J. Green. 2004. “Assessing the Needs and Interests of Women in

Agriculture: A Summary Review of Results from Community-Based Research.” Working

Paper Submitted to the Rural Coalition and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Services

Agency.


Green, E. & J. Green. 2003. “Participant Evaluation of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture

Working Group Model Incubator Assistance Program.” Working Paper Submitted to the

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group.

Green, J., T. Harbin, C. Pope, L. Picciano, & H. Fenney. 2003. “A Multi-Community

Assessment of the Risk Management Needs of Small, Limited Resource, and Minority

Farmers.” Working Paper Submitted to the Rural Coalition and U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Risk Management Agency.

Green, J. & D. Lovell. 2003. “Cooperative Community-Food Security: Evaluation of the

Mississippi Association of Cooperatives and Member Organizations.” Working Paper

Submitted to the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives.

Green, J., A. Nylander, T. Harbin, & A. Edwards. 2003. “Delta Health System Assessment: An

Overview of Perceptions Obtained from Focus Groups and Key-Informant Interviews.”

Working Paper Submitted to the Mississippi Delta State Rural Development Network.

Valdivia, C., S. Konduru, A. Raedeke, & J. Green. 2003. “Land Owner Characteristics and

Perceptions in Northeast and Southeast Missouri: The Economic and Social Value of Flood

Plain Agroforestry to Rural Development Projects.” Dept. of Agricultural Economics Working

Paper No. AEWP 2003-9. University of Missouri-Columbia.

Green, J. & L. Picciano. 2002. “Amplifying Voices through Action Research: Obtaining Input

from Grassroots on Agricultural Programs.” Working Paper Submitted to the Rural Coalition.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

John J. Green regularly participates in research presentations, poster displays, workshops, and

panels. Recent examples include the following.

Alford, K. & J. Green. 2017. “Educational Attainment and Income: Examining Patterns at the

County Level in Mississippi.” Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural

Sociological Association. Mobile, AL.

Green, J., K. Alford, D. Buckingham, K. Chandler, L. Crafton, H. Greger, R. McAuliffe, R.

Snow, S. Showalter Otts, K. Willett, C. Janasie, & L. Woo. 2017. “Community Engaged

Research to Inform Environmental Public Health: Testing for Lead in Drinking Water in the

Mississippi Delta.” Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological

Association. Mobile, AL.

Green, J., K. Alford, D. Buckingham, R. Snow, & D. May. 2017. “Methodological

Developments in Sociology.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi

Sociological Association. Jackson, MS.

Hossfeld, L., K. Dellinger, J. Green, D. May, & S. Haynes. 2017. “Sociology in the Deep

South.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association.

Jackson, MS.

Sweeney, E. & J. Green. 2017. “Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals: Issues of Interest to

Social Scientists.” Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological

Association. Mobile, AL.

Centellas, K., E. Willoughby, M. Richmond, & J. Green. 2016. “Global Health in Mississippi.”

Panel at the Global Health in Mississippi Symposium of Research Opportunities and Future

Directions. University, MS.


Dellinger, K., L. Hossfeld, A. Nylander, J. Green, & A. Cosby. 2016. “The State of Sociology in

Mississippi: Some Viewpoints from MS Chairs and Directors.” Panel at the Annual Meeting

of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Jackson, MS.

George, P., R. Bartee, M. Barnard, A. Nylander, & J. Green. 2016. “Ethics, Equity, and Social

Justice.” Panel for the Carnegie Project on the Higher Education Doctorate, University of

Mississippi School of Education. Oxford, MS.

Green, E., J. Green, S. Young Baker, M. Smithson, & A. Lance. 2016. “Growing a Farm-to-

School Program: The Story of Good Food for Oxford Schools.” Presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Toronto, Canada.

Green, J. 2016. “Community Development: A Systematic Review of the CDS Journal and Needs

for the Future.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Community Development Society.

Bloomington, MN.

Green, J. 2016. “Problem Solving for Better Data Utilization: Connecting Participatory Processes

with Population Data.” Presented at the Mini-Conference for Study of the Great Recession, Its

Aftermath, and Patterns of Rural and Small Town Demographic Change. Hernando, MS.

Green, J. 2016. “International Development and Class: Intersections and Opportunities.”

Lightning Talk at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Toronto, Canada.

Green, J. 2016. Organizer and Chair for Session on “Population Changes in Rural Areas and

their Implications for Inequalities: Rural Population and Socioeconomic Change.” Session at

the World Congress of Rural Sociology, International Rural Sociology Association, Toronto,

Canada.

Green, J. 2016. “Utilizing Demographic and Socioeconomic Data for Planning Education

Programs and Policies.” Presentation for the Carnegie Project on the Higher Education

Doctorate, University of Mississippi School of Education. Oxford, MS.

Green, J. 2016. “Utilizing Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Data for Planning

Development Programs and Policies.” Webinar for the University of Michigan School of

Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice. Online.

Green, J., C. Flora, A. Cafer, H. Bombiella Medina, & J. Deleveaux. 2016. “Critical Views of

International Development Models: Students’ Perspectives.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of

the Rural Sociological Society. Toronto, Canada.

Green, J. & S.G. Harris. 2016. “Socioeconomic and Food System Conditions Associated with

Poor Birth Outcomes in Mississippi.” Poster at the World Congress of Rural Sociology,

International Rural Sociology Association. Toronto, Canada.

Green, J., M. Famuyide, S. Snell, & S.G. Harris. 2016. “Factors Associated with Breastfeeding

in High Risk Situations: Exploratory Analysis from Mothers in Mississippi.” Poster at the

Annual UM/UMMC Research Day. Jackson, MS.

Green, J., S.G. Harris, J. Vaughnn, A. Carr, M. McCullough, C. Canarios, S. Snell, & M.

Famuyide. 2016. “Breastfeeding in Social and Food System Contexts: A Field Study in the

Mississippi Delta to Inform Population Health.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Southern Rural Sociological Association. San Antonio, TX.

Green, J., E. Sweeney, M.M. Saulters, & C. Carter. 2016. “Windows to the World of Scholarly

Publishing: An Overview and Recommendations from the Editorial Office of Community

Development.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological

Association. Jackson, MS.


Green, J., K. Willett, S. Showalter Otts, C. Janesie, L. Woo, K. Alford, D. Buckingham, K.

Chandler, L. Crafton, H. Greger, R. McAuliffe, & R. Snow. 2016. “Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-

Method, and Community-Based Research to Inform Population Health Initiatives: A Pilot

Project on Drinking Water and Lead Exposure.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the State

Data Center of Mississippi. University, MS.

Knight, M., M. Alexandre, & J. Green. 2016. “The Culture of Breastfeeding.” Panel for the

Center for the Study of Southern Culture. University, MS.

Green, J. 2015. “Applied Research and Evaluation for Sustainable Development: Fundamentals

of Design and Asking Good Questions.” Presented to the Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture

Network Orientation Meeting. Oxford, MS.

Green, J. 2015. “Conceptualizing Health Care, Health Outcomes, and Development in the Delta

Region.” Presented to the Delta Leadership Institute, Delta Regional Authority. Vicksburg,

MS.

Green, J. 2015. “From Vulnerability to Capability in the Mississippi Delta: Maternal-Child

Health, Local Food Systems, and the Policy Implications of Community Interventions.”

Presented at the Annual Harvard Delta Celebration, Harvard Law School. Cambridge, MA.

Green, J. 2015. “The Association Between Agrifood System and Health Indicators at the County

Level: Insights for Community and Regional Development.” Presented at the Annual Meeting

of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA.

Green, J. 2015. “Center for Population Studies: Mission, Programs, and Examples from Birth

Outcomes Research.” Presented to the School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2015. “Integrating Population Studies and Policy Evaluation: Explorations in Multi-

Method Applied Research.” Workshop for the Department of Demography, University of

Texas. San Antonio, TX.

Green, J. 2015. "Integrated Use of Census and Vital Records Data for Applied Research: Right!

from the Start and State of the South II." Presented at the Annual Affiliates Meeting for the

State Data Center of Mississippi. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. 2015. “Local Agrifood System Resilience in the Southern United States.” Presented at

the Annual Small Farmers Conference. Hattiesburg, MS.

Green, J. 2015. “Poor Birth Outcomes, Breastfeeding, and the Quest for Community-Based

Programs in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented to the Department of Demography, University

of Texas. San Antonio, TX.

Green, J. 2015. “Utilizing Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Data for Planning

Education Programs and Policies.” Presentation for the Carnegie Project on the Higher

Education Doctorate, University of Mississippi School of Education. Oxford, MS.

Green, J. & S. Harris. 2015. “Community-Based and Community-Engaged Research: Integrating

Research and Participatory Problem Solving.” Workshop for the Mississippi State Department

of Health Community Research Fellows Training Program. Jackson, MS.

Green, J., L. Stringfellow, C. Brooking, N. Jones, & K. Mamiya. 2015. “Building Organizational

Capacity for Social Development in the Mississippi Delta: A Panel on Research and Practice

for Community-University Partnerships.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-

Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL. (February 27, 2015).


Green, J., M. Cope, J. Flaherty, & A. Nylander. 2015. “Windows to the World” A Panel on

Ralph Brown’s Contributions to the Sociology of Community.” Panel at the Annual Meeting

of the Rural Sociological Society. Madison, WI.

Green, J., L. Camp, C. Canarios, J. Cowart, & J. Worstell. 2015. “Assessing Agrifood System

Resiliency in Demographic and Socioeconomic Context: A Study from the Southern United

States.” Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Madison, WI.

Green, J., L. Camp, J. Cowart, J. Worstell, L. Johnson, & A. Nassiff. 2015. “Exploring County-

Level Indicators of Local Agrifood System Resilience: A Study from the Southern United

States.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association.

Atlanta, GA.

Green, J., A. Jones-Taylor, S. Snell, M. Famuyide, M. Phillips, & L. Camp. 2015. “From

Individual Care to Population Health: Integrating Community Health Centers to Improve

Maternal-Child Health Outcomes.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mississippi

Academy of Sciences. Hattiesburg, MS.

Green, J., L. Stringfellow, C. Brooking, N. Jones, K. Mamiya. 2015. “Building Organizational

Capacity for Social Development in the Mississippi Delta: A Panel on Research and Practice

for Community-University Partnerships.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-

Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL.

Walker, B., J. McCowan, & J. Green. 2015. “Obesity and the Risk-Behavior-Environment

Nexus: Exploration of Factors Associated with Obesity among Children and Adults in

Mississippi.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological

Association. Montgomery, AL.

Wells-Dolan, A., Nylander, A., A. Mitchell, & J. Green. 2015. “University-Community

Partnerships.” Panel for the Carnegie Project on the Higher Education Doctorate, University of

Mississippi School of Education. Oxford, MS.

Dittmer, J., M. Fortune, J. Green, M. Jones, & S. Polk. 2014. “Healthcare Challenges and

Disparities in the Mississippi Delta.” Panel at Winning the Race: A Conference on Diversity

and Community. Delta State University, MS.

Green, J. (with Assistance from Richelle Winkler and the ACS Data Users Group). 2014. “The

American Community Survey (ACS) and the Data Users Group: An Overview.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the State Data Center. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2014. “Community-Engaged Research: Integrating Participation and Action.”

Presented to the Community Research Fellows Training Program, Mississippi State

Department of Health. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. 2014. “Deepening Explorations of Socioeconomic Change and Population Studies: An

Argument for Meta-Study.” Presented at the Mini-Conference for Study of the Great

Recession, Its Aftermath, and Patterns of Rural and Small Town Demographic Change. San

Antonio, TX.

Green, J. 2014. “Exploring Poverty in Place: What the Field of Community Studies Contributes

to Understanding Poverty and Human Development.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, NC.

Green, J. 2014. “Key Themes in Gender Studies and Community Development: A Critical

Review and Call for Action.” Presented to the Delta State University Gender Studies Group.

Cleveland, MS.


Green, J. 2014. “Population Health and the Role of Primary Care Providers: Focus on Birth

Outcomes.” Presented to the American Medical Student Association, University of Mississippi

Chapter. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2014. “Problem Solving for Community Health: Integrating Population Studies with

Participatory Research in the Mississippi Delta and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands.” Presented

for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Lecture Series. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2014. “People in Place: Exploring the Demographic Characteristics of Rural America.”

Presented at the Rural Health Journalism Workshop of the Association of Health Care

Journalists. Portland, OR.

Green, J. 2014. “Social (In)equity in Agrifood Systems: Moving from Exploitation to

Sustainability.” Presented at the Orientation Meeting of the Mississippi Sustainable

Agriculture Network. Oxford, MS.

Green, J. 2014. “Utilizing ACS Data for Community Development Assessment and Program

Planning.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. New Orleans,

LA.

Green, J. & J. Stollman. 2014. “Cultural Differences.” Panel for the Council on Legal Education

Opportunity. University of Mississippi School of Law.

Green, J. & J. Worstell. 2014. “State of the South: Resiliency and Sustainable Agriculture.”

Workshop at the Mississippi Food Summit. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. & L. Stringfellow. 2014. “Addressing Poverty through Community and Organizational

Capacity Building: Exploratory Evaluation of the AmeriCorps*VISTA Program in the

Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological

Association. Raymond, MS.

Greever-Rice, T. & J. Green. 2014. “Population Studies for Social Development and Well-

Being: A Research Agenda for the Multi-State Mississippi Delta Region.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA.

Harris, S., M. Phillips, & J. Green. 2014. “New Pathways to Health: Education and Workforce

Development through Community Engagement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Raymond, MS.

Kerstetter, K., J. Green, & S.G. Harris. 2014. “Cumulative Disadvantage, Stressors, and a Baby’s

First Food: Modeling Birth Outcomes and Breast Feeding in the Southern United States.”

Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA.

Phillips, M., B. Smith, J. Green, P. Hoyt, J. Rhymes, A. Jones-Taylor, J. Hunt, W. Jones, & D.

Logan. 2014. “Mississippi’s Movement to Better Health: Participatory Problem Solving to

Address Long-Term Health Disparities.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Public Health Association. New Orleans, LA.

Snell, S., V. Parks, S. Harris, J. Gladney, & J. Green. 2014. “Right! from the Start: Addressing

the Socioeconomic Stressors Influencing Poor Birth Outcomes and Breastfeeding.” Presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Raymond, MS.

Tabb, M., J. Green, S. Jossell, & D. Friedlander. 2014. “Regional Response to the Survey of

Adult Skills and Framework for a National Action Plan.” Panel at the U.S. Department of

Education Meeting Time for the U.S. to Reskill: Engagement Process for Developing a

National Action Plan to Improve the Foundation Skills of U.S. Adults. Delta State University,

MS.


Case, S., J. Green, W. Helmhout, & J. Vaughnn. 2013. “Explorations in Population Health: The

Transformation of Pre-Med Education.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the National

Collegiate Honors Council. New Orleans, LA.

Green, J. 2013. “Community and Economic Development from the Grassroots: Insights to

Understanding the Delta through Community Studies.” Presented to the Delta Leadership

Institute. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2013. “Community-Based Research and Evaluation in the Mississippi Delta: Focus on

Health and Development.” Presented at the Delta Symposium. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2013. “Explorations in Evaluation Research.” Workshop for the University of

Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. 2013. “Field Research, Group Research, and Analysis of Qualitative Data.” Workshop

for the School of Law Transactional Clinic. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2013. “Informing Healthcare Development through ‘On the Ground’ Studies in the

Mississippi Delta.” Presented to the Delta Directions Consortium. Clarksdale, MS.

Green, J. 2013. “Integrating Community-Based Research and Academic Scholarship: Reflections

on a Decade of Knowledge Development in Mississippi.” Presented at the McLean Institute

for Public Service and Community Engagement Lecture Series. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2013. “Patterns of Exploitation and Exclusion in Agrifood Systems.” Presented to the

Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network. Mississippi State, MS.

Green, J. 2013. “Problem Solving for Population Health: Interdisciplinary Research to Inform

Interprofessional Practice in the Community Context.” Presented to The Rogosin Institute.

New York, NY.

Green, J. 2013. “Problem Solving for Public Health: Explorations from Mississippi to American

Samoa.” Presented to the Department of Health. American Samoa.

Green, J. 2013. “Socioeconomic and Health Indices at the County Level: Access, Strengths, and

Weaknesses.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the State Data Center of Mississippi.

University, MS.

Green, J. 2013. “Strategic Data for Farmers and Cooperative Development.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. Jackson, MS.

Green, J., J. Hoelting, & P. Lachapelle. 2013. “The Community Development Society’s

Scholarly Publications: Meet the Editors.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Community

Development Society. Charleston, SC.

Green, J., D. Mitra, S. Snell, S. Harris, & M. Phillips. 2013. “Disparities in Preterm Birth: Use of

the Intersectional Space Framework and Multi-Method Research in Mississippi.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA.

Green, J. & M. Phillips. 2013. “Art and Science of Focus Groups for Social and Health

Research.” Workshop for the Social Science Research Center. Mississippi State University.

Green, J., M. Saulters, & M. Phillips. 2013. “The Development of Knowledge to Inform

Practice: A Critical Meta-Study of Community Development Research Methods.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Community Development Society. Charleston, SC.

Green, J., A. Nylander, L. Stringfellow, S. Harris, K. Horton, D. Kerr, V. Parks, R. Parsons, &

N. Webb. 2013. “Education, Capacity Building, and Poverty Research to Inform Community-


Campus Partnerships and the AmeriCorps*VISTA Program.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of

the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL.

Green, J., M. Phillips, D. Thomas, K. Kerstetter, & D. Mitra. 2013. “Linking Population

Research, Public Health, and Community Development: The Case of Health System

Improvement in Mississippi.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society. New York, NY.

Hensley, D. & J. Green. 2013. “Socio-Legal Partnerships: A Case Study Focused on Community

Food and Nutrition Resourcefulness.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Community

Development Society. Charleston, SC.

Hensley, D., J. Green, M. Cope, A. Korn, & C. Abel. 2013. “Identifying and Addressing Laws

and Policies that Limit the Development of Successful Food Access and Food-Based

Community Economic Development Networks in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. New York, NY.

Holland, J., S. Young, J. Walton, K. Knight, & J. Green. 2013. “Hunger, Nutrition, and Food

Security in Mississippi.” Panel for the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community

Engagement. Oxford, MS.

Lichter, D., J. Green, J. Zimmerman, T. Greever-Rice, & L. Jensen. 2013. “Population Research

Initiatives: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Rural

Sociological Society. New York, NY.

Green, J. 2012. “Connecting Education, Workforce Development, and Health through Population

Studies and Community Development.” Presented for the Department of Sociology and

Anthropology Brown Bag Series. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. 2012. “Research and Development for Sustainability.” Panel at the Symposium on

Models of Sustainability in Mississippi and Neighboring Regions. University of Mississippi

School of Law.

Green, J. 2012. “The Status of African Americans in the Rural United States.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. 2012. “Using Secondary Data to Assess and Evaluation Community, Economic, and

Health Development Programs.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the State Data Center of

Mississippi Affiliates. University of Mississippi.

Green, J. & D. Mitra. 2012. “Poverty, Race, and Place in the Era of Globalization:

Implications for Gender-Based Health Issues.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA.

Green, J. & A. Nylander. 2012. “Developing and Managing Community-Based Research in the

University Setting: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from the Real World.”

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Chicago, IL.

Lovell, D., J. Green, A. Barton, D. Thomas, & N. Breazeale. 2012. “Incorporating Community-

Based Research into the Classroom.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society. Chicago, IL.

Nylander, A. & J. Green. 2012. “Health and Health Care in the Mississippi Delta.” Panel at the

Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus Meeting. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR.


Robinson, Z., A. Evans, J. Davis, & J. Green. 2012. “Perspectives on the Delta.” Panel at the

Brown Bag Luncheon Panel Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

University, MS.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2011. “Exploring Diversity and Pursuing Social Justice in the Agrifood

System: Focus on Farm Operators.” Presented at the University of Mississippi World Food

Day and at the Rural Coalition National Rural Gathering. University, MS and Washington,

DC.

Green, E., J. Green, & R. McMillen. 2011. “Support for Smoke Free Air Policies: Exploration of

the Attitudes Expressed by Residents of the Mississippi Delta.” Poster Displayed at the Joint

Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society and Community Development Society. Boise, ID.

Green, J., G. Jennings, C. Willis, A. Curry, & A. Henderson. 2011. “Exploration of Health and

Wellbeing in the Mississippi Delta: Methods and Results from a Community Survey.” Panel at

the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, J. Montgomery, D. Thomas, D. Vareen. 2011. “The Mississippi Blues:

Exploring Psycho-Social Stress in the Delta and Gulf Coast Regions of Mississippi.” Presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. Corpus Christi, TX.

Green, J., R. Presley, S. Swaminathan, & R. Bell. 2011. “Evaluation of a Maternal and Child

Health Program: Exploration of Methods to Integrate Time and Place in Analysis of Social

Interventions.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological

Association. Montgomery, AL.

Kerstetter, K. & J. Green. 2011. “Self-Rated Health and the Great Recession: A Multi-Year

Study in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Joint Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society and Community Development Society. Boise, ID.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, D. Thomas, & J. Montgomery. 2011. “Shifting the Boundaries of

Vulnerability and Resilience: An Analysis of Nonprofit Services and the Needs of Residents

and Communities of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region." Poster Displayed at the Joint

Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society and Community Development Society. Boise, ID.

Thompson, M. & J. Green. 2011. “Social Services in the Educational Setting: Paradox or Proxy

for Improving Outcomes Among Students with Behavioral Issues?” Presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL.

Booker, W., R. Sheriff, J. Green, K. Kranker, A. Abraham, & A. Kachru. 2010. “Advancing

Health for Uninsured Residents in the Mississippi Delta through a Technology-Enabled,

Patient-Empowering Care Management and Rewards Program.” Poster Displayed at the

Finding Answers Grantee Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Chicago, IL.

Everette, A. & J. Green. 2010. “Sociodemographic Characteristics and Emergency Department

Utilization: An Exploratory Study from the Mississippi Delta.” Poster Displayed at the Annual

Meeting of the Mississippi Nurses Association. Jackson, MS.

Green, J. 2010. “Community, Poverty, and Public Health.” Presider of Paper Session at the

Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA.

Green, J. 2010. “Explorations in Vulnerability and Resiliency: The Mississippi Delta.”

Presented at the University of Michigan School of Public Health Grand Round Disasters in

Rural America: Where is Public Health? Ann Arbor, MI.


Green, J. 2010. “Who Counts Reality and Why It Counts: Exploring a Community-Based

Approach to Quantitative Research.” Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Cleveland, MS.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2010. “Field Research for Public Health and Community Development.”

Workshop at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Ann Arbor, MI.

Green, J., P. Logan, T. Guidry, C. Jefcoat, A. Kleiner, & J. Montgomery. 2010. “Crime,

Community, and Health: An Exploratory Study from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA.

Green, J., J. Montgomery, R. Grant, A. Kleiner, C. Jefcoat, & M. Morris. 2010. “The Spatial

Dimensions of Health Care Access: Using Community-Based Research Approaches.”

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Denver, CO.

Jefcoat, C., M. Morris, & J. Green. 2010. “An Assessment of the Utilization of Health Care

Among Residents of the Mississippi Delta: What Drives Non-Urgent Patients to Emergency

Departments for Primary Care Needs?” Poster Displayed at the Annual Meeting of the

National Association of Community Health Center's Community Health Institute. Dallas, TX.

Montgomery, J., A. Freiman, J. Green, D. Thomas, & A. Kleiner. 2010. “Biloxi Blues: Keeping

the Flu Away on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Cleveland, MS.

Dewees, S., J. Green, & A. Kleiner. 2009. “Investing in Community: Alternative Financing

Programs in Minority Communities.” Panel at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society. Madison, WI.

Green, J. 2009. “Advancing the Art and Science of Survey Research: Making a Case for Multi-

Method Designs and Community Involvement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Jacksonville, AL.

Green, J. 2009. “Windows to the World: A Primer for Thinking About and Doing Social

Research.” Guest Lecture to the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program. Harvard

Law School. Cambridge, MA.

Green, J. & D. Logan. 2009. “Collaborating to Mobilize Resources.” Workshop at the Robert

Wood Johnson Foundation/Northwest Health Foundation Partners Investing in Nursing

Conference. Coeur d’ Alene, ID.

Green, J. & R. Stoecker. 2009. “Community-Based Research: Documenting and Learning from

Project Outcomes.” Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society.

Madison, WI.

Jefcoat, S., J. Green, & M. Morris. 2009. “Emergency Departments as Medical Homes: An

Assessment of the Utilization of Health Care Among Mississippi Delta Residents.” Presented

at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, & J. Montgomery. 2009. “Evaluating Capacity and Services of

Community-Based Organizations in Mississippi: Three Years of Recovery Following

Hurricane Katrina.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.

New Orleans, LA.

Thomas, D., A. Freiman, J. Green, J. Montgomery, & A. Kleiner. 2009. “Financial Distress,

Health, and the Mediating Effects of Social Cohesion in a Post-Disaster Context.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Madison, WI.


Green, J. 2008. “Data Utilization and Sharing: From Research to Action.” Presented to the Delta

Health Alliance Partners and Projects Training. Madison, MS.

Green, J., J. Alvarez, C. Smithhart, & E. Edmond. 2008. “Allergy, Sinus, Asthma… Delta Crud?:

Exploration of Health Among Students at a Regional University.” Presented at the Annual

Delta Research and Scholarship Symposium. Cleveland, MS.

Green, J., R. Betz, M. Wallace, E. Edmond, & E. Atchison. 2008. “Applying Sociological

Knowledge in the Public Sphere through Community-Based Research and Evaluation.”

Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association.

Mississippi State, MS.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, J. Strassburg, & R. Betz. 2008. “Pursuing Alternative Food Systems in the

Lower Mississippi Delta: Insights and Lessons Learned from Farmers Markets and the

Farmers Market WIC Program.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society. Manchester, NH.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, J. Montgomery, & K. Kerstetter. 2008. “Organizational Capacity in the

Post-Disaster Context: Assessing Needs, Assets and Lessons Learned.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Manchester, NH.

Ramgoolam, A., J. Green, R. Grant, & J. Muschell. 2008. “Challenges to Accessing Healthcare

in the Mississippi Delta: Analysis of Data from a Survey of Emergency Room Patients

Seeking Non-Emergency Care.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public

Health Association. San Diego, CA.

Sarigiannis, A., J. Green, J. Montgomery, A. Kleiner, & A. Strahley. 2008. “Residual Effects of

Hurricane Katrina: Access to Food, Health Care and Physical Activity.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. San Diego, CA.

Carlson, L., J. Green, & V. Bingham. 2007. “Exploration of Results from the Delta State

University School of Nursing Dietary and Diabetic Survey.” Poster Displayed at the Annual

Delta Research and Scholarship Symposium. Cleveland, MS.

Green, J., E. Green, & M. Wallace. 2007. “Framing Health, Sickness, and Well-Being: A

Comparative Exploratory Study.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South

Sociological Association. Mobile, AL.

Green, J. & K. Kerstetter. 2007. “Quality of Life and Employment Opportunities: A Summary

Report from the 2005 Delta Rural Poll.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-

Mississippi Sociological Association. Montgomery, AL.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2007. “Cultivating Action at the Grassroots: Policies Supporting

Sustainable Production by Minority and Limited Resource Farmers.” Presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Santa Clara, CA.

Kleiner, A. & J. Green. 2007. “Expanding the Marketing Opportunities and Sustainable

Production Potential for Minority and Limited Resource Farmers in Louisiana and

Mississippi.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Rural Sociological Society.

Mobile, AL.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, K. Kerstetter, & J. Montgomery. 2007. “Assessing Organizational

Capacity in the Nonprofit Sector: Service Providers in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association. Mobile, AL.


Meikle-Yaw, P. & J. Green. 2007. “Cross-Border Research in a Global Era: A Case Study of

Opportunities and Challenges.” Presented at the Delta State University Reaching Out to

Mississippi Education in Action (ROMEA) Conference. Cleveland, MS.

Green, J., A. Kleiner, J. Montgomery, & I. Bayer. 2006. “The Texture of Local Disaster

Response: Documenting the Experiences, Needs, and Recommendations of Service Providers

Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South

Sociological Association. Lafayette, LA.

Green, J., A. Nylander, B. Hales, A. Barton, & M. Rosas. 2006. “Use of Community Surveys and

Focus Groups to Inform Development Programs and Engage Students in Hands-On Learning.”

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Community Development Society. St. Louis, MO.

Green, J., A. Nylander, & K. Kerstetter. 2006. “Socioeconomic Status, Access to Care, and

Perceived Health: A Multi-Year Study from the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual

Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association. Lafayette, LA.

Kleiner, A., J. Green, M. Rosas, & S. Leonard. 2006. “Rolling the Dice on Post-Katrina

Redevelopment: Assessing the Impacts and Opportunities for Residents of East Biloxi,

Mississippi.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Community Development Society. St.

Louis, MO.

Barton, A. & J. Green. 2005. “Delta in Global Context Workshop.” A Community-Based

Research Workshop held at Delta State University, Cleveland, MS.

Green, J. 2005. “Community-Based Research to Inform Development and Teach Research

Strategies.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological

Association. Tuscaloosa, AL.

Green, J. 2005. “Learning by Doing: Teaching Research Methods through Community-Based

Projects in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological

Society. Tampa, FL.

Green, J. & E. Edwards. 2005. “Transportation Issues in Clarksdale and the Greater Mississippi

Delta.” Community Workshop held in Partnership with the Dreyfus Health Foundation and

Delta Blues Museum. Clarksdale, MS.

Green, J. & A. Kleiner. 2005. “Community-Based Research: A Workshop to Diversify Voices.”

Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Green, J. & A. Nylander. 2005. “Access to Care and Perceived Health Status: A Multi-Method

Study from the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Mid-South

Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.

Green, J. & L. Picciano. 2005. “An Investigation of Social Labels Applied to Under-Served

Farmers.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Tampa, FL.

Green, J., A. Nylander, T. Harbin, & A. Edwards. 2004. “Asset Mapping and Needs Assessment

to Improve Health Care in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Mississippi State, MS.

Picciano, L., J. Green, & S. Horne. 2004. “Participatory Research on Profiles of Communities

and the Role of Land in Livelihood Systems.” Presented at the Who Owns America IV

Conference. Madison, WI.


Brown, L., J. Green, & M. Tabb. 2003. “Community Engagement in the Most Southern Place on

Earth.” Colloquium Panel at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis

University. Waltham, MA.

Green, J., E. Bowen, B. Brooks, D. Grady, & C. Ross. 2003. “Social Justice in Non-Traditional

Roles.” Panel at Breaking Boundaries: The Arkansas Gender Studies Symposium. Fargo, AR.

Green, J. 2003. “Collaborative Efforts to Organize in Response to Underemployment and

Poverty.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Sociology. New Orleans,

LA.

Green, J. 2003. “Community-Based Action Research in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Political Science Association. Cleveland, MS.

Green, J., L. Picciano, H. Fenney, & J. Pope. 2003. “The Insurance Needs of Traditionally-

Underserved Farmers: A Framework for Multi-Community Assessment.” Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jones, A., J. Pope, J. Green, & J. Rhymes. 2003. “Assessing Underemployment and Workforce

Development in the Mississippi Delta.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-

Mississippi Sociological Association. Auburn, AL.

Picciano, L. & J. Green. 2003. “Rural Development, Land Tenure and Conservation.” Presented

in the November Meeting of the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture and Natural

Resources. Washington, DC.

Green, J. & L. Picciano. 2002. “Amplifying the Voices of Community-Based Organizations

through Action Research: Obtaining Input from the Grassroots on Agricultural Policies and

Programs.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Community Development Society.

Cleveland, MS.

A list of presentations, panels, and workshops prior to 2002 is available upon request.

TEACHING

Courses taught at the University of Mississippi (2011-Present)

Social Change

Social Research Methods

Statistics

Community-Based Research and Evaluation

Community Assessment for Health and

Development

Community Structure and Population Health

Explorations in Population Health (Honors

College)

Society and Population Health

Courses taught at Delta State University (2002-2011)

Asset Mapping, Needs Assessment, and

Evaluation

Community Development (Comm. Dev.)

Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Comm. Dev. Research Methods

Community Survey

Delta in Global Context

Educational Research Methods

Quantitative Research for the Social

Sciences

Quantitative Research and Statistics

Research Methods for the Social Sciences

Seminar on Issues in Comm. Dev.

Seminar on Issues in Criminal Justice

Social Organization and Change

Social Problems


Field Research for Planning and Evaluation

Financing Comm. Dev. Projects

Globalization and Food Systems

Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

Practicum in Comm. Dev.

Principles of Sociology

Social Psychology

Social Theory

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Rural Poverty

Survey Research

Theories of Criminal Behavior

STUDENT PRACTICUM AND THESIS PROJECTS

In addition to serving as a committee member on numerous undergraduate and graduate student

projects, John J. Green has served as director on a wide array of internship, practicum, and

thesis projects. The following is an example list of projects that he chaired through completion.

Brooking, C. 2016. How Does Place Affect Access to “What Works”? Knowledge Usage in

Urban and Rural NGO Intervention Design. Thesis for M.A. in Sociology, University of

Mississippi.

Ott, M. 2016. The Role of Pharmacists in Prenatal Health Care Concerning Obesity,

Hypertension, and Diabetes. Senior Honors Thesis, University of Mississippi.

Smith, C. 2016. A Study of the Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing the

Placement of Retail and Urgent Care Clinics. Senior Honors Thesis, University of Mississippi.

Canarios, C. 2015. Seed to Sale: Boundary Work in Mississippi Agriculture. Thesis for M.A. in

Sociology, University of Mississippi.

Cowart, J. 2015. Local Food Systems and Development. Senior Honors/Croft Institute Thesis,

University of Mississippi.

Camp, L. 2014. The Effects of Prenatal Education and Hospital Intervention on Breastfeeding

Initiation. Senior Honors Thesis, University of Mississippi.

Deleveaux, J. 2014. Maintaining Community on Hardship Island: A Case Study of Demographic

Change and Community Agency. Thesis for M.A. in Sociology, University of Mississippi.

Parks, V. 2014. The Social Ecology of Men's Sexual Self-Efficacy in the Mississippi Delta.

Graduate Thesis, University of Mississippi.

Willoughby, E. 2014. Can We Institute Medical Trust? An Exploratory Case Study of Patient-

Staff Relations at a Community Health Center in the Mississippi Delta. Senior Honors Thesis,

University of Mississippi.

Saulters, M. 2013. Farmers Markets and Food Security: A Critical Evaluation of the

Sociodemographic Factors Influencing Market Patronage in the Mississippi Delta. Senior

Honors Thesis, University of Mississippi.

Moncrief, T. 2012. Informing the Development a Youth-Led Organization in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Graduate Internship Report, University of Mississippi.

Nsengiyumva, Victor. 2012. The Eben Ezer University Project: A Way For Developing the

Remote Region of Minembwe, D.R. Congo. Graduate Practicum Report, Delta State University.

Meador, J. 2010. Policy Attitudes in Organizational Bureaucracies: The Case of No Child Left

Behind. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.


Jefcoat, S. 2009. Emergency Departments as Medical Homes: An Assessment of the Utilization

of Health Care Among Residents of the Mississippi Delta. Graduate Thesis, Delta State

University.

Leonard, S. 2006. Delta Women Leaders. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Simmons, S. 2006. Attitudes Toward School Consolidation in a Mississippi Delta Town.

Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Holt, T. 2005. Workforce Perceptions: Employers’ Assessment of the Workforce in a Mississippi

Delta County. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Kimport, R. 2005. Perceptions of Education in Two Mississippi Delta Communities. Graduate

Thesis, Delta State University.

Rice, C. 2005. Perceptions of Education in the Mississippi Delta. Graduate Thesis, Delta State

University.

Stovall, J. 2005. Stability and Differences in Black and White Leadership Structures Over Time

in Two Rural Mississippi Delta Towns. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Williams, R. 2004. Access to Communication Technology Among Residents of the Mississippi

Delta. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Jones, A. 2003. The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender with Underemployment and Poverty

in Four Mississippi Delta Counties. Graduate Thesis, Delta State University.

Furthermore, John J. Green has worked with students from other colleges, schools, and

departments (e.g. Nursing, Health Behavior, Law, Psychology, Southern Studies) to provide

technical expertise on research methods and statistical analysis.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association

Treasurer, 2011-2014.

President, 2009-2010 (Served as President-Elect in 2008-2009).

Host, 2010 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, MS.

Committee Member, At-Large for Mississippi, 2004-2007.

Electronic Publications Committee, 2003-2004.

Community Development Society

Editor-in-Chief, Community Development, 2012-2017.

Council Member, Community Development Society, 2011-2012.

Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network

Founding Member of the Board of Directors, 2013-2015.

Rural Sociological Society

Nominations Committee Member, 2015-2016.

Co-Chair, International Development Research Interest Group, 2015-2017.

Co-Chair, Population Research Interest Group, 2012-2014.

Council Member, 2008-2010.

Co-Chair, Professional Communications Committee, 2008-09, 2009-2010.


Co-Chair, Sociology of Agriculture and Food Research Interest Group, 2005-06, 2006-2007.

Co-Chair, Rural Poverty Research Interest Group, 2004-05, 2005-2006.

Committee Member, Thirty-Year Anniversary Celebration for the Sociology of Agriculture

and Food Research Interest Group, 2007-2008.

Diversity Committee, 2003-2006.

International Rural Sociology Association

Council Member (Representing the Rural Sociological Society), International Rural Sociology

Association, 2016-2020.

Reviewer, Sociology of Agriculture and Food Research Interest Group Special Sessions

Papers, Rural Sociological Association, 2007.

Multi-State Regional Project. “The Great Recession, Its Aftermath, and Patterns of Rural and

Small Town Demographic Change.” U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of

Food and Agriculture.

Member, 2012-Present.

Chair, 2015-2016, Co-Chair, 2014-2015.

Southern Rural Sociological Association

President Elect, 2017-2018.

Program Chair, 2016-2017.

Program Chair-Elect, 2015-2016.

Other Organizations

Board of Directors, Southern Rural Development Center, 2015-2019.

Member, Mississippi Medical Association Commission on Health Equity, 2015-Present.

Data Analyst, Innocence Project, University of Mississippi School of Law, 2015-2016.

Subcommittee, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Committee, 2014-2016.

External Evaluation Review Committee, Community, Environment, and Development

Undergraduate Program in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and

Education at The Pennsylvania State University, 2015.

Reviewer, Community Academic Health Policy Pilot Grants. Gulf States Health Policy

Center, 2015.

Reviewer, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SSARE) Grant

Proposal, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2014-2015.

Taskforce, Senate Bill No. 2563 on Prevention of Unplanned Pregnancy in Mississippi. 2014.

External Research Team, Delta Cardiovascular Health Examination Survey, Mississippi State

Department of Health, 2012-2015.

Program Committee, Delta Symposium, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs,

University of Mississippi, 2012-2013.

Stakeholder Member, Mississippi Regional Action Coalition, Institute of Medicine’s Initiative

on the Future of Nursing, 2010-2012.

Facilitator, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Retreat, Southeastern Louisiana

University, 2008.


Reviewer, Small Business Innovation Research Grants. U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Cooperative Research, Education, and Extension Service. 2005 (External Reader 2007-

2011).

Website Steering Committee. Consortium for Health and Economic Development in the Delta

Region, 2007-2008.

Founding Member and Friend of the Cleveland Farmers Market, Cleveland, MS, 2005-2011.

Summit Participant, Rebuilding Hurricane Impacted Rural Communities: A Land-Grant

System Summit, Southern Rural Development Center and the Rural Sociological Society,

2005.

Advisory Board, Volunteers in Service to America. Delta State University Center for

Community and Economic Development, 2004-2010.

Advisory Board, Mississippi Strategies for Health Improvement and Network Expansion

(SHINE), 2004-2007.

Advisory Board, Delta Rural Poll, Delta State University Division of Social Sciences and

Center for Community and Economic Development, 2003-2011.

A list of committees and service activities at the University of Mississippi and Delta State

University can be made available upon request.

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