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Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Dr. Michael L Dougherty

Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 354
Office Phone
(309) 438-5790office
phone
Email
mdoughe@ilstu.eduemail
Website
mldougherty.weebly.comwebsite
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Biography

Michael L. Dougherty is Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University, USA. His work focuses on the industrial and political ecologies of global mining industries and environmental conflicts. He is the editor of two books and the author of over twenty articles and chapters. Dougherty is a former non profit manager and returned Peace Corps volunteer.

Current Courses

SOC 400.007 Independent Study

SOC 398.002 Professional Practice:Internship In Sociological Research

SOC 291.009 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Sociology-Anthropology

Teaching Interests & Areas

My courses draw from the subfields of community, rural, environmental and development sociologies. I regularly teach Sociology 241, People in Places, a survey of community sociology and Sociology 330, Society and Environment, an advanced undergraduate course in environmental sociology. I occasionally teach Sociology 300, Senior Experience, our capstone research course for majors and Sociology 106, Introduction to Sociology. I have taught a graduate seminar on the political economy of climate migration and developed new courses in climate change and migration and the twilight of US Democracy.

Ph D

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

BA

Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY

Book, Edited

Deonandan, Kalowatie and Michael L. Dougherty (eds.) (2016) Mining in Latin America: Critical Approaches to the New Extraction. Routledge: London

Creative Works/Broadcast Media

Dougherty, M. Doing Mixed Methods Fieldwork in Rural Guatemala. Sage Research Methods Video Collection. Sage (2016)
Dougherty, M. Researching Mining Conflicts Using Mixed Methods. Sage Research Methods Video Collection. Sage (2016)

Journal Article

Dougherty, M. Syllabus as Argument in an Era of Politicized Pedagogy. Sociological Forum 39.3 (2024): 223-230.
Dondanville, T., & Dougherty, M. Porousness and Peru's Moratorium on Genetically Modified Organisms: Stakeholder Epistemologies and Neoliberal Science. Environmental Sociology (2019)
Dougherty, M. Boom times for Technocrats? How Environmental Consulting Companies Shape Mining Governance. Extractive Industries and Society 6.2 (2019): 443-453.
Dougherty, M., & Econie, A. Contingent Work in the U.S. Recycling Industry: Permatemps and Precarious Green Jobs. Geoforum 99.1 (2019): 132-141.
Dougherty, M. How Does Development Mean? Attitudes toward Mining and the Social Meaning of Development in Guatemala. Latin American Perspectives 46.2 (2019): 161-181.