Deric Shannon
Associate Professor of Sociology
Deric Shannon grew up in Indiana, where he received his BA and MA at Ball State University. He then completed his PhD at the University of Connecticut in Sociology with a graduate certificate in Women's Studies. His current teaching and research centers on global political economy, the sociology of food, sustainability, and ecology.
Education
BA| Ball State University| 2002
MA| Ball State University| 2004
Ph.D.| University of Connecticut| 2011
Courses Taught
Introduction to Sociology, Deviant Behavior, Class/Status/Power, Sociology of Food, Sociology of Sustainability, Global Political Economy and Sustainability
Accomplishments
2016, Phi Eta Sigma Teaching Award for Dedication, Enthusiasm, and Creativity in Teaching, Oxford College
2016, Oxford College of Emory University Faculty Development Grant to present at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference, 2017
2016, Allen Seminar Grant for Spanish language immersion in summer 2016 and developing a travel course component in Catalonia, Spain
2016, Oxford College of Emory University Faculty Development Grant to present at the 2016 Association for Social and Political Philosophy Annual Conference, 2016
Publications
Books
Shannon, Deric and Jeffery Galle, eds. (2017). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pedagogy and Place-Based Education: From the Abstract to the Quotidian. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
Shannon, Deric, ed. (2014). The End of the World as We Know It? Crisis, Resistance, and the Age of Austerity. Oakland, CA: AK Press.
Glasberg, Davita Silfen and Deric Shannon. (2011). Political Sociology: Oppression, Resistance, and the State. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Shannon, Deric. (2016). “Food Justice, Direct Action, and the Human Rights Enterprise.” Critical Sociology, 42(6): 799-814.
Glasberg, Davita Silfen and Deric Shannon. (2015). “Some Things Borrowed, Some Things New: Toward a Multi-Sites of Power Approach to State Theory.” Theory in Action, 8(4).
Shannon, Deric. (2014). “Operationalizing Food Justice and Sustainability.” Theory in Action, 7(4): 1-11.
Chapters in Edited Collections
Shannon, Deric. (2017). “Teaching on the Farm: Farm as Place in the Sociology of Food and Sustainability.” In Shannon, Deric and Jeffery Galle, eds. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pedagogy and Place-Based Education: From the Abstract to the Quotidian. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
Shannon, Deric and Jeffery Galle. (2017). "Where We Are: Place, Pedagogy, and the Outer Limits.” In Shannon, Deric and Jeffery Galle, eds. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pedagogy and Place-Based Education: From the Abstract to the Quotidian. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
Shannon, Deric. (2016). “Intersectionality, Ecology, Food: Conflict Theory’s Missing Lens.” In Godfrey, Phoebe and Denise Torres, eds. Emergent Possibilities for Global Sustainability: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender. New York: Routledge.
Shannon, Deric. (2015). “Ecology, Food, and Holistic Politics.” In Kemmerer, Lisa, ed. Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground. New York City, NY: Routledge.
Shannon, Deric. (2011). “Food Not Bombs: The Right to Eat.” In Armaline, William T., Davita Silfen Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha, eds. In Our Own Backyard: Human Rights in the US. Philadelphia, PA: UPenn Press.
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Shannon, Deric. 2016. “Multi-Sites of Power, Law, and the State.” Invited talk for Harvard Law School. (April: Cambridge, MA).
Shannon, Deric. 2015. “Not Everybody Gets a Place at the Dinner Table: Food Justice and Sustainability in the US.” Invited talk for Connecticut College’s Residential Educational Fellows program. (October: New London, CT).
Shannon, Deric. 2015. “Pedagogy and Place.” Invited two-day workshop for Institute for Pedagogy in the Liberal Arts. (May: Oxford, GA).
Shannon, Deric. 2014. “What is Food Justice?” Invited talk for San Jose State University, Human Rights Program (November: San Jose State University).
Scholarly Conference Presentations
Shannon, Deric. 2016. “Towards a Multi-Sites of Power Approach to State Theory.” Association for Social and Political Philosophy Annual Conference, 2016 (June: London).
Shannon, Deric. 2016. “Voices from the Desert: Social Class and Meaning-Making in Georgia’s Food Deserts.” 86th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (March: Boston).
Shannon, Deric. 2015. “Two Conversations: From a Post-crisis Political Economy of Food to Notions of Our Shared Future.” 85th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (February: New York City).
Shannon, Deric. 2014. “Food Justice and the Human Rights Enterprise.” 84th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (February: Baltimore, MD).
Research Interests
The Sociology of Food, Global Political Economy, Sustainability, Ecology, Social Stratification, Inequality