Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Special issue /Biomass and Bioenergy--/Sociopolitical Dimensions of U.S. Bioenergy Development, Forthcoming Special Editors: Halvorsen, K.E., D.R. Becker, C. Hinrichs, and T. Selfa.

Halvorsen, K.E., D.R. Becker, C. Hinrichs, and T. Selfa. Forthcoming. U.S. Forest- and Agriculture-based Bioenergy Development. (Introductory article) **

Selfa, T., L. Kulcsar, G. Middendorf, C. Bain, and R. Goe. Forthcoming. The Biofuels Revolution? The Promises and Perils of Biofuels Development for Rural Communities.

PAPERS PRESENTED

Iaroi, Albert, Gerad Middendorf and Theresa Selfa. 2008. “Environmental Discourse and Biofuels Development.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 28-31, 2008.

Iaroi, Albert, Theresa Selfa, and Gerad Middendorf. 2009. Conflicting Environmental Claims: Analysis of the Media Discourse Surrounding Biofuels Development presented at the  Southern Rural Sociological Association Annual Meeting , Atlanta, GA, February 2, 2009

Kulcsár, László J. and Benjamin C. Bolender. 2008. "People in the Ethanol Equation: Biofuels Production and Population Trends" presented at the Symposium on the Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing in the Central Plains, Manhattan, KS, USA, September 16, 2008.

Kulcsár, László J. and Benjamin C. Bolender. 2008. "If You Build It, Will They Come? Biofuel Plants and Demographic Trends in the Midwest" presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Manchester, NH, USA, July 28-31, 2008.

Selfa, Theresa and Uma Sarmistha. 2008. “Biofueling Rural Development: Promises and Challenges at Local and Global Scales.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 28-31, 2008.

Selfa, Theresa and Uma Sarmistha. 2008. “Biofueling Rural Development: Promises and Challenges at Local and Global Scales.” Paper presented at the Symposium on The Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing in the Central Plains in Manhattan, KS, September 16, 2008.

Selfa, Theresa and Uma Sarmistha. 2009. “Biofueling Rural Development: Promises and Challenges at Local and Global Scales.” Paper presented at the  Southern Rural Sociological Association Annual Meeting , Atlanta, GA, February 2, 2009

Selfa, Theresa, Laszlo Kulcsar Gerad Middendorf and Richard Goe. 2008. “Understanding the Promises and Perils of Biofuels Development for Rural Communities.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society in Manchester, New Hampshire, July 28-31, 2008.

Selfa, Theresa, Laszlo Kulcsar, Gerad Middendorf and Richard Goe. 2008. “The Biofuels Revolution? The Promises and Perils of Biofuels Development for Rural Communities in Kansas.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM), Burlington, Vermont, June 10-13, 2008.

Selfa, Theresa, Laszlo Kulcsar, Gerad Middendorf, Richard Goe and Carmen Bain 2009. “Impacts of Biofuels on Rural Communities: Preliminary Findings from Communities in Kansas and Iowa.” Session on ELSI and Sustainability, Department of Energy Genomics: GTL Grantee Workshop. Feb. 8-11, 2009.

Selfa, Theresa, Laszlo Kulcsar, Richard Goe and Gerad Middendorf. 2008. “The Biofuels Revolution? The Promises and Perils of Biofuels Development for Rural Communities in Kansas.” Paper presented at the Symposium on The Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing in the Central Plains in Manhattan, KS, September 16, 2008.

POSTERS PRESENTED

Iaroi, Albert, Gerad Middendorf, Theresa Selfa. 2008. “Conflicting Environmental Claims: Analysis of the Media Discourse Surrounding Biofuels Development in Russell, Kansas.” Poster presented at the Symposium on The Sustainability of Biofuels Production and Processing in the Central Plains in Manhattan, KS, September 16, 2008.

Iaroi, Albert. 2009. “Conflicting Environmental Claims: Analysis of the Media Discourse Surrounding Biofuels Development.” Poster presented at the Kansas State Graduate Research Forum, Manhattan, Kansas, March 6, 2009 and the Capitol Graduate Research Summit, Topeka, Kansas, March 12, 2009

Sarmistha, Uma. 2009. “Biofueling Rural Development: Promises and Challenges at Local and Global Scales.” Poster presented at the Kansas State Graduate Research Forum, Manhattan, Kansas, March 6, 2009

RESEARCH REPORTS

Community Profile: Russell, Kansas (pdf, 1.68 Mb)