Andrea Rissing

Assistant Professor, School of Sustainability

Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

Affiliated Faculty, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

arissing@asu.edu

Office 404B Walton Center for Planetary Health Tempe, AZ 85281
Mail code: 7904

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Andrea Rissing is an assistant professor of sustainable food systems in the School of Sustainability. Her research themes include U.S. farmers’ diverse livelihood strategies, processes of agrarian change and local food system governance. Previously, she was the President’s Postdoctoral Scholar in Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University and led qualitative research for a National Institute of Food and Agriculture project on crop diversification.

Education

Ph.D. Anthropology, Emory University 2019
M.A. Anthropology, Emory University 2014
B.A. Anthropology, Grinnell College 2009

Research Website URL

http://andrearissing.weebly.com

Courses

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SOS 499	Individualized Instruction
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 499	Individualized Instruction

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SFS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
SOS 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate
AGB 216	The Sustainable Plate

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SFS 215	Fund of Sustainable Food Sys
SOS 215	Fund of Sustainable Food Sys
AGB 215	Fund of Sustainable Food Sys

Expertise Areas

Agrarian societies

Economic Anthropology

Sociocultural Anthropology

Qualitative Methods

Agri-Food Systems

Food Sovereignty