Rebecca Schewe

Associate Professor, Sociology

Contact Information
rlschewe@maxwell.syr.edu

426 Eggers Hall
(315) 443-9894
Office Hours:
Tu 12:00-2:00 or by appointment
Please use link below to make an appt.
bit.ly/2RzSYF3

Staff Support
Emily Minnoe
(315) 443-3114
erminnoe@maxwell.syr.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Rebecca Schewe's CV

O'Hanley Faculty Scholar
Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Degree

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Specialties

Environmental and natural resource sociology

Personal Website

http://www.rebeccaschewe.com/

Courses

Spring 2019 

SOC/WGS 305.003 Sociology of Sex & Gender, TuTh 2:00-3:20, Falk 104

Biography

Rebecca Schewe is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Policy Research. She received her Ph.D. in sociology and Master's in rural sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing a postdoc at Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station, she was an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University for three years before joining the faculty here at Syracuse University. Becky's research focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural environment. Through interdisciplinary partnerships, her research examines how the major social institutions of the state, economy, and community structure our human interactions with ecosystems. Full Biography

Publications

Selected Papers

Research Grants and Awards

Co-Principal Investigator. “Mixed Methods Grant Obtaining Operational Development (MMGOOD),” with Principal Investigator Jason Wiles. Funded by Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant Program. 2018-2020.

Co-Principal Investigator. “Linking Human Behavior And Hydrological Processes Towards Improved Understanding Of Spatio-Temporal EC Prevalence Across Agroecosystems," with colleagues Christa Kelleher (Earth Sciences) and Teng Zeng (Civil and Environmental Engineering). Funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture. 2018-2021.

Co-Project Director. “An Integrated Milk Quality Extension and Education Program to Reduce Mastitis,” with Ron Erskine (Michigan State). Funded by Michigan State University/United States Department of Agriculture. 2014-2017.

Principal Investigator. “Communication Avenues for Vietnamese Fishing Communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with Coastal Resources Agencies,” Funded by Mississippi State University/National Oceanic and Atmospherical Administration (NOAA). 2015-2017.

Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Award, Mississippi State University. 2013.