Loka Ashwood | |
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 Ashwood pictured in 2024 | |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellow (2024) |
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| Discipline | Sociologist |
| Sub-discipline | Rural communities |
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| Website | lokaashwood |
Loka Ashwood (born 1984 or 1985) is an American sociologist currently working at the University of Kentucky as an associate professor of sociology. [1] Her research focuses on rural communities and their issues. [2] [3] She is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. [3] [4]
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Her first book,For-Profit Democracy,investigated the relationship between rural American communities and the U.S. government through the lens of Burke County,Georgia and the construction of a nuclear power plant there. [3]
Ashwood co-wrote the 2023 book Empty Fields,Empty Promises,which explored right-to-farm laws across the United States. [3] She has criticized right-to-farm laws,saying they have been used by agricultural corporations to limit the efficacy of pollution-focused lawsuits. [5]
