faculty
Rachel Kulick, PhD
Associate Professor
Sociology / Anthropology
Contact
508-999-8138
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Balsam Hall 9178
Education
| 2010 | Brandeis University | PhD in Sociology |
| 2003 | Harvard Graduate School of Education | MEd in Education |
| 1993 | Union College | BS in Psychology |
Teaching
- Sustainability
- Media Studies
- Research Methods
- Social Constructions of Whiteness
Research
Research activities
- Community-based resilience and innovation in response to climate change
- Community-based approaches to food justice and building local food systems
Research
Research interests
- Climate Change
- Food Systems
- Social Movements
- Participatory Action Research
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Rachel Kulick (2025).
Biological corridors: Using participatory action research to map ecological and social relations in conservation work
Educational Action Research, 1-20. - Rachel Kulick, Anicca Cox, Fernanda Dias. (2023).
NorthEast Grows: Dismantling Narratives of Assumed Mutuality in a Community-Engaged Permaculture Partnership
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. - Rachel Kulick (2019).
More time in the kitchen, less time on the streets: the micropolitics of cultivating an ethic of care in alternative food networks
Local Environment: An International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, 24, 37-51. - Rachel Kulick (2014).
What do you see that I cannot? Peer Facilitations of Difference and Conflict in the Collective Production of Independent Youth Media
Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements, 6, 301-327. - Rachel Kulick (2014).
Making Media for Themselves: Strategic Dilemmas of Prefigurative Work in Independent Media Outlets
Social Movement Studies, 13
Courses
- Introduction to Sociology
- Research Methods
- Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in the Media
- Media and Education
- Research Methods
- Whiteness, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World
- Introduction to Sustainability
- Sustainable Cities
- Sustainability in Action
- Internship Seminar