Extension Assistant Professor of Community Development

Isaac “Ike” Leslie researches and organizes with Vermont communities for social and environmental change. Ike is an environmental sociologist specializing in justice, sustainability, and economic viability in food systems. They also research and organize with LGBTQ+ farmers and rural residents. Outside of UVM, they own and operate Magnetic Fields Farm in Athens, Vermont.

Publications

  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn, Jessica Carson, and Analena Bruce. Online. “LGBTQ+ Food Insufficiency in New England.” Agriculture and Human Values.
  • Carson, Jess, Analena Bruce, and Isaac Sohn Leslie. 2021. “Half of New Hampshire Residents Buy Local Farm Food at Least a Few Times a Month, But Engagement Varies by County.” Carsey School of Public Policy, Regional Issue Brief #65: 1-4.
  • Bell, Michael Mayerfeld, Loka L. Ashwood, Isaac Sohn Leslie, and Laura Hanson Schlachter. 2021. An Invitation to Environmental Sociology. 6th edition. Thousand Oaks, CA, and London, UK: Sage.
  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn, Jaclyn Wypler, and Michael Mayerfeld Bell. 2019. “Relational Agriculture: Gender, Sexuality, and Sustainability in U.S. Farming.” Society & Natural Resources 32(8):853-74.
  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn. 2019. “Queer Farmland: Land Access Strategies for Small-Scale Agriculture.” Society & Natural Resources 32(8):928-46.
  • Crowley, Morgan, Kara E. Shannon, Isaac Sohn Leslie, Andrea Jilling, Cameron D. McIntire, and Emily Kyker-Snowman. 2019. “Sustainable Beef Production in New England: Policy and Value Chain Challenges and Opportunities.” Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 43(3):274-98.
  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn and Monica M. White. 2018. “Race and Food: Agricultural Resistance in U.S. History.” Pp. 347-64 in Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations, edited by Pinar Batur and Joe Feagin. New York: Springer.
  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn. 2017. “Improving Farmers Markets and Challenging Neoliberalism in Argentina.” Agriculture and Human Values 34(3):729-42.
  • Leslie, Isaac Sohn. 2017. “Queer Farmers: Sexuality and the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture.” Rural Sociology 82(4):747-71.

Associations and Affiliations

  • Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society
  • American Sociological Association
  • International Association of Society & Natural Resources
  • Rural Sociological Society

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

  • Environmental sociology & justice
  • Food systems & justice
  • Gender & sexuality
  • Rural economic & community development

Education

  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • M.A., Sociology, University of New Hampshire
  • M.S., Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire
  • B.A., International Studies & Music, Vassar College

CV

PDF icon ISL-CV-January-2023.pdf

Contact

Email:

isaac.leslie@uvm.edu

Phone:
  • 802-656-7538
Office Location:

130 Austine Drive, Suite 300, Brattleboro, VT 05301-7040