Abby Kinchy joined the STS Department in 2007, after receiving a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a variety of research interests, including: food, agriculture, biotechnology, and rural communities; environmental politics and history; social movements and participatory science; and expertise and democracy. Professor Kinchy teaches courses for the Sustainability Studies minor, including "Environment and Society" and "Food, Farms, and Famine."  She is also a co-instructor for "Product Design and Innovation Studio II," a required course for the Design, Innovation, and Society major.  At the graduate level, she teaches "Science, Technology, and Social Movements" and "Concepts in STS." She lives in Troy with her husband, one-year-old son, and two rabbits.

List of recent publications and other information available at abbykinchy.blogspot.com.