Richard York

Associate Professor

Address: 618 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5064
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	rfyork@uoregon.edu

Professor York received his B.S. in Psychology from Southern Oregon University in 1994, his M.S. in Environmental Studies from Bemidji State University in 1997, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Washington State University in 2002. He joined the University of Oregon faculty in 2002.

Research Interests

assessing the anthropogenic driving forces of global environmental change
effects of population, development, and capitalism on the natural environment
connections between human ecology and historical materialism
relationship between theory and research methodology

Teaching Areas

environmental sociology
statistics
research methods

Courses Taught

SOC 207	Social Inequality
SOC 311	Introduction to Social Research
SOC 416	Issues in Sociology of the Environment
SOC 613	Advanced Sociological Methods
SOC 616	Environment and Resource Issues
SOC 618	Sociological Theory II

Selected Articles

Forthcoming. York, Richard. “De-Carbonization in Former Soviet Republics, 1992-2000: The Ecological Consequences of De-Modernization.” Social Problems .

Forthcoming. Clark, Brett, John Bellamy Foster, and Richard York. “The Critique of Intelligent Design: Epicurus, Marx, Darwin , and Freud and the Materialist Defense of Science.” Theory & Society .

2007. York, Richard and Brett Clark. “The Problem with Prediction: Contingency, Emergence, and the Reification of Projections.” The Sociological Quarterly 48(4): 713-743.

2007. York, Richard. “Demographic Trends and Energy Consumption in European Union Nations, 1960-2025.” Social Science Research 36(3): 855-872.

2006. York, Richard and Brett Clark. “Marxism, Positivism, and Scientific Sociology: Social Gravity and Historicity.” The Sociological Quarterly 47(3): 425-450.

2005 Norgaard, Kari and Richard York. "Gender Equality and State Environmentalism." Gender & Society 19(3).

2005. Clark, Brett and Richard York. “Carbon Metabolism: Global Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Biospheric Rift.” Theory & Society 34(4): 391-428.

2004 Rosa, Eugene A., Richard York, and Thomas Dietz. "Tracking the Anthropogenic Drivers of Ecological Impacts." Ambio 33(8): 509-512.

2004 York, Richard and Marcia Hill Gossard. "Cross-National Meat and Fish Consumption: Exploring the Effects of Modernization and Ecological Context." Ecological Economics 48(3): 293-302.

2004 York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. "The Ecological Footprint Intensity of National Economies." Journal of Industrial Ecology 8(4).

2003. York, Richard and Eugene A. Rosa. “Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory: Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-Efficiency.” Organization & Environment 16(3): 273-288.

2003. York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. “Footprints on the Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity.” American Sociological Review 68(2): 279-300.

2003 York, Richard. "Cross-National Variation in the Size of Passenger Car Fleets: A Study in Environmentally Significant Consumption." Population and Environment 25(2): 119-140.

2003 York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. "STIRPAT, IPAT, and ImPACT: Analytic Tools for Unpacking the Driving Forces of Environmental Impacts." Ecological Economics 46(3): 351-365.

2003 York, Richard and Eugene A. Rosa. "Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory: Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-efficiency." Organization & Environment 16(3): 273-288.

2003 York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. "A Rift in Modernity? Assessing the Anthropogenic Sources of Global Climate Change with the STIRPAT Model." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 23(10): 31-51.

2003 Gossard, Marcia Hill and Richard York. "Social Structural Influences on Meat Consumption." Human Ecology Review 10(1): 1-9.

2003 York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. "Footprints on the Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity." American Sociological Review 68(2): 279-300.

2002 York, Richard, Eugene A. Rosa, and Thomas Dietz. "Bridging Environmental Science with Environmental Policy: Plasticity of Population, Affluence, and Technology." Social Science Quarterly 83(1): 18-34.

Awards

2004. Outstanding Publication Award. Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

2007. Outstanding Publication Award. Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Education

Ph.D. -- Washington State University, Pullman