Professor Pruitt Elected Co-Chair of Rural Sociological Society Interest Group

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt has been elected as co-chair of the Rural Studies Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society, a professional social science association that promotes the generation, application and dissemination of sociological knowledge and seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities and the environment.

Lisa R. Pruitt is a Professor at the UC Davis School of Law whose recent scholarship explores how rural spatiality inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Her work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts.