Professor Pruitt to Lead Rural Sociological Society

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt has been elected as president-elect of the Rural Sociological Society.

Pruitt will serve a three-year term on the executive board and assume the presidency in 2025-26. Pruitt served as the association’s vice president from 2017-18. 

Distinguished Professor of Law Lisa R. Pruitt is a scholar whose recent work explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts. She is the recipient of the law school’s 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.