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Brian Gareau

Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

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Brian Gareau

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 412

Telephone: 617-552-8148

Email: brian.gareau@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • B.A., Providence College
  • M.S., Washington State University
  • M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Courses

SOCY1501/EESC 1501 - Global Implications of Climate Change
SOCY3349 - Environmental Studies: Select Topics
INTL4941 - International Studies Senior Seminar
ENVS4943 – Environmental Seminar
SOCY5562 - Environmental Sociology I
SOCY5570 - Political Sociology
SOCY5572 - Sociology of Science Studies

Research Interests

Environmental Sociology, Science, Knowledge and Technology, Globalization, Rural Sociology/Agrofood Studies, Global Environmental Governance

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

As Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Planning, Professor Gareau assists the Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences (MCAS) with oversight of MCAS departments in the Humanities and Social Sciences. His role includes assisting the Dean as a point-of-contact for department chairs on personnel issues, in reviewing faculty search requests, faculty hiring, faculty evaluation and merit review, in developing new faculty programming, working with departments on strategic planning, and helping supervise Interdisciplinary Programs, among other responsibilities. Professor Gareau was Associate Dean for the University Core Curriculum from 2018-2023. As an environmental sociologist, Gareau studies global environmental governance, especially the governance of ozone layer depletion and global climate change, and publishes on theorizations of society/nature relations, alternative development, and agri-food systems. Currently, he leads a multi-disciplinary research lab investigating the social and ecological dynamics of cranberry production in New England and global climate change.

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