JENNIFER KEAHEY
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Senior Sustainability Scholar, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Faculty Affiliate, Food Systems Transformation Initiative (FSTI), Arizona State University
Faculty Affiliate, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University
Faculty Affiliate, The Melikian Center, Arizona State University


Professional Associations
Past-Chair, Section on Sociology of Development, American Sociological Association
Associate,
 Center for Fair and Alternative Trade (CFAT), Colorado State University
Member, American Sociological Association (ASA)
Member, Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)
Member, International Sociological Association (ISA)
Member, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)

Talks, Conferences, and Presentations
Invited Talks
  • 2019. “Speaking for Producers Through the Goods We Buy.” TEDx Talking Back at ASUWest. Glendale, AZ: April 2.
  • 2019. “Market-based Sustainability.” UC Davis Alternatives in Agriculture Seminar. Davis, CA: March 4.
  • 2011. "Improving Market Access for Emerging South African Rooibos Farmers." University of California at Davis Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program Workshop. Davis, CA: April 19-20.

Organized Conference Sessions and Chaired Panels
  • 2021. Session Organizer. “Academic Justice in Collaboration: Space for Sharing and Coalition Building.” Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Winter Meeting. Virtual/Jacksonville FL: January 27.
  • 2020. Session Organizer. “Populism, Democracy, and Development.” American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting. Virtual: August 11.
  • 2020. Discussant. "Gender, Development and Multinational Migration." Gender, Labor and Migration Symposium, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ: February 6.
  • 2020. Session Co-organizer. "Decolonizing Gender: Feminism in the Global South and North." Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Winter Meeting. San Diego, CA: January 31.
  • 2019. Chair. "Analyzing Discourse: Knowledge, Power, and Development." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Notre Dame University. South Bend, IN: October 18.
  • 2018. Session Co-organizer. "Frontiers of Feminist Development." ASA Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: August 12.
  • 2018. Chair. "Populist Discourses." New Directions in the Study of Populism Workshop. Glendale, AZ: March 16.

Conference Presentations
  • 2021. “Intersectional Colonialities: Feminist Perspectives on Inequality and Development.” IV International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum. Virtual/Puerto Alegre, Brazil: February 24.
  • 2020. “Sustainable Participatory Action Research: Methods, Challenges, Ethics.” ASA Annual Meeting. Virtual/San Francisco, CA: August 10.
  • 2019. Keahey, Jennifer. "Sustainable Development and Participatory Action Research: A Systematic Review." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Notre Dame University. South Bend, IN: October 18.
  • 2019. “Anti-colonial Feminism and the Ethics of Development.” Special Session of the ASA Annual Meeting. New York, NY: August 13.
  • 2019. “Participatory Action Research in Sustainable Development.” Action Research Network of the Americas Annual Meeting. Montréal, QC: June 28.
  • 2018. "'We Have no Political Place to Stand on': Race and Democracy in Rural South Africa." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, IL: October 20.
  • 2018. "Cultivating Heritage: Sustainable Development in the South African Cederberg." ASA Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: August 11.
  • 2018. "Knowledge in Action: Negotiating Theories of Power in the Field." Action Research Network of the Americas Annual Meeting, University of California San Diego. San Diego, CA: June 30.
  • 2017. "Negotiating Power: Intersectional Praxis in Action Research." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Wayne State University. Detroit, MI: October 6.
  • 2017. "The Ethics of Development Research: A Critical Review." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Wayne State University. Detroit, MI: October 5.
  • 2017. “Gendered Livelihoods and Community Politics in Post-apartheid South Africa.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, QC: August 12.
  • 2016. "Staan Saam: Intersectional and Participatory Development in South Africa." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY: October 7.
  • 2016. "Capabilities for Sustainability: Livelihoods and Culture in the South African Cederberg." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA: August 23.
  • 2015. “Participatory Commodity Networking: An Integrated Framework for Fairtrade Research and Support.” ASU Democracy Conference. Tempe, AZ: December 4.
  • 2015. "Whose Knowledge Counts? Skills Development in Fairtrade Producer Networks." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL: August 24.
  • 2015. "The Sustainability of Power or the Power of Sustainability? Emerging Farmer Participation in South Africa's Rooibos Tea Industry." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, Brown University. Providence, RI: March 15.
  • 2015. "Fair Trade and Racial Equity in Africa." International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, LA: February 19.
  • *This book chapter was presented at a fair trade panel as part of the launch of The Handbook of Research on Fair Trade.
  • 2014. "Fair Trade and Racial Equity in Africa." Western Social Science Association Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM: April 3.
  • 2013. "From Dependency to Interconnectedness: Introducing the Participatory Commodity Network Research Approach." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: October 24.
  • 2012. "South Africa's Rooibos Tea Industry: Social Sustainability Dimensions and Prospects." Annual Sociology of Development Conference, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: November 2.
  • 2012. "Commodity Networking for Sustainable Development: Fair Trade and South Africa's Emerging Rooibos Tea Sector." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Denver, CO: August 20.

Campus Talks
  • 2014. "Sustainability, Power, and Participation in South Africa's Rooibos Tea Industry." School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Symposium. Glendale, AZ: October 2.
  • 2014. "Paternalism or Empowerment? Racial (In)Equity in African Fairtrade." New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Faculty Colloquium. Glendale, AZ: March 17.
  • 2013. "Emerging Markets, Sustainable Methods: Political Economy Empowerment in South Africa's Rooibos Tea Sector." Sociology in Progress Lecture Series. Fort Collins, CO: February 8.
  • 2012. "New Methods for Sustainable Development: Participatory Commodity Networking within South Africa's Emerging Rooibos Tea Sector." Center for Fair and Alternative Trade (CFAT) Monthly Seminar. Fort Collins: CO: May 4.
  • 2011. "Sustainable Market Access Development in South Africa's Emerging Rooibos Tea Sector." Africa Rising: New Enterprise Solutions to Old Development Problems Research Colloquium. Fort Collins, CO: March 31.
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