Department of Sociology and Anthropology : Rubin Patterson

Ph.D., Howard University
Professor of Sociology

Chief Editor, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology
 
Areas of Interest

(1) Migration and African development and (2) Eco-industrial development and environmental justice.

Current Research and Writing

• Migration and African Development; Comparative Diaspora Studies

• Eco-industrial Development; Environmental Justice & Sustainable Development.

Sample Publication

• Preparing Sub-Saharan Africa for A Pioneering Role in Eco-industrial Development.” 2009. Journal of Industrial Ecology. Forthcoming.

• African Brain Circulation: Beyond the Drain-Gain Debate. 2007. Edited by Rubin Patterson. Boston: Brill.

• Transnationalism: Diaspora-Homeland Development. 2006. Social Forces 84:1891-1907.