Cornelia Butler Flora | |
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| Born | California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, educator, author |
| Known for | Community capitals framework, international research on community and rural development and social change. |
| Title | Distinguished sociology professor emerita at Iowa State University and research professor at Kansas State University |
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Cornelia Butler Flora is an American rural sociologist.[1] She is mostly known for her work on community capitals framework (CCF),[2] feminism in Latin America, social justice, social policy, women in development, rural development, sustainable agriculture, sustainable community, community development, and farmer welfare. She has worked globally across the United States, Latin America, and Africa. There are more than 247 publications (in four languages) to her name over the last five decades of her work.[3] Her widely famous book Rural Communities: Legacy + Change has seen 43 editions published between 1992 and 2019 in three languages.[3] She was appointed to the reputed National Agricultural Research, Education and Economics Advisory Board by the then U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in 2004.[4] She was also the president of the Rural Sociological Society (a highly prestigious scholarly society of rural sociologists) in 1988–1989.[5]
- ^ Rural Sociology.
- ^ Beaulieu, Lionel J. "Bo" (October 2014). "PROMOTING COMMUNITY VITALITY & SUSTAINABILITY- The Community Capitals Framework" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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- ^ Notice of Appointment of Members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
- ^ Rural Sociological Society- Past Presidents.
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