About Us
Our Mission
The Community Interest Group provides a scholarly forum for exploring and integrating the diverse aspects of the community concept.
Profile
We are rural sociologists who believe that the community concept plays a pivotal role in the discipline of sociology. We see community as one of sociology's most basic concepts and as such community can never be truly be removed from the sociological endeavor. Currently, efforts among sociologists to creatively explore community have increased. We hope that the activities of the RSS Community Interest Group will provide a forum for exploring and integrating the diversity of community outlooks.
CIG Co-Chairpersons
| 2006-07 | M.A. Brennan and Kate MacTavish |
| 2005-06 | Jennifer Cross and M. A. Brennan |
| 2004-05 | Kathy Kremer and Jennifer Cross |
| 2003-04 | Frank Beck and Kathy Kremer |
| 2002-03 | Brent Hales and Frank Beck |
| 2001-02 | Lois Wright Morton and Brent Hales |
| 2000-01 | Domenico Parisi and Lois Wright Morton |
| 1999-00 | Jeff Sharp and Domenico Parisi |
| 1998-99 | Ralph Brown and Jeff Sharp |
| 1997-98 | Marilyn Aronoff and Ralph Brown |
Did You Know?
The
Rural
Sociological Society has research and interest groups that
members can join and participate in. These groups also coordinate
activities and session for the Annual Meetings.