 Kendall
M. Thu
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1992
Associate Professor
Professor Thu is a cultural anthropologist with specific interests
in applied anthropology, food systems, public and environmental
health, the anthropology of sports, North America, and Northern
Europe. His research focuses on the relationships between industrialized
food systems, the environment, public health, rural social dynamics,
and state power and policy. He has been the President of the Culture
and Agriculture Section of the American Anthropological Association,
served on the Executive Board of the Central States Anthropological
Society, and is a Fellow in the Society for Applied Anthropology.
He teaches courses in applied anthropology, medical anthropology,
environmental anthropology, and introductory cultural anthropology.
Selected Publications
Risk factors for low back injury among farmers in Iowa: A case-control
study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occupational
and
Environmental Hygiene 4:10-16, 2007. With N. Sprince, P. Hyesook,
C. Zwerling, P. Whitten, C. Lynch, L. Burmeister, P. Gillette, and
M. Alavanja.
Agriculture In Culture. Culture & Agriculture 28(1):25-27,
2006.
Industrial Agriculture: Pig Prison or Hog Hotel? In: Encyclopedia
of the
Midwest. R. Sisson, C. Zacher, and A. Cayton, Editors. Pp. 1025-1026,
2006.
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Community Health and Socioeconomic Issues Surrounding CAFOs.
Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(2):317-320, 2006.
With K. J. Donham,
S. Wing, D. Osterberg, J. L. Flora, C. Hodne, and P. Thorne.
Risk factors for animal-related injury among Iowa livestock farmers:
A case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal
of Rural Health 19(2): 165-173, 2003. With N. Sprince, H. Park,
C. Zwerling, C. Lynch, P. Whitten, L. Burmeister, P. Gillette, and
M. Alavanja
Keeping the Game Close: Fair Play Among Men's College Basketball
Referees. With K. Hattmann, V. Hutchinson, S. Lueken, N. Davis,
and E. Linboom. Human Organization 61(1) 1-8, 2002. (PDF
39k)
Public Health Concerns for Neighbors of Large-Scale Swine Production
Operations Journal of Agricultural Society and Health 8(2): 175-184,
2002.
Certified Safe Farm: Using Health Insurance Incentives to Promote
Agricultural Safety and Health (with S. Schneiders, K. Donham, P.
Hilaenath, and N. Roy) Journal of Agromedicine 8(1): 25-36, 2002.
Agriculture, the Environment, and Sources of State Ideology and
Power. Culture Agriculture 23(1) 1-7, 2001.
Cultural Challenges in Agricultural Health. Journal of Agromedicine
5(4): 85-89, 1999.
The Health Consequences of Industrialized Agriculture for Farmers
in the United States. Human Organization 57(3): 335-341,
1998.
Pigs, Profits, and Rural Communities. K. Thu and E.P. Durrenberger,
editors. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Health Problems and Disease Patterns. In The International Labor
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th
Edition. With C. Zwerling, and K. Donham. Geneva, Switzerland:
ILO, 1997.
What's a Year's Work Worth?: The Influence of the State on Cultural
Constructs of Farming in Norway. Human Organization 55(3):
300-308, 1996.
Contact Information:
Dr. Kendall Thu
Department of Anthropology
Stevens Building 102
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Voice: 815-753-0479
Fax: 815-753-7027
Email: kthu@niu.edu
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