Michelle R Worosz

Biographic Data

ID339116
NAMEMichelle R Worosz
GIVEN NAMESMichelle R
FAMILY NAMEWorosz
SIGNATUREWOROSZ M R
AFFILIATIONSAuburn University
ORCID0000-0003-4919-0477
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX3

  • Farming with a mission

    Open AccessMichelle R Worosz, E Melanie DupuisARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2024References: 20

    Organizations interested in food alterity, security, and justice are often governed as 501(c)(3) nonprofits. As such, they are required to fulfill missions beyond profit maximization. This study focuses on the role of nonprofits in the agrifood system. Looking at nonprofit farms as both farms and as nonprofits, we seek to understand whether nonprofit organizations, as an alternative mode of governance, creates the possibility of an alternative ec…

  • Covid research across the social sciences in 2020

    Open AccessRyan W Thomson, Rebecca Mosier et al.ARTICLEScientometrics2023

  • Advancing the scholarship and practice of stakeholder engagement in working landscapes

    Open AccessWeston M Eaton, Morey Burnham et al.ARTICLESocio-Ecological Practice Research2022

    Participatory approaches to science and decision making, including stakeholder engagement, are increasingly common for managing complex socio-ecological challenges in working landscapes. However, critical questions about stakeholder engagement in this space remain. These include normative, political, and ethical questions concerning who participates, who benefits and loses, what good can be accomplished, and for what, whom, and by who. First, opp…

  • Transdisciplinary research for wicked problems

    Open AccessMichelle R WoroszARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2022Cited by: 2References: 4

  • A qualitative study of Southern U.S. consumers' top of the mind beliefs about the safety of local beef

    Open AccessAmy L Telligman, Miguel Cardenal Carro et al.ARTICLEAppetite2017Cited by: 2References: 36

    Following the Reasoned Action Approach, the aim of this study was to explore consumers' top-of-mind food safety beliefs about local beef. Beef consumers recruited from farmers' markets (N = 101) and grocery stores (N = 174) across the state of Alabama participated in face-to-face intercept surveys. The survey included closed- and open-ended questions designed to elicit consumers' food safety beliefs about local beef. Results indicate that beef sa…

  • The Importance of Governance Levels in Alternative Food Networks

    Open AccessRiva C H Denny, Michelle R Worosz et al.ARTICLERural Sociology2016Cited by: 5References: 56

    Focusing on U.S. red meat inspection regulations, in the context of alternative food networks (AFNs), we explore the implications of different levels of governmental governance for the number of red meat slaughter establishments in the United States. We argue that disaggregating 'the state' makes possible a more nuanced consideration of the effects of different tiers of governance. We use regression analysis with data for 40 U.S. states over 40 y…

  • Zero tolerance rules in food safety and quality

    Open AccessNorbert Wilson, Michelle R WoroszARTICLEFood Policy2013Cited by: 2References: 9

  • Risk, anti-reflexivity, and ethical neutralization in industrial food processing

    Open AccessDiana Stuart, Michelle R WoroszARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2011Cited by: 9References: 12

  • Resilience in the US red meat industry

    Open AccessMichelle R Worosz, Andrew Knight et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2008Cited by: 5References: 9