Kathleen Sexsmith's research program looks broadly at gender and rural development, with both domestic and international areas of focus. In the U.S., she studies how gender, legal status, and geographical isolation shape integration among immigrants working in agricultural industries. In particular, she looks at social networks and transnational ways of life in non-traditional rural immigrant destinations. Her international research examines the gender dynamics of sustainable agriculture initiatives, including voluntary certifications, responsible investment, and climate-smart agricultural programming in the Global South.
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Recent Publications
Gendered adaptations to climate change in the Honduran coffee sector
Palacios, H. V., Sexsmith, K., Matheu, M. & Gonzalez, A. R., May 1 2023, In: Women's Studies International Forum. 98, 102720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Toward a Transformative GSL Ethics: How Global Service-Learning Faculty Reconcile Clashing Personal and Institutional Values Surrounding GSL
Sexsmith, K. & Kiely, R., 2023, In: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. 27, 3, p. 5-30 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Latino/a Farmworkers’ Concerns about Safety and Health in the Pennsylvania Mushroom Industry
Sexsmith, K., Palacios, E. E., Gorgo-Gourovitch, M. & Huerta Arredondo, I. A., 2022, In: Journal of Agromedicine. 27, 2, p. 169-182 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The embodied precarity of year-round agricultural work: health and safety risks among Latino/a immigrant dairy farmworkers in New York
Sexsmith, K., Mar 2022, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 39, 1, p. 357-370 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the Decade of Action?
Van Tulder, R., Rodrigues, S. B., Mirza, H. & Sexsmith, K., Mar 2021, In: Journal of International Business Policy. 4, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Parallel Precarity: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Agricultural Guest Worker Programs
Weiler, A. M., Sexsmith, K. & Minkoff-Zern, L. A., 2020, In: International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 26, 2, p. 143-163 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Decoding Worker “Reliability”: Modern Agrarian Values and Immigrant Labor on New York Dairy Farms
Sexsmith, K., Dec 1 2019, In: Rural Sociology. 84, 4, p. 706-735 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
‘But we can’t call 911’: undocumented immigrant farmworkers and access to social protection in New York
Sexsmith, K., Jan 2 2017, In: Oxford Development Studies. 45, 1, p. 96-111 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exit, voice, constrained loyalty, and entrapment: migrant farmworkers and the expression of discontent on New York dairy farms
Sexsmith, K., May 18 2016, In: Citizenship Studies. 20, 3-4, p. 311-325 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Formulating the SDGs: Reproducing or Reimagining State-Centered Development?
Sexsmith, K. & McMichael, P., Jul 4 2015, In: Globalizations. 12, 4, p. 581-596 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Violent conflict and social transformation: An institutionalist approach to the role of informal economic networks
Sexsmith, K., Dec 1 2009, In: European Journal of Development Research. 21, 1, p. 81-94 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review