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Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies (2024)
Journal Article
Engle, E. W., Larkins, M., Bratman, E., & Higgins, A. K. (2024). Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00952-y

The imperative to (re)center diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) touches nearly every aspect of higher education today. The multidisciplinary fields of environmental studies and sciences (ESS) are no exception; mired in questions of land... Read More about Centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in environmental studies and sciences by practicing compassionate pedagogies.

U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, A. (2024). U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare. Professional Geographer, https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2024.2351845

Produce prescriptions are nutrition incentive programs that focus on specific populations diagnosed with chronic diseases. Since 2010 these programs have multiplied across the United States, with much of this growth attributed to expanded federal fun... Read More about U.S. Federal Nutrition Policy and the Legal Geographies of Precision Welfare.

The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs (2024)
Journal Article
Higgins, A. K. (2024). The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(6), Article 103775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.103775

Produce prescription programs (PPPs) are place-based interventions at the intersection of public health and local food advocacy. These programs have expanded significantly across the United States since 2010, particularly taking off in the state of W... Read More about The Need to Consider Food Systems in Health-Oriented Food Policy and Programs.

Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production (2023)
Book Chapter
Massey, A. D., & Higgins, A. (2023). Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production. In M. W. Patterson, & N. Hoalst-Pullen (Eds.), The Geography of Beer: Policies, Perceptions, and Place (341-348). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39008-1_26

Unlike its place-oriented cousin, wine, beer production has a complicated relationship with geographic concepts of place and scale. The act of brewing and beer itself both simultaneously exhibits qualities of placelessness and rootedness. Therefore,... Read More about Geographical Connections in Brewing: Locating Place and Placelessness in Beer Production.