Dr. Joseph Jakubek is a community sociologist who joined the faculty of Appalachian State University in 2019. His professional training and research have focused on social and economic development strategies in rural spaces and the ways in which these intersect with rural community change.
He also serves as the Internship Coordinator for all sociology majors, helping students find, plan for, and succeed in their internships and career preparation
Research Interests
- Social and Economic Development
- Rural Communities
Recent Publications
Jakubek, Joseph. 2024. Review of "Food Power Politics: The food story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement." by Bobby J. Smith II. The University of North Carolina Press. 2023. Published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
Jakubek, Joseph. 2024. Review of "W.E.B. Du Bois: Pioneer American Sociologist." by Robert. A Wortham. Lexington Books. 2022. Published in Sociation 22(2).
Jakubek, Joseph, and Spencer D. Wood. 2018. "Emancipatory Empiricism: The Rural Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4(1):14-34.
Jakubek, Joseph , and Cornelia Butler Flora. 2017. "Biofuels in an Age of Cheap Oil: Community Capitals and Motivations to Participate in Biodiesel Value Chains". Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. 16(4):410-433.
Title: Assistant Teaching Professor, Internship Coordinator
Department: Department of Sociology
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-7730
Fax: (828) 262-2294