Prof. Michael S Carolan is a Professor of Sociology and Food Systems & Food Security Specialist at Colorado State University, Fulbright Research Chair in Food Security, Visiting Professor at the Ruralis Research Institute, Trondheim, Norway, and Research Affiliate at the Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Iowa State University. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and is co-editor for the Journal of Rural Studies, co-editor for the British Food Journal, and Associate Editor for the journal Sustainability. His areas of expertise include environmental and agricultural law and policy, environmental sociology, the sociology of food systems and agriculture, economic sociology, and the sociology of technology and scientific knowledge. He has published more than a dozen books. His most recent title, A Decent Meal: Building Empathy in a Divided America (Stanford Press, 2021), won numerous national and international awards, including the “getAbstract 2022 International Book Award” in the business impact category. He also co-founded (with Dr. Becca Jablonski) the Food Systems Institute at Colorado State University.