Ryan Gunderson received a Master's Degree in Sociology from our program in 2011 and was a recipient of the Chet Meeks Summer Research Award in his final year in our program. He used the award to work on turning the research that he did for this thesis, "The Metabolic Rifts of Livestock Agribusiness," into three articles that were accepted for publication in refereed academic journals. Ryan completed his PhD in Sociology at Michigan State University and currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Sociology at Miami University (Oxford, OH). His areas of specialization include environmental sociology, political economy, animal studies, and social theory. In addition to his coursework and dissertation research, he succeeded in getting eleven papers published while in graduate school, which is a huge accomplishment.