Robert Emmet Jones

Current Research

I am an Associate Professor in the Environment and Society Program in the Department of Sociology, a Research Associate with Energy, Environment, and Resources Center, a Research Associate with the Southeast Water Policy Initiative, and a faculty associate with Environmental Studies Program at the University of Tennessee.

My work examines the human dimensions of environmental change, ecosystem management and environmental policy. I have an interdisciplinary education in the social and natural sciences (Huxley College of the Environment and Washington State University-Environmental Sociology). I co-authored (with Dr. Riley E. Dunlap) a book chapter in the Handbook of Environmental Sociology that helped to establish the conceptual and methodological foundations of environmental concern research. I have worked on funded projects related to the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone, salmon restoration in the Pacific Northwest, water recreation in the Columbia River Basin, hazardous waste management in Washington State, future land-use at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee, energy-boomtown growth in the West, amenity ("green") migration and water management issues facing Southern Appalachia, the social bases of environmental concern, public support for the environment in the United States and Southern Appalachia, and others related to environmental justice, race and community development. I worked and published the results of many of these projects with graduate students.

Recent Publications

Riley E. Dunlap, Kent D. Van Liere, Angela Mertig, and Robert Emmet Jones. 2005. "Measuring Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm: A revised NEP Scale." In M. Redclift (ed.) Sustainability: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences. London and New York: Routledge Press.

Robert Emmet Jones, J. Moran and J. Canestaro.2004. Hope VI Monitoring and Evaluation Project: 2004 Resident Survey and Baseline Analysis. A report prepared for Chattanooga Housing Authority. (Dr. John Hayes, Deputy Director, Planning and Program Development).

Robert Emmet Jones, Aaron Routhe and David Feldman. 2004. Understanding Public Opinion on Ways to Meet Water Needs in Cumberland County, Tennessee. A report prepared for the Cumberland County Executive Commission (Mayor Brock Hill), Crossville, Tennessee.

Robert Emmet Jones, J. Mark Fly, James Talley and H. Ken Cordell. 2003. "Green Migration into Rural America: The New Frontier of Environmentalism." Society and Natural Resources Vol. 16 (3) 221-228.

Riley E. Dunlap and Robert Emmet Jones. 2003."Environmental Attitudes." In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment. London, UK: Sage Publications, 364-369

Robert Emmet Jones. 2002. "Blacks Just Don't Care: Unmasking Popular Misconceptions about Concern for the Environment among African-Americans." International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 25 (2):221-251.

Riley E. Dunlap. and Robert Emmet Jones. 2002. "Environmental Concern: Conceptual and Measurement Issues." In R.E. Dunlap and W. Michelson (eds.), >Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, pp. 482-524.

Robert Emmet Jones and Riley E. Dunlap. 2001. "The Social Bases of Environmental Concern: Have They Changed Over Time?" In R. Scott Frey (ed.), The Environment and Society Reader. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, pp. 164-179. (Reprint of Jones and Dunlap, 1992).

Contact Information

Robert Emmet Jones
Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Committee of Undergraduate Studies
1990,PhD. Washington State University

The University of Tennessee
904 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0430

Phone: 865-974-7017
E-Mail: mountain@utk.edu