PhD Scholar - Jesse McEntee

PhD Title

Re-Localization of Rural Food Systems: Food access and justice in rural New Hampshire

Research Interests

Jesse is currently conducting research that examines rural food access and the associated impact of local foods in Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA.Over the past year he has worked with researchers at the Center for Rural Partnerships at Plymouth State University to conduct this research.He is interested in theories of justice, particularly developing ideas of spatial justice.

Career Experience and Qualifications:

Jesse McEntee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of New Hampshire (2003; Durham, NH, USA) and a Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University (2007; Medford-Boston, MA, USA). While at the University of New Hampshire, Jesse wrote his honors B.A. thesis on the transnational immigration experience of South Asian immigrants of southern New Hampshire. At Tufts University, Jesse specialized in environmental justice, land use law, and geographic information systems (GIS). His M.A. thesis investigated the food access issues facing the state of Vermont, USA. Framing this issue as one which falls into the contemporary paradigm of ‘just sustainability,’ Jesse developed a GIS methodology used to identify food deserts.

Jesse has worked as an environmental economic consultant in the western United States energy markets, GIS analyst, and for the State of Vermont. In addition to his PhD research, Jesse runs a consulting company (McEntee Research & Consulting) and is an Instructor of sociology at the Community College of Vermont.

Publications

McEntee, J. and Agyeman, J., 2009. ‘Towards the development of a GIS method for identifying rural food deserts: geographic access in Vermont, USA’ (in press, Applied Geography) doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.05.004

McEntee, J., 2009. ‘Re-Localization of Rural Food Systems: divergent locals and the state of food access’ (in progress)

McEntee, J., 2010. ‘Realizing Rural Food Justice: Divergent Locals in the Northeastern United States’, Chapter in: Alkon, A and Agyeman, J (eds) (in preparation) 'The Food Justice Reader: Cultivating a Just Sustainability' (MIT Press)

McEntee, J., 2008.‘Highlighting Food Inadequacies: Does the Food Desert Metaphor Help this Cause?’ British Food Journal, 111(4), pp. 349-363.

McEntee, J. and Ogneva-Himmelberger, Y.,2008. ‘Diesel particulate matter, lung cancer, and asthma incidences along major traffic corridors in MA, USA: A GIS analysis’ Journal of Health and Place, 14(4), pp.817-828.

McEntee, J., 2008. ‘Food Deserts: Contexts and Critiques of Contemporary Food Access Assessments’ BRASS Working Paper Series No. 46.ISBNs 978-1-906644-04-8 (print); 978-1-906644-05-5 (web)

McEntee, J., 2007. ‘Food deserts in Vermont: Identifying inadequate food access and the corresponding policy implications’M.A. Thesis, Tufts University. ProQuest.

Agyeman, J. and McEntee, J., 2008. 'Community Food Security: Where Justice and Sustainability Meet' (under revision).

Agyeman, J. and McEntee, J. 'Community Food Security: Where Justice and Sustainability Meet'

Accepted for presentation, EcoCity 6, Bangalore, India, November 2006.

Jagai, J.; Monchak, J.; McEntee, J.; Castronovo, D.; and Naumova, E. ‘The Use of Remote Sensing to Assess Global Trends in Seasonality of Cryptosporidiosis.’ Presented at the 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 2007.

McEntee, J., and Markarian, M. 2006. ‘Wastewater Treatment Capacity in Vermont’s Unsewered Villages: Problems and Solutions.’ Unpublished research study, Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 2006.

McEntee, J. ‘Indian and Pakistani Immigrants in Manchester, NH: A Critique of Contemporary Immigration Theory’ Presented at Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Conference, University of New Hampshire, May 2003)

Glick-Schiller, N.; Buchanan, P.; Guldbrandsen, T.; McEntee, J.; and Beard, J. ‘Local City: Global People: New Perspectives on Migrant Simultaneity’ Presented at New Immigrants in New England, Brown University, Providence, RI, April 2003.

Presentations

McEntee, J., 2009. ‘Relocalization of Rural Food Networks’ Colloquium presentation at Plymouth State University’s Center for Rural Partnerships, Plymouth, NH.

McEntee, J., 2009. ‘Relocalization of rural food systems: a key ingredient in the creation of sustainable communities?’ Part of Sustainable Communities session.Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

McEntee, J., 2008. ‘Food insecurity and food deserts in New England’ Guest Lecture for PSU Seminar Course.

McEntee, J., 2008. ‘Re-Localization of Rural Food Networks: Assessing Need, Access Barriers, and Opportunities’ Presentation at 12th Annual Conference of the Community Food Security Coalition, Philadelphia, PA.

Contact Details:

Wales, UK:
Tel: (44) (0) 2920 876 562
Mobile: (44) (0) 7942 213 093
Email: mcenteej@cardiff.ac.uk

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