The Academic Life and Times of Jordan Fox

Jordan Fox is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, as well as Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Sustainability. He is both a theorist and empirical researcher, who primarily uses qualitative methods. His broad interest is in our limited ability to control nature. Towards this end, Jordan’s current research examines a range of topics, including how and why powerful institutions have become strategically ignorant of ecological complexity; the political, environmental, and cultural origins of both invasive species ecology and fire ecology; and how social science should (or should not) incorporate natural science.