This week Vernon interviews Todd Nesbitt, Ph.D., professor at Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. Vernon and Dr. Nesbitt will discuss how cooperatives facilitate sustainable development.

Dr. Nesbitt’s research interests span a diverse range of topics, including Appalachia, globalization, and environmental geography. He has also developed courses on topics like sustainability in Appalachia, the path towards peace in Northern Ireland, World Regional Geography, Physical Geography, Geography of the Developing World, Political Geography, Economic Geography, and Conservation of Natural Resources. His most recent work focuses on building a cooperative-based economy in Appalachia and how cooperatives facilitate sustainable development.

Todd received his PhD from the West Virginia University in 1997, and has published several articles in the aforementioned areas of interest. In 2019 he published, West Virginia: A Case for Economic Distributism in Appalachia in the Journal of Appalachian Studies.

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