Welcome to UND Sociology

Dr. Pied received a PhD in cultural anthropology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She comes to UND after spending 13 years at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where she was Professor of Sociology and Anthropology. Her research broadly focuses on how rural communities respond to economic and land use changes in the United States. This has led to projects on political polarization, energy infrastructure, forest land use, and dairy farming. She has brought this work to her teaching, especially classes on Social Inequalities; Rural Sociology; and Conservation, Wildlife, and Recreation. At UND, she is teaching Sociological Research Methods and Diversity in the United States. She enjoys hiking and looks forward to cross-country skiing in the winter.