Rate My Professor Brett Zollinger

Dr. Zollinger's primary research interests include community and economic development, public health and wellness programming, human dimensions of wildlife management, and environment and natural resources sociology. He has secured over $2.5 million in funding for applied research and planning projects, with one of the most notable being the statewide 2005 Kansas Prosperity Summit research and planning process on behalf of the Kansas Department of Commerce and partner state agencies, culminating in an economic development plan issued by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. His publications have appeared in journals such as Rural Sociology, Journal of the Community Development Society, Research in Community Sociology, Economic Development Quarterly, Complementary Health Practice Review, the Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy, and eJournal of Public Affairs, as well as a book chapter in Mad About Wildlife. Key publications include "Factors Influencing Farmers' Expectations to Sell Agricultural Land for Non-Agricultural Uses" (Rural Sociology, 2002), "Pursuing Rural Community Development in Resource-Dependent Areas: Obstacles and Opportunities" (Research in Community Sociology, 1997), "Determinants of the Use of Four Categories of Complementary and Alternative Medicine" (Complementary Health Practice Review, 2006), and "College Student Food Insecurity and Awareness and Use of Supports: Recent Findings from a Survey of Students at a Mid-Sized State Comprehensive University in Kansas" (eJournal of Public Affairs, 2018). He co-authors the annual Kansas Speaks statewide public opinion surveys. Dr. Zollinger received the Rural Sociological Society's Dissertation Award in 1997. He teaches courses in social statistics, research methods, demography, and community development.