Debbie Kasper

Debbie Kasper is a sociologist, Professor of Environmental Studies, and the Howard S. Bissell Chair of Liberal Arts at Hiram College in northeast Ohio. She teaches a wide variety of classes, including Community, Food, Creating Resilience, Permaculture Basics, and more. Her recent book is Beyond the Knowledge Crisis: A Synthesis Framework for Socio-Environmental Studies and Guide to Social Change. 

cistern building

Force for Good

When it comes to building community resilience—or building community at all—we have our work cut out for us.

November 4, 2024

Fall of Icarus fresco

How Do You Love What You Keep?

Limits are a necessary part of bringing about the life I long for, and of caring for the people, places, and futures we’ve all been entrusted to keep.

February 21, 2024

Noelle the dairy cow

Microcosm of Transition

Microcosm:  a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.

January 18, 2024