Editing Frederick H. Buttel (section)

== Education and career ==
Buttel earned his B.S. (1970) and M.S. in sociology (1972) degrees at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], his master's degree in forestry and environmental studies at [[Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies|Yale University]] and his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Wisconsin.<ref name=uw>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060829080223/http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/senate/2005/0404/1843(mem_res).pdf "Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison: On the Death of Professor Frederick H. Buttell", April 4, 2005.] Accessed: June 17, 2012.</ref> Prior to returning as a faculty member to Wisconsin, he served as a member of the faculty at [[Michigan State University]] and [[Cornell University]]. At the latter, he directed the Biology and Society Program.

Buttel was editor of the journal, ''[[Research in Rural Sociology and Development]]'',<ref>[http://www.socresonline.org.uk/4/3/biography.html Sociological Research Online, "Contributors to Volume 4, Number 3", 1999.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506121137/http://www.socresonline.org.uk/4/3/biography.html |date=2008-05-06 }} Accessed: June 17, 2012.</ref> and co-editor of ''[[Society & Natural Resources]]''. Buttel was a scholar in rural sociology whose research focused on four major areas of study: the sociology of agriculture, environmental sociology, technological change in agriculture, and national and global activism relating to environmental and agricultural policies.<ref>[http://news.cals.wisc.edu/departments/highlights/2005/01/19/uw-madison-rural-sociologist-fred-buttel-dead-at-56/ "UW–Madison Rural Sociologist Fred Buttel Dead at 56"], College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, [[University of Wisconsin]], January 19, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/05/2.24.05/obituary.html "Obituary: Frederick H. Buttel"]. ''[[Cornell Chronicle]]''. February 24, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=From the editor|journal=[[Agriculture and Human Values]]|volume=22|issue=3|year=2005|doi=10.1007/s10460-005-6039-z|page=265|s2cid=207078770}}. Includes "Remembering Fred Buttel" by Lawrence Busch, Richard Haynes, Jack R. Kloppenberg Jr, Daniel Lee Kleinman, and Laura B. DeLind.</ref>