Michael Restivo

Associate Professor of Sociology and Department Chair
Bailey Hall 206A
(585) 245-6210
restivom@geneseo.edu

Michael Restivo has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2014. He is currently on sabbatical for Spring 2025

 

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Michael Restivo

Office Hours

  • Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30 - 1:30 pm

    (or by appointment)

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Stony Brook University

  • M.A., Stony Brook University

Publications

  • Marion Harper, Jamie M. Sommer, Michael Restivo, and John M. Shandra. 2024. “India, Repression, and Ecologically Unequal Exchange of Wood: A Cross-National Analysis of Forest Loss” Sociology of Development (forthcoming)

  • Jamie M. Sommer, Michael Restivo, and John M. Shandra. 2023.“Corruption and Palm Oil in a Cross-National Perspective: How India Contributes to Forest Loss in Peripheral Nations.” Journal of South Asian Development 1-29. doi:10.1177/09731741231182754

  • Jamie M. Sommer, Michael Restivo, and John M. Shandra. 2023. “Connecting Bureaucratic Structures to Forest Loss.” Sociology of Development 1-21. doi:10.1525/sod.2022.0018

Interests

  • Environmental sociology
  • Political ecology
  • Deforestation
  • Peer production
  • Wikipedia

     

Classes

  • SOCL 211: Statistics for Social Research

    Data presentation, descriptive statistical analysis, and basic inferential techniques. Theoretical and methodological issues, as well as statistical applications, are studied. Students are trained to develop quantitative analysis skills and an ability to use statistics in social science disciplines and day-to-day life.

  • SOCL 302: Sociological Research

    The design and implementation of empirical research in sociology. Examines the logic of social inquiry and the uses and problems of various research designs and methods of data collection. Particular emphasis is on analysis of available data and survey research.