Dr. Jennings earned degrees in Forest Resource Management from West Virginia University before earning his PhD in Environmental Sociology from Utah State University.  His past research has focused on public program effectiveness, community attachment in high-amenity settings, and environmental worldviews of college students.  Dr. Jennings has a passion for the transformative power of study abroad.  He established the Interim in Ecuador program at Albright, where students study a variety of topics while being immersed in the culture of Ecuador.  In the over 10 years the program has been in existence, more than 100 students have studied in Ecuador.  He currently serves as the Vice President of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin American and the Caribbean (AAPLAC) and as a board member of the Centers for Interamerican Studies (CEDEI).

Study Abroad
Statistics
Research methods
Environmental sociology

Selected Professional Activity and Publications

Professional Affiliations:

Vice President of the Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (AAPLAC)

Board member of the Center for Interamerican studies (CEDEI), Cuenca, Ecuador

Peer Reviewed Articles

Masterson, A., Jennings, B.M., and Odenwelder, M.  (2020). How to Run Together:  On Study Abroad and the ASD Experience.  Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 32(2):104-118.

Jennings B.M., R.A. Smith, and S. Ghosh.  2014.  An Assessment of Environmental Knowledge and Concern  of Incoming Freshmen at a Liberal Arts Institution.  Sociological Viewpoints 30(1):TBD.

Jennings B.M. and R.S. Krannich.  2013.  A Multidimensional Exploration of the Foundations of Community Attachment Among Seasonal and Year Round Residents.  Rural Sociology 78 (4):498-527.

Jennings B.M., and R.S. Krannich.  2013.    Bonded to Whom?  Seasonal Residents and Their Patterns of Social Interaction.  Journal of Community Development 44(1):3-22.

Book Chapters

Krannich, R.S., and B.M. Jennings.  2011.   New West and Old West: Values, Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Natural Resource Use and Management.  Chapter 6 in People, Places and Landscapes: Social Change in High Amenity Rural Areas.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Mattarita-Cascante, D., A.E. Luloff, and B.M Jennings. 2011. Population Change and Contrasting Integration, Attachment, and Participation in the New West-Old West. Chapter 7 in People, Places and Landscapes: Social Change in High Amenity Rural Areas. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Jackson-Smith, D., E. Jensen, and B.M. Jennings. 2006. “Land Use Change in the Rural Intermountain West.” Chapter in Population Change and Rural Society. W.A. Kandel and D.L. Brown (eds.): Springer Publishing.

Recent Conference Presentations

Jennings, B.M., and Justeson, K.  2020.  Ten Years on…Strategies for Maintaining Programs at a Small Institution.  Presented at the 31^st Annual Association of Academic Programs in Latin  America and the Caribbean; Guanajuato, Mexico.

Jennings, B.M., Masterson, A., and Odenwelder, M.  2017.  “Successes and Challenges of Working With Special Needs Students in Ecuador.”  Presented at the 28^th Annual Association of Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Xalapa, Mexico.

Jennings, B.M., and Campbell, K.  2016.  Developing Interdisciplinary Content that Meets the Needs of the Student and the Institution.  Presented at the 27^th Annual Association of     Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Las Cruces, NM.

Jennings, B.M., Underwood, E. (student), Adgie, T. (student), and Miller, A. (student).  2015.  The Albright Community Garden: A Model for Sustainability.  Presented at the 2015    Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators Conference;  Raystown Lake, PA.

Jennings, B.M., Rakus, M., John, A., and Justeson, K.  2015. Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Approaches & Challenges to Study Abroad.  Presented at the 26^th Annual Association of  Academic Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean; Santo Domingo, PR

Jennings, B.M., B. Krumholtz, C. Myers, S. Crothers (student), and R. Beam (student).  2014.  The Unfenced Campus Garden: A Place Where Communication, Creativity and Education are Cultivated.  Presented at the 2014 Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education; Ocean City, MD.

SOC211 Social Statistics
SOC291 Environmental Sociology
ESS325 GIS