Robert Chiles

Associate Professor of Rural Sociology

110C Armsby
University Park, PA
rmc263@psu.edu

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Huck Affiliations

Plant Institute

Publication Tags

Food Agriculture Meat Qualitative Research Research Ethics Ecosystem Ecosystems Infrastructure Stormwater Big Data Animals Dimension Policy Ethics Science Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse Gas Emissions City Electric Autotransformers Gases Green Epistemological Food Service Gas Emissions Tension

Most Recent Publications

Ecosystem Benefits Provision of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Chinese Sponge Cities

Rui Wang, Hong Wu, Robert Chiles, 2022, Environmental Management on p. 558-575

Empathic choices for animals versus humans: the role of choice context and perceived cost

C. Daryl Cameron, Michael L. Lengieza, Eliana Hadjiandreou, Janet K. Swim, Robert M. Chiles, 2022, Journal of Social Psychology on p. 161-177

Principles of foodservice ethics: a general review

Amit Sharma, Phillip M. Jolly, Robert Magneson Chiles, Robin B. DiPietro, Angeline Jaykumar, Hema Kesa, Heather Monteiro, Kevin Roberts, Laure Saulais, 2021, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

The epistemological and methodological foundations of qualitative research

Allison Niebauer, Abou Traore, Jason Turowetz, Robert Chiles, 2020, International Sociological Association eSymposium on p. 1-13

Consumer agency and the ethical obligations of food service providers in an era of cheap food, racial inequality, and neoliberal governance

Robert Chiles, 2019, on p. 193-206

Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big Data Era: Part II

Leland Glenna, Arielle Hesse, Clare Hinrichs, Robert Chiles, Carolyn Sachs, 2019, American Behavioral Scientist on p. 667-668

Qualitative Research Ethics in the Big-Data Era

Leland Glenna, Arielle Hesse, Clare Hinrichs, Robert Chiles, Carolyn Sachs, 2019, American Behavioral Scientist on p. 555-559

Livestock intensification strategies in Rwanda: Ethical implications for animals and a consideration of potential alternatives

Robert Chiles, Celize Christy, 2019, on p. 167-184

Contested sustainability discourses as lived experience

Robert Magneson Chiles, 2018, on p. 188-200

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture

Robert M. Chiles, Eileen E. Fabian, Daniel Tobin, Scott J. Colby, S. Molly DePue, 2018, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics on p. 341-348

Most-Cited Papers

If they come, we will build it

Robert Magneson Chiles, 2013, Agriculture and Human Values on p. 511-523

Intertwined ambiguities

Robert M. Chiles, 2013, Journal of Consumer Behaviour on p. 472-482

Why is meat so important in Western history and culture? A genealogical critique of biophysical and political-economic explanations

Robert M. Chiles, Amy J. Fitzgerald, 2018, Agriculture and Human Values on p. 1-17

Hidden in Plain Sight

Robert Magneson Chiles, 2017, Sociologia Ruralis on p. 791-815

Agri-food firms, universities, and corporate social responsibility

Robert M. Chiles, Leland Glenna, Amit Sharma, Jeffrey Catchmark, C. Daniel Azzara, Audrey Maretzki, 2018, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on p. 1--11

Food System Fragility and Resilience in the Aftermath of Disruption and Controversy