Robert Chiles

Associate Professor of Rural Sociology

Robert Chiles

Huck Affiliations

Most Recent Publications

The Ethics of Cellular Agriculture

Stephanie Zhu, Lina Tami-Barrera, Robert Chiles, Garrett Broad, on p. 20

Sustainability outcomes and policy implications: Evaluating China’s “old urban neighborhood renewal” experiment

Rui Wang, Hong Wu, Robert Chiles, Yizhao Yang, 2024, PLoS One

Optimization and reflexivity in interdisciplinary agri-environmental scholarship

Robert Magneson Chiles, Patrick Drohan, Raj Cibin, Lilian O’Sullivan, Lilian O'Sullivan, Donnacha Doody, Rogier Schulte, Caitlin Grady, Fei Jiang, Heather E. Preisendanz, H Gall, Elsa Ligaya Dingkuhn, Tamie Veith, Aine Anderson, 2023, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

The ethics of cellular agriculture

Stephanie Zhu, Lina Tami-Barrera, Robert M. Chiles, Garrett M. Broad, 2023, on p. 437-454

Animals and Society

Robert Magneson Chiles, Catherine Mendel, 2023, on p. 277-284

Negotiating legitimacy: Neoliberal and agrarian strategies to resolve the enigma of animal welfare

Robert Chiles, Scott Lougheed, 2022, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food

Thick and thin food justice approaches in the evaluation of cellular agriculture

Garrett M. Broad, Robert M. Chiles, 2022, Nature Food on p. 795-797

AgriTech Investor and Informant Perspectives About Cellular Agriculture

Mark Gagnon, Garrett Broad, Kelia Grandison, Robert Chiles, 2022, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review on p. 89-109

Empowering students to confront environmental injustice: Dialogue, theory, empathy, and partnership.

Robert Chiles, K Ard, S Teixeira-Poit, C Flora, R Williams, C Grady, 2022, SN social sciences on p. 255

Ecosystem Benefits Provision of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Chinese Sponge Cities

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

Most-Cited Papers

Democratizing ownership and participation in the 4th Industrial Revolution: challenges and opportunities in cellular agriculture

Robert Chiles, Garrett Broad, Mark Gagnon, L Glenna, Nicole Negowetti, M Gagnon, Leland Glenna, Nicole Negowetti, Megan A.M. Griffin, Lina Tami-Barrera, Lina Tami-Barrera, Megan Griffin, Siena Baker, Kelly Beck, 2021, Agriculture and Human Values on p. 943-961

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: How Industry, Mass Media, and Consumers’ Everyday Habits Suppress Food Controversies

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

Ecosystem Benefits Provision of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Chinese Sponge Cities

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

Principles of foodservice ethics: a general review

Amit Sharma, Phillip M. Jolly, Robert Chiles, Robin DiPietro, Angeline Jaykumar, Hema Kesa, Heather Monteiro, Kevin Roberts, Laure Saulais, 2021, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management on p. 135-158

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

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

Agri-food firms, universities, and corporate social responsibility: What's in the public interest?

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

Thick and thin food justice approaches in the evaluation of cellular agriculture

Garrett M. Broad, Robert M. Chiles, 2022, Nature Food on p. 795-797

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture: Reconciling the Epistemological, Ethical, Political, and Practical Challenges

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

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

Robert M. Chiles, 2016, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics on p. 1021-1042