Caroline Brock, associate teaching professor for the Department of Sociology since July 2020, has a passion for research and teaching — a passion that stands above fame, recognition, and fortune.

That’s because her studies — on Plain farmers of conservative Amish and Mennonite descent — are not at the forefront of academic research, and there is a “paucity of knowledge in this area” particularly in the context of agriculture and conservation, and she is one of the leading researchers on the topic. 

Brock, who has been a professor at MU since 2012, says she chose to research Amish and Mennonite communities in a variety of states: Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, because more and more they are emerging in rural America, in terms of farming.

“They are becoming a larger sector of the farming population,” she adds. “Especially small, midsized farming, as other farmers are getting out of (the industry)."  

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