Taylor Hartson

Cohort

2021

Subfields

Cultural Sociology, Social Movements, Urban Sociology

Profile

Taylor Hartson (they/them) is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Notre Dame and a recipient of the Presidential Fellowship. They are also a graduate minor in Gender Studies and a member of the GLOBES Certificate Program in Environment and Society. Taylor received their BA in Sociology from Calvin University in 2019, where they graduated with honors.

Taylor's graduate work focuses on the intersections of gender & sexuality and sustainable agriculture. They are especially interested in how queer folks make sense of their identities and roles as farmers and their relationships to plants, livestock, and land. Their dissertation work explores the narratives and experiences of queer farmers living and working in the midwest to better understand how queer values and politics shape everyday practices of refuge and resistance.