Publications, Presentations, and Media

Journal Publications

Gene Editing in Agriculture: Social Concerns, Public Engagement, and Governance.” T. Selfa, C. Cummings, M. Dahlstrom, S. Lindberg, D. Peters, C. Wolf, and C. Bain. 2023. Science, Technology, and Human Values. DOI: 10.1177/016224392311948

Identifying Public Trust Building Priorities of Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food.” C. Cummings, T. Selfa, S. Lindberg, and C. Bain. 2023. Agriculture and Human Values. DOI: 10.1007/s10460-023-10465-z

Gene-Edited Food Adoption Intentions and Institutional Trust in the United States: Benefits, Acceptance, and Labeling.” S. Lindberg, D. Peters, & C. Cummings. 2023. Rural Sociology. DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12480

Regulating Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food in the European Union: Disentangling Expectations and Path Dependencies.” S. Lindberg, C. Bain, & T. Selfa. 2023. Sociologia Ruralis. DOI: 10.1111/soru.12429

Gene-Edited Foods and the Public: The First Representative Survey Study of the United States.” C. Cummings & D. Peters. 2022. Environmental Communication. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2022.2086894

The Media’s Taste for Gene-Edited Food: Comparing Media Portrayals within US and European Regulatory Environments.” M. Dahlstrom, Z. Wang, S. Lindberg, K. Opfer & C. Cummings. 2022. Science, Technology, and Human Values. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221108537

Who Trusts in Gene-Edited Foods? Analysis of a Representative Survey Study Predicting Willingness to Eat- and Purposeful Avoidance of Gene Edited Foods in the United States.” C. Cummings & D. Peters. 2022. Frontiers in Food Science and Technology. DOI: 10.3389/frfst.2022.858277

Public Trust and Biotech Innovation: A Theory of Trustworthy Regulation of (Scary!) Technology.” C. Wolf. 2022. Social Philosophy and Policy. DOI: 10.1017/S0265052522000036

Governing Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food in the United States: Tensions, Contestations, and Realignments.” T. Selfa, S. Lindberg & C. Bain. 2021. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2020.00153

Emerging Sociotechnical Imaginaries for Gene Edited Crops for Foods in the United States: Implications for Governance.” C. Bain, S. Lindberg & T. Selfa. 2020. Agriculture and Human Values. DOI: 10.1007/s10460-019-09980-9

Policy and Governance Perspectives for Regulation of Genome Edited Crops in the United States.” J. Wolt & C. Wolf. 2018. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01606

Special Issue in Science, Technology, and Human Values

Gene Editing in Agriculture: Social Concerns, Public Engagement, and Governance.” T. Selfa, C. Cummings, M. Dahlstrom, S. Lindberg, D. Peters, C. Wolf, and C. Bain. 2023.

Does “Precision” Matter? A Q Study of Public Interpretations of Gene Editing in Agriculture.” S. Nawaz, T. Satterfield, & R. Phurisamban. 2022. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221112460

Governing Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany: A Trans-decadal Study of Regulatory Cultures.” A. Ely, B. Friedrich, D. Glover, K. Fischer, G.D. Stone, A. Kingiri & M.A. Schnurr. 2022. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221122513

Governance of Gene-edited Plants: Insights from the History of Biotechnology and Oversight and Policy Process Theory.” J. Kuzma. 2022. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221108225

The Deadlock in European Decision-Making on GMOs as a Wicked Problem by Design: A Need for Repoliticization.” R. Mampuys. 2022. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221097206

Public Perceptions of Risk and Benefits of Gene-edited Food Crops: An International Comparative Study between the US, Japan, and Germany.” N. Kato-Nitta, M. Tachikawa, Y. Inagaki, & T. Maeda. 2022. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221123830

The Media’s Taste for Gene-Edited Food: Comparing Media Portrayals within US and European Regulatory Environments.” M. Dahlstrom, Z. Wang, S. Lindberg, K. Opfer & C. Cummings. 2022. Science, Technology, and Human Values. DOI: 10.1177/01622439221108537

Reports & Other Publications

Deliberative Workshop Report: Gene Edited Agriculture And Food.” C. Cummings, T. Selfa, C. Bain, M. Dahlstrom, C. Wolf, & S. Lindberg. 2022. Report.

Biotechnology Ethics for Food and Agriculture.” C. Kendig, T. Selfa & P.B. Thompson. 2022. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.add1403

Public Awareness and Understanding of Gene Edited Food in the US.” D. Peters. 2021. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, SOC 3095.

Media

The First Crispr-Edited Salad Is Here.” E. Mullin. 2023, May. WIRED.

Who Trusts Gene-edited Foods? New Study Gauges Public Acceptance.” 2022, June. Iowa State University News Services.

Younger Consumers More Likely to Try Gene-edited Foods.” J. Geliski. 2022, July. Food Business News.

What the Future of Gene Edited Food Could Look Like (short video news segment).” 2021, Nov. Scripps National News.

Will the Public Accept Gene-Edited Foods? A Social Science Perspective.” C. Bain. 2019, Dec. Seed World.

Presentations

“Unpacking Public Engagement in Emerging Biotechnology Use in Agriculture: Narrative Analysis of a Deliberative Workshop on Public Engagement in Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food.” T. Selfa. 2023, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Burlington, Vermont.

“Unpacking Public Engagement in Emerging Biotechnology Use in Agriculture:  Investigating the Role(s) of Publics in Decision-making and Governance.” T. Selfa. 2023, May. Annual Conference of the Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society. Boston, Massachusetts.

“Governing Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food: Tensions, Realignments, and Institutional Trust.” T. Selfa, C. Bain, S. Lindberg, D. Peters, & C. Cummings. 2022, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Denver, Colorado.

“Gene Edited Food Adoption Intentions in the United States: The Roles of Institutional Trust and Values.” S. Lindberg, D. Peters, & C. Cummings. 2022, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Denver, Colorado.

“The Media’s Taste for Gene-Edited Food: Comparing Media Portrayals within US and European Regulatory Environments.” M. Dahlstrom, Z. Wang, S. Lindberg, K. Opfer & C. Cummings. 2021, Dec. Society for Risk Analysis Conference. Virtual.

“Gene Edited Food: Trust and Media.” C. Cummings. 2021, May. Society for Risk Analysis Research Triangle Regional Organization (SRA-RT RO). Virtual.

Gene Edited Food: Trust and Media.” C. Cummings. 2021, April. Invited seminar. Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University. Virtual.

“Trust and Regulation of Gene Edited Foods.” C. Wolf. 2021. Iowa State Crop Bioengineering Center. Virtual.

Closing the Trust Deficit for Gene Editing in Agriculture.” C. Bain. 2020, Oct. Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food: Social Concerns, Public Engagement, and Governance. Virtual.

The Media’s Taste for Gene-edited Food.” M. Dahlstrom. 2020, Oct. Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food: Social Concerns, Public Engagement, and Governance. Virtual.

“Liberty, Technology, and Administrative Law: Public Trust and the Regulation of Gene Edited Foods and Crops.” C. Wolf.  2020. Social Philosophy and Policy Conference. Virtual.

Gene Edited Foods in the Media.” M. Dahlstrom. 2019.

Enhancing Public Trust and Governance of Gene Editing for Agriculture and Food: A Comparison of Strategies between the EU and US.” C. Bain & T. Selfa. 2019, Dec. CBC Members Meeting. Ames, Iowa.

Competing Stakeholder Narratives on Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food in the EU.” C. Bain, S. Lindberg, and T. Selfa. 2019, Dec. Presentation to the Iowa State University Crop Bioengineering Center. Ames, Iowa.

How Intellectual Property Control and Access Influence Stakeholders’ Views on CRISPR use in Agriculture and Food.” C. Bain. 2019, Oct. CRISPR IP Conference. Keystone, Colorado.

Building Trust to Counter the Public Threat to Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food.” C. Bain, S. Lindberg, & T. Selfa. 2019, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Richmond, Virginia.

Governing Gene Editing in Agriculture and Food: Back to the Future?” T. Selfa, C. Bain, & S. Lindberg. 2019, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Richmond, Virginia.

Sociotechnical Imaginaries for Gene Editing in Agriculture: Implications for Governance.” S. Lindberg, C. Bain, & T. Selfa. 2018, Aug. Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Portland, Oregon.