Selected Paper Downloads

Conservatism, the Far Right, and the Environment Annual Review of Sociology

Effects of land dispossession and forced migration on Indigenous peoples in North America Science

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evidence-based Strategies to Combat Scientific Misinformation Nature Climate Change

Political Polarization as a Social Movement Outcome: 1960s Klan Activism and Its Enduring Impact on Political Realignment in Southern Counties, 1960-2000 American Sociological Review

The Growth of Climate Change Misinformation in U.S. Philanthropy: Evidence from Natural Language Processing Environmental Research Letters

Corporate Funding and Ideological Polarization about Climate Change Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Network Structure and Influence of the Climate Change Counter-Movement Nature Climate Change 

Social Scientific Research on the American West: Current Debates, Novel Methods, and New Directions Environmental Research Letters

Echo Chambers and False Certainty Nature Climate Change

Moral Outpouring: Shock and Generosity in the Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill Social Problems

Environmental Activism and Moral Schemas: Cultural Components of Differential Participation Environment and Behavior

Books

New Book in Progress (under contract, W.W. Norton Press)

Billionaire Wilderness (Princeton University Press)

  • “Such painstaking and commendable thoroughness…carefully researched.” New York Review of Books

  • “Excellent and inspiring” Los Angeles Times

  • “This is the sort of book you didn’t know you needed until after you pick it up.” Los Angeles Review of Books

  • "Winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction, Western Writers of America"

  • “Amazon Editors Pick” 2020

  • "Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award in Adult Narrative Nonfiction"

  • "One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership”

  • “Justin Farrell explores a bold new understanding of nature and people…startling, provocative, and respectful analysis of conservation…will ignite important future scholarship.
    A must-read." Thomas E. Lovejoy

  • "One of the most fascinating and important portraits of modern American life." Porchlight

  • "[Farrell] does a good job in exploring the attitudes not only of the poor…but also the rich…Highlights the contradictions between local nods to conservation by the wealthy and the wider negative impact of their businesses, including on climate change." The Financial Times

  • “Eye-opening…a great read for anyone interested in the intersection of conservation and inequality in the West.” Society of Environmental Journalists

  • "Clearly outlines the roots of the problems: policy, western mythologies, tax breaks, and selfishness." -Outside Magazine

  • "This important and innovative book offers a rarely seen glimpse into the lives of the ultra-wealthy, exploring the ways in which they think about status, social inequality, privilege, and the environment in a context where all of these factors collide on a regular basis."-David Naguib Pellow

  • "Farrell has done a massive amount of research in this absorbing study of the ultra-rich and their effect on the community." - Denver Post

  • “Farrell’s research also offers a challenge to the legacy of conservation itself, particularly as environmentalists work to reconcile ongoing errors of racism and exclusion while still protecting landscapes and wildlife that need protection. There are no easy answers in Billionaire Wilderness, but the book raises the question: When we protect the environment, whom are we protecting it for?” Earth Island Journal

  • Kirkus Reviews, Print Edition, January 1st, 2020

Battle for Yellowstone (Princeton University Press)

  • “The most original political book of early 2015” The Economist

  • “agenda-setting work”…“change the way you see nature”…“a significant contribution to environmental sociology” European Journal of Sociology

  • ASA Book Award Winner Outstanding Published Book Award, 2016, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association

  • Outstanding Academic Title for 2015, Choice