Sandra Marquart-Pyatt

Sandra Marquart-Pyatt is a Professor at Michigan State University, affiliated with the College of Social Science and holding a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science. She joined MSU in 2009 and specializes in advanced quantitative methods applied to environmental and political sociology.

• Education: PhD from Ohio State University

Her research spans global to individual-level analyses, focusing on:

• Environmental concern and sustainability
• Democratic values and political sociology
• Climate change policy and decision-making
• Spatial distribution of environmental challenges
• Methodological expertise in structural equation modeling (SEM), multilevel modeling, and panel surveys

Currently leading a multi-state panel survey of agricultural producers in the Upper Midwest, Dr. Marquart-Pyatt integrates comparative social change frameworks with empirical data to address pressing environmental issues.