Joshua Sbicca

Joshua Sbicca is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University and serves as Associate Chair and Director of the Prison Agriculture Lab. His research focuses on food systems as sites of economic, political, and social struggle, with a particular emphasis on intersections of carcerality, gentrification, and racial capitalism. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and has authored/co-edited seminal works including Food Justice Now! and A Recipe for Gentrification. His work bridges academic rigor with activist praxis, advocating for abolitionist frameworks and food justice movements.

Research Interests:

• Food Systems and Carcerality
• Racial Capitalism and Urban Development
• Social Movements and Resistance Politics
• Environmental Justice
• Gentrification Dynamics

Awards:

• 2020 Edited Volume Honorable Mention (Association for the Study of Food and Society) for A Recipe for Gentrification

Key Contributions:

• Directs the Prison Agriculture Lab exploring carceral food systems
• Advances abolitionist methodologies in sociological research
• Co-edits special journal issues on food and carcerality

Teaching: Offers courses on social problems, food justice, urban agriculture, and sociology of food systems.