Phillip A. Hough

Phillip A. Hough is a Professor of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Comparative Sociology. His research focuses on political economy, labor movements, and agrarian struggles in Latin America, particularly examining intersections between global capitalism, state violence, and social justice.

• Affiliation: Florida Atlantic University, American Sociological Association
• Research Focus: Global commodity chains, labor struggles, agrarian movements, and world-historical sociology
• Teaching: Courses on labor and globalization, sociology of food, research methods, and economic sociology

His recent work includes the 2022 book At the Margins of the Global Market, which won the 2023 Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award and received an Honorable Mention for the Barrington Moore Award. He is currently conducting a multi-country study on coffee-producing farmers through a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Award (2022-2023), with fieldwork planned across Colombia, Kenya, and Vietnam.

Professor Hough leads a graduate student research team investigating migrant agricultural workers' struggles in Florida and broader issues of displacement and 'surplus' populations. His methodological approach emphasizes qualitative and comparative-historical analysis, with publications appearing in journals like Politics and Society, Global Labour Journal, and Journal of Agrarian Change.

• Scientific Awards:
  • ACLS Fellowship (2018-2019)
  • Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award (2023)
  • Barrington Moore Honorable Mention (2023)
  • Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar Award (2022-2023)
  • ASA Section Awards (2013, 2014)
• Current Projects:
  • Comparative study of coffee-producing farmers in Colombia, Kenya, and Vietnam
  • Qualitative research on Florida migrant agricultural workers
  • Second book manuscript: Cultivating a Taste: Production, Livelihoods, and Illusions of Development across the Global Coffee Belt