Project Publications

Last updated 04/07/2023

Peer Reviewed Publications

Wentworth, Chelsea, Jennifer Hodbod, and Andrew Gerard. (2022). Using Panarchy to Explore Food System Dynamics in the Rust Belt. Ecology and Society. 27(4): Article 35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13460-270435

Schmitt Olabisi, Laura, Chelsea Wentworth, Kent Key, Renée V. Wallace**, Miles McNall, Jennifer Hodbod, Steven A. Gray. (2022). “Defining Success in Community-University Partnerships: Lessons Learned from Flint”. Journal of Responsible Innovation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2102567

Belisle-Toler, Rachael, Jennifer Hodbod, and Chelsea Wentworth. 2021. A Mixed Methods Approach to Exploring Values that Inform Desirable Food System Futures. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2021.1996768 

Hodbod, Jennifer and Chelsea Wentworth. 2021. Assessing Panarchy in Food Systems: Cross scale interactions in Flint, Michigan, USA. In Applied Panarchy: Applications and Diffusion across Disciplines. Edited by Gunderson, L.H., Allen, C., and Garmestani, A. Washington DC: Island Press.

Jablonski, Becca, Joy Casnovsky, Jill Clark, Rebecca Cleary, Beth Feingold, Darcy Freeman, Steven Gray, Xiaobo Romeiko, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Alexandra van den Berg, Colleen Walsh, and Chelsea Wentworth. 2020. Emergency Food Provision for Children and Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples from five U.S. cities. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 42(1): 169-184. DOI Permalink: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13096 

Publications Under Review

Lembi, Rafael, Chelsea Wentworth, Jennifer Hodbod. Recipe for a Scenario: Moving from vision to action towards sustainable futures. At Progress in Environmental Geography.

Knox, Carissa, Steven Gray, Mahdi Zareei, Payam Aminpour, Renee V Wallace, Jennifer Hodbod, Nathan Brugnone, Chelsea Wentworth. Understanding Wicked Problems by Harnessing the Collective Intelligence of Local Experts: New Approaches in Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. At Agricultural Systems.

Conference proceedings

Schmitt Olabisi, Laura, Emma Mullaney, Johnny Musumbu, Chelsea Wentworth, Miles McNall, Renée V. Wallace, Rafael Cavalcanti Lembi. (2022). “Talking about Food in Flint: Using Archetypes to Communicate System Structure.” In System Dynamics Society Conference Proceedings. https://proceedings.systemdynamics.org/2022/papers/P1327.pdf

Schmitt Olabisi, L., Roberts-Toler, R., Metta, K., Lawlor, J., Gerard, A., Hodbod, J., Wallace, R., Wentworth, C., Zareei, M. and Gray, S. (2019). Systems Archetypes in Community-Based Modeling. 37th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 22-24, 2019.

Non-Peer Reviewed Reports/Outreach Materials

Wentworth, Chelsea, Jennifer Hodbod, and Livy Drexler. (2022). Food System Values: Government and Philanthropic Perspectives. Flint Leverage Points Briefing Note 5. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/briefing-note-5-food-system-values-government-and-philanthropic-perspectives

Belisle-Toler, R. & Hodbod, J. (2019). A guide to visioning and Q methodology in Food Systems. East Lansing, MI: Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/tool-1-a-guide-to-visioning-and-q-methodology-in-food-systems 

Gerard, A. & M.C. Lopez. (2020). Attempts to organize the Flint Food System. Flint Leverage Points Briefing Note 1. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/briefing-note-1-attempts-to-organize-the-flint-food-system

Belisle-Toler, R., Hodbod, J. & Wentworth, C. (2020). Values about the Flint Food System. Flint Leverage Points Briefing Note 2. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/briefing-note-2-values-about-the-flint-food-system 

Wentworth, C. & Hodbod, J. (2020). History of Food in Flint. Flint Leverage Points Briefing Note 3. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/briefing-note-3-history-of-food-in-flint 

Belisle-Toler, R., Hodbod, J. & Wentworth, C. (2020). Ranking Food System Values. Flint Leverage Points Briefing Note 4. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/briefing-note-4-ranking-food-system-values 

Zareei, M., Belisle-Toler, R., Hodbod, J. & Gray, S. (2021). Are high-tunnels supporting community goals for urban agriculture? A report for the Genesee Conservation District. East Lansing, MI: Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University.

Sufyan, G., Wentworth, C., Zaman, N. & Hodbod, J. (2021). Flint Leverage Points Project Grocery Map [Interactive Map]. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/flintfood/community-academic-resources/grocery-and-transportation-maps 

Wentworth, C. & Drexler, L. (2021). Flint Photo Project Data [Interactive Website]. Flint, Michigan: Community Foundation of Greater Flint and Michigan State University. https://www.canr.msu.edu/flintfood/community-academic-resources/photo-project/ 

Theses/Dissertations

Roberts-Toler, Rachael. (2020). Exploring priorities for a desirable food system in Flint, MI. (MS-A Thesis, Michigan State University). Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.25335/337q-3z19 

Metta, Kyle. (2020). Seeing the rest of the community: using complex systems to reveal the structure and function of interdependence. (PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University). Retrieved from: https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/49546 

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