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Christopher Bosso

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Political Science

Christopher Bosso is a professor of public policy and politics emeritus at Northeastern University, Boston. His research focuses on US food politics and policy. His books include Why SNAP Works: A Political History — and Defense — of the Food Stamp Program (University of California Press 2023); Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and the Agricultural Act of 2014 (University Press of Kansas, 2017) and, as editor, Feeding Cities: Improving Local Food Access, Sustainability, and Resilience (Routledge, 2017). His 2005 book, Environment, Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway (University Press of Kansas) received the 2006 Caldwell Award for best book in environmental policy and politics from the American Political Science Association. Over his four decades at Northeastern Professor Bosso also served as founding associate director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, chair of the Department of Political Science, and associate dean for faculty affairs for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.

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  • Chief faculty marshal, University commencements and convocations
  • 2006 Lynton Caldwell Award for best book in environmental politics and policy, for Environment Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway, awarded by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (co-winner)
  • 1988 Policy Studies Organization award for best book in public policy (co-winner), for Pesticides and Politics: The Life Cycle of a Public Issue.

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