Amanda is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. She is a political sociologist interested in how mobilization shapes the policy process. Currently, she is completing a dissertation on the the politics of unconventional natural gas extraction that examines the anti-fracking movement’s and the gas industry’s access and influence on state environmental policy.
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