Publications

Intentional Communities

Rubin, Zach. 2019. “Ecovillagers’ Assessment of Sustainability: Differing Perceptions of Technology as a Differing Account of Modernism.” Sustainability 11(21):6167.

Rubin, Zach, Don Willis, and Yana Ludwig. 2019. “Measuring Success in Intentional Communities: A Critical Evaluation of Commitment and Longevity Theories.” Sociological Spectrum 39(3):181–93.

Rubin, Zach. 2020. “‘A Not-so-Silent Form of Activism’: Intentional Community as Collective Action Reservoir.” Humanity & Society 0160597620951945. doi: 10.1177/0160597620951945.

Rubin, Zach. 2020. “‘Group Held Values’ as Legitimate Domination: A Critique of Weber’s Typology of Authority in an Intentional Community.” Max Weber Studies 20(2).

Rubin, Zach. 2021. “‘We Do This at Dancing Rabbit’: Recruitment and Collective Identity Processes in the Ecovillage.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 50(4):0891241621994651. doi: 10.1177/0891241621994651.

Rubin, Zach, and Joshua Lockyer. 2021. “Constructing Community: Building Design, Infrastructure, and Ecological Habitus at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.” Communal Societies 41(1 & 2):26–57.

Schelley, Chelsea, Zach Rubin, and Joshua Lockyer. 2024. “The Paradox of Collective Climate Action in Rural U.S. Ecovillages: Ethnographic Reflections and Perspectives.” Npj Climate Action 3(1):17.

Ludwig, Mayana, and Zach Rubin. 2025. “Cultural Context and Conflict In Intentional Communities.” Pp. 139–49 in Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Collective Communities. Vol. 3, Emerging Trends in Conflict Management, edited by M. Pagli and S. Getz. Berlin: De Gruyter.

Food Insecurity and Other Social Issues

Rubin, Zach, and Don Willis. 2021. The State of Food and Housing at Lander University. Public. Greenwood, SC: Lander University.

Kalysta Addison & Zach Rubin (2023) “At One Point We Had No Funding for Paper”: How Grants and the Covid Crises Have Shaped Service Provision in Child Advocacy Centers, Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 47:1, 42-56, DOI: 10.1080/23303131.2022.2119626

Book Reviews

Rubin, Zach. 2017. “Book Review: Together Resilient by Maikwe Ludwig.” Communal Societies: Journal of the Communal Studies Association 37(1):121–23.

Rubin, Zach. 2021a. “Book Review: American Messiahs by Adam Morris.” Communal Societies: Journal of the Communal Studies Association 39(2).

Rubin, Zach. 2022. “Book Review: Blessings and Burdens: 100 Years If Hutterites in Manitoba.” Communal Societies Forthcoming.

Pedagogy

Rubin, Zach. 2020. “Panel Discussions – A Gentler Introduction to Debating Social Problems.” TRAILS – Teach Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology.

Rubin, Zach. 2021. “Ecotours: A Tour Through Disaster.” TRAILS – Teaching Resources and Innovations Library in Sociology.

Rubin, Zach. 2021. “Stats Through Superheroes: Teaching Basic Statistical Tests Using Data From The Marvel Universe.” TRAILS – Teaching Resources and Innovations Library in Sociology.

Rubin, Zach. 2024. “Life Still Happens.” TRAILS – Teaching Resources and Innovations Library in Sociology.

Miscellaneous

Rubin, Hannah, and Zach Rubin. 2023. “Shit’s Fucked Up: Warren Zevon’s Philosophy of Health and Death.” in Warren Zevon and Philosophy: Beyond Reptile Wisdom, Pop Culture and Philosophy, edited by J. MacKinnon. Peru, Illinois: Carus Books.

Rubin, Zach, and Hannah Rubin. 2023. “Looking for the Next Worst Thing: Themes of Dystopia from Zevon.” in Warren Zevon and Philosophy, Pop Culture and Philosophy, edited by J. MacKinnon. Peru, Illinois: Carus Books.