Leah E. Gose

Gose utilizes social policy, organizational sociology, and network theory to understand how organizations and communities serve people in need, solve social problems, and exacerbate inequality. She is currently writing a book on how food pantries are civic organizations. Her dissertation was a study of how community organizations respond to hunger in metropolitan Atlanta. Gose's past work includes participation in a longitudinal study on how smaller communities and grassroots political organizations are functioning during the Trump presidency.