This Week on EverythingCo-op: Christina Clamp, Inductee into the Cooperative Hall of Fame Reflects on her Journey within the Cooperative Movement

Tune in to WOL 1450 AM, 95.9 FM, or WOL Livestreamon September 5, 10:30 am - 11:30 am, Eastern Time, for Everything Co-op, hosted by Vernon Oakes. This episode will continue honoring the 2024 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees, featuring an interview with Christina Clamp, the retired director of the Center for Co-operatives and Community Economic Development. Christina and Vernon will explore her extensive contributions to the cooperative movement throughout her journey.

Christina Clamp recently retired after 42 years at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), as a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Co-operatives and Community Economic Development. Currently, she is working as the principal investigator with the American Sustainable Business Network, on a best practice study of BIPOC and women's experiences in disadvantaged communities catalyzing community wealth. She is nationally and internationally recognized for her work in studying and promoting cooperative ownership of businesses.

Christina has been actively promoting the study of cooperatives since her dissertation which was a study of management in the Mondragon cooperatives. In 2023, she coedited and published with Michael Peck, Humanity@Work & Life (Cork: Oak Tree Press). In 2019, Professor Clamp published Shared Service Cooperatives, A Qualitative Analysiswith co-authors Eklou Amendah and Carol Coren (Cork: Oak Tree Press). Professor Clamp has consulted with various clients including the National Cooperative Bank (Washington DC), and the US Department of Agriculture Rural Development. She completed an interdisciplinary bachelor's degree at Friends World College (now Global College of Long Island University) and her master's and doctoral degrees in sociology at Boston College. In her spare time, she volunteers on the boards of the Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, the ICA Group, and the Fund for Jobs Worth Owning.