Interests and responsibilities As an assistant professor of food safety and security, I conduct scholarly activities related to trade policy, economic history and the history of science, international political economy, and multidisciplinary research and writing. Having studied in North America as well as the United Kingdom (PhD, University of Guelph, 2003; Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, University of Edinburgh, 2000; MSc, London South Bank University, 2000; BS, Kansas State University, 1998), I have a long-standing interest in international relations. Along with Dr. Jason Ackleson of New Mexico State University, I coordinate Frontier—an interdisciplinary program for the historical studies of border security, food security, and trade policy ( http://fss.k-state.edu/frontier/ ). There is much we can learn from history; I am interested in both historical and contemporary trade-policy questions. My publications and lectures focus on an array of issues: the World Trade Organization (WTO), the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, veterinary history, the history of public health, North American border issues, and the history of trade disputes regarding food safety and animal disease. As co-director of the website for Food Safety and Security at Kansas State University ( http://fss.k-state.edu ), I have helped create online educational resources and multimedia (e.g., documentary-styled video clips) products. I presently serve as co-instructor for the graduate course Multidisciplinary Thought and Presentation (DMP 815), and am actively involved with both on-campus and distance education in the areas of food science, food safety, and food security. Selected publications Selected journal articles and book contributions: Ackleson, J., and Justin Kastner. “The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” The American Review of Canadian Studies 36, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 207-232. Ackleson, J., and Justin Kastner. “Routinising Cooperation and Changing Narratives: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” Journal of Borderlands Studies (accepted 2007, in press). Kastner, Justin, and Jason Ackleson. "Chapter 6: Global Trade and Food Security: Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century." In Homeland Security: Protecting America's Targets (Volume 1: Borders and Points of Entry), edited by James J.F. Forest, 98-116. Westport, CT and London: Praeger Security International (2006). Douthit, A., Kastner, J., and Nutsch, A. “Food safety standards.” Entry for Dictionary of Transnational History (a multidisciplinary encyclopedia), edited by Akira Iriye & Pierre-Yves Saunier. London: Palgrave Macmillan (accepted 2006, in press). DeDonder, S., Kastner, J., and Nutsch, A. “Germs.” Entry for Dictionary of Transnational History (a multidisciplinary encyclopedia), edited by Akira Iriye & Pierre-Yves Saunier. London: Palgrave Macmillan (accepted 2006, in press). Kastner, J.., Powell, D., Crowley, T., and Huff, K. “Scientific conviction amidst scientific controversy in the transatlantic livestock and meat trade.” Endeavour 29, no. 2 (June 2005): 78-83. Rowland, R.R.R., Kastner, J., Hauser, D., Kerrigan, M. “Rinderpest Virus.” Comprehensive report prepared for the Office of Counterproliferation, Biological and Chemical Warfare Assessments Division, Defense Intelligence Agency (subcontract from Battelle Memorial Institute Special Programs Office) (August 2005). Kastner, J. “Agriculture.” and “Cattle.” Entry for Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History (a multidisciplinary encyclopedia), edited by W. Kaufman and H.S. Macpherson as part of the Transatlantic Relations Encyclopedia Series (ed. W. Kaufman). Oxford, UK: ABC-Clio, Ltd., 2005 (2005). Kastner, J., Powell, D., Ackleson, J., Crowley, T., and Huff, K. "Lessons from Long Island: Public Health Science, Agricultural Trade, and the Enduring U.S.-Canadian Relationship." Long Island Historical Journal 17, nos. 1-2 (Fall 2004/Spring 2005): 151-167. Kastner, Justin, and Douglas Powell. “The SPS Agreement: Addressing Historical Factors in Trade Dispute Resolution.” Agriculture and Human Values 19, no. 4 (2002): 283-92. Kastner, Justin J., and Rosa K. Pawsey. “Harmonising Sanitary Measures and Resolving Trade Disputes through the WTO-SPS Framework. Part I: A Case Study of the US-EU Hormone-Treated Beef Dispute.” Food Control 13, no. 1 (2002): 49-55. Kastner, Justin J., and Rosa K. Pawsey. “Harmonising Sanitary Measures and Resolving Trade Disputes through the WTO-SPS Framework. Part II: A Case Study of the US-Australia Determination of Equivalence in Meat Inspection.” Food Control 13, no. 1 (2002): 57-60.
Selected conference papers, commentaries, multimedia products, and oral abstracts: Kastner, J. “Food safety and security, from The Jungle to the plains.” Commentary from Food Safety and Security at Kansas State University, authored for Perspectives (K-State Media Relations Webzine), May 2006 for June 2006 “webzine release” to newspapers, also published by Lifelines (KSU College of Veterinary Medicine). Ackleson, J., and Justin Kastner (2006). “Routinizing Cooperation and Changing Narratives: The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America.” Paper presented at the Association of Borderland Studies Conference, 24 June 2006 at the Centre for International Borders Research, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Kastner, J. and Ackleson, J. “Policy Research and public scholarship at disciplinary frontiers.” Oral abstract presentation at the “Partnerships for Preparedness,” Joint Symposium of the Association of Schools of Public Health and the Association of American Veterinary Colleges, Atlanta, April 2007. Byerly, D., and J. Kastner (2006). “U.S. pork under the microscope: a study of export certification and regulatory compliance during the pre-Jungle era.” Paper prepared for the Transatlantic Studies Association annual conference, 14 June 2006 at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. Ackleson, J.
and Kastner, J
“North America’s window of opportunity.” Commentary from Food Safety
& Security at Kansas State University. 27 June 2005. On the web at
Kastner, J and Chapman, B. “Food safety without borders” (Op-Ed about the way forward on US-Canadian relations regarding BSE), The Globe and Mail, 25 May 2004, page A23. On the web at http://fss.k-state.edu/research/commentary/ChapmanKastner20040525.pdf Kastner, J. and Chapman, B. and Powell, D. “The Meat of the Matter” (Op-Ed about the US discovery of mad cow disease), The Globe and Mail, 30 December 2003, page A19. On the web at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031230/COB30/Comment/Idx ; linked to by The New York Times website on 31 December 2003; cited in the 16 January 2004 issue of The Week (Vol. 4, no. 139, page 16). Kastner, J, Cash, J., Anders, B., Timmons, S., and Helou, E. “SPS Notifications Tool” (online multimedia research tool that maps and summarizes World Trade Organization member countries’ trade-related food safety, animal health, and plant health regulations). http://fss.k-state.edu/research/tools/wtosps.html , October 2004. Kastner,
J , Black Anvil Productions, and Nutsch,
A. “K-State: Historically Committed to Food Safety & Security.”
Online video at
http://fss.k-state.edu/research/multimedia/index.html , October
2004. Battista, C.,
Kastner, S., and Kastner, J.
“Foot and Mouth Disease: Perspectives from the UK” (online video
available at
http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca) , 12 December 2002. |
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