Amalia Leguizamón is an environmental sociologist who writes about resource extractivism in Latin America. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. While in residence in 2017 she worked on her book, Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina (Duke University Press, 2020), which has received awards from the International Studies Association, the American Sociological Association, and the Latin American Studies Association. During her 2025 retreat she will collaborate with Argentine sociologist Gabriela Merlinsky on a book project that bridges US environmental sociology and Latin American political ecology.