Jessica A. Shoemaker

Writing a book is hard. At least my kids still surprise me and make me laugh.

@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social & @jamesftierney.bsky.social's Article reveals how property, corporate, and securities law are fueling a new rural land grab, turning farmland into a financialized asset. They advance democratic alternatives to protect rural communities and sustainable food systems.

Prof. Shoemaker published (with former Nebraska Law professor @jamesftierney.bsky.social) "Absentee Ownership and the Berle-Means Firm," in the peer-reviewed Journal of European Economic History. Read more ›› buff.ly/YwyAuoa #NELaw

Shoemaker & Tierney: Trading Acres — The Rural Reconciliation Project In Trading Acres , Je ssica A. Shoem aker (Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and James Fallows Tierney (Law, Illinois Institute of Technology) address the growing trend of financialization o...

What happens when farmland becomes just another financial asset?
Our latest digest shares recent work by Project co-creator(!) @jessicashoemaker.bsky.social and
@jamesftierney.bsky.social on the possibilities and limitations of regulatory responses.

Roundup: October 10, 2025 — The Rural Reconciliation Project A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items.

Our October Roundup highlights scholarship ranging from public views on aquaculture to political polarization within rural communities, shares a podcast rec on telehealth and broadband, news on farm incomes, arts orgs, and more:

Why Aren’t We Talking About Rural Voters Anymore? — The Rural Reconciliation Project If you pay attention to public discourse about rural populations, you might have noticed something missing in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election: think-pieces on rural voter s. These th...

📢 New commentary!
We're thrilled to feature a guest piece by Ann M. Eisenberg on how long-ignored economic and policy shifts shaped political realignment and why rural discontent matters.
Check it out here: www.ruralreconcile.org/ruralreview/...

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.254 – Jessica Shoemaker and James Tierney on Financializing... YouTube video by Business Scholarship Podcast

Why does it matter who owns America's farms?

@jessicashoemaker.bsky.social (@unlcollegeoflaw.bsky.social) and @jamesftierney.bsky.social (@chicagokentlaw.bsky.social) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their article "Trading Acres." 1/2

Also, Nebraska is beautiful.

Sunset across the high plains.

10/10 - writing about land while on the land. Interdisciplinary biological stations forever.

Hisey et al.: Fears and Fences: Bison on the Canadian Prairies — The Rural Reconciliation Project In Fears and Fences: Social and Material Barriers to Plains Bison on the Canadian Prairies , auth ors Forrest Hisey, Melissa Heppner (both Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, Univers ity of Toro...

Check out our digest of ‪@fhisey.bsky.social‬, Melissa Heppner, and Andrea Olive’s qualitative study on how social acceptance and material resources complicate the return of bison to the Canadian plains. Read more on how land, animals, and history intersect:

Warner and Salazar: Shared Stewardship — The Rural Reconciliation Project In Shared Stewardship, El izabeth Kronk Warne r and Jesús A. Salazar (Both Law, University of Utah) challenge the trend of excluding tribes from participation of co-stewardship of national lands...

Our digest of Elizabeth Kronk Warner and Jesús A. Salazar's article on shared stewardship shares their insights on the role of tribal governments in the management of U.S. public lands and identifies opportunities for future collaboration.

This is a super interesting piece - hope people read the whole article. @sjquinney.bsky.social

Here's a thread with some context about the project. Truly appreciate any feedback or comments: bsky.app/profile/jess...

I'm not sure any article I've ever written has caused more reader feelings than this one... "Trading Acres" with the fabulous @jamesftierney.bsky.social now live on SSRN and forthcoming in YLJ. Feel free to share your feelings too! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Call for Proposals - Law & Rurality Workshop - Fall 2023 (Virtual) — The Rural Reconciliation Project Call for Proposals for online Law & Rurality Workshop to be co-hosted by University of Nebraska College of Law Rural Reconciliaton Project and the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. Det...

Full CFP here: www.ruralreconcile.org/cfp-lrwip2025

Law & Rurality Workshop (handdrawn logo with a coffee cup with Rural Reconciliation Project logo) - Hosted Online - Fall 2025

When everything is hard, at least we can host a workshop that promises really good swag and a lovely, supportive community. Join us, online this Fall! www.ruralreconcile.org/programs/fal...

Gansauer: A Taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ — The Rural Reconciliation Project In For Growth or Equity: A Taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ Place-Based Policies and Implications for US Regional Inequality , Gret e Gansauer (Earth Sciences, Montana State University) develops a new taxo...

How might we understand the place-based policy efforts of the Biden administration? Our digest on
@gretegans.bsky.social‬'s taxonomy of ‘Bidenomics’ classifies 4 major policy types targeting regional inequality and is a great place to start:

These replies are what I needed today.

And obviously - "but what about me? what about my child?" - comment/question doesn't undermine that this is great innovation and all exam methodologies impact different people differently, this may reduce concerns for others, etc.

Appreciate this thread & also concern re bias very much. Curious for experience re: accommodations. I have a child who stutters, so this would be total nightmare for her. I'm a little doubtful re: efficacy of accommodations in large-scale subjective grading - but check/plus/minus helps.

This literally just changed my life.

Hi Kathryn! Happy to share the working draft - do you mind sending an email? I’ll follow up!

Thanks Brandon!

Thanks Nicole! Connects to so much of your important work on housing for sure.

Feel free to send us an email - we welcome comments as we continue to edit and finalize.

You're my favorite. As you know and hopefully expect, this article would not have been possible without Fields of Gold and all of your brilliant work.

MERS has entered the chat….

Information Anticommons? All these county/local county recording offices just a perennial data problem...

Agree, @kalimurray.bsky.social, this is really cool. You or your colleague might also be interested in this somewhat related Lincoln resource, which I share whenever I can! Rental and rental-conversion rates included as part in public health maps: www.chelincoln.org/placematters...

Quaint little memory of long ago... :)