People
Administration
Julie Sze, Director
Director, Environmental Justice Project
Assistant Professor, American Studies
Web site
http://ams.ucdavis.edu/~jsze/home page.htm
Research
Julie Sze is an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of California, Davis. Her research is at the intersection of interdisciplinary fields: American studies, environmental, urban and ethnic studies. Sze's research focuses on race, class, gender and the environment, the environmental justice movement, urban environmentalism and environmental health. Her book from MIT Press, Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Dec. 2006), analyzes the culture, politics and history of environmental justice activism in New York City within the larger context of privatization, deregulation and globalization.
Jonathan London
Director, Center for the Study of Regional Change
Senior Researcher, Human and Community Development
Senior Researcher, Environmental Justice Project
Web site
http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/london/london.html
Research
London's research focuses on rural social movements, community participation in environmental and natural resource management, and questions of equity in rural development in the Central Valley. London currently represents UC Davis on the Community University Research and Action Alliance for Justice (CURAJ) Advisory Board. CURAJ is a coalition of researchers, legal advocates, and community activists dedicated to applying research to address issues of race, poverty and environmental justice in the Central Valley. Members represent the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Latino Issues Forum, Madera Coalition for Community Justice, Youth In Focus, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law Center for Social Justice, UC Merced, UC Sacramento Center, and UC Davis.
Faculty Interest Group
Our Faculty Interest Group is comprised of faculty with research experience or interest in environmental justice and equity from across the disciplines. The Faculty Interest Group will assist in the EJP's long-term mission. For more information about joining the Environmental Justice Faculty Interest Group, please e-mail .
Cort Anastasio
Land, Air and Water Resources
Web site
http://anastasio.lawr.ucdavis.edu
Areas of Interest
the science of air pollution and its link to policy, including environmental justice impacts; atmospheric chemistry and photochemistry
Heidi Ballard
Education
Web site
http://education.ucdavis.edu/faculty/profile.php?person=0900
Areas of Interest
environmental education; science education; in-service and preservice teacher learning; secondary education
Tom Beamish
Sociology
Web site
http://www.sociology.ucdavis.edu/tdbeamish/
Areas of Interest
organizations, institutions, and economy; environment and technology; field research methods
Mary Cadenasso
Plant Sciences
Areas of Interest
ecological boundaries; urban land cover and ecosystem function; riparian zone function in semi-arid savannas; integration of ecological and social theories; ecology and urban design
Joyce Gutstein
John Muir Institute of the Environment
Director, Public Service Research Program
Web site
Areas of Interest
engaged scholarship, university-community partnerships, place-based studies and education, community-based environmental research and engagement, environmental health and justice
Ari Kelman
History
Web site
http://history.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Kelman_Ari
Areas of Interest
historical memory; the built environment; US environmental history; landscape theory and history; The Civil War and reconstruction; Native American studies
Benjamin Orlove
Environmental Science and Policy
Web site
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/orlove/orlove.htm
Areas of Interest
anthropology, ecology, and writing; climate, forecasting, and indigenous cultures
Fraser M. Shilling
Environmental Science and Policy
Web site
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/research/Shilling/Default.htm
Areas of Interest
watershed assessment and adaptive management; road ecology and wildlife crossing; environmental justice (especially fish contamination); ecosystem services and indicators
Graduate Students
Alison Alkon
Sociology
Thesis
Black, White and Green: Environmental, Community, Race and Class in Two Urban Farmers Markets
Keywords
environmental justice and food, urban space, community-building and social movements, environmental justice and everyday practice
EJP Project
Building Capacity of the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis
Mari Cortez
Cultural Studies
Thesis
Reading the Scatalogical: The Tale of 2 Sitings
Keywords
environmental justice and waste, border communities, sewage treatment
EJP Project
Building Capacity of the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis
Trina Filan
Geography
Thesis
The Spatial Distribution of Women Farmers in California and the Effects of that Distribution on their Access to Resources and the Longevity of their Operations
Keywords
environmental justice and resource access; environmental justice and land use; environmental justice and food security
EJP Project
Environmental Justice and Regional Change in the Central Valley
Gerardo Gambirazzio
Geography
Thesis
Space, Race and Exclusion: A Spatial History of the Chinese Communities in the Sacramento Delta
Keywords
space and identity in the Delta
EJP Project
Environmental Justice and Regional Change in the Central Valley
Raoul Lievanos
Sociology
Thesis
Harvesting Distinction: Politics of Place in Napa
Keywords
water policy and activism, agriculture, social movements and organizations
EJP Project
Tracey Perkins
Community Development
Thesis
Becoming Political: Environmental Justice and Women in California's Central Valley
Keywords
environmental justice, politicization, social movements, participation, organized labor, advocacy networks, popular education, community knowledge, agriculture
EJP Project
Building Capacity of the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis