Struggles for Racial and Environmental Justice in America's Prisons and Jails
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The Department of Sociology's Jon H. Rieger Speakers Series presents Dr. David Pellow.
He is the Dehlsen Chair and Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he teaches courses on social change movements, environmental justice, human-animal conflicts, sustainability, and social inequality.
His teaching and research focus on ecological justice issues in the U.S. and globally.
His books include: What is Critical Environmental Justice?; Total Liberation: The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement; The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in America’s Eden (with Lisa Sun-Hee Park); Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice; The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the High-Tech Global Economy (with Lisa Sun-Hee Park); and Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago.
He has served on the Boards of Directors for the Community Environmental Council, the Global Action Research Center, Greenpeace USA, International Rivers, and the Fund for Santa Barbara.
Two of Dr. Pellow's articles relevant to his presentation include: "Toward a Critical Environmental Justice Studies: Black Lives Matter as an Environmental Justice Challenge" and "Struggles for Environmental Justice in US Prisons and Jails."
Attendees are asked to register for the event here and will receive a confirmation email including information about joining the webinar.
