Beverly Wright | Academic Influence

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Beverly Wright

Sociology

#2357

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#2620

Historical Rank

#761

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Beverly Wright

Earth Sciences

#2896

World Rank

#3894

Historical Rank

#632

USA Rank

Geography

#636

World Rank

#884

Historical Rank

#121

USA Rank

earth-sciences Degrees

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Beverly Wright's Degrees

PhD Sociology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Sociology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Sociology Tougaloo College

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According to Wikipedia, Beverly Wright is an American environmental justice scholar and the founder of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University. Her research considers the environmental and health inequalities along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor. Her awards and honours include the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Achievement Award.

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Beverly Wright's Published Works

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Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: Why Race Still Matters after All of These Years (2008) (222)
Environmental Justice for all: Community Perspectives on Health and Research (1993) (115)
The Politics of Pollution: Implications for the Black Community (1986) (90)
The quest for environmental equity: Mobilizing the African‐American community for social change (1990) (89)
Environmentalism and the Politics of Equity: Emergent Trends in the Black Community (1987) (79)
The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities (2012) (60)
Environment, Disaster, and Race After Katrina (2006) (35)
The effects of racial self-esteem on the personal self-esteem of black youth (1985) (32)
The Wrong Complexion for Protection (2012) (22)
Ambient air concentrations exceeded health-based standards for fine particulate matter and benzene during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2016) (20)
Race, Place, and the Environment in Post-Katrina New Orleans (2018) (15)
Race, Place, and the Environment in the Aftermath of Katrina (2011) (13)
BLACKS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2016) (9)
AIDS and Homophobia: A Perspective for AIDS Educators. (1989) (9)
Disastrous Response to Natural and Man-Made Disasters: An Environmental Justice Analysis Twenty-Five Years after Warren County (2008) (7)
Mobilizing the Black Community for Environmental Justice. (1990) (5)
Toward Equity: Prioritizing Vulnerable Communities in Climate Change (2012) (3)
Endangered environs: dumping grounds in a Sunbelt City. (1985) (3)
Nightmare on Eno Road (2012) (2)
Ideological Change and Black Identity during Civil Rights Movements. (1981) (2)
A Question of Human Rights: Transnational Targeting of Environmental Justice Communities (2021) (2)
The Post-Disaster Struggle for Equity and Justice in Communities of Color Along the Gulf Coast (2011) (2)
Clearing the Air: An Analysis of Air Emissions from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2014) (1)
The Effects of Occupational Injury, Illness, and Disease on the Health Status of Black Americans: A Review (2019) (1)
Environmental and health inequities in the Lower Mississippi River Industrial Corridor (2014) (1)
Growing Up in a City That Care Forgot, New Orleans (2012) (1)
The Legacy of Bias (2012) (0)
Making the best of a worst case scenario: Creating job opportunities for workers in underserved communities through health and safety training in the Deep South (2017) (0)
Separate and Unequal Treatment (2012) (0)
8. Separate and Unequal Treatment: Response to Health Emergencies, Human Experiments, and Bioterrorism Threats (2020) (0)
Living and Dying on the Fenceline (2012) (0)
Call for Special Issue Papers: Hurricanes, Man-Made Disasters, and Environmental Injustice in the Gulf Coast (2020) (0)
Recovery and Reconstruction in Post-Katrina New Orleans (2012) (0)
Environmental Justice in Practice (2014) (0)
Environment, Disaster and Race (2006) (0)
In the wake of the storm: disasters and environmental justice (2012) (0)
Establishing a Data Science for Good Ecosystem: The Case of ATLytiCS (2023) (0)
Race, Place, and the Environment in a Small Southern Town (2012) (0)

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