Dorceta Taylor
US environmentalist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dorceta E. Taylor is an American environmental sociologist known for her work on both environmental justice and racism in the environmental movement. She is the senior associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Yale School of the Environment, as well as a professor of environmental justice. Prior to this, she was the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Michigan's School of Environment and Sustainability , where she also served as the James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice. Taylor's research has ranged over environmental history, environmental justice, environmental policy, leisure and recreation, gender and development, urban affairs, race relations, collective action and social movements, green jobs, diversity in the environmental field, food insecurity, and urban agriculture.
Dorceta Taylor's Published Works
Published Works
- The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm (2000) (745)
- Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility (2014) (262)
- Blacks and the Environment (1989) (198)
- The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection (2016) (107)
- Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980. (1995) (96)
- Central park as a model for social control: Urban parks, social class and leisure behavior in nineteenth-century America (1999) (91)
- Research Article: Food Availability and the Food Desert Frame in Detroit: An Overview of the City's Food System (2015) (53)
- The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s (2009) (53)
- Employment Preferences and Salary Expectations of Students in Science and Engineering (2007) (41)
- Introduction: The Evolution of Environmental Justice Activism, Research, and Scholarship (2011) (38)
- Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management: Demographic Shifts and Social Inequality (2000) (34)
- Racial and ethnic differences in the students’ readiness, identity, perceptions of institutional diversity, and desire to join the environmental workforce (2018) (33)
- Diversity and Equity in Environmental Organizations: The Salience of These Factors to Students (2007) (26)
- Diversity and the environment: myth-making and the status of minorities in the field (2007) (25)
- Neighbourhood characteristics and urban gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area: staffing and voluntarism, food production, infrastructure, and sustainability practices (2018) (19)
- Movements, neighborhood change, and the media – Newspaper coverage of anti-gentrification activity in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1995–2005 (2010) (19)
- Minority environmental activism in Britain: From brixton to the lake district (1993) (18)
- Sustainable living and community building in Ecovillage at Ithaca: The challenges of incorporating social justice concerns into the practices of an ecological cohousing community (2010) (18)
- College Students and Nature: Differing Thoughts of Fear, Danger, Disconnection, and Loathing (2019) (15)
- Identity in Ethnic Leisure Pursuits (1992) (15)
- Environmental values, ethics, and depreciative behavior in wildland settings (1995) (14)
- Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (2010) (14)
- Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan: Longevity, Empowerment, and Food Sovereignty (2018) (12)
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Salience of Publicly Disclosing Demographic Data in American Environmental Nonprofits (2019) (10)
- GREEN JOBS AND THE POTENTIAL TO DIVERSIFY THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE (2011) (10)
- Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan’s Urban and Rural Farmers Markets: Reducing Food Insecurity, and the Impacts of a Pandemic (2021) (10)
- Race, gender, and faculty diversity in environmental disciplines (2010) (9)
- A Geospatial Analysis of Access to Ethnic Food Retailers in Two Michigan Cities: Investigating the Importance of Outlet Type within Active Travel Neighborhoods (2019) (6)
- Can the Environmental Movement Attract and Maintain the Support of Minorities? (2019) (5)
- Enhancing racial diversity in the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (2018) (5)
- Understanding the challenges faced by Michigan’s family farmers: race/ethnicity and the impacts of a pandemic (2022) (4)
- Why can't they work together? A framework for understanding conflict and collaboration in two environmental disputes in Southeast Michigan (2010) (4)
- Environmental Education in Jamaica: The Gap between Policymakers and Teachers (1988) (4)
- Determinants of leisure participation: Explaining the different rates of participation in African-Americans, Jamaicans, Italians and other Whites in New Haven (1992) (4)
- Equity, influence, and access: Central Park's role in historical and contemporary urban park financing (2010) (4)
- Detroit’s food justice and food systems (2015) (3)
- Heritage tourism: A mechanism to facilitate the preservation of black family farms (2010) (3)
- Rising food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID pandemic on emergency food assistance in Michigan (2022) (3)
- The Transparency Challenge in Environmental Organizations: Factors Influencing Whether Institutions Collect and Reveal Diversity Data (2021) (2)
- Understanding Black, Asian, Latinx, and White College Students’ Views of Nature: Frequent Thoughts About Wild, Remote, Rural, and Urban Landscapes (2021) (2)
- Environment and Social Justice (2010) (2)
- The Industrial Workplace (2009) (1)
- Research Article: Racial and Gender Differences in Job Mobility and Wages of Employees in Environmental Organizations (2011) (1)
- Understanding Food Access in Flint: An Analysis of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities (2022) (1)
- Blaming Women, Immigrants, and Minorities for Bird Destruction (2016) (1)
- Community Gardens in Michigan: Demographic Attributes of Managers, Neighborhood Characteristics, and the Impacts of a Pandemic (2022) (1)
- Social Class, Activism, and Park Use (2009) (0)
- Preservation, Conservation, and Business Interests Collide (2016) (0)
- Mobilizing for Environmental Justice in Communities of Color: An Emerging Profile of People of Color Environmental Groups (2020) (0)
- Key Concepts Informing Early Conservation Thought (2016) (0)
- Wealthy Urbanites: Fleeing Downtown and Privatizing Green Space (2009) (0)
- Sport Hunting, Scarcity, and Wildlife Protection (2016) (0)
- Introduction (1978) (0)
- Introduction (2000) (0)
- Toxic Communities (2020) (0)
- Nation Building, Racial Exclusion, and the Social Construction of Wildlands (2016) (0)
- Rural Beautification and Forest Conservation: Gender, Class, and Corporate Dynamics (2016) (0)
- The Evolution of American Cities (2009) (0)
- Land Use and Zoning in American Cities (2009) (0)
- The Role of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Other Factors in Influencing Top Executive Compensation in American Environmental Nonprofits (2022) (0)
- Product Review: Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights (2004) (0)
- Introduction (2021) (0)
- Wealth, Manliness, and Exploring the Outdoors: Racial and Gender Dynamics (2016) (0)
- Food Insecurity (2021) (0)
- Food Insecurity, Health, and Public Policy: An Analysis of Michigan's Food System (2013) (0)
- Contemporary Efforts to Finance Urban Parks (2009) (0)
- Rachel Carson – a woman ahead of her time (2021) (0)
- Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan: Longevity, Empowerment, and Food Sovereignty (2018) (0)
- Class, Race, Space, and Zoning in America (2009) (0)
- A Vanishing Food Infrastructure: The Closure of Food Outlets in Flint in a Pandemic Era (2023) (0)
- Letter from the Guest Editor (2011) (0)
- Elite Ideology, Activism, and Park Development (2009) (0)
- Prisons, Jails, and the Environment: Why Environmentalists Should Care About Mass Incarceration? (2023) (0)
- Wealth, Women, and Outdoor Pursuits (2016) (0)
- Workplace and Community Hazards (2009) (0)
- Social Inequality and the Quest for Order in the City (2009) (0)
- Conceptualizing and Framing Urban Parks (2009) (0)
- Data Gathering as a Mechanism for Understanding the City and Imposing Order (2009) (0)
- Sanitation and Housing Reform (2009) (0)
- National Park Preservation, Racism, and Business Relations (2016) (0)
- Epidemics, Cities, and Environmental Reform (2009) (0)
- Challenging Wildlife Regulations and Understanding the Business-Conservation Connections (2016) (0)
- People of Color: Access to and Control of Resources (2016) (0)
- Wealthy People and the City: An Ambivalent Relationship (2016) (0)
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Dorceta Taylor is most known for their academic work in the field of sociology. They are also known for their academic work in the fields of and earth sciences.
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