Congratulations to Lauren Richter, whose 2017 paper “Constructing insignificance: critical race perspectives on institutional failure in environmental justice communities,” published in Environmental Sociology has won the Association for…
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Fractivism
SSEHRI core faculty member, Sara Wylie, has just published her first book. From flammable tap water and sick livestock to the recent onset of hundreds…
View More FractivismSSEHRI Member Spotlight – Andrea Hindman
Andrea Hindman joined SSEHRI in January 2018 as a T32 postdoctoral trainee. What’s the main focus of your current research? The main focus of my…
View More SSEHRI Member Spotlight – Andrea HindmanScholars’ ‘Flash Talks’ Explore Resilience, from Health to Media Innovation
From News@Northeastern: “Puerto Rico is home to more than 200 hazardous waste sites and particularly high levels of air pollution. Its preterm birth rate is…
View More Scholars’ ‘Flash Talks’ Explore Resilience, from Health to Media InnovationOpinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differently
From The Mercury News by SSEHRI affiliate faculty member Alissa Cordner: “There has been widespread public attention to wildfires this summer and fall, and the fast-moving,…
View More Opinion: Wildfires like the Wine Country’s affect rich and poor differentlyThat rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecy
From the Toronto Star and the National Observer series The Price of Oil: “The view from the front porch, once a landscape of rolling hills,…
View More That rotten stench in the air? It’s the smell of deadly gas and secrecy20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health
SSEHRI is pleased to announce that core faculty member Dr. Sara Wylie has been selected as a finalist for the Collaborative on Health and the…
View More 20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public HealthExtreme heat – an “unseen threat” – burns U.S. urban poor
From Thomson Reuters Foundation News: “Sharon Harlan, a professor of health sciences and sociology at Northeastern University in Boston, says she and colleagues have discovered…
View More Extreme heat – an “unseen threat” – burns U.S. urban poorSSEHRI Releases Its Fifth Annual Report
It’s been a busy year and we’re excited to share everything we’ve been working on. Please read our 5th Annual Report for updates on our…
View More SSEHRI Releases Its Fifth Annual ReportSSEHRI Welcomes New Members
We’re excited to expand our reach this year and welcome several new students and affiliated faculty members. Our new students are Taylor Braswell, a first…
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