Tracy Perkins is an assistant professor in the School of Social Transformation. She specializes in social inequality, social movements and the environment through a focus on environmental justice activism. Her 2022 book, Evolution of a Movement: Four Decades of California Environmental Justice Activism (University of California Press), examines the political evolution of the California environmental justice movement from the 1980s to the mid 2010s.
In addition to her academic writing, Perkins documents environmental justice activism for public audiences. Examples include Voices from the Valley: Environmental Justice in California’s San Joaquin Valley, In Her Own Words: Remembering Teresa de Anda, Pesticides Activist (1959-2014), the Buzzard Point Oral History Project in Washington DC, and a project-in-development to create a digital archive and multi-media storytelling website on a 1990s era anti-nuclear waste landfill campaign along the lower Colorado River.
Perkins previously served as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University. She has a BA in development studies from University of California, Berkeley, an MS in community development from UC Davis, and a PhD in sociology from UC Santa Cruz. See more of her work at tracyperkins.org.
Social movements, environmental justice, agriculture, digital humanities, social inequality
Refereed Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Perkins, Tracy and Aaron Soto-Karlin. 2018. “Situating Global Policies within Local Realities: Climate Conflict from California to Latin America.” Pp. 102-123 in Sustainability: Approaches to Environmental Justice and Social Power edited by J. Sze. New York: NYU Press.
Digital Publications
Book Reviews
Other
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FIS 444 | Environment and Justice |
JUS 444 | Environment and Justice |
JUS 494 | Special Topics |
JUS 599 | Thesis |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
JUS 494 | Special Topics |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
JUS 498 | Pro-Seminar |
JUS 598 | Special Topics |
AFR 598 | Special Topics |