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As part of efforts to advance diversity and inclusion in the Section on Environmental Sociology there is an organized reorientation of how we present our subdiscipline to the public and each other. On this page you will find bodies of literature that help to broaden the “canon” of environmental sociology by elevating questions of race, gender, sexuality, indigeneity, ability, and other underrepresented bodies of literature. This is a work in progress, and we encourage people to contact the Webmaster with additions. Bibliography from the Diversifying the Environmental Sociology Canon Project (PDF) Interest Areas AgeDisabilityEmotionsEthicsGenderIndigeneity and Traditional KnowledgeIntersectionalityRace and EthnicitySexuality AGE Cox, Robin, Leila Scannell, Cheryl Heykoop, Jennifer Tobin, and Lori Peek. 2017. “Understanding Youth Disaster Recovery: The Vital Role of People, Places, and Activities.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 22: 249-256. Dennis, Mary Kate, and Paul Stock. 2019. “Green Grey Hairs: A Life Course Perspective on Environmental Engagement.” Journal of …

Lower Division Alkon, SOC 111 “Environment and Society”Broadbent, SOC 1911 “Climate Change and Society”Cordner, SOC 229 “Environmental Sociology”Foran, SOC 130SD “The World in 2050: Sustainable Development and its Alternatives”Foran, INT 133B “What’s Wrong with the World? How Do We Fix It? Perspectives and Solutions from the Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences”Foran, SOC 134CJ “Climate Justice”Foran, SOC 134EC “Earth in Crisis”Godfrey, SOCY 2077 “Environment and Society”Haney, SLGY 2255 “Environmental Sociology”Holt, UES 110A “American South and the World”Holt, UES 210WR “Environmental Problems and Policy”Li, SOC 135 “Environment and Society”Luna, SOC 2077 “Environment and Society”Mascarenhas, ESPM 262 “Race, Place, and the Environment”Morrell, SOAN 0236 “Sociology of Food and Agriculture”Perkins, SOCI 199A “Environmental Inequality”Perkins, SOCI 199B “Environmental Inequality” Upper Division/Graduate Besek, SOC 546 “Environmental Sociology”Broadbent, SOC 4305 “Society and the Environment: An Enduring Conflict”Cordner, SOC 353 “Environmental Justice”Dunlap, SOC 5463 “Environmental Sociology” (Graduate)Godfrey, SOCY 4047 “Plants and Society”Edwards, SOCI 3365 “Society & Environment”Ford, SOCI …

This is a collection of resources for sociology instructors who are considering teaching about climate change. Suggestions for additional resources are gladly accepted. Please send them to Michelle Edwards at me1149@txstate.edu. The resources are divided into two categories: General Resources, such as readings, films, and internet sites dealing with climate change, and Course-Specific Resources, which offer discussion questions and other materials for courses such as Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Sociology of Media, and many others. General Resources Course Materials Ford, Allison. Sociology of Climate Change Syllabus. [pdf] Ford, Allison. Climate Ethnography Assignment. [pdf] Perkov, Ivan. (Non)sustainability of sustainability. [pdf] Peer Reviewed Articles Brulle, Robert. 2019. “Networks of Opposition: A Structural Analysis of U.S. Climate Change Countermovement Coalitions 1989–2015.” Sociological Inquiry. 91(3), pp.603-624. Clark, Brett and Richard York. 2005. “Carbon Metabolism: Global Capitalism, Climate Change, and the Biospheric Rift.” Theory and Society 34(4):391–428. Cunsolo, Ashlee, and Neville R. Ellis. “Ecological grief as …

Dorceta Taylor A video interview between Beth Caniglia and Dorceta Taylor can be viewed here. (MP4) Penelope Canan A video interview between Beth Caniglia and Penelope Canan can be viewed here. (MP4) Shirley Laska A video interview between Beth Caniglia and Shirley Laska can be viewed here. (MP4) Bill Freudenburg A transcribed interview between Dana Fisher and Bill Freudenburg can be viewed here. (PDF) This document was presented at the ASA annual meeting in 2011. Gene Rosa A transcribed interview between Scott Frickel and Gene Rosa can be viewed here. (PDF) A recording is available here (WMA). A Directory of Environmental Sociologists compiled in 1975 by Riley Dunlap can be viewed here (PDF).

As part of our initiative to increase public outreach, we are looking to grow our resources that help section members engage with the wider public (e.g., social media use tutorials, guides for writing opinion pieces, guides for writing press releases, how to talk to policymakers, engagement in public sociology, etc.). If you have any materials or knowledge that you would like to contribute to growing this shared resource, please send an email to Michelle Edwards, Section Webmaster, at michelle_edwards@txstate.edu. An excellent public outlet for academics is The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/us The OpEd Project is a great resource and their team can provide support as well. Their focus is on countering the over representation of male op-ed writers: https://www.theopedproject.org Tanya Golash-Boza’s wonderful site Get A Life, PhD has a piece on writing an op-ed: http://getalifephd.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-can-academic-publish-oped.html