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We have compiled a list of graduate programs in environmental sociology and environmental studies. If your college or university offers an environmental sociology or environmental studies concentration at the graduate level, please send information on your program to the section’s webmaster, Michelle Edwards, at michelle_edwards@txstate.edu. To narrow the listing geographically, you may click on a region in the U.S. map. We currently do not have any information on environmental sociology programs in Alaska and Hawaii. Environmental Sociology Programs The following universities offer concentrations in environmental sociology at the graduate level (M.A. and/or Ph.D.). Environmental Studies programs are listed immediately following. Binghamton University Department of Sociology – Concentration in Environmental Studies Degrees offered: PhD Contact person: Fred Deyo (Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology), fdeyo@binghamton.edu http://www.binghamton.edu/sociology/ Boston College Department of Sociology Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D Contact person: Andrew Jorgenson, Director of Graduate Studies, jorgenan@bc.edu http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/ Brown University Department of Sociology Degrees offered: …

We have collected a number of links to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations that may be of interest to you. (Have a suggestion for a link? Tell us about it.) Government Agencies Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) European Union, Environment Directorate International Whaling Commission United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development United Nations Environmental Protection Programme United Nations Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change United Nations Sustainable Cities and Localizing Agenda 21 Programs U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural and Community Development U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Disasters and Emergencies U.S. Department of Health and Human, Services Safety and Wellness U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Environment and Energy U.S. Department …

Below you will find a list of scholarly journals that address issues of society, environment, and technology. Journals tagged with the icon do not require a subscription to access their full contents. The journals have been submitted by members of the section. Special thanks are owed to David Sonnenfeld, who shared with the section his collection of journal links. To update any of the information listed below, please send an email to Michelle Edwards, Section Webmaster, at michelle_edwards@txstate.edu. To submit the name and address of a new journal, please contact John Chung-En Liu, Publications Committee Chair, at chungenliu@ntu.edu.tw A Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment Annual Review of Environment and Resources B Business Strategy and the Environment C Capitalism Nature Socialism Children, Youth, and Environments Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management D Disaster Prevention and Management E Ecology and Society Ecology Law Quarterly Electronic Green Journal Environment and Behavior …

Oral History Project Climate Change Teach-In Course Syllabi Examples Public Outreach 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 Note: 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 Nathan Lindstedt, Section Webmaster, at nathan.lindstedt@wsu.edu. Oral History Project Dorceta Taylor A video interview between Beth Caniglia …

Welcome to our updated website with its new look and a new location on the American Sociological Association’s server. Since you’re already a Section member, you already know about who we are and what we do, but we’d like to call your attention to several new features of the site: First, there is more here for your students. We’ve included links to major sources of information about environmental issues, including links to various government agency web sites and to major journals in the field. To learn more, click on the “students” tab. Second, in the future we plan to offer a new section where members will be able to upload the abstract and a link to their published or unpublished papers. In addition to this, we are working on offering new resources for teaching environmental sociology, including a section where members can upload syllabi and other teaching materials. Also, section …

Radiation, genetically-modified crops, toxic waste, biodiversity loss, climate change. Facing the challenges of the 21st century requires more than sound scientific understanding and technological solutions. Too often missing from the debate is knowledge of the complex social, economic, and political relationships that drive society in destructive directions. Environmental Sociology brings together the tools of social sciences and applies them to these key issues of our day. Examining environmental issues in turn is reshaping the field of sociology. What We Study The Section on Environmental Sociology provides a home for sociologists interested in these issues. We investigate questions like these: How have the burdens of pollution, waste disposal, and resource extraction come to be unequally distributed among racial and ethnic groups, classes, genders, regions, and nations? How can these inequalities can be reduced? How do societies respond to environmental and technological risks and disasters, and how can we foster more effective …

From the maintenance of genetic diversity to the disposal of radioactive wastes, from toxics in the groundwater to climate change in the atmosphere above, some of the most serious challenges of the 21st century involve society’s relationships with the environment and technologies upon which we all depend. As sociologists who study society, environment, and technology, we provide insights and research that help people to understand environmental problems and achieve workable solutions for them. What We Study How do social, political, and technological factors contribute to the pollution and wasteful use of resouces that threaten ecosystems, humans, and other species? How can local communities, societies, and the international community develop strategies that lead to a harmonious and sustainable relationship between societies and their environments? How do new technologies affect both the natural environment, people’s relationships with one another, and human health and well-being? Why do environmental problems, such as toxic waste …