David Pellow
Professor,
Don Martindale Endowed Chair
Ph.D. 1998 Northwestern University
Room 1070 Social Science
Phone: 612-624-5006
E-mail: dpellow@umn.edu
Interest Areas
Environmental justice studies; Racial and ethnic inequality; Transnational social movements; Qualitative research methods; Labor studies; Immigration
Current Research
David Pellow is mainly interested in the intersections between social inequality and environmental conflict. He continues to work on transnational environmental justice movements and global policy frameworks concerning sustainability. He is also working on a study of environmental, labor, and immigration conflicts in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley (with Lisa Sun-Hee Park).
Recent Publications
The Treadmill of Production: Injustice and Unsustainability in the Global Economy, with K. Gould and A. Schnaiberg. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. 2008.
Resisting Global Toxics: Transnational Movements for Environmental Justice. 2007. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
“Poisoning the Planet: The Struggle for Environmental Justice,” with R.J. Brulle. 2007. Contexts, 6(1): 37-41.
“The Politics of Illegal Dumping: An Environmental Justice Framework.” 2007. Qualitative Sociology. 27(4): 511-525. Reprinted as “Minority Community Members Sometimes Cooperate with Illegal Dumping” in Opposing Viewpoints: Garbage and Recycling, M. Young (ed)., San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press. 2007.
“Environmental Justice: Human Health and Environmental Inequalities,” with R.J. Brulle. 2006. Annual Review of Public Health. 27: 103-124.
Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry, edited with T. Smith and D. Sonnenfeld. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. 2006.
Power, Justice, and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement, edited with R.J. Brulle. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2005.