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Director:!Phil!Brown!University!Distinguished!Professor!of!Sociology!and!Health!Sciences!!Northeastern!University!&

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Mission!

The&mission&of&the&Social&Science&Environmental&Health&Research&Institute&(SSEHRI)&is&to&conduct&social&science=oriented&research,&teaching,&community&engagement,&and&policy&work&in&the&area&of&environmental&health.&SSEHRI&continues&the&legacy&of&Dr.&Brown’s&Contested&Illnesses&Research&Group&at&Brown&University,&which&began&in&2000,&and&has&had&a&long&history&of&social&science=environmental&health&collaborations&and&extensive&grant&portfolio&(including&extensive&collaborations&with&Silent&Spring&Institute).&SSEHRI&is&a&hub&for&collaborative&environmental&health&learning&and&interest&at&NU.&&

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The&Institute&trains&graduate&students&and&postdocs&for&community&based&participatory&research&aimed&at&transforming&and&improving&environmental&health.&At&the&same&time,&it&provides&faculty&with&a&resource&to&further&their&existing&efforts&in&those&approaches.&Integrating&basic&science,&health&science,&sociology,&science&and&technology&studies,&and&community&organizations,&SSEHRI&aims&to&develop&novel&approaches&to&studying&environmental&health&questions,&communication&of&environmental&health&data&and&conceptualization&of&environmental&health&socially,&politically,&and&scientifically.&

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A!Great!First!Year!of!Our!Existence!We’re&glad&to&share&our&many&successes&in&this&first&year&of&SSEHRI.&&From&our&start&in&summer&2012,&we&have&built&a&strong&institute&that&now&has&18&members:&faculty,&postdocs,&and&PhD&students.&&Phil&Brown&and&postdoc&Bindu&Panikkar&came&from&Brown,&faculty&member&Sara&Wylie&was&hired&at&the&beginning,&Sociology&PhD&student&Matt&Judge&joined&at&the&outset,&existing&faculty&members&Len&Albright,&Daniel&Faber,&and&Ron&Sandler&came&on&board,&Brandeis&faculty&member&Sara&Shostak&and&University&of&Vermont&postdoc&Christine&Vatovec&brought&their&talents,&postdoc&Monica&Ramirez=

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Andreotta&joined&the&team&midyear&and&later&was&promoted&to&Assistant&Professor,&and&faculty&member&Laura&Senier&was&hired&to&begin&in&summer&2013.&Postdocs&Max&Liboiron&and&Dvera&Saxton&were&recruited&to&begin&in&September&2013.&Five&incoming&Sociology&doctoral&students&were&recruited&and&will&begin&in&September:&Rachael&Lee,&Jacob&Matz,&Mia&Renauld,&Lauren&Richter,&and&Elisabeth&Wilder.&We’ve&written&many&grant&proposals,&both&within&SSEHRI&and&with&other&collaborators,&including&our&longstanding&partners&at&Silent&Spring&Institute&and&our&new&partners&at&PROTECT/Superfund&Research&Program.&We’re&happy&to&note&the&renewal&of&the&Northeast&Ethics&Education&Partnership&for&Research&Ethics,&and&the&new&fellowship&to&Bindu&Panikkar&for&her&

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research&on&the&massive&Pebble&Mine&in&Alaska.&Along&with&the&Ethics&Institute,&SSEHRI&is&co=sponsoring&a&fall&2013&conference&on&“Frontiers&of&Informed&Consent”&the&3rd&Annual&Workshop&in&Applied&Ethics.&&

We’ve&worked&with&graduate&nursing&students&on&blue=wrap&recycling&in&hospitals&through&our&Healthy&Environment&in&Rhode&Island’s&(H2ERI)&initiative.&&

We&developed&a&Fracking&Research&Group&led&by&Sara&Wylie,&Len&Albright&and&Daniel&Faber,&facilitating&national&connections&with&other&fracking&researchers,&and&enabling&Northeastern&undergraduate&students&to&be&part&of&that&process.&

SSEHRI&collaborates&with&the&environmental&justice&and&

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environmental&health&groups:&Environmental&Justice&League&of&Rhode&Island,&Toxics&Action&Center,&Alternative&for&Community&and&Environment,&Hospitals&for&a&Healthy&Environment&in&Rhode&Island,&Health&Care&Without&Harm,&The&Endocrine&Disrupter&Exchange,&and&New&England&Environmental&Justice&Research&Network.&We&were&major&sponsors&of&the&Local&Environmental&Action&2013&conference&in&March&2013,&which&is&led&by&Toxics&Action&Center&and&Massachusetts&Climate&Action&Network.&&We&were&also&sponsors&of&Alternatives&for&Community&and&Environment’s&25th&Anniversary&celebration.&

SSEHRI!works!on:!

• Creating&collaborations&between&life&scientists&and&social&scientists&&

• Integrating&comprehensive&doctoral&training&in&environmental&sociology&with&the&sociology&and&anthropology&department&&

• Networking&environmental&health&communities&with&faculty&and&students&for&research&and&internships&&

• Expanding&biomonitoring&and&air/dust&monitoring,&including&innovative&methods&of&reporting&individual&data&to&participants&&

• Developing&and&studying&the&use&of&low=cost&tools&for&community=based&environmental&monitoring&

SSEHRI!Members!–!!• Len&Albright&(Assistant&Professor&of&Sociology&and&Public&Policy)&

• Phil&Brown&(Professor&of&Sociology&and&Health&Sciences)&

• Daniel&Faber&(Professor&of&Sociology)&

• Matt&Judge&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Rachael&Lee&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Max&Liboiron&(Postdoctoral&Research&Fellow)&

• Jacob&Matz&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Bindu&Panikkar&(Postdoctoral&Research&Fellow)&

• Monica&Ramirez=Andreotta&(Assistant&Professor&of&Health&Sciences)&

• Mia&Renauld&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Lauren&Richter&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Ron&Sandler&(Associate&Professor&of&Philosophy&and&Religious&Studies)&

• Dvera&Saxton&(Postdoctoral&Research&Fellow)&

• Laura&Senier&(Assistant&Professor&of&Sociology&and&Health&Sciences)&

• Sara&Shostak&(Associate&Professor&of&Sociology&=&Brandeis&University)&

• Christine&Vatovec&(Postdoctoral&Research&Fellow&=&Univ.&of&Vermont)&

• Elisabeth&Wilder&(Sociology&PhD&student)&

• Sara&Wylie&(Assistant&Professor&of&Anthropology&and&Health&Sciences)!

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SSEHRI"Initiatives"and"Connections"Across"Campus"Health'and'sustainability'have'been'integrated'into'the'mission'and'activities'of'SSEHRI,'which'is'a'unique'synthesis'of'medical'sociology,'environmental'sociology,'science'and'technology'studies,'and'environmental'health'science.''

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• Becoming&a&campus=wide&resource&for&the&teaching&research&ethics,&cultural&competence,&and&community=based&participatory&research&&

• Host&speakers&designed&to&integrate&environmental&health&interests&across&campus&&

• Creating&new&connections&between&PROTECT&(Superfund&Research&Program)&and&other&environmental&health&organizations&(e.g.&Silent&Spring&Institute)&&

• Working&with&Health&Care&Without&Harm&on&sustainability&in&the&health&case&system&

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Active!Grants&

Northeast)Ethics)Education)Partnership)for)Research)

Ethics/Cultural)Competence)Training)(National)

Science)Foundation)"#"Provides&ethics&training&for&Central&New&York&(SUNY=ESF)&and&Southeastern&New&England&(Brown&and&Northeastern),&including&student&mentoring,&faculty&mentoring,&summer&workshop&session,&train=the=trainer&modules&at&national&society&meetings&and&on=line&training&and&study&resources."

New)Directions)in)Environmental)Ethics:)Emerging)

Contaminants,)Emerging)Technologies,)and)Beyond))

(National)Science)Foundation)&=&Trains&doctoral&and&postdoctoral&students&in&Sociology,&Environmental&Health,&and&Science,&Technology,&and&Society,&in&emerging&contaminants&and&technologies,&public&participation&in&science,&and&reflexive&research&ethics.&

Ethical)and)Legal)Challenges)in)Communicating)

Individual)Biomonitoring)and)Personal)Exposure)

Results)to)Study)Participants:)Guidance)for)

Researchers)and)Institutional)Review)Boards )(National)Institute)of)Environmental)Health&Sciences)&=&Examines&the&experiences,&values,&and&attitudes&of&participants&in&personal&exposure&

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assessment&studies,&as&well&as&the&perspectives&of&IRB&members,&researchers,&clinicians,&and&legal&experts.&

Virtual)Consortium)for)

Translational/Transdisciplinary)Environmental)

Research)K)Ethical)and)Legal)Challenges)in)

Communicating)Individual)Biomonitoring)and)

Personal)Exposure)Results)to)Study)Participants:)

Guidance)for)Researchers)and)Institutional)Review)

Boards.)(National)Institute)of)Environmental)Health)

Sciences))K)This&project&extends&the&biomonitoring&ethics&project&to&include&healthy&homes&interventions&and&to&develop&computerized&approaches&to&report&back&data&in&large&biomonitoring&programs.&

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&Data)Sharing)and)Privacy)Protection)in)DigitalKAge)

Environmental)Health)Studies)(National)Institutes)of)

Health)&=&Evaluates&privacy&risks&and&develops&solutions&for&environmental&health&studies&through&optimizing&procedures&to&redact&or&mask&data&to&improve&privacy&while&retaining&scientific&utility&for&data=sharing.)

Flame)Retardant)Chemicals:)Their)Social)Discovery)as)

a)Case)Study)for)Emerging)Contaminants)(National)

Science)Foundation)&=&Studies&the&social&discovery&of&flame&retardants,&looking&at&research&and&action&of&all&the&parties&who&have&contributed&to&science&and&regulation.&

Grants!Awarded!this!Year!&Bindu)Panikkar)Awarded)National)

Science)Foundation)Fellowship&=&This&project&will&closely&examine&the&long&permitting&process&that&the&Pebble&Partnership&will&undergo,&and&the&resulting&scientific,&policy,&legal,&and&ethical&controversies&

raised&by&the&project.

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Renewal)of)Northeast)Ethics)Education)Partnership)for)

Research)Ethics)Training)Grant)(National)Science)

Foundation)"–&as&described&above,&this&renewal&will&allow&for&the&continuation&of&ethics&training&in&Central&New&York&(SUNY=ESF)&and&Southeastern&New&England&(Brown&and&Northeastern).!

Pending!Grants!

Transdisciplinary)Training)at)the)Intersection)of)

Environmental)Health)and)Social)Science)(National)

Institute)of)Environmental)Health)Sciences)"=&This&training&program,&a&joint&effort&of&SSEHRI&and&Silent&Spring&Institute,&will&prepare&doctoral&students&and&postdocs&to&be&future&leaders&in&social&science=environmental&health&science&collaborations&&

Toward)Healthy)Homes)–)Interdisciplinary)CommunityK

Based)Social)and)Scientific)Networks)for)Monitoring)and)

Remediation)of)Formaldehyde)in)Indoor)Air)(National)

Science)Foundation)&=&This&project&will&use&open=source&hardware&development&networks&and&environmental&justice&social&networks&to&develop&and&apply&low=cost&community&environmental&monitoring&devices,&and&will&explore&how&sociology,&psychology,&Science&Studies,&and&anthropology&can&work&with&environmental&health&scientists&to&evolve&new&modes&of&community=based&research&to&address&contamination&threats.&

Highlights!and!Examples!of!SSEHRI!Activities!!

Blue!Jean!Blue!Wrap!Ball!Hospital&blue&wrap&sparked&the&imagination&and&creativity&of&healthcare&employees&at&Hospitals&for&a&Healthy&Environment&in&Rhode&Island’s&(H2ERI)&third&annual&event,&the&Blue&Wrap&Blue&Jean&Ball&organized&by&Panikkar&and&Brown.&The&goal&of&the&event&was&to&increase&awareness&on&blue&wrap&recycling&in&healthcare,&highlight&the&first&Rhode&Island&Environmental&Sustainability&Award,&and&raise&funds&to&sponsor&one&employee&from&each&of&the&state’s&hospitals&to&Clean&Med,&the&national&conference&on&environmental&sustainability&in&healthcare.&The&event&was&held&at&the&Roger&Williams&Park&Casino&on&March&21,&2013&over160&

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attendees,&half&dressed&in&elaborate&blue&wrap&costumes.&Awards&of&excellence&were&offered&in&the&following&areas:&Sustainable&Operation&and&Environmental&Champion&and&H2ERI&sponsored&8&healthcare&employees&and&2&university&affiliates&to&the&CleanMed&conference.&H2ERI&was&started&by&the&Community&Outreach&and&Translation&Core&of&Brown&University’s&Children’s&Environmental&Health&Center,&and&subsequently&co=sponsored&by&the&Community&Engagement&Core&of&Brown&University’s&Superfund&Research&Program.&!

Advocacy!and!Flame!Retardant!Chemicals!Through&a&case&study&of&advocacy&around&flame&retardant&chemicals,&Cordner,&Mulcahy,&and&Brown&(described&in&detailed&in&the&recently&published&manuscript&in&Environmental"Science"&"Technology),&trace&the&pathway&through&which&scientific&evidence&and&concern&is&marshaled&both&by&advocacy&groups&and&media&sources&to&affect&policy&change.&Authors&focus&the&analysis&around&a&broad&coalition&of&environmental&and&public&health&advocacy&organizations&and&an&investigative&journalism&series&published&in&2012&in&the&Chicago"Tribune&and&demonstrated&that&the&Tribune"series&both&brought&the&issue&to&a&wider&public&audience&and&precipitated&government&action,&including&state&policy&revisions&and&federal&Senate&hearings.&Authors&also&show&how&a&broad&and&successful&flame&retardant&coalition&developed,&leveraged&a&media&event,&and&influenced&policy&at&multiple&institutional&levels.&SSEHRI&is&now&working&with&firefighters,&health&care&advocates,&and&chemical&regulatory&advocates&to&reform&flame&retardant&use&!

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in&Boston&and&Massachusetts&fire&codes,&to&harmonize&them&with&the&upcoming,&vastly&more&protective,&California&standards.&Brown&and&Cordner’s&work&on&flame&retardant&policy&for&the&last&4&years&has&helped&in&the&California&reform,&and&that&reform&effort&has&led&to&the&new&Toxics&Substances&Control&Act&reform&efforts&in&Congress.&

CoTOrganizing!and!Balloon!Mapping!Demonstration!at!Toxics!Action!Conference!2013!!

Drs.&Faber&and&Wylie&assisted&Toxics&Action&Center&organizing&their&yearly&conference&designed&to&engage&and&connect&with&communities&from&across&the&northeastern&area&that&are&encountering&issues&with&toxic&contamination.&&&Dr.&Wylie&also&led&a&hands=on&workshop&on&how&to&make&low&cost&satellite=like&images&using&digital&cameras&and&helium&balloons.&This&technique,&called&grassroots&mapping&was&pioneered&by&a&non=profit&of&which&Dr.&Wylie&is&a&Co=Founder&called&Public&Lab&(publiclab.org).&Communities&in&East&Providence&have&used&the&techniques&they&learned&in&this&workshop&to&map&a&local&polluter.&!

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Additionally,&workshop&participants&are&mapping&the&Neponset&River&for&invasive&species.!!

Collaboration!with!Boston!Natural!Areas!Network!at!the!Highland!Community!Garden!

Drs.&Ramirez=Andreotta&and&Wylie&are&working&with&Boston&Natural&Areas&Network&(BNAN)&to&determine&the&concentration&of&certain&elements&in&vegetables&that&are&commonly&grown&in&the&Boston&area.&With&input&from&the&community&and&BNAN,&they&grew&kale,&green&beans,&lettuce,&carrots,&parsley,&radishes,&sweet&peppers,&tomatoes,&hibiscus&and&gherkin,&turnips,&cabbage&and&collards.&They&also&made&low&cost&aerial&maps&of&the&garden&and&experimented&with&camera&hacks&to&look&at&photosynthesis&to&analyze&plant&health.&&&Lastly,&they&will&work&collaboratively&with&BNAN,&the&community,&and&Northeastern&University&students&to&co=design&the&informational&materials&describing&the&project,&laboratory&and&analytical&processes,&the&results&and&ways&to&translate&the&results&into&action.&

SSEHRI&Director,&Phil&Brown&was&the&recipient&of&the&2012&American&Sociological&Association&Medical&Sociology&Section’s&Leo&G.&Reeder&Award&for&his&distinguished&contribution&to&Medical&Sociology.&This&award&recognizes&scholarly&contributions,&especially&a&body&of&work&that&has&contributed&to&theory&and&research&in&medical&sociology.&The&Reeder&Award&also&acknowledges&teaching,&mentoring,&and&training&as&well&as&service&to&the&medical&sociology&community,&please&refer&to&Brown’s&publication&“Integrating&Medical&and&Environmental&Sociology&with&Environmental&Health:&Crossing&Boundaries&and&Building&Connections&Through&Advocacy”&in&the&Journal"of"Health"and"Social"Behavior.&

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A Boston Natural Areas Network and Northeastern University Collaboration at the Highland Community Garden

Announcement 1, August 2013

Project Description

Activities To Date

The Social Science Environment Research Institute at Northeastern University is working with Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) to determine the concentration of certain elements (arsenic, lead, cadmium, and chromium) and selective beneficial minerals (selenium, potassium, calcium and magnesium) in the edible tissues of the vegetables that are commonly grown in the Boston area. With input from the community and BNAN, we are currently growing kale, green beans, lettuce, carrots, parsley, purslane, radishes, sweet peppers, tomatoes, hibiscus gherkin, turnips, cabbage and collards. We will also be attempting to develop low cost Do It Yourself tools for determining plant health and elemental levels using tools developed by Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science. We will be co-designing informational materials as the project progresses and welcome everyone’s participation.

June 15 2013 Attended Highland Community Garden meeting, organized by Jeremy Dick.

June 20 2013

June 28 2013

June 26 2013

Planted kale, bush beans, lettuce, carrots,

parsley, purslane and radish.

Planted sweet peppers, tomatoes, gherkin and hibiscus. Then we added salt marsh hay to areas around the kale, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, hibiscus and peppers.

Attended Highland Community Garden meeting, organized by Mandy Townsend.

July 3 2013 Northeastern University students visited garden, took pictures of the plants with a regular camera and a modified camera that can see infrared light.

July 10 2013 Northeastern University students attempted to take pictures of garden plot with cameras attached to helium filled balloon.

July 16 2013 Planted turnips, cabbage and collards.

Please feel free to contact us anytime! Jeremy Dick

Boston Natural Areas Network 62 Summer Street, 2nd Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1008 jeremy@bostonnatural.org 617-542-7696, extension 14

Monica Ramirez-Andreotta Northeastern University

360 Huntington Avenue, 336INV Boston, MA 02115

m.ramirezandreotta@neu.edu 617-373-7326

Sara Wylie Northeastern University

360 Huntington Avenue, 335INV Boston, MA 02115

s.wylie@neu.edu 617-373-2385

Names listed below (left to right).

TBA Garden gathering to discuss project and hear additional research ideas from community.

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Brown!named!University!Distinguished!Professor!

At&Northeastern&University’s&2013&Academic&Honors&Convocation,&Brown&was&named&University&Distinguished&Professor&for&his&interdisciplinary&research&in&medical&sociology,&environmental&justice&and&social&movements,&and&the&health&consequences&and&social&impacts&of&environmental&hazards.&This&is&the&highest&level&of&honor&Northeastern&can&bestow&upon&a&faculty&member&and&is&given&to&those&who&have&earned&international&recognition&and&distinction&for&educational&and&scholarly&contributions&that&have&been&transformative&in&their&field.&&

SSEHRI!makes!a!splash!at!the!2013!NIEHS’!Environmental!Health!Disparities!and!Environmental!Justice!Meeting!&

Brown,&Wylie&and&Ramirez=Andreotta&were&session&panelists,&for&“Community&Experience&of&Contaminated&Communities:&Contributions&from&the&Social&Sciences”,&“Innovative&Tools&and&

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Technologies&for&Environmental&Public&Health&Research”,&and&“Effectively&Reaching&Underserved&Populations:&Lessons&Learned&on&Culturally&Appropriate&Communication&Strategies&and&Tools”,&respectively.&&Panikkar&and&Brown&presented&a&poster&on&Hospitals&for&a&Healthy&Environment&in&Rhode&Island,&and&the&SSEHRI=Silent&Spring&Institute&partnership&presented&a&posted&regarding&their&environmental&health&data&privacy&project.&

Incoming!Postdoctoral!Research!Fellows!

Max!Liboiron&is&an&incoming&postdoctoral&researcher&at&SSEHRI,&and&a&continuing&member&of&the&Superstorm&Research&Lab.&Liboiron's&work&investigates&how&different&groups&make&amorphous,&invisible,&and&contested&events&like&pollution,&harm,&and&crisis&into&legible,&determinant&phenomena.&www.maxliboiron.com.&&

Dvera!Saxton&recently&completed&her&doctorate&in&anthropology.&Her&dissertation&is&entitled&Layered&Disparities,&Layered&Vulnerabilities:&Farmworker&Health&and&Agricultural&Corporate&Power&On&and&Off&the&Farm&and&is&based&on&of&two&years&of&ethnographic&field&research&in&the&Pájaro&and&Salinas&Valleys&of&California's&Central&Coast.&She&would&like&to&continue&her&research&and&activism&with&farmworkers&and&to&develop&curriculum&and&trainings&for&different&audiences&that&foster&trans=worker&solidarity&as&well&as&alternative,&non=capitalist&strategies&to&redress&shared&social&and&environmental&harms&in&different&communities.&!

Albright&co=authored&the&book,&Climbing&Mount&Laurel&with&Douglas&Massey&and&colleagues&at&Princeton,&recently&published&with&Princeton&University&Press.&The&book&is&a&study&of&the&neighborhood&effects&of&suburban&subsidized&low=income&housing.&A&high=&profile&suburban&community&that&vehemently&opposed&affordable&housing&in&the&1990s,&did&a&good&job&of&integrating&in&the&2000s.&The&book&describes&the&mechanism&responsible&for&the&smooth&integration&and&empirically&measure&outcomes&of&residents,&neighbors,&and&the&town&(property&values,&crime,&etc).&

Climbing!Mount!Laurel:!The!Struggle!for!

Affordable!Housing!and!Social!Mobility!in!an!American!Suburb!

Collaboration!at!the!

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Articles!and!Books!Published!this!Year!1. “Public&Sociology&for&Environmental&Health&and&

Environmental&Justice”&(Alissa&Cordner,&Alison&Cohen,&and&Phil&Brown).&&Pp.&97=106&in&Philip&Nyden,&Leslie&Hossfeld,&and&Gendolyn&Nyden,&eds.&Public&Sociology;&Research,&Action,&and&Change.&Los&Angeles:&Sage.&2012.&&

2. “Place=based&Environmental&Health&Justice&Education:&A&Community=University=Government=Middle&School&Partnership”&(Alison&K.&Cohen,&Allison&Waters,&and&Phil&Brown)&Environmental&Justice&2012,&5:188=197.&&

3. “Measuring&The&Success&Of&Community&Science:&The&Northern&California&Household&Exposure&Study”&&(Phil&Brown,&Julia&Green&Brody,&Rachel&Morello=Frosch,&Jessica&Tovar,&Ami&R.&Zota,&and&Ruthann&A.&Rudel).&Environmental&Health&Perspectives&2012,&120:326–331.&&

4. "Reflexive&Research&Ethics&for&Environmental&Health&and&Justice"&(Alissa&Cordner,&David&Ciplet,&Phil&Brown,&and&Rachel&Morello=Frosch)"Social&Movement&Studies&2012,1:161=176.&&

5. “Reflexive&Research&Ethics&in&Fetal&Tissue&Xenotransplantation&Research”&(Bindu&Panikkar,&Natasha&Smith,&and&Phil&Brown)&Accountability&in&Research:&Policies&and&Quality&Assurance&2012.&19(6):344=369.&&

6. “Moments&of&Uncertainty:&Ethical&Considerations&and&Emerging&Contaminants”&(Alissa&Cordner&and&Phil&Brown)&Sociological&Forum&2013.&28&(3):469=494.&&

7. “Integrating&Medical&and&Environmental&Sociology&with&Environmental&Health:&Crossing&Boundaries&and&Building&Connections&Through&Advocacy”&Journal&of&Health&and&Social&Behavior&2013.&54:144&=&163&(Phil&Brown)&&

8. “Chemical&Regulation&on&Fire:&Rapid&Policy&Successes&on&Flame&Retardants”&Environmental&Science&&&Technology&2013&47(3):&7067–7076.&(Alissa&Cordner,&Phil&Brown,&and&Margaret&Mulcahy).&&&&

9. Douglas&S.&Massey,&Len&Albright,&Rebecca&Casciano,&Elizabeth&Derickson&&&David&N.&Kinsey,&Climbing&Mount&Laurel:&The&Struggle&for&Affordable&Housing&and&Social&Mobility&in&an&American&Suburb.&New&Jersey:&Princeton&University&Press,&2013.&

Current!and!Incoming!Graduate!Students!

J.!Matthew!Judge&is&a&Ph.D.&candidate&whose&dissertation&explores&how&biomonitoring&studies&and&socio=economic&factors&influence&local&understanding&of&an&emerging&contaminant&in&an&Appalachian&community.&&His&areas&of&interest&are&Social&Movements,&Political&Economy,&and&Environmental&Sociology.&&Rachael!Lee&is&a&first&year&Ph.D.&student&entering&the&sociology&department&after&completing&a&degree&at&East&Carolina&University&in&sociology&with&research&interests&surrounding&medical&sociology&and&quantitative&methods.&

Jacob!Matz&is&an&incoming&PhD&student&from&Martinsburg,&West&Virginia.&Jacob&received&a&Master's&degree&in&Sociology&from&West&Virginia&University&where&he&studied&the&strategic&public&relations&narratives&employed&by&the&oil&and&gas&industry&in&the&Marcellus&shale&region.&

Mia!Renauld&graduated&from&U.C.&Santa&Cruz&with&a&duel&degree&in&Anthropology&and&Political&Ecology.&The&emphasis&of&her&research&revolves&around&environmental&justice&and&political&ecology&issues&that&affect&both&marginalized&community&and&the&earth&as&whole.&

Lauren!Richter&spent&the&past&four&years&at&the&Center&on&Race,&Poverty&&&the&Environment&in&San&Francisco,&working&on&environmental&justice&issues&in&farmworker&communities&in&California.&&She&has&a&master's&degree&in&sociology,&and&taught&two&courses&on&environmental&justice&at&the&University&of&San&Francisco.&&&&

Elisabeth!Wilder's&areas&of&interest&include&environmental&sociology,&political&economy,&globalization,&sustainability,&and&inequality.&Her&thesis&project&examined&what&kind&of&information&leading&media&sources&provided&about&the&Keystone&XL&pipeline&proposal;&for&her&dissertation,&she&plans&to&investigate&the&social&impacts&of&transnational&pipelines&on&vulnerable&communities&using&an&environmental&justice&framework.&

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Social!Science!Environmental!Research!Institute!Northeastern&University&360&Huntington&Avenue,&318INV&Boston,&MA&&02115&

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