Julie Sze is Professor of American Studies at University of California, Davis. Her research deals with environmental justice, inequality and culture; race, gender and power; and community health and activism.[1]
Julie Sze | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Thesis | Noxious New York : the racial politics of urban health and environmental justice (2003) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of California, Davis |
Education edit
Sze grew up in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City.[2] She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1995. Sze earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University in 2003.[3] She then joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis where she was promoted to professor in 2015.[1]
Career edit
She is the author of three books: Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (MIT Press, 2007),[4] for which she won the 2008 John Hope Franklin Prize,[5] Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis (University of California Press, 2015),[6] and Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger (University of California Press, 2020).[7] The latter offers a “primer” on activism for environmental justice.[8]
Selected publications edit
- Sze, Julie (2007). Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Urban and industrial environments). MIT Press. OCLC 940869417.
- Sze, Julie (2015). Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis. OCLC 942228092.
- Sze, Julie (2020). Environmental justice in a moment of danger. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-30073-6. OCLC 1108786678.
References edit
- ^ a b "Julie Sze, Ph.D." UCDavis Cultural Studies. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Ambriz, Naomi; Correia, David (2017-04-03). "Conversations in Environmental Justice: An Interview with Julie Sze". Capitalism Nature Socialism. 28 (2): 54–63. doi:10.1080/10455752.2017.1313877. ISSN 1045-5752. S2CID 151938996.
- ^ "Julie Sze | University of California, Davis - Academia.edu". ucdavis.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ Reviews for Noxious New York
- Allen, Barbara L. (2007). "Review of Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice". Technology and Culture. 48 (4): 868–870. doi:10.1353/tech.2007.0146. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 40061349. S2CID 110129461.
- Maantay, Juliana (2008-05-01). "Book Review: Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice, by Julie Sze. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. 296 pp. $24.00 (paperback)". Urban Affairs Review. 43 (5): 733–735. doi:10.1177/1078087407306413. ISSN 1078-0874. S2CID 153510445.
- Roberts, Samuel (2008-07-01). "Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice. By Julie Sze (Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 2007) 282 pp. $24.00". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 39 (1): 157–158. doi:10.1162/jinh.2008.39.1.157. ISSN 0022-1953. S2CID 195826920.
- Homberger, Eric (August 2008). "John Louis Recchiuti, Civic Engagement: Social Science and Progressive-Era Reform in New York City (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, $59.95/£39.00). Pp. 311. isbn978 0 8122 3957 7. - Julie Sze, Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 2007, £38.95). Pp. x+282. isbn978 0 262 19554 6". Journal of American Studies. 42 (2): 378–379. doi:10.1017/S0021875808004970. ISSN 1469-5154.
- ^ "John Hope Franklin Prize | ASA". www.theasa.net. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Reviews for Fantasy Island
- Veale, Michael (2015-01-03). "Book review: fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze". LSE Review of Books. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- Warren, James (2017-05-15). "[Book Review] Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze, 2015, University of California Press" (PDF). Island Studies Journal. 12 (1): 257–258. ISSN 1715-2593.
- Leow, Joanne (2016-09-01). "Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis". English Language Notes. 54 (2): 199–200. doi:10.1215/00138282-54.2.199. ISSN 0013-8282. S2CID 165189552.
- Henderson, Mark (2016-09-01). "Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis. By Julie Sze". Pacific Affairs. 89 (3): 635–637.
- ^ Reviews for Environmental Justice
- Baptiste, April Karen (2020-12-01). "Julie Sze. Environmental justice in a moment of danger: An important addition to the body of environmental justice". Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 10 (4): 492–493. doi:10.1007/s13412-020-00630-9. ISSN 2190-6491. S2CID 221372912.
- Earhart, Nick (2021). "Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze (review)". Western American Literature. 56 (3): 337–339. doi:10.1353/wal.2021.0047. ISSN 1948-7142. S2CID 246646488.
- ^ Ciucci, Carolina (2022-01-28). "8 Essential Books on Environmental and Climate Justice". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
External links edit
- Julie Sze publications indexed by Google Scholar
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