Sustainability and Social Justice
The Sustainability and Social Justice department (formerly International Development, Community, and Environment or IDCE) is home to scholar-practitioners pursuing solutions to pressing challenges in the 21st century. Our mission is to strive for a more just and sustainable world. We embrace the complexity of urgent social, political, and ecological problems and seek to approach these challenges through multidisciplinary teaching and learning, collaborative scholarship, and innovation.
Complex challenges require novel solutions built on a deep, multifaceted understanding of the task at hand. For example, how can we support marginal communities as they adapt to the impacts of climate change? When do market forces succeed in increasing wealth and well-being, and when do they fail? What gives rise to health disparities across communities and countries, and how can we address them? The Sustainability and Social Justice community engages in translational, hands-on research that defies disciplinary categorization, and is uniquely effective.
Faculty Works from 2005
Introduction: Microcredit and Empowerment of Women: Blurring the Boundary between Development and Capitalism, Jude Fernando
Microcredit and Empowerment: Visibility Without Power, Jude Fernando
Microfinance: Perils and Prospects, Jude Fernando
Age-Related Differences in Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis. II. Approaches for Application and uncertainty Analyses for Individual Genetically Acting Carcinogens, Dale Hattis, Robert Goble, and Margaret Chu
Native American Exposure to 131 Iodine from Nuclear Weapons Testing in Nevada, Abel Russ, Patricia George, Robert Goble, Stefano Crema, Chunling Liu, and Dedee Sanchez
Faculty Works from 2004
Social Learning Through Technological Inventions in Low-Impact Individual Mobility: The Cases of Sparrow and Gizmo, Halina Szejnwald Brown and Catherine Carbone
Bounded Socio-Technical Experiments (BSTEs): Higher Order Learning for Transitions Towards Sustainable Mobility, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip J. Vergragt, Ken Green, and Luca Berchicci
Assessing Cultures of Peace, Joseph de Rivera
Assessing the Basis for a Culture of Peace in Contemporary Societies, Joseph De Rivera
A Template for Assessing Cultures of Peace, Joseph de Rivera
'Gender' is Not Enough: The Need for a Feminist Consciousness, Cynthia Enloe
The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire, Cynthia Enloe
Wielding Masculinity Inside Abu Ghraib: Making Feminist Sense of an American Military Scandal, Cynthia Enloe
Age-Related Differences in Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis: A Quantitative Analysis of Empirical Animal Bioassay Data, Dale Hattis, Robert Goble, Abel Russ, Margaret Chu, and Jen Ericson
Reconfiguring the Debate on Engagement: Burmese Exiles and the Changing Politics of Aid, Ken MacLean
Youth Civic Engagement: Emerging Theory and Practice, Margaret Post
Leveraging Resources to Promote Positive School-CBO Relationships, Christopher Wimer, Margaret Post, and Priscilla Little
Faculty Works from 2003
Leading Change: African Conceptions of Leadership and Transformation in Higher Education in South Africa, David Bell
Learning for Sustainability Transition Through Bounded Socio-Technical Experiments in Personal Mobility, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Philip Vergragt, Ken Green, and Luca Berchicci
A Conversation with Cynthia Enloe: Feminists Look at Masculinity and the Men Who Wage War, Carol Cohn and Cynthia Enloe
Blurring Boundaries: The Promise and Challenge of a District-Community Action Plan for Systemic High School Change in Worcester, Massachusetts, Thomas Del Prete and Laurie Ross
Creeping Militarization (also cataloged as Post Gulf War Forum), Cynthia Enloe
Sudanese Identity in Diaspora and the Meaning of home: The Transformative Role of Sudanese NGOs in Cairo, Anita Fábos
NGOs and Production of Indigenous Knowledge Under the Condition of Postmodernity, Jude Fernando
The Power of Unsustainable Development: What is to Be Done?, Jude Fernando
Differences in Pharmacokinetics Between Children and Adults - II. Children's Variability in Drug Elimination Half-Lives and in Some Parameters Needed for Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling, Dale Hattis, Gary Ginsberg, Bob Sonawane, Susan Smolenski, Abel Russ, Mary Kozlak, and Robert Goble
The Red Book, Risk Assessment, and Policy Analysis: The Road Not Taken, Dale Hattis and Robert Goble
Faculty Works from 2002
The Occupational and Environmental Status of Polish Industry: A Comparative Study of the Private and Public Sectors, Roman Broszkiewicz, Halina Szejnwald Brown, and Zofia Hibner
Examining Alternatives: the Energy Services Delivery Project in Sri Lanka, Cynthia Caron
Managing Uncertainty: Environmental and Economic Security in Coastal Ghana, 1970-2000, Edward R. Carr
Evaluation of Child/Adult Pharmacokinetic Differences from a Database Derived from the Therapeutic Drug Literature, Gary Ginsberg, Dale Hattis, Babasaheb Sonawane, Abel Russ, Prerna Banati, Mary Kozlak, Susan Smolenski, and Robert Goble
A Straw Man Proposal for a Quantitative Definition of the RfD, Dale Hattis, Sandra Baird, and Robert Goble
Decision Making and Uncertainty: Bayesian Analysis of Potential Flood Heights, Steven M. Manson, Samuel J. Ratick, and Andrew R. Solow
Building Relational Culture at the Jane Addams School for Democracy, Margaret Post
Faculty Works from 2001
Development Alternatives: Practice, Dilemmas and Theory, Anthony Bebbington and Denise Bebbington
Making Sustainable Development Operational: Integrated Capacity Building for the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector in Mexico, Timothy Downs
Sustainable Health Risk Management and the Role of Cross-Disciplinary Professionals in Developing Countries: Mexican Experience, Timothy Downs
Syntropic Ecotoxicology: A Heuristic Model for Understanding the Vulnerability of Ecological Systems to Stress, Timothy Downs and Richard Ambrose
Closing Remarks, Cynthia Enloe
Embodying Transition: FGC, Displacement, and Gender-Making for Sudanese in Cairo, Anita Fábos
Marriage, Sudanese-style: Transnational Practices of Citizenship and Gender-making for Sudanese Nationals in Egypt, Anita Fábos
Children's Rights: Beyond the Impasse, Jude Fernando
No Money, No Care: Women and Health Sector Reform in Senegal, Ellen Foley
Planning For a New Telecommunications Network in the U.K, R. Ford
Alternatives to anarchy: Africa's transition from agricultural to industrial societies, Richard Ford and Barbara Thomas-Slayter
Modeling Tropical Deforestation in the Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region: Comparing Survey and Satellite Data, Jacqueline Geoghegan, Sergio Cortina Villar, Peter Klepeis, Pedro Mac Ario Mendoza, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, B. L. Turner, and Colin Vance
Human Interindividual Variability in Susceptibility to Airborne Particles, Dale Hattis, Abel Russ, Robert Goble, Prerna Banati, and Margaret Chu
Occupational Safety and Health in Poland in the 1990s: A Regulatory System Adapting to Societal Transformation, H. Szejnwald Brown, D. P. Angel, R. Broszkiewicz, and B. Krzyśków
Sustainable Investments: Women's Contributions to Natural Resource Management Projects in Africa, Barbara Thomas-Slayter and G. Sodikoff
Deforestation in the Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region: An Integrative Approach, B. L. Turner, Sergio Cortina Villar, David Foster, Jacqueline Geoghegan, Eric Keys, Peter Klepeis, Deborah Lawrence, Pedro Macario Mendoza, Steven Manson, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Audrey B. Plotkin, Diego Pérez Salicrup, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Basil Savitsky, Laura Schneider, Birgit Schmook, and Colin Vance
Faculty Works from 2000
The Environmental Regulation of Privatized Industry in Poland, D. P. Angel, H. S. Brown, R. Broszkiewicz, and S. Wronski
Environmental Regulatory Reform in Poland: Lessons for Industrializing Economies, H. S. Brown and D. Angel
Searching for Energy Efficiency on Campus: Clark University's 30-Year Quest, Joseph Decarolis, Robert Goble, and Christoph Hohenemser
Understanding Persons Who Repudiate Memories Recovered in Therapy, Joseph De Rivera
Changing the Culture of Underdevelopment and Unsustainability, Timothy Downs
Effectiveness of Natural Treatment in a Wastewater Irrigation District of the Mexico City Region: A Synoptic Field Survey, Timothy Downs, Enrique Cifuentes, Edward Ruth, and Irwin Suffet
Sustainability of Least Cost Policies for Meeting Mexico City's Future Water Demand, Timothy Downs, Marisa Mazari-Hiriart, Ramón Domínguez-Mora, and Irwin Suffet
Selecting High-Priority Hazardous Chemicals for Tri-National Control: A Maximum-Utility Method Applied to Mexico, Timothy Downs and Carlos Santos-Burgoa
The Assessment of Radiation Exposures in Native American Communities from Nuclear Weapons Testing in Nevada, Eric Frohmberg, Robert Goble, Virginia Sanchez, and Dianne Quigley
Participatory research strategies in nuclear risk management for native communities, Dianne Quigley, Dan Handy, Robert Goble, Virginia Sanchez, and Patricia George
Urban Community Action Planning Inspires Teenagers to Transform Their Community and Their Identity, Laurie Ross and Mardia Coleman
Faculty Works from 1999
Risk Screening for Exposure to Groundwater Pollution in a Wastewater Irrigation District of the Mexico City Region, Timothy Downs, Enrique Cifuentes-García, and Irwin Suffet
Feminist Theorizing from Bananas to Maneuvers, Cynthia Enloe and Marysia Zalewski
Distributions of Individual Susceptibility Among Humans for Toxic Effects. How Much Protection Does the Traditional Tenfold Factor Provide for What Fraction of Which Kinds of Chemicals and Effects?, Dale Hattis, Prerna Banati, and Robert Goble
Human Interindividual Variability in Parameters Related to Health Risks, Dale Hattis, Prerna Banati, Robert Goble, and David Burmaster
Faculty Works from 1998
The Occupational Safety and Health System in Poland During the Transition to Democracy and a Market Economy, Roman Broszkiewicz, Barbara Krzyskow, and Halina Szejnwald Brown
Environmental Reforms in Poland, Halina Szejnwald Brown, David Angel, and Patrick Derr
Assessing the Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Extreme Storms: The Case of Revere, Massachusetts, US, George E. Clark, Susanne C. Moser, Samuel J. Ratick, Kirstin Dow, William B. Meyer, Srinivas Emani, Weigen Jin, Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, and Harry E. Schwarz
Dynamic Facility Location When the Total Number of Facilities is Uncertain: A Decision Analysis Approach, John Current, Samuel Ratick, and Charles ReVelle
'Recovered-Memory' Therapy: Profession at a Turning Point, Elizabeth A. Feigon and Joseph De Rivera
How to Apply the Concept of Sustainability to a Region, Ortwin Renn, Robert Goble, and Hans Kastenholz
Faculty Works from 1997
Interactive Spatial Decision-Support System for Multiobjective Hazardous Materials Location-Routing Problems, João Coutinho-Rodrigues, John Current, João Climaco, and Samuel Ratick
Nongovernmental Organizations, Micro-credit, and Empowerment of Women, Jude Fernando
Faculty Works from 1996
Comparison of contact site cancer potency across dose routes: Case study with epichlorohydrin, Gary Ginsberg, William Pepelko, Robert Goble, and Dale Hattis
Risk-Based Spatial Decision Support System for Maintenance Dredging of Navigation Channels, Samuel J. Ratick and Holly Morehouse Garriga
A Regional Concept of Qualitative Growth and Sustainability—Support for a Case Study in the German State of Baden-Württemberg, Ortwinn Renn and Robert Goble
The Maximum Capture Problem with Uncertainty, D. Serra, S. Ratick, and C. Revelle
Faculty Works from 1995
Social and Environmental Factors in Lung Cancer Mortality in Post-War Poland, Halina Szejnwal Brown, Robert Goble, and Henryk Kirschner
A Model to Assess Risk, Equity and Efficiency in Facility Location and Transportation of Hazardous Materials, John Current and Samuel Ratick
Model for Risk-Based Dredging Decisions, Holly Morehouse Garriga, Samuel J. Ratick, David A. Moser, Wei Du, Leigh Skaggs, Jay R. Lund, and Ron Klimberg
Tourism Impacts of Three Mile Island and Other Adverse Events: Implications for Lincoln County and Other Rural Counties Bisected by Radioactive Wastes Intended for Yucca Mountain, Jeffery Himmelberger, Mike Baughman, and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger
Global Corporate Environmentalism: Theoretical Expectations and Empirical Experience, Jeffery James Himmelberger and Halina Szejnwald Brown
Risk-Based Decision Support for Dredging the Lower Mississippi River, Jay R. Lund, Vini Vannicola, David A. Moser, Samuel J. Ratick, Atul Celly, and L. Leigh Skaggs
Composite Graphite Ion Selective Electrode Array Potentiometry for the Detection of Mercury and Other Relevant Ions in Aquatic Systems, Jo Anne Shatkin, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Stuart Licht, and Stuart Licht
Faculty Works from 1994
The Emotional Motivation of Righteous Behavior, Joseph de Rivera, Elena A. Gerstmann, and Lisa Maisels
“Some of the Best Soldiers Wear Lipstick”, Cynthia Enloe
Toward a Pollution Abatement Monitoring Policy: Measurements, Model Mechanics, and Data Requirements, K. E. Haynes, S. Ratick, and J. Cummings-Saxton
Land, Livestock, and Livelihoods: Changing Dynamics of Gender, Caste, and Ethnicity in a Nepalese Village, Barbara Thomas-Slayter and Nina Bhatt
Structural Change, Power Politics, and Community Organizations in Africa: Challenging the Patterns, Puzzles and Paradoxes, Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter
Essential Connections: Linking Gender to Effective Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development, Barbara Thomas-Slayter and Dianne Rocheleau
Ecology, Community Organization and Gender (ECOGEN) Project Overview, Barbara Thomas‐Slayter and Dianne Rocheleau
Faculty Works from 1993
Development-Environment Interactions in the Export of Hazardous Technologies. A Comparative Study of Three Multinational Affiliates in Developing Countries, Halina Szejnwald Brown, Jeffrey J. Himmelberger, and Allen L. White
Environmental Decision Models: U.S. Experience and A New Approach to Pollution Management, Kingsley E. Haynes, Samuel Ratick, William M. Bowen, and James Cummings-Saxton
Tourist Visitation Impacts of the Accident at Three Mile Island, Jeffery Himmelberger, Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, and Mike Baughman
Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene Via Contaminated Drinking Water Pipes in Massachusetts: A Predictive Model, Thomas Webler and Halna Szejnwald Brown
Faculty Works from 1992
Introduction: Facility Location Modeling, John Current and Samuel Ratick
Negotiated Compensation for Solid‐Waste Disposal Facility Siting: An Analysis of the Wisconsin Experience, Leslie A. Nieves, Jeffery J. Himmelberger, Samuel J. Ratick, and Allen L. White
Development of a Reliability Based Dynamic Dredging Decision Model, Samuel J. Ratick, Wei Du, and David A. Moser
Politics, Class, and Gender in African Resource Management: The Case of Rural Kenya, Barbara Thomas-Slayter
Corporate Environmentalism in Developing Countries: A Tale of Three Multinationals, A. L. White, H. S. Brown, and J. J. Himmelberger
