(In conjuction with the Philosophy Forum)
You are cordially invited to a seminar with Robert D. Bullard. After earning a Ph.D. in Sociology at Iowa State University in 1976, he began a distinguished teaching and research career, which included stops at Texas Southern University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of California at Riverside. He has held his present positions at Clark Atlanta University since 1994. One of the leading experts in the country on environmental justice and race, he has testified before numerous government agencies and as an expert witness in dozens of civil rights cases. During the Clinton administration, he chaired the Health and Research Subcommittee for the Environmental Protection Agency. His award-winning Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality (Westview Press, 2000) is a standard text in the environmental justice field. His other books include Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots (South End Press, 1993) and Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color (Sierra Club Books, 1996). Forthcoming are Racialized Place: The Black Metropolis in the 21st Century and Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity.
In addition, Professor Bullard will give the Brennan Guth Memorial Lecture that evening entitled “Deadly Waiting Game: An Environmental Justice Framework for Examining Natural and Manmade Disasters Beyond Hurricane Katrina” in the University Theatre at 8:00 P.M.