Dorceta E Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 75601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorceta E Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorceta E |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR D E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2847-0779 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 210 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Carceral geographies and disparities in the proximity to environmental hazards in Washington D.C. Maryland, and Virginia
Research on incarceration has expanded into new disciplines, such as green criminology and environmental studies. However, studies that examine the intersections of environment and incarceration are often limited because they do not address the gender or age of detainees, and only consider prisons as the primary unit of analysis. The paper analyzes 198 prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers and the distribution of 3358 hazardous environme…
Enhancing diversity and justice in environmental institutions in times of chaos
Environment and Social Inequality
The American Behavioral Scientist ( ABS) was one of the first significant journals to publish a special issue on environmental justice (EJ). The influential volume, published in 2000, bore the title Advances in EJ: Research, Theory, and Methodology. The volume contained classic EJ theoretical essays such as Taylor's "The rise of the EJ paradigm" and Pellow's "Environmental inequality formation." ABS has published other influential EJ scholarship …
Understanding Food Access in Flint
The primary objective of this study was to describe the food landscape of Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding townships. We investigated the relationship between the location of food outlets and the racial composition of census tracts. We collected data from multiple sources; however, Data Axle, a repository of information on the U.S. and Canadian businesses, was our primary data source. Data were collected and verified between September 2020 an…
Community Gardens in Michigan
Community gardens are more popular than ever, yet we know little about how leadership structure and neighborhood characteristics relate to programming. Hence, this paper analyzes how the racial/ethnic backgrounds of the community garden leaders are related to the activities the garden undertakes. What types of initiatives do gardens undertake to reduce food insecurity? The paper analyzes how the location of the garden impacts what it does. The ar…
The Role of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Other Factors in Influencing Top Executive Compensation in American Environmental Nonprofits
The article reports the findings of a pathbreaking national study that examines executive compensation in American environmental nonprofits. This article seeks to accomplish two goals: (1) examine the gender disparities in the pay of chief executive officers (CEOs), executive directors, and presidents in environmental organizations; and (2) analyze the ethnic/racial differences in the wages of the top executive in said nonprofits. The study uses …
Prisons, Jails, and the Environment
This article examines the relationship between mass incarceration and environmental inequalities. The United States incarcerates more people than any other country, and incarceration is highly racialized. The article discusses how prisons are settler colonial ecosystems that produce injustice. Prisons are located close to hazardous sites and in areas prone to extreme weather events. Food insecurity is also commonplace in jails. The article introd…
A Vanishing Food Infrastructure
Most food access studies focus on large cities, examine traditional grocery stores, and only consider operational food outlets. This siloed approach exposes a gap in food access literature. Therefore, as a part of our assessment of Flint's food landscape, we examined closed food outlets in the city and surrounding townships. We investigated the relationship between the racial composition of census tracts and the number and type of defunct food ou…
Green chemistry as just chemistry
Understanding the challenges faced by Michigan’s family farmers
Michigan is a critical agricultural state, and small family farms are a crucial component of the state's food sector. This paper examines how the race/ethnicity of the family farm owners/operators is related to farm characteristics, financing, and impacts of the pandemic. It compares 75 farms owned/operated solely by Whites and 15 with People of Color owners/operators. The essay examines how farmers finance their farm operations and the challenge…
Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan's Urban and Rural Farmers Markets
In recent decades, the number of farmers markets has increased dramatically across the country. Though farmers markets have been described as White spaces, they can play important roles in reducing food insecurity. It is particularly true in Michigan, where farmers markets were crucial collaborators in pioneering programs such as Double-Up Food Bucks that help low-income residents and people of color gain access to fresh, healthy, locally grown f…
The Transparency Challenge in Environmental Organizations
In recent years, diversity advocates have organized a national campaign to get environmental organizations to reveal data on their institutions' demographic characteristics publicly. Environmental organizations are urged to be more transparent and put their data on GuideStar (renamed Candid). Past research indicates that as of 2018, less than 4% of the organizations have done so. Still, diversity and transparency campaigns focus on disclosing dat…
Understanding Black, Asian, Latinx, and White College Students' Views of Nature
Nature and landscapes are essential elements of American culture. Consequently, many scholars have examined the public's perceptions of nature and landscapes. Some posit that Blacks are averse to wildlands and prefer urban settings. Despite the plethora of research, few studies investigate what comes to people's minds when contemplating nature. This study of 287 American college students examines what students think about when they reflect on nat…
A Geospatial Analysis of Access to Ethnic Food Retailers in Two Michigan Cities
To date, the research that examines food accessibility has tended to ignore ethnic food outlets. This void leaves us with a limited understanding of how such food stores may, or may not, impact food security. The study discussed herein addressed this by conducting a geospatial assessment of ethnic food outlet accessibility in two U.S. cities: Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan. We used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to create a revealed…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Connectedness to Nature and Landscape Preferences Among College Students
An extensive body of environmental psychology, outdoor recreation, and landscape preference research reports that blacks are alienated from nature, fearful of it, and prefer urbanized and developed landscapes to wild or natural environments. But, are these responses and preferences as widespread as reported? Most of the studies in these genres focus on black–white differences. This article provides a more complex analysis by incorporating an envi…
Enhancing racial diversity in the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
From the outset, the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) has sought to create a diverse and inclusive organization. Though AESS has clearly outlined strategies for enhancing diversity, the association has found it challenging to attract robust numbers of students of color as well as faculty of color to its ranks. This paper contains excerpts from an address presented at the 2018 AESS Awards Dinner. The paper identifies some …
Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan
Blacks have been farming in the USA for about four centuries and in Michigan since the 1830s. Yet, for blacks, owning and retaining farmland has been a continuous challenge. This historical analysis uses environmental justice and food sovereignty frameworks to examine the farming experiences of blacks in the USA generally, and more specifically in Michigan. It analyzes land loss, the precipitous decline in the number of black farmers, and the str…
Racial and ethnic differences in the students’ readiness, identity, perceptions of institutional diversity, and desire to join the environmental workforce
There is strong evidence that minority students are interested in environmental careers despite data showing that the percentage of people of color currently employed in environmental organizations is low. This study explores this conundrum by examining five factors that are related to workforce diversity. It assesses the racial and ethnic differences in (a) academic preparation for environmental work, (b) environmental identity, (c) the extent t…
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement
Gender and Racial Diversity in Environmental Organizations
There is has been strong interest in the state of diversity in the environmental field for some time now. Recent studies have shown that gender diversity is progressing at a faster pace than racial diversity. This article reports on data collected from 324 mainstream environmental organizations in 2014. It examines gender and racial diversity in six different types of environmental organizations—general conservation organizations, freshwater orga…
The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s 1900s
Product Review
Unhealthy Places
Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management
(2000). Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management: Demographic Shifts and Social Inequality. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 171-179
The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm
This article uses social movement theory to analyze environmental justice rhetoric. It argues that the environmental justice frame is a master frame that uses discourses about injustice as an effective mobilizing tool. The article identifies an environmental justice paradigm and compares it with the new environmental paradigm. In addition, the article discusses why the environmental justice movement grew so fast and why its adherents find the env…
The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm
This article uses social movement theory to analyze environmental justice rhetoric. It argues that the environmental justice frame is a master frame that uses discourses about injustice as an effective mobilizing tool. The article identifies an environmental justice paradigm and compares it with the new environmental paradigm. In addition, the article discusses why the environmental justice movement grew so fast and why its adherents find the env…
The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s 1900s
Central Park as a Model for Social Control
Throughout the nineteenth century, the leading landscape architects and park advocates believed that parks were important instruments of enlightenment and social control. Consequently, they praised and promoted parks for their health-giving characteristics and character-molding capabilities. Landscape architects used these arguments to convince city governments to invest in elaborate urban parks. Many of these parks became spaces of social and po…
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement
Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management
(2000). Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management: Demographic Shifts and Social Inequality. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 171-179
Minority environmental activism in Britain
Prisons, Jails, and the Environment
This article examines the relationship between mass incarceration and environmental inequalities. The United States incarcerates more people than any other country, and incarceration is highly racialized. The article discusses how prisons are settler colonial ecosystems that produce injustice. Prisons are located close to hazardous sites and in areas prone to extreme weather events. Food insecurity is also commonplace in jails. The article introd…
Understanding the challenges faced by Michigan’s family farmers
Michigan is a critical agricultural state, and small family farms are a crucial component of the state's food sector. This paper examines how the race/ethnicity of the family farm owners/operators is related to farm characteristics, financing, and impacts of the pandemic. It compares 75 farms owned/operated solely by Whites and 15 with People of Color owners/operators. The essay examines how farmers finance their farm operations and the challenge…
Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan's Urban and Rural Farmers Markets
In recent decades, the number of farmers markets has increased dramatically across the country. Though farmers markets have been described as White spaces, they can play important roles in reducing food insecurity. It is particularly true in Michigan, where farmers markets were crucial collaborators in pioneering programs such as Double-Up Food Bucks that help low-income residents and people of color gain access to fresh, healthy, locally grown f…
Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan
Blacks have been farming in the USA for about four centuries and in Michigan since the 1830s. Yet, for blacks, owning and retaining farmland has been a continuous challenge. This historical analysis uses environmental justice and food sovereignty frameworks to examine the farming experiences of blacks in the USA generally, and more specifically in Michigan. It analyzes land loss, the precipitous decline in the number of black farmers, and the str…
Racial and ethnic differences in the students’ readiness, identity, perceptions of institutional diversity, and desire to join the environmental workforce
There is strong evidence that minority students are interested in environmental careers despite data showing that the percentage of people of color currently employed in environmental organizations is low. This study explores this conundrum by examining five factors that are related to workforce diversity. It assesses the racial and ethnic differences in (a) academic preparation for environmental work, (b) environmental identity, (c) the extent t…
The Transparency Challenge in Environmental Organizations
In recent years, diversity advocates have organized a national campaign to get environmental organizations to reveal data on their institutions' demographic characteristics publicly. Environmental organizations are urged to be more transparent and put their data on GuideStar (renamed Candid). Past research indicates that as of 2018, less than 4% of the organizations have done so. Still, diversity and transparency campaigns focus on disclosing dat…
Enhancing racial diversity in the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
From the outset, the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) has sought to create a diverse and inclusive organization. Though AESS has clearly outlined strategies for enhancing diversity, the association has found it challenging to attract robust numbers of students of color as well as faculty of color to its ranks. This paper contains excerpts from an address presented at the 2018 AESS Awards Dinner. The paper identifies some …
Unhealthy Places
Understanding Food Access in Flint
The primary objective of this study was to describe the food landscape of Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding townships. We investigated the relationship between the location of food outlets and the racial composition of census tracts. We collected data from multiple sources; however, Data Axle, a repository of information on the U.S. and Canadian businesses, was our primary data source. Data were collected and verified between September 2020 an…
Community Gardens in Michigan
Community gardens are more popular than ever, yet we know little about how leadership structure and neighborhood characteristics relate to programming. Hence, this paper analyzes how the racial/ethnic backgrounds of the community garden leaders are related to the activities the garden undertakes. What types of initiatives do gardens undertake to reduce food insecurity? The paper analyzes how the location of the garden impacts what it does. The ar…
Green chemistry as just chemistry
Blacks and the Environment
In the past, social psychological and cultural theories have been used to explain why blacks display lower levels of environmental concern than whites. The article argues that the environmental concern gap that exists between blacks and whites can be better understood by exploring the gap that exists between concern and action. In addition, several factors that influence the existence of an action gap, and the extent to which black groups can be …
Minority environmental activism in Britain
Element of Risk
Preface 1. The Development of Radon Policy 2. The Science of Uncertainty 3. Leapers and Loopers 4. Lopers and Loppers 5. Federal Regulators and Congress 6. Radon in the States and the Case of New Jersey 7. Private and Public Interests 8. The Press, Science, and Radon 9. Radon Policies in Other Countries: Sweden and Finland 10. Democracy, Risk, and Reason Appendix A: Radioactive Decay Chain of Uranium-238 Appendix B: Letters Appendix C: The Enviro…
Environmental Inequalities
Environmental Sociology
Central Park as a Model for Social Control
Throughout the nineteenth century, the leading landscape architects and park advocates believed that parks were important instruments of enlightenment and social control. Consequently, they praised and promoted parks for their health-giving characteristics and character-molding capabilities. Landscape architects used these arguments to convince city governments to invest in elaborate urban parks. Many of these parks became spaces of social and po…
Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management
(2000). Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management: Demographic Shifts and Social Inequality. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 171-179
The Rise of the Environmental Justice Paradigm
This article uses social movement theory to analyze environmental justice rhetoric. It argues that the environmental justice frame is a master frame that uses discourses about injustice as an effective mobilizing tool. The article identifies an environmental justice paradigm and compares it with the new environmental paradigm. In addition, the article discusses why the environmental justice movement grew so fast and why its adherents find the env…
Unhealthy Places
Product Review
The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s 1900s
Gender and Racial Diversity in Environmental Organizations
There is has been strong interest in the state of diversity in the environmental field for some time now. Recent studies have shown that gender diversity is progressing at a faster pace than racial diversity. This article reports on data collected from 324 mainstream environmental organizations in 2014. It examines gender and racial diversity in six different types of environmental organizations—general conservation organizations, freshwater orga…
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement
Racial and ethnic differences in the students’ readiness, identity, perceptions of institutional diversity, and desire to join the environmental workforce
There is strong evidence that minority students are interested in environmental careers despite data showing that the percentage of people of color currently employed in environmental organizations is low. This study explores this conundrum by examining five factors that are related to workforce diversity. It assesses the racial and ethnic differences in (a) academic preparation for environmental work, (b) environmental identity, (c) the extent t…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Connectedness to Nature and Landscape Preferences Among College Students
An extensive body of environmental psychology, outdoor recreation, and landscape preference research reports that blacks are alienated from nature, fearful of it, and prefer urbanized and developed landscapes to wild or natural environments. But, are these responses and preferences as widespread as reported? Most of the studies in these genres focus on black–white differences. This article provides a more complex analysis by incorporating an envi…
Enhancing racial diversity in the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
From the outset, the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) has sought to create a diverse and inclusive organization. Though AESS has clearly outlined strategies for enhancing diversity, the association has found it challenging to attract robust numbers of students of color as well as faculty of color to its ranks. This paper contains excerpts from an address presented at the 2018 AESS Awards Dinner. The paper identifies some …
Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan
Blacks have been farming in the USA for about four centuries and in Michigan since the 1830s. Yet, for blacks, owning and retaining farmland has been a continuous challenge. This historical analysis uses environmental justice and food sovereignty frameworks to examine the farming experiences of blacks in the USA generally, and more specifically in Michigan. It analyzes land loss, the precipitous decline in the number of black farmers, and the str…
A Geospatial Analysis of Access to Ethnic Food Retailers in Two Michigan Cities
To date, the research that examines food accessibility has tended to ignore ethnic food outlets. This void leaves us with a limited understanding of how such food stores may, or may not, impact food security. The study discussed herein addressed this by conducting a geospatial assessment of ethnic food outlet accessibility in two U.S. cities: Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan. We used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to create a revealed…
Understanding the challenges faced by Michigan’s family farmers
Michigan is a critical agricultural state, and small family farms are a crucial component of the state's food sector. This paper examines how the race/ethnicity of the family farm owners/operators is related to farm characteristics, financing, and impacts of the pandemic. It compares 75 farms owned/operated solely by Whites and 15 with People of Color owners/operators. The essay examines how farmers finance their farm operations and the challenge…
Racial, Gender, and Age Dynamics in Michigan's Urban and Rural Farmers Markets
In recent decades, the number of farmers markets has increased dramatically across the country. Though farmers markets have been described as White spaces, they can play important roles in reducing food insecurity. It is particularly true in Michigan, where farmers markets were crucial collaborators in pioneering programs such as Double-Up Food Bucks that help low-income residents and people of color gain access to fresh, healthy, locally grown f…
The Transparency Challenge in Environmental Organizations
In recent years, diversity advocates have organized a national campaign to get environmental organizations to reveal data on their institutions' demographic characteristics publicly. Environmental organizations are urged to be more transparent and put their data on GuideStar (renamed Candid). Past research indicates that as of 2018, less than 4% of the organizations have done so. Still, diversity and transparency campaigns focus on disclosing dat…
Understanding Black, Asian, Latinx, and White College Students' Views of Nature
Nature and landscapes are essential elements of American culture. Consequently, many scholars have examined the public's perceptions of nature and landscapes. Some posit that Blacks are averse to wildlands and prefer urban settings. Despite the plethora of research, few studies investigate what comes to people's minds when contemplating nature. This study of 287 American college students examines what students think about when they reflect on nat…
Green chemistry as just chemistry
Environment and Social Inequality
The American Behavioral Scientist ( ABS) was one of the first significant journals to publish a special issue on environmental justice (EJ). The influential volume, published in 2000, bore the title Advances in EJ: Research, Theory, and Methodology. The volume contained classic EJ theoretical essays such as Taylor's "The rise of the EJ paradigm" and Pellow's "Environmental inequality formation." ABS has published other influential EJ scholarship …
Understanding Food Access in Flint
The primary objective of this study was to describe the food landscape of Flint, Michigan, and the surrounding townships. We investigated the relationship between the location of food outlets and the racial composition of census tracts. We collected data from multiple sources; however, Data Axle, a repository of information on the U.S. and Canadian businesses, was our primary data source. Data were collected and verified between September 2020 an…
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (18 works) · Geography (13 works) · Ethnic group (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Environmental justice (8 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (7 works) · Law (7 works)