Kirsten Vinyeta
Biographic Data
| ID | 80861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Vinyeta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Vinyeta |
| SIGNATURE | VINYETA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0452-2431 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision
In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins. Via mixed methods combining a national survey and in‐depth interviews, we (1) compare birders' pro‐environmental and pro…
The underutilized role of immigrant-serving community organizations in addressing environmental injustice
Utah’s Wasatch Front is a growing metropolitan area facing looming environmental challenges, including poor air quality that is exacerbated by the rapid desiccation of Great Salt Lake. Immigrant populations are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in the region, a result of structural forces that lead to environmental injustice. We examine the role of immigrant-serving community organizations in mitigating these disproportionate risks. Via…
Shúkwaatnɨm na iwáyumixa (Knowledge Brings Us Together)
In this Presidential Address publication for Sociological Perspectives , we are delighted to discuss our work to help lead and create the 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA). In doing so, we center Indigenous knowledges and we honor that sociology is always taking place on Indigenous homelands. We intentionally disrupt the idea and practice that a Presidential Address is an individual effort; rather, we model collect…
‘Manure gets into your veins’
Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic values held by non‐Tribal, rural landowners engaged in agricultural production upstream from the NWBSN resto…
Mapping the web of solidarity
Backfire
Since the 1940s, the United States Forest Service’s (USFS) national fire suppression efforts have been bolstered by a public-facing ad campaign led by the Ad Council, most notably through the iconic rise of Smokey Bear. The consequences of decades of strict fire suppression, promulgated and solidified by this highly successful campaign, have been ecologically disastrous, and especially detrimental for fire-dependent Indigenous communities and eco…
Indigenous Fire Futures
Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate change, fire suppression, industrial logging, and the expansion of residential settlements, which are all products of settler colonial property regimes and structures of resource extraction. Settler colonialism is grounded in Indigenous erasure and dispossession through militarism and incarceration, which are prominent tools in California's fire indust…
Under the guise of science
Over the last century, the United States Forest Service (USFS) has reversed its stance on the ecological role of fire – from a militant enforcer of forest fire suppression to supporting prescribed fire as a management tool. Meanwhile, the Karuk Tribe has always prioritized cultural burning as a vital spiritual and ecological practice, one that has been actively suppressed by the USFS. This article examines the discursive evolution of USFS fire sc…
Theorizing race and settler colonialism within U.S. sociology
Settler colonialism expands race and racism beyond ideological perspectives and reveals the links between historical and contemporary racialized social relations and practices–the racial structure–of American society. In this article, we define settler colonialism, highlight sociological scholarship that uses settler colonial theoretical frameworks, and explore ways in which this work enriches, intersects with, complicates, and contradicts key as…
Employing resilience in the United States Forest Service
Theorizing race and settler colonialism within U.S. sociology
Settler colonialism expands race and racism beyond ideological perspectives and reveals the links between historical and contemporary racialized social relations and practices–the racial structure–of American society. In this article, we define settler colonialism, highlight sociological scholarship that uses settler colonial theoretical frameworks, and explore ways in which this work enriches, intersects with, complicates, and contradicts key as…
Under the guise of science
Over the last century, the United States Forest Service (USFS) has reversed its stance on the ecological role of fire – from a militant enforcer of forest fire suppression to supporting prescribed fire as a management tool. Meanwhile, the Karuk Tribe has always prioritized cultural burning as a vital spiritual and ecological practice, one that has been actively suppressed by the USFS. This article examines the discursive evolution of USFS fire sc…
Mapping the web of solidarity
Employing resilience in the United States Forest Service
Employing resilience in the United States Forest Service
Theorizing race and settler colonialism within U.S. sociology
Settler colonialism expands race and racism beyond ideological perspectives and reveals the links between historical and contemporary racialized social relations and practices–the racial structure–of American society. In this article, we define settler colonialism, highlight sociological scholarship that uses settler colonial theoretical frameworks, and explore ways in which this work enriches, intersects with, complicates, and contradicts key as…
Under the guise of science
Over the last century, the United States Forest Service (USFS) has reversed its stance on the ecological role of fire – from a militant enforcer of forest fire suppression to supporting prescribed fire as a management tool. Meanwhile, the Karuk Tribe has always prioritized cultural burning as a vital spiritual and ecological practice, one that has been actively suppressed by the USFS. This article examines the discursive evolution of USFS fire sc…
Indigenous Fire Futures
Dominant causal explanations of the wildfire threat in California include anthropogenic climate change, fire suppression, industrial logging, and the expansion of residential settlements, which are all products of settler colonial property regimes and structures of resource extraction. Settler colonialism is grounded in Indigenous erasure and dispossession through militarism and incarceration, which are prominent tools in California's fire indust…
Mapping the web of solidarity
Backfire
Since the 1940s, the United States Forest Service’s (USFS) national fire suppression efforts have been bolstered by a public-facing ad campaign led by the Ad Council, most notably through the iconic rise of Smokey Bear. The consequences of decades of strict fire suppression, promulgated and solidified by this highly successful campaign, have been ecologically disastrous, and especially detrimental for fire-dependent Indigenous communities and eco…
Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision
In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins. Via mixed methods combining a national survey and in‐depth interviews, we (1) compare birders' pro‐environmental and pro…
The underutilized role of immigrant-serving community organizations in addressing environmental injustice
Utah’s Wasatch Front is a growing metropolitan area facing looming environmental challenges, including poor air quality that is exacerbated by the rapid desiccation of Great Salt Lake. Immigrant populations are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in the region, a result of structural forces that lead to environmental injustice. We examine the role of immigrant-serving community organizations in mitigating these disproportionate risks. Via…
Shúkwaatnɨm na iwáyumixa (Knowledge Brings Us Together)
In this Presidential Address publication for Sociological Perspectives , we are delighted to discuss our work to help lead and create the 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA). In doing so, we center Indigenous knowledges and we honor that sociology is always taking place on Indigenous homelands. We intentionally disrupt the idea and practice that a Presidential Address is an individual effort; rather, we model collect…
‘Manure gets into your veins’
Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic values held by non‐Tribal, rural landowners engaged in agricultural production upstream from the NWBSN resto…
Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (2 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works)