DANIEL R. FABER, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 509
Holmes Hall. Northeastern University. 360 Huntington Avenue. Boston, MA
02115.
CURRICULUM VITAE DANIEL R. FABER, Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Anthropology 509 Holmes Hall Northeastern University 360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (617) 373-2878 E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION 1989
Ph.D. Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz
1987
M.A. Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz
1983
B.A. Sociology, University of Kentucky
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Political Economy; Environmental Sociology, Development and Underdevelopment; Sociological Theory; Central America; Social Movements; Environmental Justice Policy; Sociology of Philanthropy; Globalization and Ecological Unequal Exchange; Climate Change PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2009- 2010
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern Universty
2008-present Full Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University 2000-present Director, Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University 2000-2008
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University -1-
2003-2006
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University
1990-2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University
1983-1989
Research Director, Environmental Project On Central America, Earth Island Institute
AWARDS AND HONORS 2010
Environmental Sociology Practice and Outreach Award from the Environmental Sociology and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.
2009
Finalist for the 2008 “C.W. Mills Award” awarded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems for my book Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization.
2006
“Champion for Justice Award,” granted by the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), a coalition of over 160 organizations representing health professionals, scientists, and environmentalists, and labor unions working to implement a precautionary and preventive approach to environmental policy in Massachusetts (June 5).
2006
“Friend of the Earth and Champion of Environmental Justice Award” for my “pathbreaking leadership and work in Environmental Justice in Massachusetts and beyond,” granted by Salem State College and HealthLink (April 10).
2003
Special Award in Recognition of Dr. Faber’s Work to Advance Civil Rights and Environmental Justice, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Northeastern University (November 19).
2001 Environmental Protection Agency - New England, "Certificate of Appreciation," in recognition and appreciation of my research report, "Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (March 13). 2001
Green of Another Color: Building Effective Relationships Between Foundations and the Environmental Justice Movement was selected by the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute to be the focus in their publication Snapshot (Spring Issue).
1994
Environment Under Fire, one of four books in 1993 recognized as “An Outstanding Academic Book of the Year on Latin America," by Choice Magazine, a book review publication of academic librarians in the United States. -2-
GRANTS 2007
$10,000, ENHANCE, Office of the Provost, Northeastern University.
2007
$10,000, Research Scholarship and Development Fund (RSDF), Northeastern University.
2004
$25,000, Barr Foundation, Boston, MA..
2002
$9,852, Research Scholarship and Development Fund (RSDF), Northeastern University.
2000
$4,500, Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, Boston, MA.
1999 $43,782, Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. 1999
$8,083, Research and Scholarship Development Fund (RSDF), Northeastern University.
1994
$8,488, Research and Scholarship Development Fund, Northeastern University.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Books: 2008
Daniel Faber, Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization (New York: Rowman & Littlefield)
1993
Daniel Faber, Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America (New York: Monthly Review Press).
Edited Books: 2005
Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements (New York: Rowman & Littlefield).
1998
Daniel Faber, (ed.), The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States (New York: Guilford Press).
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Chapters in Books: 2011
Daniel Faber, “The Sociology of Environmental Justice: Merging Research and Action,” in Kathleen Odell Korgen, Jonathan White, and Shelley White, Sociologists in Action (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, 2011).
2009
Daniel Faber, “Capitalizing on Environmental Crime: A Case Study of the USA PolluterIndustrial Complex in the Age of Globalization,” in Kristiina Kangaspunta and Ineke Haen Marshall (eds.), Eco-Crime and Justice: Essays on Environmental Crime (Turin, Italy: United Nations and UNICRI), 80-104.
2009
Daniel Faber, “The Unfair Trade-Off: Globalization and the Export of Ecological Hazards,” in Leslie King and Deborah McCarthy (eds.), Environmental Sociology: From Analysis to Action, 2nd Edition (New York: Rowman & Littlefield).
2007
Daniel Faber, “A More ‘Productive’ Environmental Justice Politics: Movement Alliances in Massachusetts for Clean Production and Regional Equity,” in Ron Sandler and Phaedra Pezzullo (eds.), Environmental Justice and Environmentalism: The Social Justice Challenge to the Environmental Movement (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), 135-164.
2005
Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy, “Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements,” in Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change (New York: Rowman & Littlefield), 332.
2005 Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy, “Breaking the Funding Barriers: Philanthropic Activism in Support of the Environmental Justice Movement,” in Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change (New York: Rowman & Littlefield), 175-210. 2005
Daniel Faber, “Building a Transnational Environmental Justice Movement: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Age of Globalization,” in Joe Bandy and Jackie Smith (eds.), Coalitions Across Borders: Negotiating Difference and Unity in Transnational Struggles Against Neoliberalism (New York: Roman & Littlefield), 43-70.
2003 Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy, “Neo-Liberalism, Globalization, and the Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Linking Sustainability and Environmental Justice,” in Julian Agyeman, Robert Bullard, and Robert Evans (eds), Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World (London: Earthscan Books), 38-63. [an updated and revised version appeared in “Neoliberalismus, Gobalisierung und der Kampf um Okologische Gerechtigkeit,” Prokla 143 -36, no.2 (June 2006): 239-263].
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2001
Daniel Faber, “Revolution in the Rainforest,” Ch.10 in Susan E. Place (ed.), Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources), 97-123. [reprinted from Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1993].
1998
Daniel Faber, "The Struggle for Ecological Democracy and Environmental Justice," in D. Faber, (ed.), The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States (New York: Guilford Press), pp.1-26.
1998
Daniel Faber, "The Political Ecology of American Capitalism: New Challenges for the Environmental Justice Movement," in D. Faber (ed.), The Struggle for Ecological Democracy (New York: Guilford Press), pp.27-59.
1993 Daniel Faber and James O’Connor, "Capitalism and the Crisis of Environmentalism," in Richard Hofrichter (ed.), Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice (Philadelphia: New Society Publishers), 12-24. Refereed Journal Articles: 2009
Daniel Faber, “Poisoning American Politics: The Colonization of the State by the Polluter-Industrial Complex,” Socialism and Democracy, Vol.23, No.1 (March): 77-118.
2004
Eric Krieg and Daniel Faber, “Not So Black and White: Environmental Justice and Cumulative Environmental Impacts,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review Vol.24, Issues 7-8 (October-November 2004): 667-694.
2002 Daniel Faber, Penn Loh, and James Jennings, “Solving Environmental Injustices in Massachusetts: Forging Greater Community Participation in the Planning Process,” Projections: MIT Journal of Planning, No.3 (2002): 109-132. 2002
Daniel Faber and Eric Krieg, “Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” in “Advancing Environmental Justice through Community-Based Participatory Research,” a special issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol.110, (Supplement 2) (April): 277-288.
2001
Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy, “The Evolution of the Environmental Justice Movement in the United States: New Models for Democratic Decision-Making,” a special issue of Social Justice Research on “Applying Social Justice Research to Environmental Decision-Making,” edited by Geoff Syme and Ron Dillehay, Vol.14, No.4 (December): 405-421.
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2000
Daniel Faber and Allison Grossman, “The Political Ecology of Marxism,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.11, No.2 (June): 71-77.
1999
Daniel Faber, “La Liberación del Medio Ambiental: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Ecology in Nicaragua, 1979-1999,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.10, No.1 (March): 45-80. [reprinted as “A Revolution in Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: The Political Ecology of Nicaragua,” in John Byrne, Leigh Glover, and Cecilia Martinez (eds.), Environmental Justice: International Discourses in Political Economy, Energy and Environmental Policy (London: Transaction Book, 2002), 39-70].
1992
Daniel Faber, with Aniruddha Das, Paul Epstein, Yaakov Garb, Richard Levins, Richard Lewontin, and Charles Puccia, "The New Scientific Paradigms: A Socialist Critique of Marcello Cini," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.3, No.1, Issue 9 (March): 105-10.
1992
Daniel Faber, "The Ecological Crisis of Latin America: A Theoretical Introduction," Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 19, No.1, (Winter): 3-16.
1992
Daniel Faber, "Imperialism, Revolution, and the Ecological Crisis of Central America," Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 19, No.1, (Winter): 17-44.
1989
Daniel Faber and James O’Connor, "The Struggle for Nature: Environmental Crises and the Crisis of Environmentalism in the United States," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, No.2, ( 1989): 12-39. [reprinted into Spanish in Ecología Politica, Vol.1 (1991: 27pp.)]
1988
Sean Swezey and Daniel Faber, "Disarticulated Accumulation, Agroexport, and Ecological Crisis in Nicaragua: The Case of Cotton," with Sean Swezey, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, No.1, (October): 47-68. [reprinted into Spanish in Ecología Politica, Vol.1 (1991: 21pp.]
1988 James O’Connor, with Daniel Faber, Michael Goldman, John Ely, and David Peerla "Ideologies of Environmental Crisis: Technology and its Discontents," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, No.1, (October 1988): 91-106. [reprinted into Italian in Capitalismo, Natura, Socialismo,No.3 (November 1991: 16pp.] 1988a Daniel Faber, "The Intimate Link: Environment and Justice in Central America," Quarterly Journal of Environmental Ethics. (June): 3-9. 1988b Daniel Faber, "Imperialism and the Crisis of Nature in Central America," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, No.1, (October): 39-46.
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Non-Refereed Journal and Magazine Articles: 2010 Daniel Barker, “Foundations and the Environmental Movement: An Interview with Daniel Faber,” Counterpunch (September 13): 1-12. 2004
Robert J. Brulle, Daniel Faber, and Femida Handy, “Environmental Movement and Philanthropy,” in Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Indianapolis, IN: The Center on Philanthropy).
2003
Daniel Faber, “Equal Protection for All?: Environmental Injustice in Massachusetts,” The Yankee Radical (June-July): 5-6.
1999
Daniel Faber, “Central America: A Disaster that Was Waiting To Happen,” Z Magazine, Vol.12, No.1 (January): 5-6.
1991
Daniel Faber, "A Sea of Poison," NACLA: Report on the Americas, Vol.25, No.2 (September): 31-40.
1988
Joshua Karliner and Daniel Faber, “Nicaragua's Environmental Crisis," UTNE Reader, No.25,(January/February): 54-65.
1987
Daniel Faber, "Medio Ambiente en Centroamerica: Un Paraiso Que Se Extingue," Pensamiento Propio, No.44, (Septembre/Octubre): 37-43.
Published Reports: 2005
Daniel Faber and Eric Krieg, Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards 2005: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, produced by the Philanthropy and Environmental Justice Research Project, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (October 12).
2005
Daniel Faber, The Proposed TBI, Inc., Recycling Facility and Solid Waste Transfer Station: A Report on Environmental Disparities in North Andover and the Merrimack Valley, produced by the Philanthropy and Environmental Justice Research Project, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (October 27).
2001
Daniel Faber, The Nickel Hill Energy Project: An Analysis of Environmental Injustices in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts, produced by the Green Justice Research Collaborative, Northeastern University (May 9).
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2001
Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy, Green of Another Color: Building Effective Relationships Between Foundations and the Environmental Justice Movement, produced by the Philanthropy and Environmental Justice Research Project, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (April 10).
2001
Daniel Faber and Eric Krieg, Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, produced by the Philanthropy and Environmental Justice Research Project, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (January).
1992
Meg Wilcox and Daniel Faber, "Pesticide Use: What Goes Around Comes Around," Central America Reporter (May/June): 1-5.
1989
Bill Hall and Daniel Faber, El Salvador: Ecology of Conflict. Green Paper No.4, San Francisco: Environmental Project On Central America (March): 1-11.
1987
Daniel Faber, Bill Hall, and Scott Norris, "Honduras: Roots of Environmental Destruction," Honduras Update, Vol.6, No.2-3, (November/December): 13-16.
1986
Daniel Faber, with Joshua Karliner and Robert Rice, Central America: Roots of Environmental Destruction, Green Paper No.2, San Francisco: Environmental Project On Central America (August): 1-8.
1986
Joshua Karliner and Daniel Faber, Nicaragua: An Environmental Perspective, Green Paper No.1, San Francisco: Environmental Project On Central America (January): 1-8.
Works in Progress Daniel Faber, Transformative Environmentalism: Globalization, Unequal Ecological Exchange, and the Rise of Transnational Social Movements (a book project of the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative) Book Reviews by Author: 2010
Lauren Byrnes, Sarah Mele, and Daniel Faber, “Fenceline Patrol,” a review of Sacrifice Zones: The Front Lines of Toxic Chemical Exposure in the United States by Steve Lerner, in American Scientist, Vol. 99 (January-February): 76-78.
2006
Lora Karaoglu and Daniel Faber, a review of Power, Justice, and the Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement by David Naguub Pellow and Robert J.Brulle, in Mobilization, Vol.11 (Issue 3): 415-416.
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1996
Daniel Faber, a review of Forcing the Spring: The Transformation of the American Environmental Movement, by Robert Gottlieb (Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1993) in New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, Vol.6, No.2 (Winter: 687-89).
1995
Eric Bourgeois and Daniel Faber, a review of American Environmentalism: The U.S. Environmental Movement, 1970-1990, edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Angela G. Mertig (Bristol, PA.: Taylor and Francis, 1992) in Environmental History Review, Vol.19, No.2 Summer: 87-89).
Film/Video Production: 1988
Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America. Produced by the Environmental Project On Central America (EPOCA) of Earth Island Institute, San Francisco, 1988. In 1987, I co-organized a delegation representing a number of major environmental organizations from across the United States for a fact-finding tour of Central America. The delegation investigated the connections between the region's social, political, economic, and ecological crises. These findings were then produced into the video, which I co-researched and co-organized. It also won the Silver Award at both the Houston International Film and Video Festival and the Big Muddy Film and Video Festival.
Professional Editorships: 1998-present Editorial Board Member of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology. 1992-present Participating Editor with Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism. 2007-08
Coordinating Editor of a special issue on “The Sociology of Foundations and Philanthropy” Critical Sociology, Vol.33, No.3.
1992
Coordinating Editor on a special issue on "The Ecological Crisis of Latin America," Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 19, No.1, (Winter).
Research and Academic Positions: 2009-2010
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. -9-
2002-present Director, Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston. 2001-present Elected Board Member and Founding Committee Member, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, and environmentalists working to implement a precautionary and preventive approach to environmental policy in Massachusetts. 2003-2006
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University.
1999-2001
Director, Philanthropy and Environmental Justice Research Project, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (this is now part of NEJRC).
1999-2004
Board of Advisors, Action for Community and Ecology in the Rainforests of Central America (ACERCA), Burlington, VT. (February 1999 - present).
1984-1990
Co-founder and Research Director: Environmental Project On Central America (EPOCA), Earth Island Institute 1884-1990).
1992
Research Consultant to Greenpeace International on a series of policy documents prepared for theUnited Nations Conference on Environment and Development (December 1).
1992
Research Consultant to the National Toxics Campaign, Research Group on Sustainable Development, Boston, MA.
Papers Presented at Conferences 2012 “The New Political Ecology of American Capitalism: Environmentalism at a Crossroads,” Dimensions of Political Ecology: Conference on Society and Nature, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 12-15th. 2010
“Toward a More Transformative Environmental Justice Politics,” Thematic Panel on Environmental Crises, Social Inequalities, and Environmental Justice, Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Meeting, Boston, MA, March 20th.
2009
“Capitali$ing on Environmental Crime: The USA Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization,” United Nations Panel on Green Criminology, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 4th.
2009
“The Politics of Climate Change: Evaluating Climate Change Policies,” Advancing -10-
Climate Justice: Transforming the Economy, Public Health & Our Environment – We ACT for Environmental Justice Conference, Fordham University, New York, NY, January 30, 2009. 2006
Keynote Address, “Crises and Community: Natural Disaster and Human Response,” New England Sociological Association (NESA) Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 22, 2006.
2006 “Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards 2005: Environmental Injustices in Massachusetts,”Eastern Sociological Society 75 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, February, 25 , 2006. 2005
“International Capitalism, Ecological Injustice, and Unsustainable Production,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism Anniversary Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario, July 22-24.
2005
“Cross-National Environmental Issues and Policies,” Eastern Sociological Society 75 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 18.
2004 “Time and Change: A Longitudinal Analysis of Cumulative Environmental Impacts in Massachusetts,” by Eric Krieg and Daniel Faber, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA., August. 2003
“Opportunities and Obstacles to the Environmental Justice Movement in the Age of Globalization,” Frontiers in Environmental History: Mainstreaming the “Marginal”, American Society for Environmental History, Providence Biltmore, March 27.
2002
“Philanthropy and Environmental Justice,” a plenary with Daniel Faber, Vernice MillerTravis, Vic DeLuca, Margie Fine, Stuart Clarke, Melvin Oliver, and Michele Pritchard. Second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, Washington, DC, Thursday, October 24.
2002 “The Case for Environmental Justice,” presented at On Solid Foundations: Strengthening the Future of Health and Philanthropy, Grantmakers in Health’s 2002 Annual Meeting, New York City, February 27. 2002 "Environmental Injustices in the Merrimack Valley," with speakers Lois Gibbs and Jill Stein. Second Annual Merrimack Valley Environmental Justice Conference, sponsored by the Lawrence Grassroots Initiative, Saturday, February 23. 2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Justice in Massachusetts," Toxics Action Conference 2001, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, March 10.
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2001
“Environmental Injustice and its Effects on Communities of Color,” with Kaylyn Palella, Jose Soto, and Jose Bravo, presented at Injustice in the Environmental and Labor Sector, Moulton Union, Bowdoin College, March 3.
2000
“Universities, Public Institutions and Sustainability: Case Studies from Asia,” International Conference on Sustainable Regional Development, The Role of the University in the Global Economy, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, October 2628.
2000
“Precaution: A Tool for Environmental Justice” with Florence Robinson, Vice-Chair of Louisiana Environmental Action (LEAN), Putting Precaution into Practice Conference, The Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project, Northeastern University Law School, Boston, MA., December 2.
2000
Plenary Address, “The Struggle for Ecological Democracy and Environmental Justice,” Towards Sustainability: Social and Environmental Justice, Royal Geographical Society Planning and Environment Research Group Annual International Conference, Tufts University, May 31st-June1st.
2000 “Unequal Exposure: The Distribution of Environmental Hazards in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Toxics Action 2000, Boston: Northeastern University, April 8-9. 2000
“Corporate Agendas and Globalization: Towards a Critical Theory of Biotechnology” Fourth International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineering, Boston: Northeastern University, March 24-26.
2000
“The Political Ecology of Disaster in Central America” Latin American Scholars Association Conference, Miami, Florida, March 16-19.
1999
“The Structural Causes and Consequences of the Hurricane Mitch Disaster in Central America,” New England Council of Latin American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., October 16.
1998
“La Liberacíon de Ambiental: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Ecology in Nicaragua, 1979-1999,” Nicaragua National Educational Fund Conference, Washington D.C., November 21-22.
1997
"Environmental Justice and the Australian Constitution," with Professors Neville Norman and Marcia Langton, Environ-mental Justice: UniSummit 97, University of Melbourne, Australia (October 2-3).
1997 "The Manner in which Capitalism is Attempting to Sustain Itself Through Increasingly Unsustainable Forms of Production," Environmental Justice: Global Ethics for the 21st -12-
Century, An International Academic Conference at the University of Melbourne, Australia (October 1-3). 1997
“A Revolution in Third World Ecology,” Working Conference on Ecological Socialism, Center for Political Ecology, University of California at Santa Cruz, May -11.
1996 "Marxism and the Ecological Crisis," a roundtable discussion with Victor Wallis, Betsy Hartmann, and Joel Kovel at the Conference of Rethinking Marxism, Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism. University of Massachusetts, Amherst (December 5-8). 1996
"Natural Capital, Political Economy, and Economic Valuation," with Kevin Gallagher and Richard England at the 18th Annual New England Environmental Conference, Faith in a Seed. Tufts University (March 16-17).
1995 "Marxism and the Ecological Crisis," with Victor Wallis, Joel Kovel, John Bellamy Foster, and Robin Anderson at the 1995 Socialist Scholars Conference, Beyond the Fragments: Building a Viable Left. City University of New York CUNY - Borough of Manhattan Community College (April 7-9). 1994
"Can We Live with Growth," a plenary with Barbara Ehrenreich, Robin Hahnel, and Ellen Frank. Presented at the Union of Radical Political Economists Summer Conference, Camp Awosting (August 22).
1992
"Socialist Ecology and the Crisis of Capitalism," Marxism in the New World Order: Crisis and Possibilities. Sponsored by Rethinking Marxism and the Association for Economic and Social Analysis, University of Massachusetts -Amherst (November 12-14).
1991
"Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis of Central America." Conference to Counter the Combat Culture: The Environmental, Health and Psychological Consequences of War. Sponsored by the Brecht Forum, New York, NY. (May 3-5).
1991
"Environment Under Fire: U.S. Policy and Environment in Central America." Presented at Poison and Politics: Environment and Human Rights in Central America. Michigan Interfaith Committee on Central American Human Rights, University of MichiganDearborn (April 13).
1991
“Capitalism, Socialism and the Crisis of Nature: A Discussion of the Plenary," Panel Coordinator and Participant in After the Flood: The World Transformed. Socialist Scholars Conference, City University of New York (April 5-7).
1991
"What Constitutes a Revolutionary Ecology: Political Alliances and Strategies." Latin -13-
American Studies Association XVI International Congress, Washington, D.C. (April 4-6). 1990
"The Economic and Ecological Crisis of American Capitalism." Allied Social Science Associations, Washington, D.C. (December 28-30).
1990
"The Struggle for Nature: The Economic and Ecological Crisis of U.S. Capitalism." The Crisis in Europe and the Future of Socialism. Socialist Scholars Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (September 28-October 1).
1990
"The Social and Environmental Crisis North and South." The Crisis in Europe and the Future of Socialism. Socialist Scholars Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (September 28-October 1).
1998
"The Environmental Crisis and Crisis of Environmentalism in Central America." Latin American Scholars Association (LASA) XIV International Conference, New Orleans (March 17-19).
1990
"Ecowar in El Salvador." Countries Often Overlooked Global Education Conference. Albert Schweitzer International Center, Framingham State College (April 25).
1990
"The Crisis of Environmental in the United States," and "Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis of Central America." Socialist Scholars Conference. Sponsored by the City University of New York, Ph.D. Program in Sociology, New York (April 7-8).
1990
"The Contradictions of the Environmental and Labor Movements," Working Conference on Environment and Society. Board of Studies in Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz (February 9-10)
1990 "Planning and Resource Management in Central America: Why Central America is Important to the Pacific Rim," International Planning and the Pacific Rim: A Conference of the International Planners Association. San Jose, CA. (September 14). 1989
"The Crisis of Environmental Sociology," American Sociological Association Conference. San Francisco, CA. (August 22).
1989
"The Historical Roots of Ecological Destruction in Central America," Solving Environmental Problems: The Past as Prologue to the Present. American Society on Environmental History and Northwest Association on Environmental Studies. Evergreen State College, WA. (April 27-30).
1988
"State and Society in Latin American Environmental Policy," Latin American Studies Association XIV International Congress. New Orleans (March 17-19).
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1987
"Economic Crisis and the International Externalization of Social Costs," International Green Movements and the Prospects for a New Environmental and Industrial Politics in the U.S. Urban Planning Department, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles (March 14).
1987
"Ecodevelopment and the Third World Debt Crisis," Ecofeminist Perspectives on Culture, Nature, and Theory. Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, University of Southern California (March 14).
1983
"Political Economy and the Environment of Appalachia: The Case of Yellow Creek," Rural Sociological Society Conference, Lexington, KY. (August 23).
PUBLIC LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS 2012
“The Politics of Environmental Injustice in Massachusetts,” New Bedford and Fall River, April 24th.
2012
“Barack Obama, Environmental Justice, and the Polluter-Industrial Complex,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (April 10)
2012 “The Corporate Food Regime: Slow Food Challenges and Opportunities,” with Chris Bosso and Jennifer Cole, Slow Food NU, Northeastern University, Boston (March 27). 2009
Solutions to the Toxics Crisis in America: Green Chemistry and Clean Production, with Ken Geiser, Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Martin Wolf, Seventh Generation; Daniel Faber, Northeastern; and John Warner, Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry. Northeastern University, Boston (October 22).
2009
“Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization,” Encuentro 5, Chinatown, Boston (March 5).
2008
“The Color of Green Politics: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Massachusetts,” Center for Sustainability, Bridgewater State College (October 22).
2008
“Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Massachusetts,” with Eugene Benson, for the Environmental Justice Task Force, Jewish Alliance of Law and Social Action, Boston, MA (September 13).
2007
“Environmental Injustice: Causes and Solutions,” with Eugene Benson and Donna Wysokenski, Forming Opportunities for Collaboration, Understanding, and Service (FOCUS), Northeastern University, Boston (November 15).
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2006
“Climate Justice and the Current State of the Environmental Movement,” Harvard Environmental Action Committee, 203 Sever Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge (November 20).
2006
“Blocked Solutions to Global Climate Change: Who Killed the Electric Car?”H.E.A.T. and Students for Environmental Action, 20 West Village F, Northeastern University (November 16).
2006
“Green of Another Color: Addressing Issues of Diversity in Foundations and Community-Based Organizations,” Diversity Matters: Catalysts for Environmental and Social Change, New England Aquarium, Boston (October 31, 2006).
2006
"The Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology: An Environmental Justice Perspective," with David Ropeik, Harvard School of Public Health; Paul Richard, Director, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Office of Technical Assistance; Tom Hubbard, Mass Tech Collaborative; and Evan Michelson, Foresight and Governance Project, Woodrow Wilson Center, presented at the Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing, 4th Annual New England Int'l Nanomanufacturing Workshop, Northeastern University, June 27-28.
2006
“Policy Prescriptions to Address Environmental Injustices in Massachusetts,”United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New England, Boston, MA (May 11).
2006
“A Biodefense Lab in the South End/Roxbury?: What We Can Learn From Hurricane Katrina and the Environmental Justice Movement,” with Chuck Turner, Lee Breckenridge, Julian Agyeman, and Gene Benson, Northeastern University Environmental Law Forum, Boston, MA (April 27).
2006
Environmental Injustices in Roxbury, Mattapan, and Dorchester: A Safer Alternatives Solution,” Massachusetts Council of Churches, Wesley United Methodist Church, Dorchester, MA (March 9).
2005 “Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Implications for Environmental Law in Massachusetts,” with Senator Jarrett T. Barrios, Boston Bar Association, Boston, December 20. 2004
“Forum on Environmental Justice Legislation: SB2418,” a Legislative Briefing. Sponsored by Representative David Sullivan, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (July 14).
2003
“Public-Private Partnerships: Methods for Collaboration and Outreach,” plenary session of the Annual Grantee Meeting of the Environmental Justice and Community-Based Participatory Research Programs," National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NHIES), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (July 17-18). -16-
2003 “Economic Liberalization, Globalization, and Environmental Problems in Latin America,” Special Seminar on Neo-Liberalism and Environmental Policy in Latin America with Stephen Mumme and Eric Dannenmaier, Department of Political Science, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (February 24 ). 2002
“Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Harriet Hardy Institute, Sloan School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (December 10).
2002 “The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow: Health Dangers to Children Posed by Household Chemicals,” Leading the Way To A Healthy Tomorrow, with Peter Wild, Eric Hooper, Brent Baeslack, and Stephen Savrann, sponsored by the League of Women Voters & National Council of Jewish Women, Sharon, MA, Community Center (May 28). 2002 “Solving Environmental Injustices in Massachusetts: Forging Greater Community Participation in the Planning Process,” Political Economic Research Institute (PERI), Program on Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.(April 12). 2002
Chairperson, “Learning from Late Lessons: Creating a Healthy Tomorrow,” with Poul Harremoes, European Environmental Agency, sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow at the Northeastern University Law School (April 9).
2002 “Solving Environmental Injustices in Massachusetts: Forging Greater Community Participation in the Planning Process,” Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Program on Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, April 12. 2001
Chair, “Reaching Out for a Healthy Tomorrow: Learning How to Talk About the Campaign for Precautionary Action in Massachusetts,” A Statewide Training for Environmental Professionals, sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, Natick High School, November 3.
2001
“Globalization and Environmental Justice: Bringing About Sustainable Development,” Seminar for the Center for Industrial Competitiveness, U-Mass Lowell, November 19.
2001
“Genetic Engineering and the Environmental Crisis: New Challenges for the Environmental Movement,” Opening Plenary, Second Annual Boston Area Campus Environmental Leadership Summit, Brandeis University, November 9.
2001
Chair and Opening Remarks, Reaching Out for a Healthy Tomorrow: Campaign for the Precautionary Principle, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, Natick, MA, November 3.
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2001 “Environmental Injustices in the Mystic River Watershed of Massachusetts,” Mystic River Watershed Association Annual Meeting, Somerville, MA, October 23. 2001
“Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonweath of Massachusetts," State Department of Public Health, Boston, MA, March 12.
2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Jewish Community Regional Council, Boston, MA. March 12.
2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," United States Environmental Protection Agency, New England, Boston, MA, March 12.
2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA, March 14.
2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, March 15.
2001
“Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” at Environmental [In]Justice: An Evening of Discussion, a collaboration of the Environmental Law Forum, Black Law Students Association, & Latino/a Law Students Association, Northeastern University Law School, March 8.
2001
"Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, Tufts University, February 13th.
2001
"Challenges Confronting the U.S. Environmental Justice Movement in the New Millennium," Injustice in the Environmental & Labor Sector, A Conference Sponsored by the International Students Association, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, March 3.
1999
“Uncovering the Links Between Social and Environmental Justice.” Earthsave International, Spontaneous Celebrations Cultural Center in Jamaica Plain, MA (April 11).
1992 “Ethical Dilemmas in Right-Sizing in Higher Education," with Michael Dukakis, Moderator. Goldberg Center for Managing Values in Business & Society, Northeastern University (November).
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1992
"Deforestation and War," with Daniel Faber. The Environmental and Solidarity Movements Join Hands for Central America: Don't Bungle the Jungle" Jamaica Plain, MA. (June 10).
1990
"The Middle East Crisis: Looking at Gulf Issues and Their Effects at Home and Abroad," with Dessima Williams, Michael Albert, Rev. Ellis-Hagler, and Daniel Faber. Arab Cultural Club & International Student Forum, Northeastern University (November 29).
1990
“Environment Under Fire: Ecology and Politics in Central America," -- A National Speaking Tour of Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Wollongong, Canberra, Newcastle) by Daniel Faber. CISLAC (Committee in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean), in association with the Centre for Environmental Studies, Adelaide University (September 1 - October 2).
1990 "The Struggle for Nature: The Environmental Crisis and Crisis of Environmentalism in the United States," Tellus Institute for Resource and Environmental Strategies, Boston, MA. (August 8). 1990
“Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases in Developing Countries: A Critique of Carlos Morel," with Daniel Faber, Lynn Stephen, and Leslie Armijo. Sponsored by the Lowell Lectureships on Biotechnology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. (May 15).
1990
"Central America: The Struggle for Ecological Justice," with Antonio Elisas Banas Valle, Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Northeastern University, the Coolidge Center for Environmental Leadership, CASA, and New El Salvador Today, Cambridge, MA. (March 25th).
1990
"The Nicaraguan Elections: Prospects for Democracy?" with Martin Diskin, Daniel Faber, Neil Larsen and Lynn Stephen. Peace and Conflict Studies Development Project; Center for International Politics and Administration; and the Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies Group, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. (April 23).
1990 "Environment Under Fire: Politics in Central America," Interdisciplinary Group for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. (March 8). 1989
“Environmental Crises and the Crisis of Environmentalism in the United States," Department of Conservation and Natural Resource Studies, University of California at Berkeley, Berkely, CA. (September 12).
1989
"The Global Environmental Crisis," with Daniel Faber and Carl Boggs, Thematic Option Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. (September 12).
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1989
"Whose Ecology: The Deep, Feminist, or Socialist," Elmwood Institute, San Francisco, CA. (May 24).
1989
"U.S. Policy and the Environmental Crisis in El Salvador," with Morris Blackman, Daniel Faber, and James Stephens. A U.S. Congressional Seminar, sponsored by Representatives C. Schneider, G. Brown, and G. Miller, and the Environmental Policy Institute and EPOCA. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. (May 23).
1989
"Socialist Ecology: A Workshop on the Politicization of Theory," with Michael Goldman and Barbara Laurence, Solving Environmental Problems: The Past as Prologue to the Present, American Society for Environmental Studies, Evergreen State College, Tacoma, WA.(April 27-30).
1989
"The Environmental Project On Central America," and "A Sociological Look at the Environment," Central America: Thoughts Behind the Issues, SISCAP and Lewis and Clarke College, Portland, OR. (January 24-26).
1988
"Roots of Environmental Destruction, Poverty, and Social Injustice in Central America," The Environmental Crisis and Human Health: A Working Conference on Central America, Boards of Sociology, Environmental Studies, and Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. (June 4).
1988 "Environment Under Fire: Politics and Ecology in Central America," College Eight, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. (January 20). LECTURES, SYMPOSIUMS, AND CONFERENCES: ORGANIZER 2004
“Environmental Threats and Injustices in Salem,” Environmental Justice Forum, Salem Alliance for the Environment, June 7.
2003
“Pesticides, Politics, and Policy: The Quest for Environmental Justice,” with Veronica Eady, Tina Clarke, and Edward Rodman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Boston: Northeastern Univeristy, Wed., November 19.
2001
“Toxics Action 2001 Conference,” Department of Sociology and the Toxics Action Center, Boston: Northeastern University, March 10th.
2000
Putting Precaution into Practice Conference, The Massachusetts Precautionary Principle Project, Northeastern University Law School, Boston, MA., December 2.
2000
“Toxics Action 2000 Conference,” Department of Sociology and the Toxics Action Center, Boston: Northeastern University, April 8-9. -20-
2000 “Biodevastation 2000: The Fourth International Grassroots Gathering on Genetic Engineering,” Women’s Studies Program and the Sociology Club, Boston: Northeastern University, March 24-26. 1991
"Capitalism, Socialism and the Crisis of Nature," a major plenary with James O'Connor, Vicente Navarro, Barry Commoner, Robert Bullard, and Mary Mellor. After the Flood: The World Transformed. Sponsored by the Socialist Scholars Conference, City University of New York, New York, NY. (April 6).
1990
"The Politics of Socialist Ecology," Panel No.99., and "The Politics of Labor and Environmentalism," Panel No.16., Capitalism, Nature, Socialism (CNS), and New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. Sponsored by the Socialist Scholars Conference, City University of New York, New York, NY. (April 7-8).
1988
The Environmental Crisis and Human Health: A Working Conference on Central America. Boards of Sociology, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies, and Politics. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Ca. (June 4).
1988
"Environmentalism and the 1988 Elections," with Dr. Barry Commoner. Departments of Sociology and Environmental Studies, and the Environmental Project On Central America, Earth Island Institute. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. (May 18).
1987
Primera Conferencia Centroamericana de Accion Ambiental. La Associacion de Biologos y Ecologos de Nicaragua (ABEN) and the Environmental Project On Central America (EPOCA), Managua, Nicaragua (May 13-16).
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE 2009-present Board Member and Governing Committee Member of the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Alliance. 2004-present Board Member and Governing Committee Member of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), a coalition of over 160 organizations representing health professionals, and environmentalists, and labor unions working to implement a precautionary and preventive approach to environmental policy in Massachusetts. 2002-2006
Human Health and the Environment Advisory Committee, Unrestricted General Grants Program Massachusetts Environmental Trust, Boston, MA.
2002-2003
Nominating Committee, The Heinz Awards. The Heinz Family Foundation, -21-
Pittsburgh, PA. December. My nominee – Peggy Shepard – was the recipient of the 2003 $250,000 Heinz Award for the Environment. 1991-present Advisory Board Member, Center for Political Ecology, Santa Cruz, C.A.. 1999-2003
Research Associate, Environmental Task Force, Nicaragua Network Education Fund, Washington, D.C., February 29.
1999-2003
Advisory Board Member, Action for Community & Ecology in the Rainforests of Central America (ACERCA), Burlington, VT., February 15.
1994-1997
Advisory Board Member, Center for Ecology and Social Justice, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Washington, D.C., January 8, 1990 - May 20.
1991-1997
Member of the Distinguished Speaker's Bureau, Center for Global Education, Crocker Hall, Room 205, Framingham State College.
1990-1997
Member Lecturer, Albert Schweitzer International Center, Framingham State College.
1984-1990
Co-founder and Research Associate, Environmental Project On Central America (EPOCA), Earth Island Institute, San Francisco.
SELECTED LIST OF REVIEWS of PROFESSOR FABER’S PUBLISHED WORK 2010
Marci Gerulis-Darcy, “Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization,” Environmental Justice 3, no.1 (March 2010): 3739.
2009
Eric Krieg, “Global Capitalism, the Ecological Crisis, and the Quest for Environmental Justice,” a review of Faber, Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.20, no.3 (September): 113-115.
2007
Sandra Meucci, “Book Reviews,” a review of Faber and McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements in Critical Sociology, Vol.33, No.3: 589-607.
2007
Richard Magat, “Book Review,” a review of Faber and McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol.36: 353-355. -22-
2007
John H. Stanfield, II., Book Reviews,” a review of Faber and McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements in Contemporary Sociology, Vol.36, No.3: 293-94.
2006
Michael Goldman, “Philanthropy and Activism,” a review of Faber and McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.17, No.3 (September 2006): 114-116.
2002
US Environmental Protection Agency, “Northeastern University professor Daniel Faber has made a career of exposing environmental injustices,” EJ News: A newsletter from the EPA New England Environmental Justice Council, Region I. (March): 7-8.
1999
Roger Gottlieb, “Environment: Earth-Care: a review of The Struggle for Ecological Democracy by Daniel Faber and Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism by Sharon Beder,” in The Boston Book Review (January), pp.9-10.
1999
Graham Smith, “The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States,” Environmental Politics, vol.8, No.3 (Autumn): 186-87.
1994
Lois Ann Lorentzen, "War Against Nature: A review of Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, by Daniel Faber," The Ecologist, Vol.24, No.6 (November/December): 235.
1993
Kim Lowther, "Minorities and the Third World: A review of Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, by Daniel Faber," in The Workbook, Vol.18, No.3 (Fall): 126.
1993
Steven Cable, A review of Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, by Daniel Faber, in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (October: 587).
1992
A review of Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, by Daniel Faber, in The Easter Bookwatch (April): 1.
1991
Graham Lamond, "Central America: U.S. Policies Cause Ecocide," Venceremos (Australia), (Autumn): 18-19.
1991
Ariel Salleh and Martin O'Connor, "Eco-Socialism/Eco-Feminism: Discussion," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Vol.2, No.1, Issue 6, (February): 129-140.
1990
Jean-Guy Vailancourt, "Vers Un Mouvement Ecologiste Socialiste," Contretemps: Ecologie Science Societe, N.20, Printemos: 28-29.
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1990
Alexander Cockburn, "Beat the Devil: Greens, Gas and Capital," The Nation, (February 26): 262-63.
1989
Alexander Cockburn, "Beat the Devil: Against Orientalism," The Nation, (June 26): 87475.
1989
Charles Noble and John Wooding, "The Struggle for Nature: Replies (Part I)," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. No.3, (November): 163-178.
1989
Lori Ann Thrupp, "The Struggle for Nature: Replies (Part II)," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism.No.3, November.
Author Responses to Reviews: 1991
Daniel Faber and James O'Connor, "Eco-Socialism/Eco-Feminism: Discussion," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. Vol.2, No.1, Issue 6, (February): 129-140.
1989
Daniel Faber and James O'Connor, "The Struggle for Nature: Rejoinder," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. No.3, (November): 163-78.
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