Perspectives and discourses on Environmental Justice Free research papers from the journal Environmental Justice through November 5, 2019 The journal Environmental Justice (jEJ) is one of the most relevant pioneers in the field of Environmental Justice Research. The peer-review journal is published
bimonthly, covering the impacts and environmental burdens that affect marginalized populations all over the world. Interdisciplinary repports on communities,
industry, academia, government, and nonprofit organizations are considered in its editions including human health and the environment, natural science, technology,
land use and urban planning, public and environmental policy, environmental history, legal history as it pertains to environmental justice, environmental sociology,
anthropology of environmental, health disparities, and grassroots activities. The jEJ is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Sylvia Hood Washington, PhD, MSE, MPH, and senior Editor Kenneth Olden, PhD, ScD, LHD, among others. For the period of until 05 November 2019, the jEJ gives free online access to the following research pubications. Articles 1. Elizabeth A. Frye, Drew Capone, and Dabney P. Evans: Open Defecation in the United States: Perspectives from the Streets The abstract of the article reads as follows: Open defecation (OD) by people experiencing homelessness is common in many U.S. cities. Without sanitation when and where it is needed, the human right to sanitation for people experiencing homelessness has not been realized and concerns about the risks of infectious disease transmission are valid. To address the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness, Street Medicine clinicians provide health care services directly to patients living on the streets and in temporary housing. The experience of Street Medicine physicians has yielded significant insight into how and why people experiencing homelessness resort to OD; the lack of public resources, perceptions about public toilets, feelings of being unwelcome at service centers, concerns about safety, and physical and mental illness—including addiction—are all factors that contribute to OD. Additional public toilets are necessary, would minimize OD, and will alleviate overuse where existing facilities are scarce. However, public toilets alone are insufficient to end OD in the United States. Permanent supportive housing through initiatives such as Housing First provide the best path toward realizing the human right to sanitation and housing for people experiencing homelessness and ending OD in the United States. For downloading the pdf file, please click here. 2. Stentor Danielson: Assessing Discourses of Environmental Justice in the University Classroom The abstract of the article reads as follows: Teaching environmental justice (EJ) in the university classroom requires an extensive focus on discourses about justice. Students must be familiarized with the various discourses that shape EJ conflicts, and given the tools to analyze these discourses to discern where justice lies. Effective teaching and learning can benefit from assessment of students' own preferred discourses about the topic. This article reports on the results of using Q method—an increasingly popular approach to discourse analysis that straddles the qualitative–quantitative divide—to examine student discourses about EJ in two EJ classes at a predominantly white mid-size public university. I examine both the process of integrating formal discourse analysis into the classroom and the benefits for teaching and learning that it provides. For downloading the pdf file, please click here. Clicking here you can access more information about and articles from the journal. |  Image: © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
