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Dorceta Taylor is the Wangari Maathai Professor of Environmental Sociology at the Yale School for the Environment (YSE) and holds a joint appointment with the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. She previously served as the James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Chair and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) for 27 years. Taylor’s expertise spans environmental justice, conservation, urbanization, and policy, with a focus on equity, race, and power dynamics.
Education: Taylor earned a PhD and master’s degrees from Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Sociology Department (1991, 1988, 1985). Her research critically examines historical and contemporary environmental inequalities, including her influential books The Rise of the American Conservation Movement (2016) and Toxic Communities (2014), which reshaped conversations about racial and class disparities in environmental policy and activism.
Research Interests: Taylor’s work bridges environmental sociology with social justice, exploring how systemic racism, classism, and gender discrimination shape conservation efforts and pollution exposure. Her landmark diversity reports (2014) exposed inequities in environmental institutions, prompting reforms in organizations like the Sierra Club and National Audubon Society.
Awards: Recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Award for Mentoring (2015), the Frederick B. Buttel Award (2020), and the Smithsonian Institution honor (2019). Her 2010 book The Environment and the People in American Cities won the Allan Schnaiberg Award for Outstanding Publication.
Advising & Grants: Accepts doctoral students and leads initiatives like the Yale Conservation Scholars Program. Her grants focus on environmental justice, pandemic impacts on food systems, and diversity in environmental leadership. She co-founded the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative at YSE.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Environmental Fellows Program and the Yale Conservation Scholars – Early Leadership Initiative, fostering the next generation of environmental justice leaders.
