LaDawn Haglund

LaDawn Haglund is an Associate Professor of Climate Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Her research focuses on human rights, environmental justice, political economy, and transformative social processes. She has conducted fieldwork in Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, India, and South Africa, supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and Fulbright programs.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, New York University (2005)

Research Interests:

• Environmental Policy and Protections
• Human Rights and Racial/Social Justice
• Urban Water Governance
• Political Economy of Neoliberal Reforms
• Late Modernity and Globalization

Recent Work Trends: Her publications analyze intersections of human rights with environmental governance, particularly in water resource management. She critiques neoliberal frameworks and explores pathways for socially just sustainability policies. Recent work compares megacity water systems and examines judicial rulings' impacts on marginalized communities.

Grants & Funding:

• U.S. National Science Foundation
• J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
• Brazilian Fulbright Commission

Courses Taught:

• Politics of Rights
• Environmental Justice
• Human Rights and Sustainability

She is affiliated with the American Sociological Association and Latin American Studies Association.