Laura Pulido

Laura Pulido is a Professor at the University of Oregon in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography. With a Ph.D. in Urban Planning (1991) from UCLA and prior degrees in Geography (1985, 1987), her work bridges Critical Human Geography and Chicana/o Studies.

• Education:
  • B.A., Geography, California State University, Fresno (1985)
  • M.S., Geography, University of Wisconsin (1987)
  • Ph.D., Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles (1991)

Her research analyzes how racial inequality is actively produced through environmental justice, cultural memory, and white supremacy. Recently, she has focused on the intersection of climate denialism and white nationalism in the Trump era, as well as settler colonialism in U.S. territorial memory.

Key publication trends include:

• Racial capitalism's role in environmental injustice
• Decolonial approaches to landscape studies
• Latino/x political identity and far-right movements
• Denialist narratives in climate policy
• Monument politics and historical erasure
• Scholar-activism in policy reform

Scientific awards:

• Globe Book Award (2013)
• Southern California Independent Booksellers Nonfiction Prize (2012)
• Meridian Book Award (2007)
• Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award (2007)
• Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award (2006)