Dorceta Taylor

Dorceta E. Taylor is an American environmental sociologist known for her work on both environmental justice and racism in the environmental movement. She is the senior associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Yale School of the Environment, as well as a professor of environmental justice. Prior to this, she was the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Michigan's School of Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), where she also served as the James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice. Taylor's research has ranged over environmental history, environmental justice, environmental policy, leisure and recreation, gender and development, urban affairs, race relations, collective action and social movements, green jobs, diversity in the environmental field, food insecurity, and urban agriculture.

A scholar of environmental justice, Taylor's work has garnered numerous awards. Her 2009 book, ''The Environment and the People in American Cities: 1600s-1900s'', was the first history of environmental injustice in America. Her 2014 book ''Toxic Communities'' has been hailed as a "standard-bearer" for environmental justice scholarship. Her book, ''The Rise of the American Conservation Movement'' is a "sweeping social history" that challenges narrative of environmental history and inspires readers to "reconsider nearly everything". Provided by Wikipedia