Environmental Justice

Next up: Spring 2026

Under review as a lower-division course (COMM 65) counting towards the Jane Teranes Climate Change Requirement.

Photo by Robert Bullard

In this class, students examine how people disproportionately impacted by environmental harms mobilize across social groups including race and immigration status for environmental justice where they live, work and play. Drawing on social movements, scientific studies and legal cases, we will explore theories and practices of environmentalism, climate change and justice.