Robert D. Bullard most recent appointment prior to accepting the position as Dean of the Barbara Jordan Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs served as the Edmund Asa Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University, his M.A. in Sociology from Atlanta University, and a B.A. in Political Science (Government) from Alabama A&M University.
Professor Bullard is the author of sixteen books that address sustainable development, environmental racism, urban land use, industrial facility siting, community reinvestment, housing, transportation, climate justice, emergency response, smart growth, and regional equity. He has been described as the father of environmental justice. Professor Bullard was featured in the July 2007 CNN People You Should Know,Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White. In 2008, Newsweek named him one of thirteen Environmental Leaders of the Century. His book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality (Westview Press, 2000), is a standard text in the environmental justice field.
His most recent books include Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World (MIT Press, 2003), Highway Robbery: Transportation Racism and New Routes to Equity (South End Press, 2004), The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution (Sierra Club Books, 2005), Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity (MIT Press, 2007), and The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century: Race, Power, and the Politics of Place (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007). Professor Bullard is co-author of In the Wake of the Storm: Environment, Disaster and Race After Katrina (Russell Sage Foundation, 2006) andToxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: 1987-2007 (United Church of Christ Witness & Justice Ministries, 2007). His latest books are Race, Place and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast (Westview Press, 2009) and Environmental Health and Racial Equity in the United States (American Public Health Association Press, forthcoming April 2011). Dr. Bullard is returning to TSU having taught at Texas Southern University from 1976 to 1987.
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