Tracy Perkins

Scholar, Teacher, Digital Sociologist

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Public speaking

2012

  • Upcoming event: Green museums!

2011

  • New presentation software
  • Advice for working with environmental justice groups
  • Answering the “What can we do about it?” question

Voices from the Valley: Environmental Justice in California's San Joaquin Valley

In Her Own Words: Remembering Teresa De Anda, Pesticides Activist (1959-2014)

Recent Posts

  • Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the Ward Valley Archive
  • Links roundup: Recent book-related writing, speaking and publishing
  • Video: Discussing my book with Laura Pulido
  • New Publication on Salinas Valley Roadside Agricultural Art
  • Quoted in New York Times
  • Today’s the day!
  • Book forum at AAG annual meeting
  • The Ward Valley Nuclear Waste Dump That Never Was
  • ASA presentation: Wikipedia and Black Feminist Thought
  • New photo exhibit – HOUSING!

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and the Ward Valley Archive
  • About
  • Intro. to Sociology field trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Introducing Ruth Martinez
  • Research Overview
  • "Toxic tour" of Baltimore
  • Nora McDowell speaking about women's environmental leadership at the Smithsonian Castle

RSS Voices from the Valley news feed

  • California oil regulators delay health, safety rules again
  • In big first, California’s oil and gas regulatory agency denies all 21 Aera Energy fracking permit applications
  • State denies Valley fracking permits, citing health and climate concerns
  • Valley Edition – July 9, 2021- Vaccine Deserts, Safe Drinking Water, Smoke Pollution
  • Governor Newsom Holds Virtual Discussion with Leading Climate Scientists on State’s Progress Toward Carbon Neutrality
  • ETGSA approves proposed groundwater extraction fee
  • The West is caught in a vicious climate change feedback loop
  • Newsletter: How solar panels on farmland could help California fix its water and power crises
  • You can’t drink oil: 1.8 billion gallons of freshwater were used for fracking and drilling in CA since Fall 2018
  • A California Town Has No Reliable Running Water During A Heat Wave

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