Kim D. Hester-Williams receives award for her book

Congratulations to Dr. Kim Hester-Williams for winning the 2019 Tarla Rai Peterson Book award in Environmental Communication for Racial Ecologies, co-edited by Dr. Leilani Nishime.  Every year the National Communication Association's Environmental Communication Division, recognizes outstanding scholarship, teaching, and professional service.  A recent review of Racial Ecologies in Environmental History praises the collection:

"Racial Ecologies is a needed intervention into environmental studies. . . . Essays in this volume highlight the legacies of colonialism and everyday consequences of capitalism on racialized bodies. . . . This collection is not just about framings and ontologies; it is also about politics and collective action. Social change comes from critical understandings. Essays incorporate environmental studies, environmental justice scholarship, and ethnic and Indigenous studies to understand the important problems facing us in our multiple experiences with the environment."

Following this award, Dr. Hester-Williams was invited to speak at an upcoming symposium on "Racial Ecologies and Cultures of Climate Change", part of a multi-campus University of California Research Initiative.  Congratulations to Kim Hester Williams for her hard work and commitment to this innovative and important project.