Julie Sze

{{short description|American studies professor}}

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| thesis_title = Noxious New York : the racial politics of urban health and environmental justice

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Julie Sze is Professor of American Studies at University of California, Davis. Her research deals with environmental justice, inequality and culture; race, gender and power; and community health and activism.{{cite web|date=4 August 2017|title=Julie Sze, Ph.D.|url=https://culturalstudies.ucdavis.edu/people/julie-sze|access-date=19 October 2021|website=UCDavis Cultural Studies|language=en}}

Education

Sze grew up in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City.{{Cite journal |last1=Ambriz |first1=Naomi |last2=Correia |first2=David |date=2017-04-03 |title=Conversations in Environmental Justice: An Interview with Julie Sze |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2017.1313877 |journal=Capitalism Nature Socialism |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=54–63 |doi=10.1080/10455752.2017.1313877 |s2cid=151938996 |issn=1045-5752}} She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1995. Sze earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Julie Sze {{!}} University of California, Davis - Academia.edu |url=https://ucdavis.academia.edu/JulieSze/CurriculumVitae |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=ucdavis.academia.edu}} She then joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis where she was promoted to professor in 2015.

Career

She is the author of three books: Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (MIT Press, 2007),Reviews for Noxious New York

  • {{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=Barbara L.|date=2007|title=Review of Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40061349|journal=Technology and Culture|volume=48|issue=4|pages=868–870|doi=10.1353/tech.2007.0146 |jstor=40061349 |s2cid=110129461 |issn=0040-165X}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Maantay|first=Juliana|date=2008-05-01|title=Book Review: Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice, by Julie Sze. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. 296 pp. $24.00 (paperback)|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087407306413|journal=Urban Affairs Review|language=en|volume=43|issue=5|pages=733–735|doi=10.1177/1078087407306413|s2cid=153510445 |issn=1078-0874}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Samuel|date=2008-07-01|title=Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice. By Julie Sze (Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 2007) 282 pp. $24.00|url=https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.2008.39.1.157|journal=The Journal of Interdisciplinary History|volume=39|issue=1|pages=157–158|doi=10.1162/jinh.2008.39.1.157|s2cid=195826920 |issn=0022-1953}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Homberger|first=Eric|date=August 2008|title=John Louis Recchiuti, Civic Engagement: Social Science and Progressive-Era Reform in New York City (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, $59.95/£39.00). Pp. 311. {{text|isbn}}978 0 8122 3957 7. - Julie Sze, Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Cambridge, MA and London: The MIT Press, 2007, £38.95). Pp. x+282. {{text|isbn}}978 0 262 19554 6.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/abs/john-louis-recchiuti-civic-engagement-social-science-and-progressiveera-reform-in-new-york-city-philadelphia-university-of-pennsylvania-press-2006-59953900-pp-311-isbn978-0-8122-3957-7-julie-sze-noxious-new-york-the-racial-politics-of-urban-health-and-environmental-justice-cambridge-ma-and-london-the-mit-press-2007-3895-pp-x282-isbn978-0-262-19554-6/993335BABB5799F1100037C1A7F82431|journal=Journal of American Studies|language=en|volume=42|issue=2|pages=378–379|doi=10.1017/S0021875808004970|issn=1469-5154}} for which she won the 2008 John Hope Franklin Prize,{{Cite web|title=John Hope Franklin Prize {{!}} ASA|url=https://www.theasa.net/awards/asa-awards-prizes/john-hope-franklin-prize|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.theasa.net}} Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis (University of California Press, 2015),Reviews for Fantasy Island
  • {{Cite web|last=Veale|first=Michael|date=2015-01-03|title=Book review: fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=LSE Review of Books|language=en}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Warren|first=James|date=2017-05-15|title=[Book Review] Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze, 2015, University of California Press|url=http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/default/files/ISJReviewSzeFantasyIslands.pdf|journal=Island Studies Journal|language=en|volume=12|issue=1|pages=257–258|issn=1715-2593}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Leow|first=Joanne|date=2016-09-01|title=Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis|url=https://doi.org/10.1215/00138282-54.2.199|journal=English Language Notes|volume=54|issue=2|pages=199–200|doi=10.1215/00138282-54.2.199|s2cid=165189552 |issn=0013-8282}}
  • {{Cite journal|last=Henderson|first=Mark|date=2016-09-01|title=Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis. By Julie Sze|url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/paaf/paaf/2016/00000089/00000003/art00015|journal=Pacific Affairs|volume=89|issue=3|pages=635–637}} and Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger (University of California Press, 2020).Reviews for Environmental Justice
  • {{Cite journal |last=Baptiste |first=April Karen |date=2020-12-01 |title=Julie Sze. Environmental justice in a moment of danger: An important addition to the body of environmental justice |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-020-00630-9 |journal=Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=492–493 |doi=10.1007/s13412-020-00630-9 |s2cid=221372912 |issn=2190-6491}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Earhart |first=Nick |date=2021 |title=Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/846752 |journal=Western American Literature |volume=56 |issue=3 |pages=337–339 |doi=10.1353/wal.2021.0047 |s2cid=246646488 |issn=1948-7142}} The latter offers a “primer” on activism for environmental justice.{{Cite web |last=Ciucci |first=Carolina |date=2022-01-28 |title=8 Essential Books on Environmental and Climate Justice |url=https://bookriot.com/climate-justice-books/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=BOOK RIOT |language=en-US}}

Selected publications

  • {{cite book|last=Sze |first=Julie |title=Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Urban and industrial environments) |date=2007 |publisher=MIT Press |oclc=940869417}}
  • {{cite book|last=Sze |first=Julie |title=Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis |date=2015 |oclc=942228092}}
  • {{cite book|last=Sze |first=Julie |title=Environmental justice in a moment of danger |date=2020 |isbn=978-0-520-30073-6 |publisher=University of California Press |oclc=1108786678}}

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