Julie Sze Explained

Julie Sze
Workplaces:	University of California, Davis
Alma Mater:	New York University
Thesis Title:	Noxious New York : the racial politics of urban health and environmental justice
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65536984
Thesis Year:	2003

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.^[1]

Education

Sze grew up in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City.^[2] 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.^[3] 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),^[4] for which she won the 2008 John Hope Franklin Prize,^[5] Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis (University of California Press, 2015),^[6] and Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger (University of California Press, 2020).^[7] The latter offers a “primer” on activism for environmental justice.^[8]

Selected publications

• Book: Sze, Julie . Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (Urban and industrial environments) . 2007 . MIT Press . 940869417.
• Book: Sze, Julie . Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis . 2015 . 942228092.
• Book: Sze, Julie . Environmental justice in a moment of danger . 2020 . 978-0-520-30073-6 . University of California Press . 1108786678.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4 August 2017. Julie Sze, Ph.D.. 19 October 2021. UCDavis Cultural Studies. en.
2. Ambriz . Naomi . Correia . David . 2017-04-03 . Conversations in Environmental Justice: An Interview with Julie Sze . Capitalism Nature Socialism . 28 . 2 . 54–63 . 10.1080/10455752.2017.1313877 . 151938996 . 1045-5752.
3. Web site: Julie Sze University of California, Davis - Academia.edu . 2022-05-30 . ucdavis.academia.edu.
4. Reviews for Noxious New York
   • Allen. Barbara L.. 2007. Review of Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice. Technology and Culture. 48. 4. 868–870. 10.1353/tech.2007.0146 . 40061349 . 110129461 . 0040-165X.
   • Maantay. Juliana. 2008-05-01. 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). Urban Affairs Review. en. 43. 5. 733–735. 10.1177/1078087407306413. 153510445 . 1078-0874.
   • Roberts. Samuel. 2008-07-01. 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. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 39. 1. 157–158. 10.1162/jinh.2008.39.1.157. 195826920 . 0022-1953.
   • Homberger. Eric. August 2008. 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. 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. 978 0 262 19554 6.. Journal of American Studies. en. 42. 2. 378–379. 10.1017/S0021875808004970. 1469-5154.
5. Web site: John Hope Franklin Prize ASA. 2021-10-19. www.theasa.net.
6. Reviews for Fantasy Island
   • Web site: Veale. Michael. 2015-01-03. Book review: fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze. 2021-10-19. LSE Review of Books. en.
   • Warren. James. 2017-05-15. [Book Review] Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis by Julie Sze, 2015, University of California Press]. Island Studies Journal. en. 12. 1. 257–258. 1715-2593.
   • Leow. Joanne. 2016-09-01. Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis. English Language Notes. 54. 2. 199–200. 10.1215/00138282-54.2.199. 165189552 . 0013-8282.
   • Henderson. Mark. 2016-09-01. Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis. By Julie Sze. Pacific Affairs. 89. 3. 635–637.
7. Reviews for Environmental Justice
   • Baptiste . April Karen . 2020-12-01 . Julie Sze. Environmental justice in a moment of danger: An important addition to the body of environmental justice . Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences . en . 10 . 4 . 492–493 . 10.1007/s13412-020-00630-9 . 221372912 . 2190-6491.
   • Earhart . Nick . 2021 . Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze (review) . Western American Literature . 56 . 3 . 337–339 . 10.1353/wal.2021.0047 . 246646488 . 1948-7142.
8. Web site: Ciucci . Carolina . 2022-01-28 . 8 Essential Books on Environmental and Climate Justice . 2022-05-25 . BOOK RIOT . en-US.