Mapping at the margins: Environmental justice & racial equity in higher education

DelMastro-Jeffery, Nicole Marie

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Title

Mapping at the margins: Environmental justice & racial equity in higher education

Author(s)

DelMastro-Jeffery, Nicole Marie

Issue Date

2024-11-25

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Lindgren, Samantha

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Lindgren, Samantha

Committee Member(s)

• Pak , Yoon
• Baber , Lorenzo
• Moton III , Theopolies

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ed.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

environmental justice, racial equity, ecology, student wellbeing, public health

Abstract

The environmental justice movement has existed since the 1980s as a response to discriminatory practices including toxic dumping and land use decisions predominantly impacting communities of color. Empirical evidence shows that proximity to environmental toxins is likely to impair mental and physical health. Scholarship indicates that college students from under-resourced communities are less likely to fare well in college but have yet to include environmental injustice in the analysis of student wellbeing. Yet the fight for environmental and racial justice are inextricably linked. This research focused on the relationship between access to quality basic needs and proximity to racially marginalized college students from the five highest-sending counties to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This study centered basic needs as important components of self-actualization, public health, and thus student wellbeing. Intersectional issues related to increasing climate, racial, and social injustices were explored within the context of capitalism’s role in environmental health amid the increasing graduation rates of racially minoritized collegians with business degrees.

Graduation Semester

2024-12

Type of Resource

Thesis

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127198

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Copyright 2024 Nicole DelMastro-Jeffery

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