Daniel Faber

Daniel Faber is a Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative. His research is focused in the areas of political economy and economic crisis theory, environmental sociology and policy, social movements, classical and contemporary social theory, environmental justice, philanthropy, Central America and underdevelopment, ecological unequal exchange and trade policy, and corporate-led globalization. He co-founded and worked as Research Director for the Environmental Project On Central America (EPOCA), Earth Island Institute (1984-90), and has published numerous works on the political ecology of Central America . He is the author of Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America, recognized by Choice Magazine as an “1993 Outstanding Academic Book of the Year on Latin America.” He also has produced the co-edited collection The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States, as well as Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements. Dr. Faber has also produced a number of major research reports relating to environmental justice, including Green of Another Color: Building Effective Partnerships Between Foundations and the Environmental Justice Movement, which makes a series of recommendations for improving relations between the foundation community and the U.S. environmental justice movement, and Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards 2005: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dr. Faber’s new book, Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization, includes an assessment of the Bush administration’s environmental justice record. Dr. Faber is a board member of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT), a coalition of scientists, health professionals, environmental advocates, and labor unions working for a precautionary approach to environmental policy in Massachusetts. In 2006, Dr. Faber received the “Champion for Justice Award,” granted by the AHT, as well as the “Friend of the Earth and Environmental Justice Award” from Salem State College and HealthLink for his “path-breaking leadership and work in Environmental Justice in Massachusetts and beyond.” Dr. Faber is currently working on a new report on climate justice and globalization.