Daniel Faber
Position: Professor of Sociology and
Director of the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collabortive, Northeastern University
Degree(s): Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, December 1989
M.A. in Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1987
B.A. in Sociology, University of Kentucky, 1983
Areas of Research/Interest: Political Economy and Economic Crisis Theory; Environmental Sociology; Globalization; Classical and Contemporary Sociology Theory; Environmental Justice; Social Movements, Sociology of Philanthropy
Selected Publications: Daniel Faber, Environment Under Fire: Imperialism and the Ecological Crisis in Central America (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1993).
Daniel Faber, (ed.), The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States (New York: Guilford Press, 1998).
Daniel Faber and Deborah McCarthy (eds.), Foundations for Social Change: Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).
Daniel Faber, Building a Transnational Environmental Justice Movement: Obstacles and Opportunities in the Age of Globalization, in Joe Bandy and Jackie Smith (eds.), Coalitions Across Borders: Negotiating Difference and Unity in Transnational Struggles Against Neoliberalism (New York: Roman & Littlefield, 2005).
External Affiliations: Elected Board Member and Founding Committee Member, Alliance for a Health Tomorrow (AHT), a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, and environmentalists working to implement a precautionary and preventive approach to environmental policy in Massachusetts (Spring 2001-present)
Board Member of the Center for Political Ecology
Editorial Board Member of Capitalism, Nature, Socialism: A Journal of Socialist Ecology, (Fall 1988-present).
Contributing Reviewer on environmental issues for Environmental Health Perspectives.
An Editor with Latin American Perspectives
Courses Taught Undergraduate:
- Current Social Thought Description | Syllabus
- SOC U228 Social Problems Description | Syllabus
- SOC U246 Environment and Sociology Description | SocU246__class_descr.pdf | SocU246__syllabus_Part_I.pdf | SocU246__syllabus_Part_II.pdf
- SOC U 210 Class, Power, and Social Change Description | Syllabus
- Environmental Justice Politics Description | Syllabus
Courses Taught Graduate:
- Classical Sociological Theory Description | Syllabus
- Contemporary Sociology Theory Description | Syllabus
- Foundations in Sociological Thought Descriptions | Syllabus
- Political Economy of Capitalism Description | Syllabus
- SOC G230 Political Ecology of Global Capitalism Description | SOC_G230_Syllabi.pdf
- Capitalism, Nature, Socialism Description | Syllabus
- M.A. Writing Course Description | Syllabus