Research

Urban Green Infrastructure: Guiding Municipalities and Exploring Implications for Justice. Unpublished manuscript.

Taylor, D. E. (2023). Prisons, jails, and the environment: Why environmentalists should care about mass incarceration. American Behavioral Scientist, 68(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764222114220

Taylor, D. E. (2014). Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility. New York University Press. https://nyupress.org/9781479861781/toxic-communities/

Lashley, S., & Taylor, D. E. (2010). Why can’t they work together? A framework for understanding conflict and collaboration in two environmental disputes in Southeast Michigan. In D. E. Taylor (Ed.), Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (Vol. 18, pp. 409–449). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000018016

Taylor, D. (2018). The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations, and Government Agencies. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.34512.40962

Taylor, D. E., Paul, S., & McCoy, E. (2019). Diversity, equity, and inclusion and the salience of publicly disclosing demographic data in American environmental nonprofits. Sustainability, 11, 5491. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195491

Taylor, D., Price, K., & McCoy, E. (2018). Diversity Pathways: Broadening Participation in Environmental Organizations. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19473.68963/1

Taylor, D. (2014). Environmental Organizations in the Great Lakes Region: An Assessment of Institutional Diversity. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.29479.24487

Taylor, D. (2018). Enhancing racial diversity in the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-018-0518-1

Taylor, D. E. (2015). Gender and racial diversity in environmental organizations: Uneven accomplishments and cause for concern. Environmental Justice, 8(5), 165–180. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2015.0018

Taylor, D. E. (2011). Racial and gender differences in job mobility and wages of employees in environmental organizations. Environmental Practice, 13(4), 370–385. https://doi.org/10.1017/S146604661100038X

Taylor, D. E. (2011). Green jobs and the potential to diversify the environmental workforce. Utah Environmental Law Review, 31(1). https://epubs.utah.edu/index.php/jlrel/article/view/467

Taylor, D. (2018). Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Reporting and Transparency. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24588.00649

Taylor, D. E. (2007). Diversity and the environment: Myth-making and the status of minorities in the field. In R. C. Wilkinson & W. R. Freudenburg (Eds.), Equity and the Environment (Vol. 15, pp. 89–147). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-1152(07)15003-1

Taylor, D. E., & Blondell, M. (2023). Examining Disparities in Environmental Grantmaking: Where the Money Goes. Yale School of the Environment. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10106.36801

Publications in Progress

Chitewere, T., & Taylor, D. E. (2010). Sustainable living and community building in Ecovillage at Ithaca: The challenges of incorporating social justice concerns into the practices of an ecological cohousing community. In D. E. Taylor (Ed.), Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (Vol. 18, pp. 141–176). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000018007

Taylor, D. E., Allison, K., Hamilton, T., & Bell, A. (2023). Race, socioeconomic status, and food access in two predominantly White cities: The case of Lansing, East Lansing, and surrounding townships in Michigan. Sustainability, 15(20), 15065. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015065

Rybarczyk, G., Taylor, D., Brines, S., & Wetzel, R. (2020). A geospatial analysis of access to ethnic food retailers in two Michigan cities: Investigating the importance of outlet type within active travel neighborhoods. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010166

Taylor, D. E. (2018). Black farmers in the USA and Michigan: Longevity, empowerment, and food sovereignty. Journal of African American Studies, 22(1), 49–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-018-9394-8

Burdine, J. D., & Taylor, D. E. (2018). Neighbourhood characteristics and urban gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area: Staffing and voluntarism, food production, infrastructure, and sustainability practices. Local Environment, 23(2), 198–219. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2017.1397614

Taylor, D. E., & Ard, K. J. (2015). Food availability and the food desert frame in Detroit: An overview of the city’s food system. Environmental Practice, 17(2), 102–133. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1466046614000544

Ahn, S., Johnson, K., Lutton, M., Otudor, I., Pino, J., & Yu, C. (2014). Examining Disparities in Food Access and Enhancing the Food Security of Undeserved Populations in Michigan. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/106558

Taylor, D. E., Lusuegro, A., Loong, V., et al. (2022). Racial, gender, and age dynamics in Michigan’s urban and rural farmers markets: Reducing food insecurity and the impacts of a pandemic. American Behavioral Scientist, 66(7), 894–936. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642211013387

Taylor, D. E., Wright, T’Y., Ortiz, I., Surdoval, A., McCoy, E., & Daupan, S. (2022). Rising food insecurity and the impacts of the COVID pandemic on emergency food assistance in Michigan. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.113.008

Taylor, D. E., Bell, A., & Saherwala, A. (2022). Understanding food access in Flint: An analysis of racial and socioeconomic disparities. American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221142201

Taylor, D. E., Farias, L. M., Kahan, L. M., et al. (2022). Understanding the challenges faced by Michigan’s family farmers: Race/ethnicity and the impacts of a pandemic. Agriculture and Human Values, 39(3), 1077–1096. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10305-6

Publications in Progress

Taylor, D. E. (2010). Equity, influence, and access: Central Park’s role in historical and contemporary urban park financing. In D. E. Taylor (Ed.), Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (Vol. 18, pp. 29–73). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000018004

Taylor, D. E. (2018). Racial and ethnic differences in students’ readiness, identity, perceptions of institutional diversity, and desire to join the environmental workforce. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 8(2), 152–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-017-0447-4

Taylor, D. (2007). Employment preferences and salary expectations of students in science and engineering. BioScience, 57(2), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1641/B570212

Taylor, D. E. (2007). Diversity and equity in environmental organizations: The salience of these factors to students. The Journal of Environmental Education, 39(1), 19–44. https://doi.org/10.3200/JOEE.39.1.19-44

Taylor, D. E. (2018). Racial and ethnic differences in connectedness to nature and landscape preferences among college students. Environmental Justice, 11(3), 118–136. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2017.0040

Taylor, D. E. (2019). College students and nature: Differing thoughts of fear, danger, disconnection, and loathing. Environmental Management, 64(1), 79–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01172-9

Taylor, D. E. (2016). The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373971

Taylor, D. E. (2009). The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s–1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change. Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822392248

Taylor, D. E. (2002). Race, Class, Gender, and American Environmentalism. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-534

Taylor, D. E. (2000). The rise of the environmental justice paradigm. American Behavioral Scientist, 43(4), 508–580. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764200043004003

Taylor, D. E. (2011). Introduction: The evolution of environmental justice activism, research, and scholarship. Environmental Practice, 13(4), 280–301. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1466046611000329

Freeman, S., & Taylor, D. E. (2010). Heritage tourism: A mechanism to facilitate the preservation of Black family farms. In D. E. Taylor (Ed.), Environment and Social Justice: An International Perspective (Vol. 18, pp. 261–285). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2010)0000018011

Publications In Progress