Koki interviews Laura Pulido, who studies race, environmental justice, and cultural memory. They discuss the intersection of racial and climate denialism, and how these realms of politics, understanding, and identity buttress one another.
Laura Pulido
A qualitative social scientist who works at the intersection of geography and critical ethnic studies, Laura Pulido is the Collins Chair and Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies and Geography at the University of Oregon where she studies race, environmental justice, and cultural memory. Prior to moving to Oregon she taught at the University of Southern California for over 20 years. She has published six books and has received numerous honors, including the Cullum Geographical Medal from the American Geographical Society, the Presidential Achievement Award from the Association of American Geographers, as well as Ford and Guggenheim fellowships.
Through her research and teaching, she explores how race, nation, and class shape places and how places inform racial, economic and environmental processes.
