Bhavna Shamasunder teaches and conducts research at the intersection of environmental health & justice with a focus on inequalities in chemical exposures faced by low-income communities and communities of color who live and work in urban and/or industrial environments.
Read our research;
Read our letter to the LA City Council re: Oil and Gas Extraction in Los Angeles and Public Health EvidenceÂ
Read our paper onÂ
Research Interests
Environmental Justice, Environmental Health, Community Engaged Research, Chemical Exposures and Policy, Inequality, Social Movements.Â
Current Research Projects
. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation's Science, Technology, and Society Division.Â
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funded by the . Our co-PI on this project is  and co-investigators are ²¹²Ô»åÌý, George Washington University, School of Public Health. Â
The Environmental Injustice of Beauty
Environmental Justice impacts from oil extraction and new unconventional drilling practices in Los Angeles  (check out the video by the  on the )Ìý
Energy Justice; Environmental Justice Based Approaches to Renewable Energy LandscapesÂ