Office: DERR M-2
Phone: 245-8453
E-mail: clsmith@txstate.edu

I joined the Texas State sociology department in the fall of 2004. I earned a B.A. in history from the University of Texas (1993), an M.A. in history from Northern Arizona University (1995), and a Ph.D. in sociology from Washington State University (2005). My teaching and research interests include environmental sociology, social inequality, political sociology, and methods/statistics. My research centers upon the issue of environmental inequality – that is, the disproportionate siting of hazardous facilities in neighborhoods primarily comprised of the economically disadvantaged and persons of color. By looking at these issues historically, I am able to understand how the processes of economic deindustrialization, racial housing segregation, and the siting of environmentally hazardous facilities are linked. At Texas State University , I teach Social Stratification and Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences at the undergraduate level and Multicultural Relations at the graduate level.

I frequently run at town lake, play golf, catch live music in Austin and brew beer.

Recent publications:

Hooks, Gregory and Chad L. Smith. 2005. “Treadmills of Production and Destruction: Threats to the Environment Posed by Militarism.” Organization and Environment . 18 (1): 19-37.

Hooks, Gregory and Chad L. Smith. 2004. “The Treadmill of Destruction: National Sacrifice Areas and Native Americans.” American Sociological Review . 69 (4): 558-575.

Environment Links:

Earth Day

Redefining Progress

Social Inequality Links:

Inequality.org

Explorations in Social Inequality

Alternative Press:

The Nation

Truth Out

Guardian UK