About Author

Erin E. Robinson is an associate professor of sociology and director of environmental studies at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. She holds a PhD from the University at Buffalo, an MA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a BA from the State University of New York College at Geneseo. Her previous research focuses on environmental contamination in Love Canal, NY and has been published in journals such as Sociological Spectrum and Qualitative Sociology Review. She has served as the Chair of the Environment and Technology Division for the Society for the Study of Social Problems for 2000–2002 and 2010–2012.