PHIL BROWN

My research includes disputes over environmental causation of illness, community response to toxic waste-induced disease, race and class differences in exposure to environmental hazards, and the Jewish cultural experience in the Catskill Mountains resort area.

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Biography

Phil Brown is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, and has taught at Brown since 1980. He is a founding member of the Committee on Science, Technology, and Science and an Associate Member of the Program in Judaic Studies. His research includes disputes over environmental causation of illness, social movements in health, and the Jewish experience in the Catskill Mountains. His recent books are "Illness and the Environment: A Reader in Contested Medicine," "Catskill Culture: A Mountain Rat's Memories of the Great Jewish Resort Area," "In the Catskills: A Century of the Jewish Experience in 'The Mountains,'" and "Social Movements in Health." His most recent book is "Toxic Exposures: Contested Illnesses and the Environmental Health Movement." He directs the Contested Illnesses Research Group, the Community Outreach Core of Brown's Superfund Basic Research Program, and the Ethical and Social Implications component of Brown's National Science Foundation NIRT project in nanotechnology/nanotoxicity.

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PHIL BROWN
Professor
Sociology and Environmental Studies
Phone: +1 401 863 2633
E-mail: Phil_Brown@Brown.EDU

Phil Brown's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Phil_Brown

On The Web:
National Science Foundation NIRT project in nanotechnology
Katrina and the Built Environment: Spatial and Social Impacts
Center for Environmental Studies
Committee on Science, Technology, and Society
Contested Illnesses Research Group
Superfund Basic Research Program - Community Outreach Core
Department of Sociology
Catskills Institute
Collaborative Initiative for Research Ethics in Environmental Health

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