Joyce Barry
B.A., Concord College; M.A., Radford University; P
Women’s Studies
Hamilton University
United States of America
Biography
Joyce M. Barry’s interdisciplinary research examines the connections between gender and environmental justice thought and praxis. She has published reviews and articles in Environmental Ethics, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Environmental Justice and elsewhere. Barry’s book Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, was published by Ohio University Press in 2012. Her current research investigates the gendered dimensions of global climate change. Her work has received support from the foundations of the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Association of University Women. Barry received her doctorate in American culture studies from Bowling Green State University.
Research Interest
Introduction to Women’s Studies; Interpreting the American Environment Gender and the Environment Gender, Health and Technology Feminist Methodological; Perspectives Gender and the Politics of Food.
Publications
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JOYCE BARRY (2001) “Mountaineers Are Always Free?: An Examination of the Effects of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in West Virginia.†Women’s Studies Quarterly. Summer.
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JOYCE BARRY (2008) “A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens: Women’s Activism, Environmental Justice, and the Coal River Mountain Watch.†Environmental Justice. Spring.
