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Nik Janos
Associate Professor
- Email: njanos@csuchico.edu
- Phone: 530-898-5691
- Location: BUTTE 619
Nik Janos is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico. In 2012, he earned a Ph.D. in sociology from UC Santa Cruz. His work combines geography, environmental studies, and history. In particular, he examines the intersection of urbanization and ecological crisis by exploring how capitalism, governance practices, and technology shape these crises. His research sites have been post-Katrina New Orleans and Superfund clean-up on the Duwamish River in Seattle, WA. He also spends a considerable amount of time understanding, and advocating for, the non-carbon energy transition. His co-edited book Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice (2021) is about the massive transformations of a region brought by capitalist urbanization and settler colonialism and how numerous people, organizations, and institutions are grappling with these changes and attempting to build a more just and democratic region.
Publications:
Janos, Nik and Corina McKendry (Eds.), 2021. Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.Janos, Nik. 2021. “The Making of Urban Cascadia: Extending Urbanization Through Airplanes, Software, and Infrastructure.” In Janos, N. And C. McKendry (Eds.), Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.McKendry, Corina and Nik Janos. 2021. “Drawing the Thin Green Line: Throwing a wrench in carbon commodity chains.” In Janos, N. And C. McKendry (Eds.), Urban Cascadia and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.Janos, Nik. 2018. Urbanising territory: The contradictions of eco-cityism at the industrial margins, Duwamish River, Seattle. Urban Studies, 57(11), 2282–2299. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018797284
McKendry, Corina. and Nik Janos. 2015. “Greening the Industrial City: Equity, Environment, and Economic Growth in Seattle and Chicago.” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 1–16.Janos, Nik and Corina McKendry. 2014. “Globalization, Governance, and Re-Naturing the Industrial City: Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA.” Pp. 1–36 in, edited by S. Curtis.Janos, Nik. 2012. “Blinded by Science: The Allure of the Technological Fix After Hurricane Sandy.” Grist. https://grist.org/business-technology/blinded-by-science-the-allure-of-the-technological-fix-after-hurricane-(opens in new window)sandy/
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Courses Taught
- Environmental Sociology
- Wealth and Inequality
- Global Problems
- Classical Social Theory
- Public Sociology
- Food Justice