Camilla Alvarez

Structural Racism as an Environmental Justice Issue: A Multilevel Analysis of the State Racism Index and Estimated Cancer Risk from Air Toxics

Camila H. Alvarez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. Dr. Alvarez received her PhD and MA in Sociology from the University of Oregon and her B.A.s in Sociology and Mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She specializes in air pollution, social inequalities, environmental justice, and quantitative methodology. Her research focuses on how environmental problems manifest as a result of social and systematic inequities.