Publications
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Rabe, C., Schlegel, M., & Mitchell, P. (2026). Examining the Uptake and Effectiveness of the Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit. Sustainability, 18(5), 2164. [Access Article]
Rabe, C., Schlegel, M., Reich, J. et al. A Spectrum of Inclusion: Climate and Environmental Justice Teaching in a Technical Context. J Environ Stud Sci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-025-01031-6 [Access Article]
Paul, S., Rabe, C., Minns, C. (2025) Unsettling the Status Quo: Embedding Environmental Justice in Tech-Centered Environmental Education. Contingencies: A Journal of Global Pedagogy, 3:1, 1-30 [Access Article]
Hampton, L., Schlegel, M., Bultena, E., Liu, J., Dunca, A., Singha, M., Lim, S., Higgins, L., & Rabe, C. (2024). From Mining to E-waste: The Environmental and Climate Justice Implications of the Electronics Hardware Life Cycle. MIT Case Studies in Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing. [Access Article]
Rabe, C. (2024). Environmental justice teaching in an undergraduate context: examining the intersection of community-engaged, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 14:3, 492–510.[Access Article]
Rabe, C. (2024) Toward “Resistance and Re-visioning:” Exploring the Integration of Community Partnerships and Decolonial Field Methods in an Undergraduate Environmental Justice Program. Environmental Justice. 17:3, 161-170 [Access Article]
Book Chapters:
Rabe, C., Jones, S., Xie, C.J., Minkova, M., Lytton, N.G. (2025). Exploring Climate Change and Emotions on Campus: From Distress to Action. In: Filho, W.L., Newman, J., Lange Salvia, A., Viera Trevisan, L., Corazza, L. (eds) North American and European Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. [Access Book Chapter]
Rabe, C., Minkova, M., Araujo-Elorza, S. Cultivating Empathy in Climate and Sustainability Education: A Review and Framework for Interdisciplinary Instruction. The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and the Planet: Environment, Sustainability and Nature. (Under Review, Publication Summer 2026)
Opinion Pieces:
Rabe C, Paz A (2025) More than just facts: Countering climate mis-and-disinformation with critical thinking and empathy. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000737. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000737 [Access Article]
White Papers and Reports:
Acharya, M., Rabe, C. (2023). Mapping and Expanding Climate and Environmental Justice in MIT’s STEM Departments (White Paper, Environmental Solutions Initiative) [Access White Paper]
Additional Manuscripts & Research Projects in Development:
The Climate, Environment, and Sustainability Infusion Fellowship (CESIF) in STEM: Exploring Individual, Community, and Institutional Transformation (Data Collection Ends spring 2025) (Funded by the Davis Education Foundation).
Dissertation:
Rabe. C (2022). Understanding Environmental Justice Instruction in Higher Education: Activist Epistemic Orientations and a Continuum for Community Engaged Curricular and Pedagogical Practices. [Access Dissertation]