Publications
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
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]
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)
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]
Rabe., C, Schlegel., M. (2024) A Starter Guide for Teaching Climate and Environmental Justice. The Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit, ESI, MIT. [Access Starter Guide]
Additional Manuscripts & Research Projects in Development:
Climate and Environmental Justice (CEJ) Inclusion: Exploring Teaching Practices and Learning Experiences Across Disciplines at MIT (Funded by the J-WEL Education Lab, MIT). Manuscripts in Development (Planned Submission for Spring 2025)
Examining the Effectiveness and Uptake of the Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit (Funded by the Alumni Funds Grant, MIT). Manuscript in Development. (Planned Submission for Spring/Summer 2025)
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]