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Bunyan Bryant

Professor Emeritus
Environmental Justice
bbryant@umich.edu
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Instrumental in establishing the SNRE’s Environmental Justice Program, focusing on the differential impact of environmental contaminants on people of color and low-income communities, Professor Bryant’s research includes both domestic and international foci, particularly on climate justice.
In addition to his 40-year devotion to SNRE, Bryant was a member of the Urban Technological and Environmental Planning Program, and held an adjunct position with the Center of Afro-American and African Studies. Previous to his career at U-M, Bryant served as the program director for the Michigan State Department of Social Welfare, Children’s Division
 
In 1973, Dr. Bryant did post-doctoral work at the University of Manchester in England in Town and Country Planning. His current research interests include developing case studies on corporate, agency, and community responses to hazardous waste sites. He was co-principal investigator of the University of Michigan 1990 Detroit Area Study on Race and Toxic Waste. A more recent study undertaken with Dr. Elaine Hockman is to determine the proximity of hazardous waste facilities to schools and their impact upon academic achievement.

Publications

  • Bryant, B. and Hockman, E. (Eds.). 2011. Michigan: A State of Environmental Injustice? Morgan James Publishing: New York.
  • Bryant, B. and Hockman, E. 2005. A Brief Comparison of the Civil Rights Movement and the Environmental Justice Movement. In Pellow, D. and Brulle, R. (Eds.). Power, Justice, and the Environment. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
  • Kessler, B., Bryant, B. Fitch, D., Hockman, E., Kohn-Wood, L., Ronquillo, T., Spencer, M., MSW, Urban, J. 2004. Potential effects of environmental injustices on health and academic achievement in head start students in Detroit, Michigan: Strategies to create environmental justice. In the 132nd Annual Meeting. A
  • Bryant, B. and Callewaert, J. 2003. Why Is Understanding Urban Ecosystems Important to Environmental Justice? In Berkowitz, A.R., Nilon, C.H., and Hollweg, K.S. (Eds.). Understanding Urban Ecosystems. New York: Springer. 
  • Bryant, B. (ed.). 1995. Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutions. Island Press: Washington, D.C. book

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Education

PhD, University of Michigan (education)
MSW, University of Michigan (social work)
BS, Eastern Michigan University (social science)

Affiliations

Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Washington, D.C
The President's Council on Sustainable Development Public Linkage Dialogue and Education Task Force (1995-Present).
NAACP/Ecology Center Pollution Prevention Project. Advisory Committee (1995-present).

In the News
SEAS Professor Emeritus Bunyan Bryant releases memoir about environmental justice activism
April 26, 2022

SEAS Professor Emeritus Bunyan Bryant releases memoir about environmental justice activism

Bunyan Bryant, a professor emeritus at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and a pioneer in the environmental justice movement, published his memoir...

Michigan Environmental Justice Summit
February 1, 2020

Michigan Environmental Justice Summit 2020

The Michigan Environmental Justice (EJ) Summit 2020 commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the 1990 “Michigan Conference on Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards...

In the Media
02/17/2021
Paul Mohai
Bunyan Bryant
Issues Of The Environment: Commemorating 30 Years Of The Environmental Justice Movement (WEMU 89.1)
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