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J. Timmons Roberts is director of the Center for Environmental Studies and professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University. Roberts received his PhD in comparative international development from Johns Hopkins University in 1992 and his BA in biology (with research in tropical and temperate ecology) from Kenyon College.
Roberts' main current research concerns global inequality and climate change, and the role of foreign aid in addressing climate justice matters. His other work concerns both the political economy and the social psychology of environmental issues. He is leading work on adaptation strategies to deal with climate change in Rhode Island. Roberts has worked for many years with students on greening initiatives and with community groups on issues such as environmental justice, sprawl, pedestrian accessibility, recycling, brownfields, and fear of exposures to hazards on the job and at home. He teaches environmental sociology, globalization and the environment, and practicum group workshop courses on environmental policy issues.
