Student Profile
Kerry Ard, PhD Candidate
2006 - present University of Michigan Dual Degree: PhD in Sociology & Environmental Science, Policy and Management Chair : Dr. Paul Mohai Committee Members: Sandra Arlinghaus, Sarah Burgard, David Harding Areas of Interest: Environmental Justice, Health Disparities, Geography, Urban Inequality, Segregation, Neighborhood Effects
2004 - 2006 University of Michigan Degree: Masters of Science in Environmental Science, Policy and Management Emphasis: Environmental Justice Chair: Dr. Paul Mohai Dissertation: Used League of Conservation Voter scores, US Census data, and Federal Election Commissions data, I’ve analyzed the environmental voting records of Hispanic representatives in Congress to determine the importance of various variables in predicting Congressional environmental voting.
1998 - 2002 San Francisco State University Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology
Sarah Burgard
Dorceta Taylor, David Harding and Dan Brown
Ard, Kerry and Paul Mohai (2011). “Hispanics and Environmental Voting in the U.S. Congress.” Environmental Practice. Forthcoming.
Mohai, Paul, Byoung-Suk Kweon, Sangyun Lee and Kerry Ard. (2011) “Air pollution around Schools Affects Student Health and Academic Performance.” Health Affairs. Forthcoming.
Ard, Kerry. (2011). “Love Canal and the Carter Administration.” IN Paul Robbins (ed.) Green Series: Volume 8 Ethics/Philosophy. SAGE eReference
Ard, Kerry. Air Pollution Changes in the Detroit Metro Area from 1988 - 2004. Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Volume XX, Number 1. Ann Arbor: Institute of Mathematical Geography, 2009. Persistent url: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63022 "Environmental Apartheid.” Critical Moment. Vol. 10. p12-13. June 2005
Environmental Justice, Health Disparities, Geography, Urban Inequality, Segregation, Neighborhood Effects
