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My research focuses on urban political ecology and environmental (in) justice. I study urban environments including forest, parks, and waterways to examine underlying processes that create uneven and deeply disempowering relations to nature within neoliberal forms of capitalism.

More specifically, I employ a political economy perspective to delve more thoroughly into the complex issues of urban environmental governance in the wake of state retrenchment, where multiple actors assume responsibility for environmental service provision. I am also interested in the political status of nonhuman organisms within capitalist urbanism.

Representative Publications

Perkins, H.A. 2017. “Neoliberalism and the Environment” The International Encyclopedia of Geography London: Wiley. pp. 1-12.

Kozlowski, M. and H.A. Perkins. 2016. “Environmental Injustice in Appalachia? An Expanded Consideration of Privilege and the Role It Plays in Defending the Contaminated Status Quo in a White, Working Class Community” Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. 21(10): 1288-1304.

Leciejewski, M. and H.A. Perkins. 2015. “Environmental Justice in Appalachia: Procedural Inequities in the Mine Permitting Process in Southeast ������Ƶ.” Environmental Justice. 8(4): 111-116.

Perkins, H.A. 2013. “Consent to Neoliberal Hegemony through Coercive Urban Environmental Governance.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 37(1): 311-327.

Perkins, H.A. 2011. “Gramsci in Green: Neoliberal Hegemony through Urban Forestry and the Potential for a Political Ecology of Praxis.” Geoforum. 42(5): 558-566.

Perkins, H.A. 2010. “Capital, Subsistence, and Lakeside Violence: Walleye Wars and the Killing of Cormorants in the North Woods” Human Geography. 3(1): 89-107.

Selected Student Projects

Angela Chapman (Geography), Thesis title: “The Neoliberal Economy of Food: Evaluating the Ability of the Local Food System around Athens, ������Ƶ to Address Food Insecurity.” June 2017.

Katharine Campbell (Geography), Thesis title: “New Territories of Equality: Conceptualizations of Climate Justice in International Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations” May 2013.

Kevin Blank (Geography), Thesis title: “Downtown Appalachia: Revitalization and Green Governance in Charleston, WV” June 2012.

Mia DeNardi (Geography), Thesis title: “Symbols and Identity in Siena, Italy” June 2012.

Michelle Kozlowski (Geography), Thesis title: “Environmental Justice in Appalachia: A Case Study of C8 Contamination in Little Hocking, ������Ƶ” June 2012.

Mary Leciejewski (Environmental Studies), Thesis title: “Environmental Justice in Appalachia: A Comprehensive Study of a Proposed Strip Mine in Bern Township, ������Ƶ” June 2012.

Eliza Clarke-Thrush (Geography), Thesis title: “Wetland Regulation and Mitigation: A Case Study from Twinsburg, ������Ƶ” August 2009.