Stella M. Čapek
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Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Formerly Arkansas Elbert L. Fausett Emerita Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hendrix College through 2019; now Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hendrix College.
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Stella M. Čapek's research focuses on the social construction of nature and its implications for social justice. She investigates how societal norms, political factors, and industrial practices influence environmental pollution and the subsequent challenges to equitable resource distribution. Her work also examines the role of consumer organizations and government financing in addressing these issues within the United States, with a particular focus on Arkansas. Čapek's publications explore theoretical frameworks for understanding social control and liberation, contributing to sociological discourse on environmental policy and advocacy.
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- h-index: 8
- Publications: 22
- Citations: 1,303
Positions
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Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Sociology publications 1992–2025Hendrix College Institution web page
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Elbert L. Fausett Emerita Distinguished Professor of Sociology 1986–2019Hendrix College Sociology/Anthropology ORCID
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Assistant Professor 1985–1986Southwestern University Sociology ORCID
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Assistant Instructor 1983–1984The University of Texas at Austin Sociology ORCID
Selected Publications
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Liberating Silence: Sociological Explorations (2025)
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Trees as Dialogue: Negotiating Boundaries with the Anne Frank Sapling Project (2020)
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Think globally, act locally: neighbourhood pollution and the future of the earth (2017)
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The Makings of a Modern Epidemic: Endometriosis, Gender and Politics (2016)
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Total Liberation: The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement. By David Naguib Pellow. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. Pp. xxii+342. $22.95 (paper). (2015)
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Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility (2015)
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Paving Paradise: Exploring an Urban “Partnership-with-Nature” Frame (2012)
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Foregrounding Nature: An Invitation to think about Shifting Nature–City Boundaries (2010)
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Surface Tension: Boundary Negotiations around Self, Society, and Nature in a Community Debate over Wildlife (2006)
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The Failure of Planning: Permitting Sprawl in San Diego Suburbs, 1970–1999. By Richard Hogan. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2003. Pp. xxviii+200. $69.95 (cloth); $24.95 (paper). (2004)
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The "Environmental Justice" Frame: A Conceptual Discussion and an Application (1993)
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Santa monica a decade later: Urban progressives in office (1992)
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Environmental Justice, Regulation, and the Local Community (1992)
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- Think globally, act locally: neighbourhood pollution and the future of the earth
- Santa monica a decade later: Urban progressives in office
- Think globally, act locally: neighbourhood pollution and the future of the earth
- Think globally, act locally: neighbourhood pollution and the future of the earth
- Liberating Silence: Sociological Explorations