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Ryan Holifield

  • Professor, Geography
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies

Education

  • PhD, Geography, University of Minnesota, 2007
  • MA, Geography, University of Georgia, 2001
  • AB, English, Duke University, 1993

Office Hours

Fall 2025: Tues/Thurs 1-2 pm or by appointment

Courses Taught

  • Geog 125 – Introduction to Environmental Geography
  • Geog 464 – Environmental Problems
  • Geog 564 – Urban Environmental Change and Social Justice
  • Geog 870 – Contemporary Geographic Approaches
  • Geog 905 – City, Environment, and Nature

Research Interests

Ryan Holifield conducts research on human dimensions of environmental change, with a focus on issues of democracy, governance, policy, and social and environmental justice. His theoretical interests include urban political ecology, actor-network theory, democratic theory, critical approaches to environmental governance, and critical geographic theory more generally. His past and present research, including collaborations with graduate students and other colleagues, addresses such topics as environmental justice policy and practice in the US Environmental Protection Agency, health risk assessment at hazardous waste sites, social justice and brownfield redevelopment, voluntarism and urban parks, and the politics of urban green space and river restoration. Although he is interested in a wide range of research methods, he specializes primarily in historical and qualitative approaches to analysis.

From 2021-2025, he served as Principal Investigator for a grant from the National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program supporting Milwaukee's project. This project brings artists, scientists, and community members together to learn about green infrastructure and other aspects of Milwaukee's water systems through public art projects and collaborative programming.

Selected Publications

Holifield, R. 2023. “American landscapes of environmental injustice.” The Routledge
Companion to the American Landscape, edited by C. Post, A. Greiner, and G. Buckley. London: Routledge.
Mullen, H., Whyte, K., and Holifield, R. 2023. “Indigenous Peoples and the Justice40
Screening Tool: Lessons from EJSCREEN.” Environmental Justice. DOI:
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Bonds, A. and Holifield, R. 2022. “Birds, dogs, and racism: Conflicts over care in
New York’s Central Park.” Annals of the American Association of
Geographers. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2022.2127404.
Kim, M. and Holifield, R. 2022. “Tourism gentrification and experiences of
displacement in a disadvantaged neighborhood in Busan, South Korea.” Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2022.2060115.
Holifield, R. B., & Williams, K. C.(2020) Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.
Holifield, R. B., & Williams, K. C.(2019) Journal of Environmental Management, 230, 422-433.
Holifield, R. B., Chakraborty, J. , & Walker, G. (2018) Abingdon: Routledge.
Holifield, R. B.(2018) Jonas, A. , Miller, B. , Ward, K. , & Wilson, D. (Eds). The Routledge Handbook on the Spaces of Urban Politics, 146-156. Abingdon: Routledge.
Holifield, R. B., & Day, M. J.(2017) Geoforum, 85, 269-279.
Finewood, M. , & Holifield, R. B.(2015) Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Water, 2(2), 85-96.
Holifield, R. B., & Schuelke, N. (2015) Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 105(2), 294-303.
Holifield, R. B.(2015) Environmental justice and political ecology.Perreault, T. , Bridge, G. , & McCarthy, J. (Eds). Handbook of Political Ecology. Routledge.
Holifield, R. B., & Williams, K. (2014) Environmental Justice, 7(3), 70-76.
Holifield, R. B., & Zupan, S. (2014) .GeoJournal, 79(3), 309-328.
Holifield, R. B.(2014) Montgomery, J. A.(Ed). Environmental Practice, 16, 77-86.
Holifield, R. B.(2012) Environmental Justice, 5(6), 293-297.
Holifield, R. B.(2012) Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(3), 591-613.