SARA ELIZABETH GRINESKI portrait
  • Co-Director, Center for Natural and Technological Hazards, College of Social and Behavioral Science
  • Professor, Sociology Department
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Publications

  • Grineski, SE, Alexander, C, Allain, M, Clark, A, Collins, TW, Goodwin, E, Mullen, C, Scott, M, Shaker, Y & Ramos, KD (2023). Environmental influences on academic proficiency. Current Epidemiology Reports. Vol. 11, 1-19. Published, 10/2023.
  • Anderegg, W, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Nicholls S & Nolte, C (2023). limate change greatly escalates forest disturbance risks to US property values. Environmental Research Letters. Vol. 18, 094011. Published, 09/2023.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE & Collins TW (2023). Advancing Understanding of Discordant Mentoring Relationships in STEMM: A Method and Framework. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1526, 8-15. Published, 09/2023.
  • Grineski, SE, Scott, M, Collins TW, Chakraborty, J & Ramos, K (2023). Anxiety and Depression after Winter Storm Uri: Cascading Disasters and Mental Health Inequities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol. 96, 103933. Published, 08/2023.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2023). Disability and Subsidized Housing Residency: The Adverse Impacts of Winter Storm Uri in Metropolitan Texas. Disability and Health Journal. Vol. 16, 101403. Published, 08/2023.
  • Frederick, A, Monarrez A, Morales, DX, Daniels, HA, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2023). “You’re Family’s Always with You”: Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers. CBE-Life Sciences. Vol. 22, https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.22-06-0110. Published, 07/2023.
  • Grineski, SE, Morales, DX & Collins TW (2023). Modifying Summer Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19 Increased Graduate School Intentions but Exacerbated Anxieties. CBE-Life Sciences. Vol. 22, ar32. Published, 06/2023.
  • Garcia, M., Grineski, SE, Morales, DX & Corral, G (2023). Academic Achievement of Latino/a Students Who Began College before Age 18 at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Latinos in Education. Vol. 22, 506-520. Published, 05/2023.
  • Shaker, Y, Grineski, SE, Collins TW & Flores, AB (2023). Redlining, Racism and Food Access in US Urban Cores. Agriculture and Human Values. Vol. 40, 101-112. Published, 04/2023.
  • Flores, AB, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Amodeo, M, Porter, J, Sampson C & Wing, O (2023). Federally-overlooked flood risk inequities in Houston, Texas: Novel insights based on dasymetric mapping and state-of-the-art flood modeling. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Vol. 113, 240-260. Published, 04/2023.
  • Morales, D. S., Grineski, SE & Collins TW (2023). Racial/ethnic and gender inequalities in third grade children’s self-perceived STEM competencies in the US. Educational Studies. Vol. 49, 402-417. Published, 03/2023.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Chakraborty, J, Goodwin, E., Goodwin, E. & Ramos, K (2023). Social disparities in the duration of power and piped water outages in Texas after Winter Storm Uri. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 113, 30-34. Published, 02/2023.
  • Grineski, SE, Tim Collins & Jayajit Chakraborty (2022). Cascading disasters and mental health inequities: Winter Storm Uri, COVID-19 and post-traumatic stress in Texas. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 315, 115523. Published, 10/2022.
  • Collins, T, Sara Grineski, Yasamin Shaker & Casey Mullen (2022). Communities of color are disproportionately exposed to long- and short-term PM2.5 air pollution exposures in metropolitan America. Environmental Research. Vol. 214, 114038. Published, 07/2022.
  • Grineski, SE, Camden Alexander, Roger Renteria, Timothy Collins, Jim VanDerslice, Deborah Bilder & Amanda Bakian (2022). Trimester-specific ambient PM2.5 exposures and risk of intellectual disability in Utah. Environmental Research. Vol. 218, 115009. Published, 07/2022.
  • Rubio, R, Sara Grineski & Timothy Collins (2022). Carcinogenic air pollution along the United States’ southern border: Neighborhood inequities in risk . Environmental Research. Vol. 212, 113251. Published, 06/2022.
  • Grineski, SE, Danielle Morales, Timothy Collins, Shawna Nadybal & Shaylynn Trego (2022). A US national study of barriers to science training experienced by undergraduate students during COVID -19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 19, 6534. Published, 05/2022.
  • Collins, T & Sara Grineski (2022). Racial/ethnic disparities in short-term PM2.5 exposures in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives. Vol. 130, 087701. Published, 05/2022.
  • Grineski, SE, Roger Renteria, Tim Collins, Aparna Mangadu, Camden Alexander, Deborah Bilder & Amanda Bakian (2022). Associations between estimates of perinatal industrial pollution exposures and intellectual disability in Utah children. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 836, 155630. Published, 03/2022.
  • Chakraborty, J., Tim Collins, Sara Grineski & Jacob Aun (2022). Air pollution exposure disparities in US public housing developments. Scientific Reports. Vol. 12, 1-12. Published, 03/2022.
  • Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W. & Mullen, C.J. (2022). When Not Implemented Communally, Citizen Science Efforts May Reflect, Reinforce, and Potentially Exacerbate Environmental Injustice. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 112, 348-350. Published, 03/2022.
  • Collins, T.W., Grineski, S.E. & Nadybal, S. (2022). A comparative approach for environmental justice analysis: Explaining divergent societal distributions of particulate matter and ozone pollution across U.S. neighborhoods. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Vol. 112, 522-541. Accepted, 02/2022.
  • Mullen, C., Flores, A.B., Grineski, S.E. & Collins, T.W (2022). Exploring the Distributional Environmental Justice Implications of a Non-Governmental Network of Air Quality Monitoring Sensors in Los Angeles County. Environmental Research. Vol. 206, 112612. Published, 02/2022.
  • Renteria, R., Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W., Flores, A.B. & Trego, S. (2022). Social disparities in neighborhood heat in the Northeast United States. Environmental Research. Vol. 203, 111805. Published, 02/2022.
  • Morales, D.X., Grineski, S.E. & Collins, T.W. (2022). Undergraduate Researchers’ Graduate School Intentions during COVID-19. Annals of the New York Academic of Sciences. Vol. 1508, 137-154. Published, 01/2022.
  • Grineski, S.E., Morales, D.X., Collins, T.W., Nadybal, S. & Trego, S. (2021). Anxiety and depression among US college students engaging in undergraduate research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of American College Health. Vol. https://doi.org/10.1080/074484. Accepted, 12/2021.
  • Morales, D.X., Grineski, S.E. & Collins, T.W. (2021). Effects of Mentor-Mentee Discordance on Latinx Undergraduates’ Intent to Pursue Graduate School and Research Productivity. Annals of the New York Academic of Sciences. Vol. 1499, 54-69. Published, 10/2021.
  • Flores, Aaron B., Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski, Angel Griego, Casey Mullen, Shawna Nadybal, Roger Renteria, Ricardo Rubio, Yasamin Shaker & Shaylynn Trego (2021). Environmental Justice in the Disaster Cycle: Hurricane Harvey and the Texas Gulf Coast. Environmental Justice. Vol. 14, 146-158. Published, 10/2021.
  • Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W., Renteria, R. & Rubio, R. (2021). Multigenerational Immigrant Trajectories and Unequal Exposure to Air Pollution: Environmental Mobility in the US. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 282, 114108. Published, 09/2021.
  • Chakraborty, Jayajit, McAfee, Ashley, Timothy W. Collins & Sara E. Grineski (2021). Exposure to Hurricane Harvey Flooding for Subsidized Housing Residents in Harris County, Texas. Natural Hazards. Vol. 106, 2185-2205. Published, 09/2021.
  • Morales, D.X., Grineski, S.E. & Collins, T.W. (2021). Effects of Mentoring Relationship Heterogeneity on Student Outcomes in Summer Undergraduate Research. Studies in Higher Education. Vol. 46, 423-426. Published, 08/2021.
  • Rubio, Ricardo, Sara E. Grineski & Timothy W. Collins (2021). Children’s exposure to vehicular air pollution in the United States: An intersectional examination of racial/ethnic and linguistic environmental injustices. Environmental Sociology. Vol. 7, 187-199. Published, 06/2021.
  • Flores, AB, Castor, A., Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W & Mullen, C.J. (2021). Petrochemical releases disproportionately affected socially vulnerable populations along the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. Population and Environment. Vol. 42, 279–301. Published, 03/2021.
  • Morales, Danielle X, Sara E. Grineski & Timothy W. Collins (2021). Racial/ethnic and gender inequalities in third grade children’s self-perceived STEM competencies in the US. Educational Studies. Vol. DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2020.187. Accepted, 02/2021.
  • Frederick, Angela, Daniels, Heather, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins & Danielle X. Morales (2021). The Emerging STEM Paths and Science Identities of Hispanic/Latinx College Students: Examining the Impact of Multiple Undergraduate Research Experiences. CBE Life Sciences. Vol. 20, NP. Published, 02/2021.
  • McCullough, M., Wan, N., Pezzolesi, M.G., Collins, T.W., Grineski, S.E., Wei, Y.D., Lazaro-Guevara, J., Frodsham, S., Vanderslice, J., Holmen, J.R., Srinivas, T.R. & Clements, S.A. (2021). Type 1 Diabetes Incidence Among Youth in Utah: A Geographical Analysis. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 278, 113952. Published, 01/2021.
  • Ahmed, Sharia M, Shah, Rashmee, Fernandez, Valerie, Grineski, Sara, Brintz, Benjamin, Samore, Matthew, Ferrari, Matthew, Leung, Daniel & Keegan, Lindsay (2021). Robust testing to explore COVID-19 epidemiology: Disparities in race/ethnicity and age, Salt Lake County Utah, 2020. Public Health Reports. Vol. 136, 345-353. Published, 01/2021.
  • Flores, Aaron B., Castor, Alyssa, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins & Casey Mullen (2020). Petrochemical releases disproportionately affected socially vulnerable populations along the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harve. Population and Environment. Vol. 42, 279–301. Published, 07/2020.
  • Mullen, Casey, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins & Daniel Mendoza (2020). Effects of PM2.5 on Third Grade Students’ Proficiency in Math and English Language Arts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 17, 6931. Published, 05/2020.
  • Nadybal, Shawna, Timothy W. Collins & Sara E. Grineski (2020). Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis. Emvironmental Research. Vol. 189, 109959. Published, 04/2020.
  • Flores, Aaron B., Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski & Jayajit Chakraborty (2020). Social vulnerability to Hurricane Harvey: Unmet needs and adverse event experiences in Greater Houston, Texas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol. 46, 101521. Published, 04/2020.
  • Grineski, Sara E., Danielle X. Morales, Timothy W. Collins, Jacob Wilkes & Joshua Bonkowsky (2020). Geographic and Specialty Access Disparities in U.S. Pediatric Leukodystrophy Diagnosis. Journal of Pediatrics. Vol. 220, 193-1999. Published, 03/2020.
  • Rubio, Ricardo, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins & Danielle X. Morales (2020). Ancestry-based intracategorical injustices in carcinogenic air pollution exposures in the United States. Society and Natural Resources. Vol. 33, 987-1005. Published, 03/2020.
  • Grineski, Sara E., Aaron B. Flores, Timothy W. Collins & Jayajit Chakraborty (2020). The impact of Hurricane Harvey on Greater Houston Households: Comparing pre-event preparedness with post-event health effects, exposure experiences and recovery. Disasters. Vol. 44, 408-432. Published, 03/2020.
  • Flores, Aaron B., Timothy W. Collins, Sara E. Grineski & Jayajit Chakraborty (2020). Disparities in Health Impacts and Access to Healthcare among Houston Area Residents After Hurricane Harvey. . Public Health Reports. Vol. 135, 511-523. Published, 03/2020.
  • Mullen, Casey, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins, Wei Xing, Ross Whitaker, Tofigh Sayahi, Thomas Becnel, Pascal Goffin, Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon, Miriah Meyer & Kerry E Kelly (2020). Patterns of distributive environmental inequity under different PM2.5 air pollution scenarios for Salt Lake County public schools. Emvironmental Research. Vol. 186, 109543. Published, 03/2020.
  • Griego, Angel, Aaron B. Flores, Sara E. Grineski & Timothy W. Collins (2020). Social vulnerability, disaster assistance, and recovery: A population-based study of Hurricane Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol. 41, 101766. Published, 03/2020.
  • Grineski, Sara E., Timothy W. Collins & Daniel E. Adkins (2020). Exposure to hazardous air pollutants is associated with worse performance in reading, math, and science among US primary school children. Environmental Research. Vol. 181, 108925. Published, 02/2020.
  • Flores, Aaron B., Timothy W. Collins, Grineski, Sara & Jayajit Chakraborty (2020). Social vulnerability to Hurricane Harvey: Unmet needs and adverse event experiences in Greater Houston, Texas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Vol. 46, 101521. Published, 02/2020.
  • Grineski, Sara E., Danielle X. Morales, Timothy W. Collins, Jacob Wilkes & Joshua Bonkowsky (2020). Social disparities in distance travelled to access children's hospital care for severe illness: The case of children with leukodystrophies. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Vol. 7, 975–986. Published, 02/2020.
  • Collins, Timothy W., Nadybal, Shawna & Grineski, Sara (2020). Sonic injustice: Disparate residential exposures to transport noise from road and aviation sources in the continental United States. Journal of Transport Geography. Vol. 82, 102604. Published, 01/2020.
  • Garcia, Marilyn, Sara E. Grineski, Danielle X. Morales & Corral, Guadalupe (2020). Academic Performance of Young Latino Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Journal of Latinos in Education. Vol. https://doi.org/10.1080/153484. Accepted, 01/2020.
  • Nadybal, Shawna, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins, Aaron Flores, Ricardo Rubio, Casey Mullen, Alyssa Castor & Angel Griego (2019). "Environmental justice in the US and beyond: Frameworks, evidence, and social action" in Geographies of Behavioral Health, Crime, and Disorder: The Intersection of Social Problems and Place. Springer. Published, 10/2019.
  • Grineski, Sara E., Timothy W. Collins & Ricardo Rubio (2019). Distributional environmental injustices for a minority group without minority status: Arab Americans and residential exposure to carcinogenic air pollution in the US. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 16(24), 4899. Published, 08/2019.
  • Collins, Timothy W., Nadybal, Shawna & Grineski, Sara (2019). Social Disparities in Exposure to Noise at Public Schools in the Contiguous United States. Environmental Research. Vol. 175, 257-265. Published, 05/2019.
  • Collins, Timothy W., Sara Grineski, Aaron Flores & Jayajit Chakraborty (2019). Environmental Injustice and Hurricane Harvey: A Household-level Study of Socially Disparate Flood Exposures in Greater Houston, Texas, USA. Environmental Research. Vol. 179, 108772. Published, 05/2019.
  • Grineski, Sara E. & Timothy W. Collins (2019). Cancer Risks from Hazardous Air Pollutants in US Public School Districts. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Vol. 73, 854-860. Published, 04/2019.
  • Morales, Danielle X, Sara Grineski & Timothy Collins (2019). Effects of Mentoring Relationship Heterogeneity on Student Outcomes in Summer Undergraduate Research. Studies in Higher Education. Vol. https://doi.org/10.1080/030750. Published, 03/2019.
  • Chakraborty, J, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2019). Hurricane Harvey and People with Disabilities: Disproportionate Exposure to Flooding in Houston, Texas. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 226, 176-181. Published, 03/2019.
  • Morales, Danielle X, Sara Grineski & Timothy Collins (2019). School bullying, body size, and gender. An intersectionality approach to understanding US children’s bully victimization. British Journal of Sociology of Education. Vol. 40(8), 1121-1137. Published, 02/2019.
  • Morales, Danielle X, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins & Nathalie Prieto (2019). Race/ethnicity as a modifier of associations between obesity and the risk of being verbally bullied: A national multilevel study. Journal of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities. Vol. 6(2), 245-253. Published, 02/2019.
  • Frederick, AF, Daniels, H, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2019). "I've Never Felt Like That Inhibits Anything" The Gendered Frameworks of Hispanic Women College Students in a STEM Program. Gender and Education. Accepted, 02/2019.
  • Rubio, R, Grineski, SE, Morales, DX & Collins, TW (2019). The role of parents’ nativity in shaping differential risk of food insecurity among US first graders. Maternal and Child Health. Vol. 23, 910-918. Published, 01/24/2019.
  • Sianez, M, Highfield, L, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2019). Burden of Illness, Primary Care use, and Medication Utilization among US-Mexico Border Children with Wheezing. Journal of Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities. Vol. 6, 594-602. Published, 01/04/2019.
  • Grineski, SE, Morales, DX, Collins, TW, Hernandez, E & Fuentes, A (2019). The burden of carcinogenic air toxics among Asian Americans in four US metro areas. Population and Environment. Vol. 40(3), 257-282. Published, 01/03/2019.
  • Grineski, SE, Flores, AB, Collins, TW & Chakraborty, J (2019). The impact of Hurricane Harvey on Greater Houston Households: Comparing pre-event preparedness with post-event health effects, exposure experiences and recovery. Disasters. Accepted, 01/2019.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2019). Exploring the Environmental Justice Implications of Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Greater Houston, Texas. American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 109, 244-250. Published, 01/2019.
  • Daniels, H, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Frederick, A (2019). Navigating STEM Summer Research Programs: Gender differences in social relationships with mentors and peers. CBE-Life Sciences. Vol. 18(2), 18-08-0150. Published, 01/2019.
  • Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2019). Environmental Injustice and religion: Outdoor air pollution disparities in metropolitan Salt Lake City, Utah. Annals of the American Association of GeographersAnnals. Vol. 109(5), 1597-1617. Published, 01/2019.
  • Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2018). Geographic and social disparities in exposure to air neurotoxicants at U.S. public schools. Environmental Research. Vol. 161, 580-587. Published, 02/01/2018.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Chakraborty, J (2018). . Environmental injustice and flood risk: A conceptual model and case comparison of metropolitan Miami and Houston, USA. Regional Environmental Change. Vol. 18, 311-323. Published, 01/30/2018.
  • Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2018). Environmental justice and borders: lessons from the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Routledge. Published, 01/2018.
  • Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2018). Environmental justice and flood hazards: emerging findings and future research needs. Routledge. Published, 01/2018.
  • Grineski, SE, Daniels, HA, Collins, TW, Morales, DX & Frederick, AH (2018). The conundrum of social class: Disparities in publishing among STEM students in undergraduate research programs. Science Education. Vol. 102, 283-303. Published, 01/2018.
  • Collins,TW, Aley, S, Boland, T, Corral, G, Cox, M, Echegoyen, LL, Grineski, SE, Morera, O & Nazeran, H (2017). BUILDing SCHOLARS: enhancing diversity among biomedical researchers from the U.S. Southwest. BMC Proceedings. Vol. 11, 12. Published, 12/11/2017.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Shenberger-Trujillo, J, Morales, DX, Morera, O & Echegoyen, LL (2017). Undergraduate research participation is associated with improved student outcomes at a Hispanic-serving institution. . Journal of College Student Development. Vol. 58, 583-600. Published, 12/06/2017.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Morales, DX (2017). . Environmental injustice and sexual minority health disparities: a national study of inequitable health risks from air pollution among same-sex partners. Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 191, 38-47. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2017). Increasing research productivity in undergraduate research experiences: exploring predictors of collaborative faculty-student publications. CBE-Life Sciences Education. Vol. 16, ar42. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2017). . Faculty motivation to mentor students through undergraduate research programs: a study of enabling and constraining factors. Research in Higher Education. Vol. 58, 520-544. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Chakraborty, J & Montgomery, M (2017). Hazard characteristics and patterns of environmental injustice: household-level determinants of environmental risk in Miami, Florida. Risk Analysis. Vol. 37, 1419-1434. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Rocha, JR, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2017). A qualitative examination of factors shaping high and low exposures to hazardous air pollutants among Hispanic households in Miami. Local Environment. Vol. 22, 1252-1267. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2017). Environmental Justice Research: Contemporary Issues and Emerging Topics. . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 13, e1072. Published, 12/2017.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Maldonado, A (2017). Racial differences in perceptions of air pollution health risk: does environmental exposure matter? . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 14, 116. Published, 12/01/2017.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2017). Cancer risks from exposure to vehicular air pollution: a household level analysis of intra-ethnic heterogeneity in Miami, Florida. Urban Geography. Vol. 38, 112-136. Published, 11/10/2017.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Morales, DX (2017). Asian Americans and disproportionate exposure to carcinogenic hazardous air pollutants: a national study. Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 185, 71-80. Published, 11/07/2017.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Morales, DX (2017). Sexual orientation, gender, and environmental injustice: unequal carcinogenic air pollution risks in Greater Houston. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Vol. 107, 72-92. Published, 11/07/2017.
  • Sianez, M, Highfield, L., Balcazar, H., Collins, T.W. & Grineski, S.E. (2017). An examination of the association of multiple acculturation measures with asthma status among elementary school students in El Paso, Texas. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Accepted, 07/12/2017.
  • Clark-Reyna, SE, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2016). Ambient concentrations of metabolic disrupting chemicals and children’s academic achievement in El Paso, Texas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 13, e874. Published, 12/2016.
  • Clark-Reyna, SE, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2016). Health status and residential exposure to air toxics: What are the effects on children’s academic achievement? . Family & Community Health. Vol. 39, 160-168. Published, 12/2016.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Kim, YA (2016). Contributions of individual acculturation and neighborhood ethnic density to variations in Hispanic children’s respiratory health in a U.S.-Mexican border metropolis. Journal of Public Health. Vol. 38, 441-449. Published, 12/2016.
  • Maldonado, A, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Chakraborty, J (2016). Exposure to flood hazards in Miami and Houston: Are Hispanic immigrants at greater risk than other social groups? . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 13, 775. Published, 12/2016.
  • Grineski, SE, Clark-Reyna, SE & Collins, TW (2016). School-based exposure to hazardous air pollutants and grade point average: a multi-level study. Environmental Research. Vol. 147, 164-171. Published, 12/2016.
  • Clark-Reyna, SE, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2016). Residential exposure to air toxics is linked to lower grade point averages among school children in El Paso, Texas, USA. Population and Environment. Vol. 37, 319-340. Published, 12/2016.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2016). Influences on faculty willingness to mentor undergraduate students from another university as part of an inter-institutional research training program. CBE-Life Sciences Education. Vol. 15, ar35. Published, 12/2016.
  • Daniels, HA, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Morales, DX, Morera, O & Echegoyen, LL (2016). Factors influencing student gains from undergraduate research experiences at a Hispanic serving institution. CBE-Life Sciences Education. Vol. 15, ar30. Published, 12/2016.
  • Maldonado, A, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2016). Hispanic immigrants’ vulnerabilities to flood and hurricane hazards in two US metro areas. Geographical Review. Vol. 106, 109-135. Published, 12/2016.
  • Grineski, SE, Herrera, JM, Bulathsinhala, P & Staniswalis, J (2015). Is there a Hispanic Health Paradox in sensitivity to air pollution? Hospital admissions for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure associated with NO2 and PM2.5 in El Paso, TX, 2005-2010. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 119, 314-321. Published, 12/2015.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Romo Aguilar, L (2015). Environmental injustice along the US-Mexico border: residential proximity to industrial parks in Tijuana, Mexico. Environmental Research Letters. Vol. 10, 095012. Published, 12/2015.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J, Hernandez, M & Montgomery, M (2015). Downscaling environmental justice analysis: determinants of household-level air toxics cancer risk disparities in Greater Houston. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Vol. 105, 684-703. Published, 12/2015.
  • Balcazar, A, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2015). The Hispanic Health Paradox across Generations: The Relationship of Child Generational Status and Citizenship with Respiratory Health Outcomes. Public Health. Vol. 129, 691-697. Published, 12/2015.
  • Balcazar, A, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2015). The durability of immigration related barriers to healthcare access for Hispanics across generations. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Science. Vol. 37, 118-135. Published, 12/2015.
  • Hernandez, M, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2015). Immigration, mobility, and environmental injustice: a comparative study of Hispanic people’s residential decision-making and exposure to air toxics in Greater Houston, Texas. Geoforum. Vol. 60, 83-94. Published, 12/2015.
  • Chavez-Payan, P, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2015). Early Life and Environmental Risk Factors Modify the Effect of Acculturation on Hispanic Children's Asthma. . Hispanic Health Care International. Vol. 13, 119-130. Published, 12/2015.
  • McDonald, YJ, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Kim, YA (2015). A scalable climate health justice assessment model. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 133, 242-252. Published, 12/2015.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, McDonald, Y, Aldouri, R, Aboargob, F , Eldeb, A, Romo Aguilar, L & Velazquez Angulo, G (2015). Double Exposure and the Climate Gap: Changing demographics and extreme heat in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Local Environment. Vol. 20, 180-201. Accepted, 12/2015.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Chakraborty, J & Montgomery, M (2015). Hazardous Air Pollutants & Flooding: A comparative interurban study of environmental injustice. GeoJournal. Vol. 80, 145-158. Published, 12/2015.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Olvera, HO (2015). Local Variability in the Impacts of Residential Particulate Matter and Pest Exposure on Children’s Wheezing Severity: A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis of Environmental Health Justice. Population and Environment. Vol. 37, 22-43. Published, 12/2015.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Chakraborty, J (2015). Household-level disparities in cancer risks from vehicular air pollution in Miami. . Environmental Research Letters. Vol. 10, 095008. Published, 12/2015.
  • Marquez-Velarde, G, Grines' & Staudt, K (2015). Mental health disparities among low-income US Hispanic Residents of a US-Mexico Border Colonia. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Vol. 2, 445-456. Published, 12/2015.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Chavez-Payan, P, Jimenez, A, Clark-Reyna, SE, Gaines, M & Kim, YA (2014). Social Disparities in Children’s Respiratory Health in El Paso, Texas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 11, 2941-2957. Published, 12/2014.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW, Montgomery, M & Grineski, SE (2014). Comparing Disproportionate Exposure to Acute and Chronic Pollution Risks: A Case Study in Houston, Texas. Risk Analysis. Vol. 34, 2005-2020. Published, 12/2014.
  • Reyes-Chaves, J., Fernandez, M, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2014). Spatial Analysis of Disaster Risk in Santo Domingo De Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America. Journal of Geography and Geology. Vol. 6, 123-132. Published, 12/2014.
  • Collins, TW, Kim, YA, Grineski, SE & Clark-Reyna, SE (2014). Can economic deprivation protect health? Paradoxical contextual, compositional and cross-level effects of poverty on Hispanic children’s wheezing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Vol. 11, 7856-7873. Published, 12/2014.
  • Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW, Montgomery, M & Grineski, SE (2014). Social and Spatial Inequities in Exposure to Flood Risk: A Case Study in Miami, Florida. Natural Hazards Review. Vol. 15, 04014006. Published, 12/2014.
  • Kim, YA, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2014). Neighborhood Context and the Hispanic Health Paradox: Differential Effects of Immigrant Density on Children’s Wheezing by Poverty, Nativity and Medical History. Health and Place. Vol. 27, 1-8. Published, 12/2014.
  • Reyes-Chaves, J., Fernandez, M, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2014). Natural hazards in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, Central America. Natural Sciences. Vol. 6, 121-129. Published, 12/2014.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW & Chakraborty, J (2013). Hispanic heterogeneity and environmental injustice: Intra-ethnic patterns of exposure to cancer risks from vehicular air pollution in Miami. Population and Environment. Vol. 35, 26-44. Published, 12/2013.
  • Nelan, MM & Grineski, SE (2013). Responding to Haiti’s Earthquake: International Volunteer’s Health Behaviors and Community Relationships. Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster. Vol. 31, 293-314. Published, 12/2013.
  • Grineski, SE, Hernandez, AA & Ramos, V (2013). Raising Children in a Violent Context: An intersectionality approach to understanding parents’ experiences in Ciudad Juárez. Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol. 40, 10-22. Published, 12/2013.
  • Collins, TW, Jimenez, AM & Grineski, SE (2013). Hispanic health disparities after a flood disaster: results of a population-based survey of individuals experiencing home site damage in El Paso (Texas, USA). Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Vol. 15, 415-426. Published, 12/2013.
  • Jimenez, Am, Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2013). Intra-ethnic disparities in respiratory health outcomes among Hispanic residents impacted by a flood. Journal of Asthma. Vol. 50, 463-471. Published, 12/2013.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Ford, PB, Aldouri, R, Fitzgerald, R, Romo Aguilar, L, Velazquez Angulo, G & Lu, D (2013). Mapping vulnerability to climate change-related hazards: Children at-risk in a U.S.-Mexico border metropolis. . Population and Environment. Vol. 34, 313-337. Published, 12/2013.
  • Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J, Collins, TW & McDonald, Y (2013). Environmental Health Justice: Exposure to Air Toxics and Children’s Respiratory Hospital Admissions. The Professional Geographer. Vol. 65, 31-46. Published, 12/2013.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Ford, PB, Fitzgerald, R, Aldouri, R, Velazquez-Angulo, G, Romo Aguilar, L & Lu, D (2012). Climate change and environmental injustice in a bi-national context. Applied Geography. Vol. 33, 25-35. Published, 12/2012.
  • Forero, A & Grineski, SE (2012). Delayed Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region: A health narratives approach. Research in Sociology of Health Care. Vol. 30, 45-65. Published, 12/2012.
  • Hernandez, AA & Grineski, SE (2012). Disrupted by Violence: Children’s well-being and families’ economic, social, and cultural capital in Ciudad Juárez. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica Pan-American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 31, 373-379. Published, 12/2012.
  • Morales, O, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2012). Structural Violence and Environmental Injustice: The case of a US-Mexico border chemical plant. Local Environment. Vol. 17, 1-21. Published, 12/2012.
  • McDonald, YJ & Grineski, SE (2012). Lack of Plumbing: A bi-national comparison of environmental injustice in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Population and Environment. Vol. 34, 194-216. Published, 12/2012.
  • Flores, M, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2011). Using Visual Imagery to Achieve Environmental Justice: A Case Study of the ASARCO Copper Smelter in El Paso, TX. Environmental Justice. Vol. 4, 45-53. Published, 12/2011.
  • Grineski, SE (2011). Transnational Cultural Capital: Negotiating the US-Mexico border in coping with children’s asthma. Journal of Health and Social Theory. Vol. 9, 256-274. Published, 12/2011.
  • Grineski, SE & McDonald, YJ (2011). Mapping the Uninsured Using Secondary Data: An Environmental Justice Application in Dallas. Population and Environment. Vol. 32, 376-387. Published, 12/2011.
  • Grineski, SE, Staniswalis, JG, Bulathsinhala, P, Peng, Y & Gill, TE (2011). Hospital admissions for asthma and acute bronchitis in El Paso, Texas: Do age, sex, and insurance status modify the effects of dust and low wind events? . Environmental Research. Vol. 111, 1148-1155. Published, 12/2011.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J & McDonald, Y (2011). Understanding environmental health inequalities through comparative intracategorical analysis: Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer risks from air toxics in El Paso County, Texas. Health and Place. Vol. 17, 335-344. Published, 12/2011.
  • Grineski, SE, Staniswalis, JG, Peng, Y & Atkinson-Palombo, C (2010). Children’s asthma hospitalizations and relative risk due to nitrogen dioxide (NO2): Effect modification by race, ethnicity and insurance status. Environmental Research. Vol. 110, 178-188. Published, 12/2010.
  • Grineski, SE & Hernandez, AA (2010). Landlords, Fear and Children’s Respiratory Health: An untold story of environmental injustice in the central city. Local Environment. Vol. 15, 197-214. Published, 12/2010.
  • Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2010). Environmental Injustice in Transnational Context: Urbanization and industrial hazards in El Paso/Ciudad Juárez. Environment and Planning A. Vol. 42, 1308-1327. Published, 12/2010.
  • Hernandez, AA & Grineski, SE (2010). Exploring the Efficacy of an Environmental Health Intervention in south Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Family and Community Health. Vol. 33, 1-11. Published, 12/2010.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Romo Aguilar, L & Aldouri, R (2010). No Safe Place: Environmental Hazards & Injustice along Mexico’s Northern Border. Social Forces. Vol. 88, 2241-2266. Published, 12/2010.
  • Grineski, SE (2009). Marginalization & Health: Children’s asthma on the Texas-Mexico border. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Vol. 29, 287-304. Published, 12/2009.
  • Grineski, SE (2009). Parental Accounts of Children’s Asthma Care: The roles of cultural, social, and economic capitals in health disparities. Sociological Focus. Vol. 42, 107-143. Published, 12/2009.
  • Grineski, SE (2009). Predicting Children’s Asthma Hospitalizations: Rural and Urban Differences in Texas. Rural Sociology. Vol. 74, 201-219. Published, 12/2009.
  • Grineski, SE (2009). Human-Environment Interactions & Environmental Justice: How do diverse parents of asthmatic children minimize hazards? . Society and Natural Resources. Vol. 22, 727-743. Published, 12/2009.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Romo Aguilar, L (2009). Vulnerability to environmental hazards in the Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)-El Paso (USA) metropolis: A model for spatial risk assessment in transnational contexts. Applied Geography. Vol. 29, 448-461. Published, 12/2009.
  • Collins, TW, Grineski, SE & Flores, M (2008). Environmental Injustice in the Paso Del Norte. Projections. Vol. 8, 156-171. Published, 12/2008.
  • Grineski, SE (2008). Childhood Asthma, Public Housing, and Environmental Control: Differences between families renting with Section 8 vouchers and those living in the “Projects”. Journal of Poverty. Vol. 12, 432-455. Published, 12/2008.
  • Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2008). Exploring Environmental Injustice in the Global South: Maquiladoras in Ciudad Juárez. Population and Environment. Vol. 29, 247-270. Published, 12/2008.
  • Grineski, SE (2008). Coping with asthma in the central city: Parental experiences with children’s health care. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Vol. 19, 227-236. Published, 12/2008.
  • Grineski, SE, Bolin, B & Boone, CG (2007). Criteria Pollution and Marginal Populations: Environmental Inequity in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. 88, 535-554. Published, 12/2007.
  • Grineski, SE (2007). Incorporating Health Outcomes into Environmental Justice Research: The case of children's asthma and air pollution in Phoenix, Arizona. Environmental Hazards. Vol. 7, 360-371. Published, 12/2007.
  • Collins, TW & Grineski, SE (2007). Unequal Impacts of Downtown Redevelopment in Phoenix, AZ. Journal of Poverty. Vol. 11, 23-54. Published, 12/2007.
  • Grineski, SE (2007). Characterizing Asthma on the Texas-Mexico Border. Journal of Asthma. Vol. 44, 783-787. Published, 12/2007.
  • Grineski, SE, Bolin, B & Agadjanian, V (2006). Tuberculosis and Urban Growth: Class, Race and Disease in early Phoenix, Arizona. Health and Place. Vol. 12, 603-616. Published, 12/2006.
  • Grineski, SE (2006). Local Struggles for Environmental Justice: Activating Knowledge for Change. Journal of Poverty. Vol. 10, 25-49. Published, 12/2006.
  • Bolin, B, Grineski, SE & Collins, TW (2005). Geography of Despair: Environmental Racism and the Making of South Phoenix, USA. Human Ecology Review. Vol. 12, 155-167. Published, 12/2005.

Research Keywords

  • Undergraduate Research (UROP)
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrants
  • Mentoring
  • Health Disparities
  • Environmental Justice
  • Children's Health
  • Air Pollution

Presentations

  • Mallia, Derek, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Perry, KD, Lin, J, Lang, OI, Skiles, M. Projecting the impacts of a shrinking Great Salt Lake on dust exposure along the Wasatch Front. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 12/2023.
  • Wen, M, Cheung E, Curtis D, Grineski SE, Wei, DY. Prospective Associations between Multidimensional Neighborhood Contexts and Psychosocial Outcomes in Later Life. Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting. Conference Paper, Presented, 11/2023.
  • Grineski, SE. Environmental injustice and children’s exposure to PM2.5 in the Salt Lake Valley. Stenger Center's 28th annual symposium: The Future of the Great Salt Lake. University of Utah Quinney College of Law. March 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2023.
  • Grineski SE, Collins TW. Cascading Disasters and Health Inequities: Winter Storm Uri. Invited Colloquium. Center for Interamerican and Border Studies. University of Texas at El Paso. February 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2023.
  • Grineski SE, Collins TW. Air Pollution, Exposure to Environmental Contaminants and Educational Policy. Our Children Can’t Wait webinar series, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. February 2023. Other, Presented, 02/2023.
  • Grineski, SE. Winter Storm Uri in Texas. Space Co. Rice University. September 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2022.
  • Shaker, Y., Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Flores, AB, Redlining, racism and food access in US urban cores. Sociology of Food. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. August 2022. Los Angeles, CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2022.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Chakraborty, J, Goodwin, E, Aun, J, *Ramos, K. Winter Storm Uri as a Cascading Disaster: Inequities in power and piped water outages among metro-Texans. Environmental Sociology Roundtables. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. August 2022. Los Angeles, CA. *Ramos presented the paper. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2022.
  • Grineski, SE. Environmental Injustice, Health Inequities and Winter Storm Uri in Texas. Session on Environmental Justice and Environmental Health Disparities. 8th University of Maryland Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Symposium. August 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2022.
  • Grineski, S.E., Renteria, R., Alexander, C. 2021. Environmental Justice. Mission STEMPCAP: Air Pollution. Youth-in-Custody at a Juvenile Detention Center. Ogden, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2021.
  • Grineski, S.E. Environmental Justice in Salt Lake County. Invited presentation. Rowland Hall Middle School, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2021.
  • *Mangadu, A., R. Renteria, S. Grineski, T. Collins, A. Bakian, D. Bilder. 2021. Associations between an Indicator of Perinatal Lead Exposure and Intellectual Disability in Utah Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. BUILDing SCHOLARS Symposium. El Paso, TX. Poster, Presented, 09/2021.
  • Renteria, RA, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, *Trego, S, Flores, AB. Neighborhood heat disparities in the Northeast United States. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2021.
  • Rubio, R. Grineski, SE, Collins, TW. Air pollution along the US’s southern border: The role of social inequalities in shaping neighborhood exposures. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2021.
  • Mullen, C, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW, Flores, AB. Environmental Justice Implications of a Non-Governmental Network of Air Quality Monitoring Sensors in Los Angeles County. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2021.
  • *Carreon-Andrade, Jose, *Bianca Paulino, Casey Mullen, Kerry Kelly, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins, Tristalee Mangin, Brandon Juedeman, and Dylan Rosenberg. “How Participatory Air Quality Sensing Shapes Participants’ Exposure Experiences: Connecting Indoor Sensor Data and Participant Observations.” University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research Virtual Summer Symposium. Poster, Presented, 08/2021.
  • *Mangadu, A., R. Renteria, S. Grineski, T. Collins. 2021. Using big data to estimate prenatal environmental exposures. University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research Virtual Summer Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT. Poster, Presented, 08/2021.
  • *Paulino, Bianca, *Jose Carreon-Andrade, Casey Mullen, Kerry Kelly, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins, Tristalee Mangin, Brandon Juedeman, and Dylan Rosenberg. “How Participatory Air Quality Sensing Shapes Participants’ Exposure Experiences: Perceptions and Challenges of Mitigating Exposure Pre-Sensor Distribution.” University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research Virtual Summer Symposium. Poster, Presented, 08/2021.
  • *Child, C., Collins, TW, Grineski, SE. Neighborhood disparities in air pollution exposure at the US-Mexico border: The intersection of race/ethnicity and older age. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. virtual event. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2021.
  • Flores, AB, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Sampson, C. Measuring Inequities in Exposure to 100-year Flood Risk in Houston, Texas: A Comparative Approach Using Two Flood Models. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. virtual event. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2021.
  • *Trego, S, Collins ,TW, Grineski, SE, Flores, AB, Renteria, R. Disparities in Extreme Heat Exposure in Maricopa County, Arizona: The Intersection of Race/ethnicity and Older Age. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. virtual event. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2021.
  • Bonkowsky, J., Grineski, SE., Collins, TW, Morales, DX, Wilkes, J. Disparities in Geographic and Specialty Access in U.S. Pediatric Leukodystrophy Diagnosis. 16TH ICNC/49th Annual Child Neurology Society Meeting in San Diego, CA (October 19-23 2020). Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2020.
  • Mullen, C., Grineski, S., Collins, T., Xing, W., Whitaker, R., Sayahi, T., Becnel, T., Goffin, P., Gaillardon, P.-E., M. Meyer and Kelly, K. “Patterns of distributive environmental inequity under different PM2.5 air pollution scenarios for Salt Lake County public schools.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. August 2020. (Conference canceled and no virtual option offered by roundtable presider). Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 08/2020.
  • Grineski, SE, Collins, T., Rubio, R., Renteria, Roger. Multigenerational Immigrant Trajectories and Exposure to Air Pollution in the US. American Association of Geographers. Denver, Colorado. April, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID). Conference Paper, Other, 04/2020.
  • Flores, AB, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J. 2021. Social vulnerability to Hurricane Harvey: Unmet needs and adverse event experiences in Greater Houston, Texas. Paper to be presented at the meetings of the 2021 Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO. (Cancelled due to COVID). Conference Paper, Other, 04/2020.
  • Nadybal, S, Collins TW, Grineski SE. A Distributive Environmental Justice Analysis of Light Pollution in the Contiguous United States. Paper to be presented at the meetings of the 2021 Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO. (Cancelled due to COVID). Conference Paper, Other, 04/2020.
  • Collins TW, Grineski SE, Nadybal, S. Environmental injustice, white privilege, and the boomerang effect: A comparative, U.S. national study of neighborhood-level disparities in fine particulate matter and ozone pollution. Paper to be presented at the meetings of the 2021 Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO. (Cancelled due to COVID). Conference Paper, Other, 04/2020.
  • Flores, AB, Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J. Hurricane Harvey: Impacts on vulnerable populations. Paper presented at HurriCon: Science at the Intersection of Hurricanes and the Populated Coast (National Science Foundation-funded). Greenville, NC. February 2020. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2020.
  • Grineski, SE and AB Flores. How mitigation helped Houston households after Hurricane Harvey. Making Mitigation Work Webinar Series. Natural Hazards Center. University of Colorado Boulder. February 11, 2020. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2020.
    https://hazards.colorado.edu/training/webinars/how...
  • Mullen, C., Grineski, S., Collins, T., Xing, W., Whitaker, R., Sayahi, T., Becnel, T., Goffin, P., Gaillardon, P.-E., Meyer, M. and K. Kelly. Distributive environmental injustice at Salt Lake County public schools for different PM2.5 air pollution scenarios. Global Change & Sustainability Center 2020 Environment & Sustainability Research Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. February 2020. [Poster Session]. Poster, Presented, 02/2020.
  • Rubio, R., Grineski, S., Collins, T. An intersectional approach to studying race/ethnicity and language-based environmental injustices in children’s exposure to air pollution. Global Change & Sustainability Center 2020 Environment & Sustainability Research Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. February 2020. Poster, Presented, 02/2020.
  • Grineski, SE. Invited Lecture. Air Pollution, Environmental Injustice and the Well-being of Children. Wallace Stegner Center Green Bag Series. University of Utah College of Law. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/24/2019.
    https://law.utah.edu/event/air-pollution-environme...
  • Griego, A., Flores, A.B., Grineski, SE, Collins, T.W. Social Vulnerability, Recovery Aid and the Speed of Recovery: Results from a survey conducted after Hurricane Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas. Southwest Social Science Association. San Diego, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Castor, A., Flores, A.B., Mullen, C., Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W. Social Disparities in Exposure to Accidental Releases of Chemical Toxins in the Texas Gulf Coast Area After Hurricane Harvey. Southwest Social Science Association. San Diego, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Grineski, SE. Invited Panelist and Presenter (Hurricane Harvey: Impacts on vulnerable populations). Climate Impacts in Minoritized Communities. Hinckley Institute for Politics. University of Utah. Panel, Presented, 09/2019.
    https://www.hinckley.utah.edu/calendar/2019/9/25/c...
  • Garcia, M., Grineski, S. Age-related Stigma: A Qualitative Study of Challenges Faced by Young Latino College Students. Society for the Study of Social Problem Conference. New York, NY. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Collins, T.W., Grineski, S.E., Nadybal, S. Social Disparities in Exposure to Noise at Public Schools in the Contiguous United States. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Garcia, M., Grineski, S.E. Age-related stigma among young Hispanic College Students. Submitted to the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York City. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Grineski, S.E., Flores, A.B. Collins, T.W Chakraborty, J. he impact of Hurricane Harvey on Greater Houston Households: Comparing pre-event preparedness with post-event health effects, exposure experiences and recovery. Disasters Session. American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York City. Conference Paper, Accepted, 08/2019.
  • Rubio, R. Grineski, S.E., Collins, T.W Morales, D.X. Disproportionate exposure to cancer-causing hazardous air pollutants based on ancestry within the United States. Submitted to the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York City. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2019.
  • Flores, A., Collins, T., Grineski, S.E., Chakraborty, J. Disparities in Health Impacts and Access to Care Among Houston Area Residents After Hurricane Harvey. Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting. University of Colorado-Boulder. Broomfield, Colorado. Conference Paper, Presented, 07/12/2019.
  • Flores, A.B., Collins, T.W., Grineski, S.E., Chakraborty, J. Disparities in Health Impacts and Access to Care among Houston Area Residents in Hurricane Harvey. Paper presented at the meetings of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, DC. (J. X. Kasperson Award Winner). Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2019.
  • Nadybal, S. Collins, T.W., Grineski, S.E., Social Disparities in Exposure to Air and Road Transportation Noise at US Public Schools. Paper presented at the meetings of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, DC. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2019.
  • Flores, A.B., Collins, TW, Grineski, SE, Chakraborty, J. Disparities in Health Impacts and Access to Care Among Houston Area Residents After Hurricane Harvey. Global Change & Sustainability Center 2019 Environment & Sustainability Research Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Poster, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Rubio, R., Grineski, SE., Collins, TW., Morales, DX. Unequal Exposure to Cancer-Causing Hazardous Air Pollutants Based on Ancestry in the United States. Global Change & Sustainability Center 2019 Research Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Poster, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE, Collins, TW. 2018. Effects of gender concordance in mentoring relationships on summer research experience outcomes for undergraduate students. Presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association (ASA), Philadelphia, PA. Submitted to the American Sociological Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. August 2018. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/20/2018.
  • Grineski, SE. Air Neurotoxicant Exposures: Health Effects and Environmental Justice. Invited Grand Rounds Speaker. Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Boise, Idaho. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/02/2018.
  • Grineski, SE. Air Pollution in El Paso and its Impact on Children's School Performance. Joint Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Air Quality in the Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua / El Paso, Texas / Doña Ana County, New México Air Basin (http://www.cccjac.org/). Cd. Juarez, Mexico.. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/18/2018.
  • Morales, DX, Grineski, SE, Corral, G, Aley S, Boland T, Collins, TW, Cox, M, Echegoyen L, Morera, O, Wagler, A. 2017. Finding the best match: Managing a multi-institutional mentoring program using an online mentoring interface. Diversity Program Consortium Annual Conference, Rockville, MD. October 2017. Poster, Presented, 10/15/2017.
  • Grineski, S.E., Morales, D.X., Collins, T.W., *Hernandez, E.,* Fuentes, A. The model minority myth exposed: Carcinogenic air toxics among Asian Americans in four immigrant gateways. The American Sociological Association annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 2017. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/25/2017.
  • Collins, T., Grineski, SE, Morales, DX. Environmental injustice and sexual minorities: a national study of air pollution risks among same-sex partners. The American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, August 2017. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/24/2017.
  • Echegoyen, LE, Aley, S, Boland, T, Corral, G, Cox, M, Grineski, SE, Morera, O, Wagler, A. BUILDing SCHOLARS: Combining Asset Bundles with High Impact Practices. NIH/NIGMS Training and Workforce Development Program Directors’ Meeting. June 2017, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/20/2017.
  • Grineski, SE, Morales, DX, Corral, G, Aley, S, Boland, T, Cox, M, Echegoyen, LE, Morera, O, Wagler, A. Finding the best match: Managing a multi-institutional mentoring program using an online mentoring interface. NIH/NIGMS Training and Workforce Development Program Directors’ Meeting. June, Baltimore, MD. Poster, Presented, 06/15/2017.
  • *Fuentes, A, Grineski, S.E., Morales, D.X., Collins, T.W., *Hernandez, E. A Multicity Study of Asian Americans and Environmental Health Disparities Southwest Social Science Association. Austin, TX. April 2017. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/20/2017.
  • Echegoyen, LE, Aley, S, Boland, T, Corral, G, Cox, M, Grineski, SE, Morera, O, Wagler, A. BUILDing SCHOLARS at the University of Texas at El Paso: an asset bundles approach. Session featuring NIH-funded BUILD Sites (“BUILD Sites: One Goal with Multiple Approaches to Diversify the NIH Workforce”), Understanding Interventions Conference. March, San Antonio, TX. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/15/2017.
  • Echegoyen, LE, Corral, G., Aley, S., Collins, TA, Grineski, SE. BUILDing SCHOLARS: undergraduate student interventions to prepare the next generation of biomedical researchers. Understanding Interventions Conference, San Antonio, TX. Poster, Presented, 03/15/2017.

Research Groups

  • Matt McFarland, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 12/2023 - 06/2024.
  • Rachel Straight, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 08/2023 - 06/2024.
  • Sergio Armendariz, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2023 - present.
  • Jaqueline Gomez, Undergraduate Student. ENVST. 01/2023 - present.
  • Nancy Pasillas, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 08/2022 - 08/2023.
  • Mathilda Scott, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2022 - present.
  • Yolanda Chavez, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2022 - present.
  • Callie Avondet, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 02/2022 - present.
  • Lauren Piper Christianson, Undergraduate Student. ENVST. 09/2021 - 05/2022.
  • Kevin Ramos, Undergraduate Student. Geography. 08/2021 - present.
  • Camden Alexander, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 08/2021 - present.
  • Kalia Balch, Undergraduate Student. ENVST. 01/05/2021 - 06/2021.
  • Julianne Liu, Undergraduate Student. ENVST. 01/2021 - 06/2021.
  • Yasamin Shaker, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/15/2020 - present.
  • Shaylnn Trego, Undergraduate Student. Geography. 01/2020 - 05/2021.
  • Roger Renteria, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2019 - present.
  • Angel Griego, Undergraduate Student. Sociology. 01/2019 - 05/2021.
  • Alyssa Castor, Undergraduate Student. ENVST. 01/2019 - 12/2019.
  • Casey Mullen, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2018 - 06/2023.
  • Shawna Nadybal, Graduate Student. Geography. 08/2018 - 01/2022.
  • Ricardo Rubio, Graduate Student. Sociology. 08/2018 - present.
  • Aaron Flores, Graduate Student. Geography. 07/2018 - 05/2022.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Leukodystrophy Disease Burden and Diagnosis. National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. PI: Willard Dere. Co-PI(s): Bonkowsky, J; Grineski, SE; Collins TW. National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 08/01/2018 - 02/28/2019. Total project budget to date: $263,311.00

Languages

  • Spanish, functional.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Costa Rica
  • Mexico