Scott Frickel Source Confirmed

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John Brown University

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27 h-index 111 pubs 4,529 cited

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Scott Frickel is a professor at John Brown University whose work addresses environmental justice and health disparities through interdisciplinary lenses, including American environmental and regional history. He examines climate change communication, risk perception/management, and the dynamics of urban environments, neighborhoods, and segregation. His research explores the intersection of historical industrial pollution and future flooding risks, highlighting unequal exposure. Frickel's scholarship also investigates the environmental state, the politics of environmental protection, and strategies for diversifying and enhancing science advocacy. Additionally, he develops methods using feature extraction and machine learning to identify historic urban environmental hazards, such as lost fossil fuel infrastructure.

Frickel's primary research focus lies in understanding and addressing the complex interplay between environmental factors, social inequalities, and public health.

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h-index: 27
Publications: 111
Citations: 4,529

Selected Publications

Toxic Timescapes: Examining Toxicity across Time and Space (2025) DOI
Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists (2023) DOI
Flood maps show US vastly underestimates contamination risk at old industrial sites (2022) DOI
Long after “People before Highways”: Social Movements and Expert Activism in Greater Boston, 1960–2016 (2022) DOI
Residues. Thinking Through Chemical Environments (2022)
Disaster, Participatory Science, and Infrastructure (2022) DOI