CNS has thrived in the cultural and intellectual zeitgeist for over 35 years because of our dedicated editors and contributors from around the world. Learn more about our Senior Editorial Board, Contributing Editors, Ecofeminist Collective, Reviews Committee, Red-Green Study Group, and Editors in Memoriam below.
Senior Editorial Board
Leigh Brownhill
Co-Editor in Chief
Leigh is a community-engaged scholar, union activist, and teaches at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada.
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Daniel Faber
Co-Editor in Chief
Danny teaches Sociology at Northeastern University and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Center for Climate Justice where he writes on corporate power.
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Federico Berghmans
Manging Editor
Federico is an independent scholar and former Animal Rights activist and campaigns organizer in Argentina.
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Arnab Roy Chowdhury
Reviews Editor
Arnab is an Associate Professor in the School of Sociology at the HSE University, Moscow. Prior to this he taught in the Public Policy and Management Group at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He received his PhD in Sociology from the National University of Singapore in 2014. His research and teaching interests include Political Ecology, Postcolonial & Subaltern Studies, Cultural Sociology, Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, Social Movements Studies, Ethnicity and Nationalism, and Natural Resources Extraction and Labour.
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Barbara Laurence
Senior Editor
Barbara has retired after 40+ years at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She co-founded the Center for Political Ecology and CNS Journal with James O’Connor.
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Marco Armiero
Senior Editor
Marco is a Professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He works on the environmental history and political ecology of fascism, toxicity, and global migrations.
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Salvatore (saed) Engel-Di Mauro
Senior Editor
Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at SUNY New Paltz, and Senior Editor for CNS and Human Geography journals. His research involves the application and further development of a historical and dialectical materialist framework for the study of physical environments.
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Maarten de Kadt
Senior Editor
Marty has long been an environmental activist – from his early work to his current focus on ecosocialist thinking, policy promulgation and the improvement of his local community’s environment. As a CNS editor he is a strong supporter of clearly argued, jargon free, methodologically sound diverse voices engaging the various discussions presented on the Journal’s pages.
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George Martin
Senior Editor
George is an Emeritus Professor with on-going work about the social and ecological sustainability of agriculture and transportation.
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David Naguib Pellow
Senior Editor
David is a Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has served on the Boards of Directors for the Community Environmental Council, the Global Action Research Center, Greenpeace USA, International Rivers, and the Fund for Santa Barbara. He is currently
active with the Central Coast Climate Justice Network and the campaign to Fight Toxic
Prisons.
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Andrea Ricci
Senior Editor
Andrea teaches economics at the University of Urbino in Italy. His research focuses on unequal exchange, uneven economic development and Marx’s theory of value.
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Victor Wallis
Senior Editor
Victor Wallis teaches political science at the Berklee College of Music. His books include Red/Green Revolution and Socialist Practice: Histories and Theories.
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Founding Editors (1988): James O’Connor and Barbara Laurence
Editors-in-Chief Emeritus: James O’Conner (1988-2003); Joel Kovel (2003-2012); Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro (2012-2023)
CNS Contributing Editors
- Waquar Ahmed (University of North Texas, USA)
- John Barry (Queens University Belfast, Ireland)
- Ted Benton (University of Essex, UK)
- Andrew Biro (Acadia university, Canada)
- Gareth Bryant (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Paul Buhle (Independent Scholar, USA)
- Larry Alan Busk (Wabash College, USA)
- John P. Clark (Loyola University, USA)
- Paul Cooney (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil)*
- Noah De Lissovoy (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
- Sam Fassbinder (Food Not Bombs, USA)*
- Silvia Federici (Hofstra University, USA)
- Arran Gare (Swinburne University, Australia)
- Sanjeev Ghotge (Independent Scholar, India)
- Dina Gilio-Whitaker (California State University at San Marcos, USA)
- Roger S. Gottlieb (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
- José A. Tapia Granados (Drexel University, USA)
- Nik Heynen (University of Georgia, USA)
- Jane Hindley (University of Essex, UK)
- Matt Huber (Syracuse University, USA)
- Kelly Kay (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
- Goutam Karmakar (University of Hyderabad, India)
- Nahide Konak (Independent Scholar, Turkey)
- Ashok Kumbamu (Mayo Clinic, USA)
- Thomas Lambert (University of Louisville)
- Peter A. LaVenia (SUNY Oneonta, USA)
- Peter Little (Rhode Island College, USA)
- Timothy W. Luke (Virginia Tech, USA)
- Joe Nevins (Vassar College, USA)
- David Peerla (Lakehead University Orillia, Canada)
- Keith R. Peterson (Colby College, USA)
- Suzanne Pierre (Critical Ecology Lab, USA)
- Tom Reifer (University of San Diego, USA)
- Joan Roelofs (Independent Scholar, USA);
- Alan Rudy (Central Michigan University, USA)
- Stuart Rosewarne (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Irwin Sperber (SUNY New Paltz, USA)
- Ethemcan Turhan (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
- Andriana Vlachou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
- Eddie Yuen (San Francisco Art Institute, USA)
CNS’ Ecofeminist Collective
- Stefania Barca (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
- Leigh Brownhill (Athabasca University, Canada)
- Liz Coba (Collective Amazonia, Ecuador)
- Tania Cruz (Miridas Criticas, Latina America)
- Alice Dal Gobbo (University of Trento, Italy)
- Selina Gallo-Cruz (Syracuse University, USA)
- Ana Isla (Brock University, Canada)
- Adabu Jessie Jefwa (Independent Scholar, Canada)
- Wahu Kaara (Independent Scholar, Kenya)
- Ynestra King (Independent Scholar, USA)
- Inge Konik (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)
- Mary Ann Manahan (Ghent University, Belgium)
- Martha McMahon (University of Victoria, Canada)
- Ruth Nyambura (Ecofeminist Scholar, Kenya)
- David Peerla (Lakehead University, Canada)
- Ellie Perkins (York University, Canada)
- Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney, Australia)
- Christina Schlegel (Global Center for Climate Justice, USA)
- Elna Tulus (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
- Linda Quiquivix (Independent Scholar, USA)
- Terisa E. Turner (International Oil Working Group, USA)
UK Red-Green Study Group
Ted Benton (University of Essex, UK)
Pat Devine (University of Manchester, UK)
Jane Hindley (University of Essex, UK)
Graham Sharp (University of Brighton, UK)
Pritam Singh (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Judith Watson (University of Brighton, UK)
CNS Reviews Committee
Arnab Chowdhury, Coordinator
Federico Berghams
Daniel Barbosa
Michael Goldman
Roger Gottlieb
Benjamin Levy
Peter Little
David Peerla
Sarbeswar Sahoo
Alan Rudy
Judith Watson
Honoring Our Transitioned CNS Editors
In recognition of their contributions to the journal and an eco-socialist future: