Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, 2020
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, African American Studies with Honors, 2011
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Media Studies, 2011
A.A. Berkeley City College, Liberal Arts, 2008
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, 2020-Present
Affiliate Faculty, Black Studies Department, School of Gender, Race and Nations
DISSERTATION
From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California, 1937-2020.
Committee: Professors Rachel Morello-Frosch (Chair), Nancy Lee Peluso, Jovan Scott Lewis, Malo Andre Hutson, and Carolyn Finney.
PUBLICATIONS
Corbin, C.N.E. “In Red, Black & Green: The Urban Political Ecological Eras of West Oakland, California, From 1937-2020.” In the publication pipeline
Corbin, C.N.E. “Enclosure-Occupations from Above & Below: The Production of Greenspace Gentrification & Greenspace Ghettoization in Oakland, California.” In the publication pipeline
Corbin, C.N.E. “Rendering Gentrification and Erasing Race: Sustainable Development & (Re)Visioning Oakland as a Green City.” The Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity. editors Drs. Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis. Duke University Press. October 27, 2023.
Corbin, C.N.E. “The Dark Green City: The Liminal-Space of the In-Between” Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of ‘Critical Race Theory, Universal Write Publications LLC. May 7, Spring 2023.
Corbin, C.N.E., Wakanda! Take the Wheel! Visions of a Black Green City. Planning Theory and Practice. Race and Spatial Imaginary: Planning Otherwise, 2018, Vol. 19(2): 273-275.
Corbin, C.N.E., The Rise of Green Spaces in Inner Cities. African American Intellectual History Society, Black Perspectives, 2017.
http://www.aaihs.org/the-rise-of-green-spaces-in-inner-cities/
C.N.E. Corbin, Guillermo R. Douglass-Jaimes, Jesse Williamson, Ashton Wesner, Margot Higgins, and Jenny L. Palomino, with contributors Melina Packer and Frances Roberts-Gregory, (Re)Thinking the Tenure Process by Embracing Diversity in Scholars and Scholarship. University of California Student Association Graduate Policy Journal, 2015, Vol.(1): 4-9.
Andrade, K., Corbin, C., Diver, S., Eitzel, M.V., Williamson, J., Brashares, J. and Fortmann, L. (2014). Finding Your Way in the Interdisciplinary Forest: Notes on Educating Future Conservation Practitioners. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014, Vol. 23 (14): 3405–3423.
Ashton Bree Wesner, Julie Pyatt, and C.N.E. Corbin. The Practical Realities of Giving Back. Journal of Research Practice, 2014, Vol. 10(2), Article M6: 1-9.
Corbin, Chryl. Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, and the Changing Depictions of the Oompa-Loompas. The Berkeley McNair Research Journal, 2012. Vol. (19): 47-63.
EXPERT CONTRIBUTIONS & RESEARCH PROJECTS
Co-Chair, National Response and Resilient Recovery Strategic Science Initiative—Strategy Group on Covid-19 and Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment, Academies of Science, June 2022-Present. Report forthcoming
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/response-and-resilient-recovery-strategic-science-initiative-strategy-group-on-covid-19-and-ecosystem-services-in-the-built-environment
The California Reparations Report. AB 3121: Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations for African Americans. Cited Research Contributor. https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report
REPORTS
C.N.E. Corbin, Heather Kupier, Susan Montauk, Ken Lupoff, Barry Miller, and John Bliss. “Parks & Equity: The Promise of Oakland’s Parks a Survey of Oaklander’s Park Experiences and Perspectives.” Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, December 2020. https://www.oaklandparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/OPRF-Parks-And-Equity-2021-01-12.pdf
C.N.E. Corbin. “Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission 2018 Annual Report.” City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, August 1, 2019. https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3996179&GUID=4FEBCF1C-EE97-42EF-B0CB-EDDA25041AF5&Options=&Search=
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Planning for Fun, Love, Abundance, and Joy in Times of Despair” Roundtable. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Toronto, Ontario, November 5, 2022.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2020.” American Association of Geographers. Seattle, Washington, April 7, 2021.
“Prefiguring Postcolonial Worldly Relations for Queer Feminist Afrofutures” Panel. National Women’s Studies Association. San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2019.
“Flora, Fauna, and Folks: (Re)imaging the City as a Park.” State of the Estuary Conference. Oakland, CA, October 22, 2019.
“Opportunities and Possible Challenges for Restorative Environmental J.E.D.I (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Approaches within the Oakland, CA Public Park System.” “Antiracist Science”: Interrogating Knowledge Production, Interrupting Racism. Society for Social Studies of Science, New Orleans, LA., September 7, 2019.
“Unthinking Dystopian Futures: Why the World Needs EJ Futurism.” American Association of Geographers. Washington, D.C., April 7, 2019.
“Bridging, Dismantling, and Creating New Paths.” Bridging the Gap: A Mini-Conference on Race and the Environment. American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2018.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: Formation of a Chocolate City.” American Association of Geographers. New Orleans, LA, April 10, 2018.
“The Dark Green City: The Liminal Space of the In-between.” Global Economic Histories in Comparative Context. Society for American City & Regional Planning History, Cleveland, OH, October 28, 2017.
“The Black and Green Time Machine: Where Environmental Justice Meets Afrofuturism.” Session 4: Situating Black Geographies. Black Geographies Symposium: Insurgent Knowledge, Spatial Poetics, and the Politics of Blackness, UC Berkeley, CA, October 12, 2017.
“Rendering Gentrification & Erasing Race in the West Oakland Specific Plan.” The “Other” Side of the Bay: Contested Geographies of Oakland. American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2016.
“(Re)Articulating Diversity in Scholars and Scholarship: Experiences from Graduate Students at UC Berkeley.” American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2016.
“Rendering Gentrification & Erasing Race in the West Oakland Specific Plan,” Dimensions of Political Ecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, February 27, 2016.
“Is 21st Century Conservation Up in the Air? Rooftop Gardens & Municipal Water Catchment Systems,” Global Environmental Summer Academy, GESAx Talks, Bern, Switzerland, August 12, 2014.
“From Chocolate City to Green City: (Re)Visualizing the Historical Layers of Lake Merritt’s Political Landscape in Oakland, CA.” Poster, American Society of Environmental History, San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2014.
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, Migration, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas.” American Association of Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2013.
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas,” 20th Annual National McNair Research Conference. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee November 12, 2011.
“Power Dynamics and Confectionary Conflicts: A Critical Analysis of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” UC Berkeley 19th Annual McNair Scholars Symposium. Plenary Speaker. University of California, Berkeley August 4, 2011.
INVITED TALKS
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, November 9, 2022.
“PSU Campus Urban Design: The Educational District.” The Future of PSU as an Urban University Series. Portland State University, Portland, OR, November 1, 2022.
“Just Transitions: In the Meantime Planning.” The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions (ESPM 101A). University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, October 18, 2022.
“Session 1E Environmental Justice, Redlining, and Urban Heat Island.” 8th University of Maryland Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities. University of Maryland, Virtual, August 11, 2022.
“Redlining, Greenlining & Beyond.” National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Environmental Injustice Webinar, Washington DC, April 22, 2022.
“Beyond Recreation: Climate, Social Justice, and the Urban Landscape Ahead.” Green Dreams: Conversations on Parks hosted by the Portland Parks & Recreation Foundation, Portland, March 28, 2022.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Black New Deal Symposium hosted by Carrol Fife, Councilmember District 3, Oakland, CA, February 26, 2022.
“Complicating Olmsted in Portland: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities Panel,” The Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, Portland, OR, February 24, 2022.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 20, 2021.
Corbin, C.N.E. Witness Panel #2 Environmental Racism, October Hearing of California AB 3121 Task for to Study and Develop Reparation Proposal for African Americans, Virtual, October 12, 2021.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Critical Engagements in Anti-racist Environmental Scholarship, ESPM 290, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 22, 2021.
“Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021” Dean’s Forum I+E Lecture Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, September 20, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2020.” “Intimate Toxicities: Technoscience, Material Natures, & Environmental Justice.” Department of Geography, Rutgers University 12th MaGrann Conference. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 6, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021” Winter Quarter 2021 Speaker Series in Environmental Justice and Diversity, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 11, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021,” UC Davis Political Ecology Lab, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, March 8, 2021.
“Parks Beyond Recreation,” Afrofuturism in Science Policy and Education Panel, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February17, 2021.
“Environmental Justice and Sustainability: Intersectionality and BIPOC Communities Panel,” Department of Environmental Justice, ASUC Student Government at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, November 2, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 14, 2020.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Critical Engagements in Anti-racist Environmental Scholarship, ESPM 290, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 16, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA, April 23, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Merritt College, Oakland, CA, April 7, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Introduction to Environmental Justice: Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender and Place, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 21, 2019.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, October 17, 2019.
“Environmental Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Environmental J.E.D.I) Possibilities and Challenges for Restorative Environmental J.E.D.I in Oakland, CA.” Sustaining Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Gentrification, Green Infrastructure, and Anti-Displacement Strategies Symposium. University of Washington in Partnership with Seattle Public Utilities, the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environmental and Office Planning & Community Development, and the Emerald Corridor Collaboratory, Seattle, WA, September 26, 2019.
“Environmental Justice: Past, Present & Futurism,” Environmental Justice ESPM 163AC, University of California, Berkeley, April 29, 2019.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, November 1, 2018.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Introduction to Environmental Justice: Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender and Place, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 22, 2018.
“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Fostering Community Engagement by Embracing Social & Environmental Justice,” CONS 491—Recreational and Tourism Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, March 7, 2018.
“Embracing Diversity, Difference & Inclusion: Building Community & Community Building,” American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) Undergraduate Fellows Training, Public Service Center, University of California, Berkeley, November 2, 2017.
“Embracing Diversity, Difference & Inclusion: Building Community & Community Building.” Woodlawn Foundation, Birmingham, AL, August 26, 2017.
“Sci-Fi & Environmental Thought,” Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, University of California, Berkeley, October 23, 2017.
“Green Space, Gentrification, and Environmental Justice,” Environmental Health & Justice, San Francisco State, San Francisco, CA, June 22, 2017.
“Environmental Justice,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, November 1, 2016
“Environmental Justice,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, October 6, 2015
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, Migration, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas.” Scholarly Voices of the Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2012.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2020 Berkeley Food Institute Summer Fellowship
2019-2020 Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation Fellowship
2019-2020 Berkeley Connect ESPM Fellowship, UC Berkeley
2018-2020 Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Fellow, UC Berkeley
2016 National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Fellowship “Space and Place in Africana/Black Studies”
2013 Center for Race and Gender Graduate Student Grant, UC Berkeley
2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2012 Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, UC Berkeley
2011 Ronald E. McNair Scholar, UC Berkeley
AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & RECOGNITIONS
2023 Scholars for Social Justice ARIS Study Circle
2018 The Department of ESPM & ESPM Graduate Diversity Council Recognition as a Valuable Resource in Graduate
Diversity, Community Engagement, and Political Action, UC Berkeley
2017 Graduate Student Diversity and Inclusivity Training & Restorative Justice Certificate Program, UC Berkeley & The
Restorative Justice Center
2017 Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Student in Residence, UC Berkeley
2016 Outstanding Mentor Award, Getting into Graduate School, UC Berkeley Mentoring Program
2015 Article of Distinction, UCSA Graduate Policy Journal
2015 ESPM Distinguished Service Award, UC Berkeley
2014 Global Environments Summer Academy, Global Diversity Foundation, Alumni
2013 American Planning Association, Planning and the Black Community Division Robert A. Catlin/David W. Long Memorial Scholarship, Award Recognition
COURSES
USP 533: Planning Methods 1: Qualitative Planning Methods, Fall Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 589: Theorizing Urban Natures, Winter Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 313U: Urban Environmental Issues, Winter Term , Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 526: Neighborhood Conservation and Change, Spring Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP
2019-2020 Berkeley Connect Mentor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
2017 American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) Graduate Fellow, UC Berkeley
Summer 2017- 2018 McNair Scholars Program, UC Berkeley, Graduate Student Teacher
2015-17 & 2018-19 Getting into Graduate School (GiGs), Graduate Mentor
Spring 2017 Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program “New Canons Project Diversifying the Syllabus,” Graduate Instructor
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2023-Present Urban Studies Executive Committee, Portland State Univeristy
2020-2023 Master of Urban & Regional Planning Executive Committee, Portland State University
2020-2023 Belonging, Dignity, Justice Committee, MURP Exec. Liaison
2017-2018 Qualitative Writing Group, D-Lab, Co-Coordinator,
2014-2016 Chancellor’s Council on Students of Color and Multicultural Engagement, Member
2014-2015 ESPM Graduate Diversity Council, President
COMMUNITY & CIVIC SERVICE
2023-Present Metro Urban Growth Report Roundtable, Member
2021-Present City of Portland Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
2023-Present Chair
2021-2023 BioJam, Academic Advisory Board
2020-2021 Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, Board of Directors
2015-2020 City of Oakland Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission
Chair, 2019-2020
Vice Chair, 2017-2018
2018-2020 California Outdoor Engagement Coalition, Executive Committee
Advisory Board, 2016-2017
CONTRIBUTIONS, INTERVIEWS & MENTIONS IN POPULAR ARTICLES
Surowidjojo, Arya. "Agora in Portland: How the Pioneer Courthouse Square As We Know It Has Evolved Over 150 Years." Oregon Public Broadcasting-OPB. April 6, 2024 https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/06/agora-in-portland-how-the-pioneer-courthouse-square-as-we-know-it-has-evolved-over-150-years/
Chapman, Doogie and Tom Ward. "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory." When Would We Die? August 27, 2023. 44:00. https://www.whenwouldwedie.com/episodes-and-trailer
Biakolo, Kovie. "These Women of Color Are Leading The Charge Against Environmental Racism." Women's Health . June 13, 2022. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a39910892/environmental-racism-activists-interviews/
More, Dan. "The problem and potential of Oakland's parks." The Oaklandside. November 26, 2021. https://oaklandside.org/2021/11/26/oakland-parks-greenspace-equity/
Herbin-Triant, Elizabeth and Dennis Aftergut. "California clearly owes its Black communities reparations. Here's what that could look like." San Francisco Chronicle. October 21, 2021. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-clearly-owes-its-Black-communities-16549756.php
Alan Montecillo, Lakshmi Sarah, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Kate Wolffe. “40 Acres and a Tesla? California Considerations for Black Americans.” The Bay KQED. October 15, 2021. https://www.kqed.org/news/11892312/californias-reparations-process
Walling, Melina. "EV Charging Stations Multiply, But Are Often Out of Reach for Disadvantaged Populations." & The West. July 22, 2021. https://west.stanford.edu/news/blogs/and-the-west-blog/2021/ev-charging-stations-multiply-are-often-out-reach-disadvantaged-populations
Corbin, C.N.E. “The Fate of the City: A Symposium.” Dispatches Magazine-Issue 2. July 2021. https://dispatchesmag.com/product/issue-fate-of-the-city/
Oller, Jacob. "A Willy Wonka Prequel Movie Is a Bad Idea, Especially Considering All the Slavery." Paste. January 19, 2021. https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/wonka-prequel-oompa-loompa-slavery/
George, Aleta. "Earth Day at 50: Mulling the Blue Marble’s Next Half Century." Bay Area Monitor (blog). April/March 2020. https://bayareamonitor.org/article/earth-day-at-50-mulling-the-blue-marbles-next-half-century/
Kuiper, Heather, Ken Lupoff, and C.N.E. Corbin. "When It's Time for a Tax: Measure Q and a Vision for Oakland Parks." East Bay Express. February 26, 2020. https://eastbayexpress.com/when-its-time-for-a-tax-measure-q-and-a-vision-for-oakland-parks-1/
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, 2020
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, African American Studies with Honors, 2011
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Media Studies, 2011
A.A. Berkeley City College, Liberal Arts, 2008
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, 2020-Present
Affiliate Faculty, Black Studies Department, School of Gender, Race and Nations
DISSERTATION
From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California, 1937-2020.
Committee: Professors Rachel Morello-Frosch (Chair), Nancy Lee Peluso, Jovan Scott Lewis, Malo Andre Hutson, and Carolyn Finney.
PUBLICATIONS
Corbin, C.N.E. “In Red, Black & Green: The Urban Political Ecological Eras of West Oakland, California, From 1937-2020.” In the publication pipeline
Corbin, C.N.E. “Enclosure-Occupations from Above & Below: The Production of Greenspace Gentrification & Greenspace Ghettoization in Oakland, California.” In the publication pipeline
Corbin, C.N.E. “Rendering Gentrification and Erasing Race: Sustainable Development & (Re)Visioning Oakland as a Green City.” The Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity. editors Drs. Camilla Hawthorne and Jovan Scott Lewis. Duke University Press. October 27, 2023.
Corbin, C.N.E. “The Dark Green City: The Liminal-Space of the In-Between” Illmatic Consequences: The Clapback to Opponents of ‘Critical Race Theory, Universal Write Publications LLC. May 7, Spring 2023.
Corbin, C.N.E., Wakanda! Take the Wheel! Visions of a Black Green City. Planning Theory and Practice. Race and Spatial Imaginary: Planning Otherwise, 2018, Vol. 19(2): 273-275.
Corbin, C.N.E., The Rise of Green Spaces in Inner Cities. African American Intellectual History Society, Black Perspectives, 2017.
http://www.aaihs.org/the-rise-of-green-spaces-in-inner-cities/
C.N.E. Corbin, Guillermo R. Douglass-Jaimes, Jesse Williamson, Ashton Wesner, Margot Higgins, and Jenny L. Palomino, with contributors Melina Packer and Frances Roberts-Gregory, (Re)Thinking the Tenure Process by Embracing Diversity in Scholars and Scholarship. University of California Student Association Graduate Policy Journal, 2015, Vol.(1): 4-9.
Andrade, K., Corbin, C., Diver, S., Eitzel, M.V., Williamson, J., Brashares, J. and Fortmann, L. (2014). Finding Your Way in the Interdisciplinary Forest: Notes on Educating Future Conservation Practitioners. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014, Vol. 23 (14): 3405–3423.
Ashton Bree Wesner, Julie Pyatt, and C.N.E. Corbin. The Practical Realities of Giving Back. Journal of Research Practice, 2014, Vol. 10(2), Article M6: 1-9.
Corbin, Chryl. Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, and the Changing Depictions of the Oompa-Loompas. The Berkeley McNair Research Journal, 2012. Vol. (19): 47-63.
EXPERT CONTRIBUTIONS & RESEARCH PROJECTS
Co-Chair, National Response and Resilient Recovery Strategic Science Initiative—Strategy Group on Covid-19 and Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment, Academies of Science, June 2022-Present. Report forthcoming
https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/response-and-resilient-recovery-strategic-science-initiative-strategy-group-on-covid-19-and-ecosystem-services-in-the-built-environment
The California Reparations Report. AB 3121: Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations for African Americans. Cited Research Contributor. https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report
REPORTS
C.N.E. Corbin, Heather Kupier, Susan Montauk, Ken Lupoff, Barry Miller, and John Bliss. “Parks & Equity: The Promise of Oakland’s Parks a Survey of Oaklander’s Park Experiences and Perspectives.” Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, December 2020. https://www.oaklandparks.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/OPRF-Parks-And-Equity-2021-01-12.pdf
C.N.E. Corbin. “Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission 2018 Annual Report.” City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, August 1, 2019. https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3996179&GUID=4FEBCF1C-EE97-42EF-B0CB-EDDA25041AF5&Options=&Search=
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Planning for Fun, Love, Abundance, and Joy in Times of Despair” Roundtable. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Toronto, Ontario, November 5, 2022.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2020.” American Association of Geographers. Seattle, Washington, April 7, 2021.
“Prefiguring Postcolonial Worldly Relations for Queer Feminist Afrofutures” Panel. National Women’s Studies Association. San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2019.
“Flora, Fauna, and Folks: (Re)imaging the City as a Park.” State of the Estuary Conference. Oakland, CA, October 22, 2019.
“Opportunities and Possible Challenges for Restorative Environmental J.E.D.I (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Approaches within the Oakland, CA Public Park System.” “Antiracist Science”: Interrogating Knowledge Production, Interrupting Racism. Society for Social Studies of Science, New Orleans, LA., September 7, 2019.
“Unthinking Dystopian Futures: Why the World Needs EJ Futurism.” American Association of Geographers. Washington, D.C., April 7, 2019.
“Bridging, Dismantling, and Creating New Paths.” Bridging the Gap: A Mini-Conference on Race and the Environment. American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2018.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: Formation of a Chocolate City.” American Association of Geographers. New Orleans, LA, April 10, 2018.
“The Dark Green City: The Liminal Space of the In-between.” Global Economic Histories in Comparative Context. Society for American City & Regional Planning History, Cleveland, OH, October 28, 2017.
“The Black and Green Time Machine: Where Environmental Justice Meets Afrofuturism.” Session 4: Situating Black Geographies. Black Geographies Symposium: Insurgent Knowledge, Spatial Poetics, and the Politics of Blackness, UC Berkeley, CA, October 12, 2017.
“Rendering Gentrification & Erasing Race in the West Oakland Specific Plan.” The “Other” Side of the Bay: Contested Geographies of Oakland. American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2016.
“(Re)Articulating Diversity in Scholars and Scholarship: Experiences from Graduate Students at UC Berkeley.” American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2016.
“Rendering Gentrification & Erasing Race in the West Oakland Specific Plan,” Dimensions of Political Ecology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, February 27, 2016.
“Is 21st Century Conservation Up in the Air? Rooftop Gardens & Municipal Water Catchment Systems,” Global Environmental Summer Academy, GESAx Talks, Bern, Switzerland, August 12, 2014.
“From Chocolate City to Green City: (Re)Visualizing the Historical Layers of Lake Merritt’s Political Landscape in Oakland, CA.” Poster, American Society of Environmental History, San Francisco, CA, March 16, 2014.
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, Migration, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas.” American Association of Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2013.
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas,” 20th Annual National McNair Research Conference. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee November 12, 2011.
“Power Dynamics and Confectionary Conflicts: A Critical Analysis of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” UC Berkeley 19th Annual McNair Scholars Symposium. Plenary Speaker. University of California, Berkeley August 4, 2011.
INVITED TALKS
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, November 9, 2022.
“PSU Campus Urban Design: The Educational District.” The Future of PSU as an Urban University Series. Portland State University, Portland, OR, November 1, 2022.
“Just Transitions: In the Meantime Planning.” The Politics and Practice of Sustainability Transitions (ESPM 101A). University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, October 18, 2022.
“Session 1E Environmental Justice, Redlining, and Urban Heat Island.” 8th University of Maryland Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities. University of Maryland, Virtual, August 11, 2022.
“Redlining, Greenlining & Beyond.” National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) Environmental Injustice Webinar, Washington DC, April 22, 2022.
“Beyond Recreation: Climate, Social Justice, and the Urban Landscape Ahead.” Green Dreams: Conversations on Parks hosted by the Portland Parks & Recreation Foundation, Portland, March 28, 2022.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Black New Deal Symposium hosted by Carrol Fife, Councilmember District 3, Oakland, CA, February 26, 2022.
“Complicating Olmsted in Portland: Challenges, Lessons, and Opportunities Panel,” The Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University, Portland, OR, February 24, 2022.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 20, 2021.
Corbin, C.N.E. Witness Panel #2 Environmental Racism, October Hearing of California AB 3121 Task for to Study and Develop Reparation Proposal for African Americans, Virtual, October 12, 2021.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Critical Engagements in Anti-racist Environmental Scholarship, ESPM 290, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 22, 2021.
“Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021” Dean’s Forum I+E Lecture Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, September 20, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2020.” “Intimate Toxicities: Technoscience, Material Natures, & Environmental Justice.” Department of Geography, Rutgers University 12th MaGrann Conference. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 6, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021” Winter Quarter 2021 Speaker Series in Environmental Justice and Diversity, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs (SMEA), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 11, 2021.
“In Red, Black, and Green: The Political Ecological Eras of Oakland, CA 1937-2021,” UC Davis Political Ecology Lab, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, March 8, 2021.
“Parks Beyond Recreation,” Afrofuturism in Science Policy and Education Panel, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, February17, 2021.
“Environmental Justice and Sustainability: Intersectionality and BIPOC Communities Panel,” Department of Environmental Justice, ASUC Student Government at UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, November 2, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Justice Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 14, 2020.
“From Redlining to Greenlining: The Political Ecology of Race, Class, and Access to Green Space in Oakland, California 1937-2020,” Critical Engagements in Anti-racist Environmental Scholarship, ESPM 290, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 16, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA, April 23, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Merritt College, Oakland, CA, April 7, 2020.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Introduction to Environmental Justice: Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender and Place, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 21, 2019.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, October 17, 2019.
“Environmental Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Environmental J.E.D.I) Possibilities and Challenges for Restorative Environmental J.E.D.I in Oakland, CA.” Sustaining Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Gentrification, Green Infrastructure, and Anti-Displacement Strategies Symposium. University of Washington in Partnership with Seattle Public Utilities, the City of Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environmental and Office Planning & Community Development, and the Emerald Corridor Collaboratory, Seattle, WA, September 26, 2019.
“Environmental Justice: Past, Present & Futurism,” Environmental Justice ESPM 163AC, University of California, Berkeley, April 29, 2019.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, November 1, 2018.
“EJ Past, Present, and Futurism,” Introduction to Environmental Justice: Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender and Place, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 22, 2018.
“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Fostering Community Engagement by Embracing Social & Environmental Justice,” CONS 491—Recreational and Tourism Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, March 7, 2018.
“Embracing Diversity, Difference & Inclusion: Building Community & Community Building,” American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) Undergraduate Fellows Training, Public Service Center, University of California, Berkeley, November 2, 2017.
“Embracing Diversity, Difference & Inclusion: Building Community & Community Building.” Woodlawn Foundation, Birmingham, AL, August 26, 2017.
“Sci-Fi & Environmental Thought,” Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, University of California, Berkeley, October 23, 2017.
“Green Space, Gentrification, and Environmental Justice,” Environmental Health & Justice, San Francisco State, San Francisco, CA, June 22, 2017.
“Environmental Justice,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, November 1, 2016
“Environmental Justice,” Environmental Problem Solving ESPM 100, University of California, Berkeley, October 6, 2015
“Deconstructing Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: Race, Labor, Migration, and the Exploitation of the Oompa-Loompas.” Scholarly Voices of the Diaspora, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2012.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2020 Berkeley Food Institute Summer Fellowship
2019-2020 Center for Engaged Scholarship Dissertation Fellowship
2019-2020 Berkeley Connect ESPM Fellowship, UC Berkeley
2018-2020 Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Fellow, UC Berkeley
2016 National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Digital Humanities Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities Fellowship “Space and Place in Africana/Black Studies”
2013 Center for Race and Gender Graduate Student Grant, UC Berkeley
2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2012 Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, UC Berkeley
2011 Ronald E. McNair Scholar, UC Berkeley
AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS & RECOGNITIONS
2023 Scholars for Social Justice ARIS Study Circle
2018 The Department of ESPM & ESPM Graduate Diversity Council Recognition as a Valuable Resource in Graduate
Diversity, Community Engagement, and Political Action, UC Berkeley
2017 Graduate Student Diversity and Inclusivity Training & Restorative Justice Certificate Program, UC Berkeley & The
Restorative Justice Center
2017 Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Student in Residence, UC Berkeley
2016 Outstanding Mentor Award, Getting into Graduate School, UC Berkeley Mentoring Program
2015 Article of Distinction, UCSA Graduate Policy Journal
2015 ESPM Distinguished Service Award, UC Berkeley
2014 Global Environments Summer Academy, Global Diversity Foundation, Alumni
2013 American Planning Association, Planning and the Black Community Division Robert A. Catlin/David W. Long Memorial Scholarship, Award Recognition
COURSES
USP 533: Planning Methods 1: Qualitative Planning Methods, Fall Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 589: Theorizing Urban Natures, Winter Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 313U: Urban Environmental Issues, Winter Term , Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
USP 526: Neighborhood Conservation and Change, Spring Term, Nohad A, Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, College of Urban & Public Affairs, Portland State University
ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP
2019-2020 Berkeley Connect Mentor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
2017 American Cultures Engaged Scholarship (ACES) Graduate Fellow, UC Berkeley
Summer 2017- 2018 McNair Scholars Program, UC Berkeley, Graduate Student Teacher
2015-17 & 2018-19 Getting into Graduate School (GiGs), Graduate Mentor
Spring 2017 Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program “New Canons Project Diversifying the Syllabus,” Graduate Instructor
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2023-Present Urban Studies Executive Committee, Portland State Univeristy
2020-2023 Master of Urban & Regional Planning Executive Committee, Portland State University
2020-2023 Belonging, Dignity, Justice Committee, MURP Exec. Liaison
2017-2018 Qualitative Writing Group, D-Lab, Co-Coordinator,
2014-2016 Chancellor’s Council on Students of Color and Multicultural Engagement, Member
2014-2015 ESPM Graduate Diversity Council, President
COMMUNITY & CIVIC SERVICE
2023-Present Metro Urban Growth Report Roundtable, Member
2021-Present City of Portland Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
2023-Present Chair
2021-2023 BioJam, Academic Advisory Board
2020-2021 Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation, Board of Directors
2015-2020 City of Oakland Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission
Chair, 2019-2020
Vice Chair, 2017-2018
2018-2020 California Outdoor Engagement Coalition, Executive Committee
Advisory Board, 2016-2017
CONTRIBUTIONS, INTERVIEWS & MENTIONS IN POPULAR ARTICLES
Surowidjojo, Arya. "Agora in Portland: How the Pioneer Courthouse Square As We Know It Has Evolved Over 150 Years." Oregon Public Broadcasting-OPB. April 6, 2024 https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/06/agora-in-portland-how-the-pioneer-courthouse-square-as-we-know-it-has-evolved-over-150-years/
Chapman, Doogie and Tom Ward. "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory." When Would We Die? August 27, 2023. 44:00. https://www.whenwouldwedie.com/episodes-and-trailer
Biakolo, Kovie. "These Women of Color Are Leading The Charge Against Environmental Racism." Women's Health . June 13, 2022. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a39910892/environmental-racism-activists-interviews/
More, Dan. "The problem and potential of Oakland's parks." The Oaklandside. November 26, 2021. https://oaklandside.org/2021/11/26/oakland-parks-greenspace-equity/
Herbin-Triant, Elizabeth and Dennis Aftergut. "California clearly owes its Black communities reparations. Here's what that could look like." San Francisco Chronicle. October 21, 2021. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/California-clearly-owes-its-Black-communities-16549756.php
Alan Montecillo, Lakshmi Sarah, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and Kate Wolffe. “40 Acres and a Tesla? California Considerations for Black Americans.” The Bay KQED. October 15, 2021. https://www.kqed.org/news/11892312/californias-reparations-process
Walling, Melina. "EV Charging Stations Multiply, But Are Often Out of Reach for Disadvantaged Populations." & The West. July 22, 2021. https://west.stanford.edu/news/blogs/and-the-west-blog/2021/ev-charging-stations-multiply-are-often-out-reach-disadvantaged-populations
Corbin, C.N.E. “The Fate of the City: A Symposium.” Dispatches Magazine-Issue 2. July 2021. https://dispatchesmag.com/product/issue-fate-of-the-city/
Oller, Jacob. "A Willy Wonka Prequel Movie Is a Bad Idea, Especially Considering All the Slavery." Paste. January 19, 2021. https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/wonka-prequel-oompa-loompa-slavery/
George, Aleta. "Earth Day at 50: Mulling the Blue Marble’s Next Half Century." Bay Area Monitor (blog). April/March 2020. https://bayareamonitor.org/article/earth-day-at-50-mulling-the-blue-marbles-next-half-century/
Kuiper, Heather, Ken Lupoff, and C.N.E. Corbin. "When It's Time for a Tax: Measure Q and a Vision for Oakland Parks." East Bay Express. February 26, 2020. https://eastbayexpress.com/when-its-time-for-a-tax-measure-q-and-a-vision-for-oakland-parks-1/