Donald "Chip" Hastings 

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Current Research

I am working on two projects. First, Sherry and I are looking at countries with and without competitive swimming programs for amateur and Masters swimmers as a case of social justice. Those countries without such programs or where the principle of social exclusivity bars selected population subgroups from open participation in these programs suffer higher rates of unintentional drowning than countries encouraging full participation. We are assessing the impact of the St. Croix Learn to Swim Foundation which recruits children and adults at or below poverty line to teach them water safety and basic swimming skills.

Second, I am working on a book that devolves from the graduate course on environmental awareness, environmental activism and justice, and anti-environmentalism.

Recent Publications

Sammy Zahran, Eunyi Kim, and Donald W. Hastings. “Rationality, inequity, and civic vitality: The distribution of treatment, storage, and disposal installations in the Southeastern United States.” Society and Natural Resources (Forthcoming)

2006 Donald W. Hastings, Sammy Zahran, and Sherry Cable. “Drowning in inequalities: Swimming and social justice.” Journal of Black Studies 36 (6): 894-917. DOI: 10.1177/0021934705283903

2005 Donald W. Hastings, Sherry Cable, and Sammy Zahran. "The globalization of a minor sport: The diffusion and commodification of Masters Swimming." Sociological Spectrum - Special Issue - A Sociological View of Sport, Leisure, and Recreation. 25(2):

2005 Sherry Cable, Tamara L. Mix, and Donald W. Hastings. "Mission impossible? Environmental justice movement collaboration with environmentalists and academics." Presented at the ASA Chicago. August. In  David N. Pellow and Robert Brulle, Editors. Power, People, and the Environment. MIT Press.

2004 Sammy Zahran, Lisa Anne Zilney, and Donald W. Hastings. "A proposal for equitable allocation of environmental health risks: The case of treatment, storage, and disposal installations." Pp. 22-30. in Robert Perrucci, Kathleen Ferraro, Joann Miller, and Paula Rust (eds.) An Agenda for Social Justice. Publication of the Society for Study of Social Problems, Justice 21 Committee.

2002 Sherry Cable, Donald W. Hastings, and Tamara L. Mix. "Different voices, different venues: Environmental racism claims by activists, academics, and lawyers." Human Ecology Review Vol 9, No. 1 (Summer): 26-42.

2000 Thomas Shriver, Sherry Cable, Lachelle Norris, and Donald W. Hastings. "The role of collective identity in inhibiting mobilization: Solidarity and suppression in Oak Ridge." Sociological Spectrum. Vol. 20, No. 1 (January): 41-64.

 

Contact Information

Donald "Chip" Hastings
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. 1970 University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Tennessee
907 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

E-Mail: dhasting@utk.edu