As we’re nearing the end of the podcast series maybe you’re wondering how can you contribute to the beauty justice movement. How can we go about effectively building partnerships to advance beauty justice? And what voices and perspectives should we strive to elevate and make space for? In this episode, Dr. Tamarra James-Todd is joined by Dr. Ami Zota to discuss her research on racism and beauty product use, holding space for historically neglected folks in beauty justice work, and how to build partnerships with folks across disciplines.
As we’re nearing the end of the podcast series maybe you’re wondering how can you contribute to the beauty justice movement. How can we go about effectively building partnerships to advance beauty justice? And what voices and perspectives should we strive to elevate and make space for? In this episode, Dr. Tamarra James-Todd is joined by Dr. Ami Zota to discuss her research on racism and beauty product use, holding space for historically neglected folks in beauty justice work, and how to build partnerships with folks across disciplines.
Dr. Ami Zota is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Founder and Director of Agents of Change in Environmental Justice science communication fellowship. Her research focuses on understanding social and structural determinants of environmental exposures and their consequent impacts on health outcomes across the life course. Dr. Zota co-developed an intersectional framework called "the environmental injustice of beauty", which links systems of power and oppression, such as racism, sexism, and classism to Eurocentric beauty norms, racialized beauty practices, and adverse environmental health outcomes. Dr. Zota received an M.S. and Sc.D. each in Environmental Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. You can follow Dr. Zota and her work here: Twitter: @amizota; @AgentschangeEJ; agentsofchangeinej.org
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