environmental justice, care work, race, gardens, plant relations
Publications (*denotes first author)
Orosco, O* and M Ybarra. (2025) “The Datification of Environmental Injustice.”Capitalism Nature Socialism (CNS). 36(3), 109–125. https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2024.2448671
Orosco, O. (2025) “A Turn Toward Caring Research: Iterative Consent, Reflexive Multilingual Methods, and Reciprocal Knowledge Production.” The Professional Geographer. 77(4), 487-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2024.2404892
Public Scholarship
(Websites, Zines, Radio, Photojournalism)
Orosco, O, B. Guzman and G. Yoon (2021) Stories From Aileen’s- A Zine. 40-page zine created from interviews with women who work along Pac Highway.
Orosco, O, Prof Lorenzen, J. and students of SOC 358: Social Change and Resistance (2019) “Prioritizing Equity & Inclusion: Updating the City of Salem’s Comprehensive Plan” https://tinyurl.com/2p8xumzx. Submitted to City of Salem, OR. June 10 2019.
Orosco, O. (2018) “The Cascadia Fault Earthquake: A GIS Approach to Vulnerability in Salem, OR.” https://willamette.digication.com/envs-495-social-landscape/current-work. Published December 2018.
Orosco, O and Pockell-Wilson. C. (2018) “Environmental Privilege and Green Marketing.” Worldviews Wednesday on KMUZ Willamette Wake Up. https://kmuz.org/kmuz-programs/willamette-wake-up/. Aired June 13, 2018.
Orosco, O. (2018) “The Local and the Global of Environmental and Climate Justice.”Worldviews Wednesday on KMUZ Willamette Wake Up. https://tinyurl.com/2s3ucjz8. Aired Jan 24, 2018.
Mariën, H. and Orosco, O. (2017) I Am, Because We Are. Poem book published from “Journeys of My Life” workshops with college access program youth.
Orosco, O. (2016) “Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Photojournalism Approach.” 20 page photobook from grant funded research in Guatemala’s Western Highlands.