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Becky Mansfield

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2001

Publications

69

Citations

5,182

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Becky Mansfield studies environmental geography, focusing on how chemicals, regulations, and scientific knowledge shape human bodies, health, and environmental justice. Her work examines topics like pesticide use (e.g., glyphosate), deregulation of environmental science under government agencies, and the politics of biology and genetics in relation to race and the environment. This research blends social science with environmental science to understand how power and inequality operate through chemical exposure and scientific knowledge-making.

Environmental justice and regulatory scienceChemical geographies (pesticides, pollutants)Biopolitics and the body in the AnthropoceneRace, genetics, and environmental healthFeminist and critical geography methods

Publication output peaked around 2018-2019 and has since slowed to roughly 1-2 papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 6 publications6192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers×3
  • The AAG Review of Books×2
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases×1
  • Information Communication & Society×1
  • Science as Culture×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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