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Kerry Ard

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2006

Publications

35

Citations

1,326

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
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Kerry Ard studies environmental justice, focusing on how air pollution, industrial toxics, and food access are unequally distributed across racial and economic groups in the United States. This work examines links between pollution exposure, poverty, segregation, and health outcomes such as cognitive development and chronic disease, often using large-scale data on air quality and demographic patterns. The research also touches on environmental policy, public opinion, and organized political opposition to environmental regulation.

Environmental justice and racial disparities in pollution exposureAir pollution and health/cognitive outcomesPoverty, segregation, and industrial hazard exposureFood access and food desertsEnvironmental policy and countermovement politics

Publication output has remained fairly steady but modest over the last decade, fluctuating between one and four papers per year without a clear upward or downward trend.

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: 3 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications4192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 4 publications4222023: 2 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Sustainability×2
  • Health & Place×2
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health×2
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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