| Title | USA and Mexico |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Rings of Fire: Arsenic Cycles Through Racism and Empire |
| Contributor | Jayson Maurice Porter (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.63308/63897247289532.ess04 |
| Landing page | https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/2025/11/05/graspingsoil/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Jayson Maurice Porter |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2026-03-01 |
| Page range | pp. 118–129 |
| Print length | 12 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Jayson Maurice Porter is an assistant professor of history at the University of Mary- land, College Park where he teaches environmental histories of Mexico, the African Diaspora, oilseed crops, and agrochemicals. He serves as a Black and Indigenous Cli- mate Faculty Fellow at UMD’s Indigenous Futures Lab, a board member of Rutgers University’s Black Ecologies Lab, and a co-designer of the Chicago Teachers Union’s Environmental Justice Freedom School.