INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
BOOKS BY DR. JESSICA HERNANDEZ
Fresh Banana Leaves
Jessica Hernandez introduces Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces. Through stories of Indigenous Latin American women and land protectors, she redefines conservation and challenges eco-colonialism.
Growing Papaya Trees
In her highly anticipated follow-up, Dr. Hernandez weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and family stories to explore the colonial roots of climate catastrophe—and offers an Indigenous, Global South vision for restoration and resilience.
DR. JESSICA HERNANDEZ
SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS
- Hernandez, J. & Cabrera-Lopez, J. (2026), Generations of Hope for Indigenous Mayan Futures, Central American Women in Diaspora: Testimonios of the Generations. Alma, K., & Hernández, E. E. (Eds.), University of Arizona Press.
- Hernandez, J., Adams M., Vold, V., Jennings, L., et al., (2024) “Honoring our Responsibilities while “Doing Science”: Indigenous Scientists’ Perspectives” In L. A. Jacobs (Ed.). Indigenous Voices: Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. (OSU Press).
- Jacobs, L.A., Yamane, C.Y., Hernandez, J., McAllister, T., Carlson, A. K., et al., (2024). A Critical Declaration of Decolonization and Indigenization for Scientific Research and the Academy. In L. A. Jacobs (Ed.). Indigenous Voices: Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge. (OSU Press).
- Hernandez, J. (2020), The Role of Environmental Economics in Environmental Justice. The Medicine Wheel: Environmental Decision-Making Process of Indigenous Peoples. Michigan State University Press.
- Hernandez J. (2020), Environmental Curriculum Supplement. The Whale Child. North Atlantic Books.
DR. JESSICA HERNANDEZ
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Hernandez, J., & Shange, N. T. (2025). Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Justice. Environmental Justice, 19394071251407901.
- Hernandez, J. (2025). Motivations for Teaching Energy and Social Justice in Physics. Environmental Justice.
- Hernandez, J. (2024). Nature’s gift economies. Science, 386(6724), 858-858.
- Hernandez, J. (2023). Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Environmental Justice.
- Mathis, C., Daane, A.R., Rodriguez, B., Hernandez, J., & Huynh, T. (2023). How instructors can view knowledge to implement culturally relevant pedagogy. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19(1), 010105.
- Hernandez, J., Skiba, J., German, M., Scherr, R., Huynh, T., Mathis, C., & Araya, M. (2022). Exploring Sociopolitical Landscapes in Physics Education. Sustainability and Climate Change, 15(4), 279-288.
- Hernandez, J., Meisner, J., Jacobs, L.A., Rabinowitz, P. (2022) Re-Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Change Discourse. PLOS Climate. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000032
- Hernandez, J., Meisner, J., Bardosh, K., Rabinowitz, P. (2022) Prevent Pandemics and Halt Climate Change? Strengthen Land Rights for Indigenous Peoples. The Lancet Planetary Health. Accepted.
- German, M., Hernandez, J., & Scherr R.E. (2022). Connecting the Science of Water to Students' Communities. The Science Teacher.
- Hernandez, J., Scherr, R., Gorman, M., & Horowitz, R. (2022) Place-based Education in High School Physics: Situating Energy and Climate Change in Students' Communities. Sustainability & Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2021.0058
- Hernandez, J., Scherr, R., & Robertson, A. D. (2021). Redefining Energy Justice in Physics Classrooms. Environmental Justice. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2021.0042
- Hernandez, J., and Vogt, K.A. (2020) Indigenizing Restoration: Indigenous Lands before UrbanParks. Human Biology 92.1: 37-44.
- Hernandez, J., and Spencer, M.S. (2020). "Weaving Indigenous Science into Ecological Sciences: Culturally Grounding Our Indigenous Scholarship." Human Biology 92.1: 5-9.
- Spencer, M. S., Fentress, T., Touch, A., & Hernandez, J. (2020). Environmental Justice, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders. Human Biology, 92(1), 45-57.
- Hernandez, J. (2019). Indigenizing Environmental Justice: Case studies from the Pacific Northwest. Environmental Justice, 12(4), 175-181.