Background Gelobter grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His father was a Polish Jew and his mother was a black Bermudan. He earned a B.S. degree in Conservation and Resource Studies in 1984, and then an M.S. and a Ph.D.  in 1993, all from the University of California, Berkeley. His masters and doctoral research were about economic and racial inequality in the geographical distribution of air pollution. His dissertation was the first ever on environmental justice, and at Berkeley he taught the first classes ever offered in the field as well.University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability , "30 Years of Environmental Justice", January, 2020
Early life and education Gelobter grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His father was a Polish Jew and his mother was a black Bermudan. In 1984, Gelobter received a B.S. degree in Conservation and Resource Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He has an M.S. and a Ph.D. , which he earned in 1993, from the University of California, Berkeley. His masters and doctoral research were about economic and racial inequality in the geographical distribution of air pollution. His dissertation was the first ever on environmental justice, and at Berkeley he taught the first classes ever offered in the field as well.University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability , "30 Years of Environmental Justice", January, 2020
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