Amanda M. Nichols
@amanda-m-nichols.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Studies at University of California Santa Barbara. My work focuses on anti-nuclear activism, nuclear technologies, disproportionate impact, environmental justice, and climate change.
CitizensGroups+ExpertsWarnFederalOfficialsthatRecent TrumpExecutiveOrdersWouldDecimateStandardsforRadiation Exposure+HarmPublicHealthDisproportionatelyImpacting Women+Children www.commondreams.org/newswire/cit...
Look for my quote re EO 14300!
Read our Open Letter
drive.google.com/file/d/14XZ1...
Look for my quote re EO 14300!
Read our Open Letter
drive.google.com/file/d/14XZ1...
FINAL11-12-2025-NGOLetter--EO14300 Radiation.pdf
drive.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
CitizensGroups+ExpertsWarnFederalOfficialsthatRecent TrumpExecutiveOrdersWouldDecimateStandardsforRadiation Exposure+HarmPublicHealthDisproportionatelyImpacting Women+Children www.commondreams.org/newswire/cit...
Look for my quote re EO 14300!
Read our Open Letter
drive.google.com/file/d/14XZ1...
Look for my quote re EO 14300!
Read our Open Letter
drive.google.com/file/d/14XZ1...
On Wednesday, I will be speaking along with co-author Mary Olson about our research on Gender and Ionizing Radiation at the 3rd Meeting of States Parties for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. #TPNW @unidir.org unidir.org/publication/...
February 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
On Wednesday, I will be speaking along with co-author Mary Olson about our research on Gender and Ionizing Radiation at the 3rd Meeting of States Parties for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. #TPNW @unidir.org unidir.org/publication/...
Check out this recent op-ed that I co-authored in The Hill!
They won’t tell you these truths about nuclear energy:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
They won’t tell you these truths about nuclear energy:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Check out this recent op-ed that I co-authored in The Hill!
They won’t tell you these truths about nuclear energy:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
They won’t tell you these truths about nuclear energy:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
Webinar: What Scientists Are Telling Us About Radiation that Nuclear Boosters Won't
Feb. 20 - 12pm EST
Updates in research about public health impacts of ionizing radiation with Dr. Amanda Nichols (UCSB) + Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear). Mary Olson (Gender + Radiation Project) moderating
Feb. 20 - 12pm EST
Updates in research about public health impacts of ionizing radiation with Dr. Amanda Nichols (UCSB) + Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear). Mary Olson (Gender + Radiation Project) moderating
February 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Webinar: What Scientists Are Telling Us About Radiation that Nuclear Boosters Won't
Feb. 20 - 12pm EST
Updates in research about public health impacts of ionizing radiation with Dr. Amanda Nichols (UCSB) + Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear). Mary Olson (Gender + Radiation Project) moderating
Feb. 20 - 12pm EST
Updates in research about public health impacts of ionizing radiation with Dr. Amanda Nichols (UCSB) + Cindy Folkers (Beyond Nuclear). Mary Olson (Gender + Radiation Project) moderating
Check out my latest publication:
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
Uranium and Religion: Toward a Decolonial Temporality of Extraction
Uranium mining for the production of nuclear technologies has left visible scars across the United States and perpetuated legacies of extraction that extend beyond material consumption to the exploita...
www.mdpi.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Check out my latest publication:
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
I am excited to share this piece that Mary Olson and I have been working on for the past year!
The paper focuses on disproportionate gendered impacts of ionizing radiation from nuclear technologies and poses a series of critical questions for future radiation research.
The paper focuses on disproportionate gendered impacts of ionizing radiation from nuclear technologies and poses a series of critical questions for future radiation research.
🚨New #UNIDIR Publication 🚨
Check out “Gender and Ionizing Radiation", by @amanda-m-nichols.bsky.social & Mary Olson.
The paper provides an overview of recent research on the gendered impacts of radiation. It also proposes questions for a future research agenda.
unidir.org/GenderRadiat...
Check out “Gender and Ionizing Radiation", by @amanda-m-nichols.bsky.social & Mary Olson.
The paper provides an overview of recent research on the gendered impacts of radiation. It also proposes questions for a future research agenda.
unidir.org/GenderRadiat...
Gender and Ionizing Radiation: Towards a New Research Agenda Addressing Disproportionate Harm → UNIDIR
The detonation of a nuclear weapon in a populated area would cause devastating harm. It can kill thousands of people instantly, whether through the explosion itself or through the intense heat and hig...
unidir.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:18 PM
I am excited to share this piece that Mary Olson and I have been working on for the past year!
The paper focuses on disproportionate gendered impacts of ionizing radiation from nuclear technologies and poses a series of critical questions for future radiation research.
The paper focuses on disproportionate gendered impacts of ionizing radiation from nuclear technologies and poses a series of critical questions for future radiation research.
If you will be at AAR in San Diego later this week, please join us on Friday night!
Join us this Friday night for the Religion, Nature, and Ecology reception at AAR!
November 19, 2024 at 2:59 AM
If you will be at AAR in San Diego later this week, please join us on Friday night!