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Thea Riofrancos

Thea Riofrancos is a political science professor at Providence College, and Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute. Her research has been featured in essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, N+1, and The Guardian. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Thea Riofrancos

Thea Riofrancos is a political science professor at Providence College, and Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute. Her research has been featured in essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post, N+1, and The Guardian. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Books by Thea Riofrancos

  • Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

    Thea Riofrancos

    Hardback, 2025

    An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social and political consequences of the mining it requires
  • Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

    Thea Riofrancos

    E Book

    An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social and political consequences of the mining it requires
  • Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

    Thea Riofrancos

    Paperback, 2026

    "Dazzling in the bold questions it asks.…An immense contribution." —Naomi Klein

    An in-depth investigation into the growing industry of green technologies and the environmental, social, and...