This year, I had a somewhat unusual birthday request. During a beach trip with my partner and friends down to Galveston, Texas, I asked that we visit the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum.
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Am I the “Nature Faker?”: Defining Myself in an Academic World
As long as I gain some sort of enjoyment from learning about the environment’s impact on history, should that be enough to consider myself an environmental historian? I believe so. It will just have to include dogs.
Virginal Lands and Bodies: Colonial Domination of Nature and Purity
The historical, and continued, intertwining of white supremacy, colonization, and Christianity has created an interconnected web of oppression and domination.
Invisible Disaster?: Writing Air Pollution into the Disaster Pantheon
Originally inspired by my dissertation research on the historical development of Mexico City’s persistent air pollution problem, this reflection recentely took on a renewed sense of urgency.
