Reading Time: 7 minutesIt had always been my professional dream to take students on a study abroad program that would be meaningful and impact their outlook on their role in the world.
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
“Are There Even People There?” Re-reading Adrian Howkins and Grappling with “Going There”
Reading Time: 7 minutesHowkins, who is a historian of Antarctica, writes of the sense of legitimacy that seems to settle on historians after they visit the places they study, especially if the places they study are little-visited by outsiders in general.
Embracing Intersectionality in the Age of Bad Data
Reading Time: 4 minutesTechnology is an extension of societal mores and seeps into our lives, how we breathe, what we know, and how we move sometimes leaving an indelible digital mark.
Summer Learning: New Knowledge and Networks
Reading Time: 3 minutesNow that summer is approaching and summer schools for PhD candidates are likely to be cancelled, postponed, or arranged online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have found myself pondering my past summer school experiences.
Colonized Bodies: Women, Nature, and Indigeneity
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen I first initiated my doctoral project, I wasn’t thinking of any specific gender issue.