Comps Notes: Environmental History Textbooks

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here.  Environmental History Textbooks Roderick Nash, Wilderness and the American Mind (New Haven: Yale University Press, …

People, Also, Environmental

This is the ninety-first post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (November 19 – November 25, 2018): "Racial justice and equity are integral components of LCV’s …

University, Canada, Canadian

This is the fifty-sixth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (March 19 – March 25, 2018): "…when the original Trans Mountain [pipeline] was …

University, One, World

This is the fifty-fifth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (March 12 – March 18, 2018): New Comment: Teaching the Environmental History of …

#HIST274US: Reflecting on My Course Hashtag

I integrate social media into my professional and personal life daily. In addition to serving as Social Media Editor for the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) and Media Officer for the American Society for Environmental History Graduate Student Caucus, I run several other academic Twitter accounts and regularly consult and give talks on …

Capacity, Water, Hampton

This is the thirty-third post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (October 9– October 15, 2017): How a Rialto water plant may make environmental …

People, Mercury, Can

This is the twenty-sixth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 21 – August 27, 2017): Here she details how intersectionality can help …