Erika Bsumek
Membership: 2015
Member Bio
Erika Bsumek is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin specializing in environmental history, Native American history, the history of consumption and production, and the history of anthropology. Her current research explores the social, cultural, and environmental implications of large-scale engineering and infrastructure projects in the American West. She recently co-edited The Nation State and Global Environment: New Approaches to International Environmental History, a collection of essays that integrate the fields of diplomatic and environmental history that shed light on contemporary environmental issues. As an educator, she is especially interested in teaching humanities students how the technology surrounding them has shaped the environment—and teaching STEM majors how history and politics shape technologies and environments.
