EDUCATION
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2013
2009 2007 |
Ph.D., Environmental History, The Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Environmental History, The Pennsylvania State University B.A., History B.A., Political Science, Furman University, magna cum laude |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Director of Research (2021-)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (2021-)
Visiting Scholar (2022-)
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Built Environment Project Manager (2019-21)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Built Environment Associate (2018-19)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), Atlanta, GA
Visiting Lecturer (2015-17)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-15)
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (2013-14)
The Pennsylvania State University
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (2021-)
Visiting Scholar (2022-)
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Built Environment Project Manager (2019-21)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Built Environment Associate (2018-19)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), Atlanta, GA
Visiting Lecturer (2015-17)
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-15)
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (2013-14)
The Pennsylvania State University
PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018 (Environmental History and the American South book series)
Refereed Journal Articles
"Taming the Wild Side of Bonaventure: Tourism and the Contested Southern Landscape," Southern Cultures 23, No. 2 (Summer 2017): 49-74.
"Poverty, Industry, and Environmental Quality: Weighing Paths to Economic Development at the Dawn of the Environmental Era," Environmental History 16, No. 3 (July 2011): 492-522.
"Piscatorial Politics: Fishery Regulation and the Economic Future of Rhode Island, 1869-1872," The New England Quarterly 84, No. 3 (September 2011): 444-72.
"Poverty, Industry, and Environmental Quality: Weighing Paths to Economic Development at the Dawn of the Environmental Era," Environmental History 16, No. 3 (July 2011): 492-522.
"Piscatorial Politics: Fishery Regulation and the Economic Future of Rhode Island, 1869-1872," The New England Quarterly 84, No. 3 (September 2011): 444-72.
Book Chapters
"Sprawling Fields of Cotton: The Boom and Bust of Cotton Culture in Gwinnett," in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018. Ed. Michael J. Gagnon and Matthew Hild (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022).
"'Constructive and not Destructive Development': The Struggle for 'Permanent' Uses of Resources in the American South," in Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hartmut Berghoff and Adam Rome (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).
"'Constructive and not Destructive Development': The Struggle for 'Permanent' Uses of Resources in the American South," in Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hartmut Berghoff and Adam Rome (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017).
Policy Reports and Whitepapers
The State of Healthy and Efficient Housing in Georgia State House District 98. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2023.
How to Access Funding for Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2022. (with Cyrus Bhedwar, Laura Kuehl, Maggie Kelley Riggins, Lily Smith, and Joy Ward).
Stakeholder Recommendations for Reducing Energy Insecurity in the Southeast United States. Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, 2022. (with Allie Garrett and Stacey Washington)
Empowering Electric Utilities to Recognize Energy Savings from Water Conservation: A Step-by-Step Guide. Network for Energy, Water, and Health in Affordable Buildings & Elevate Energy, 2021.
Building Stronger Communities Through Environmental Action: Highlights from ECO-Action's Three Decades of Environmental Justice Work in Georgia. Report prepared for Environmental Community Action, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2021.
Energy Insecurity Fundamentals for the Southeast. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2021.
Adapting to the 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code: Lessons from the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2020.
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Commercial Construction Data Review (2007-2017). Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2019.
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Residential Construction Data Review (2005-2017). Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2019.
Shays' Rebellion and the Cultural Heritage of the Cowee Forest. Arlington, VA: The Conservation Fund, 2018.
How to Access Funding for Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2022. (with Cyrus Bhedwar, Laura Kuehl, Maggie Kelley Riggins, Lily Smith, and Joy Ward).
Stakeholder Recommendations for Reducing Energy Insecurity in the Southeast United States. Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, 2022. (with Allie Garrett and Stacey Washington)
Empowering Electric Utilities to Recognize Energy Savings from Water Conservation: A Step-by-Step Guide. Network for Energy, Water, and Health in Affordable Buildings & Elevate Energy, 2021.
Building Stronger Communities Through Environmental Action: Highlights from ECO-Action's Three Decades of Environmental Justice Work in Georgia. Report prepared for Environmental Community Action, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2021.
Energy Insecurity Fundamentals for the Southeast. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2021.
Adapting to the 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code: Lessons from the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index. Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2020.
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Commercial Construction Data Review (2007-2017). Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2019.
Construction, Codes, and Commerce: Residential Construction Data Review (2005-2017). Atlanta: Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, 2019.
Shays' Rebellion and the Cultural Heritage of the Cowee Forest. Arlington, VA: The Conservation Fund, 2018.
Other Writing
"The hidden costs of affordable housing," Saporta Report, March 21, 2021.
"Boost Resilience During Hot Weather," Energy Efficiency Day, August 17, 2020.
"Powering the South with 'White Coal,'" Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 12, 2020.
"The Fall and Rise of Energy Conservation Codes," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, January 9, 2020.
"A Dam in Slabtown: The Untold History of Environmental Struggles in the New South," Tropics of Meta, June 21, 2019.
"There’s a solution to the Southeast’s water crisis. But will Georgia and Florida agree to it?," Washington Post, March 8, 2018
"The First Green Developer," Edge Effects, October 20, 2016.
“What Henry Grady can teach Atlanta about sustainable growth,” Saporta Report, June 13, 2016.
"Conestee Mills: The Environmental Effects of the Rise of Greenville on a 'Shimmering Bosom of Moonlight Waters,'" Furman Humanities Review (May 2006).
"Boost Resilience During Hot Weather," Energy Efficiency Day, August 17, 2020.
"Powering the South with 'White Coal,'" Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, February 12, 2020.
"The Fall and Rise of Energy Conservation Codes," Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, January 9, 2020.
"A Dam in Slabtown: The Untold History of Environmental Struggles in the New South," Tropics of Meta, June 21, 2019.
"There’s a solution to the Southeast’s water crisis. But will Georgia and Florida agree to it?," Washington Post, March 8, 2018
"The First Green Developer," Edge Effects, October 20, 2016.
“What Henry Grady can teach Atlanta about sustainable growth,” Saporta Report, June 13, 2016.
"Conestee Mills: The Environmental Effects of the Rise of Greenville on a 'Shimmering Bosom of Moonlight Waters,'" Furman Humanities Review (May 2006).
Digital Projects
Energy Equity Inspector and Energy Equity Action Planner, July 2021
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Energy Insecurity in the South, November 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast, October 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
Energy Insecurity in Memphis, Tennessee, July 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Energy Insecurity in the South, November 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) and Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Energy Insecurity in the Southeast, October 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
Energy Insecurity in Memphis, Tennessee, July 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
Book Reviews
Review of Shipwrecked: Coastal Disasters and the Making of the American Beach. By Jamin Wells. H-Nationalism (April 2022).
Review of Engines of Redemption: Railroads and the Reconstruction of Capitalism in the New South. By R. Scott Huffard, Jr. Journal of Southern History, Vol. 87, No. 1 (February 2021): 133-34.
Review of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea. By Jack E. Davis. H-Nationalism (December 2020).
Review of Selling the Sights: The Invention of the Tourist in American Culture. By Will B. Mackintosh. H-Nationalism (December 2019).
Review of Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South. By Erin Stewart Mauldin. Agricultural History, Vol. 93, No. 4 (Fall 2019): 766-68.
Review of Urban Green: Nature, Recreation, and the Working Class in Industrial Chicago. By Colin Fisher. H-SHGAPE (February 2018).
Review of Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development. Edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman. Indiana Magazine of History (December 2017).
Review of Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South. By Martin Ruef. Agricultural History, Vol. 90, No. 2 (Spring, 2016): 273-74.
Review of Designing Dixie: Tourism, Memory, and Urban Space in the New South. By Reiko Hillyer. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 82, No. 2 (May, 2016): 463-65.
Review of Bridging the Sea Islands’ Past and Present, 1893–2006: The History of Beaufort County (Volume 3). By Lawrence S. Rowland and Stephen R. Wise. The South Carolina Historical Magazine (January, 2016): 65-7.
Review of Green Gold: Alabama’s Forests and Forest Industries, By James E. Fickle. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 81, No. 3 (August, 2015): 784-85.
Review of Destination Dixie: Tourism and Southern History, Edited by Karen L. Cox. The South Carolina Historical Magazine (April, 2015): 155-57.
Review of Engines of Redemption: Railroads and the Reconstruction of Capitalism in the New South. By R. Scott Huffard, Jr. Journal of Southern History, Vol. 87, No. 1 (February 2021): 133-34.
Review of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea. By Jack E. Davis. H-Nationalism (December 2020).
Review of Selling the Sights: The Invention of the Tourist in American Culture. By Will B. Mackintosh. H-Nationalism (December 2019).
Review of Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South. By Erin Stewart Mauldin. Agricultural History, Vol. 93, No. 4 (Fall 2019): 766-68.
Review of Urban Green: Nature, Recreation, and the Working Class in Industrial Chicago. By Colin Fisher. H-SHGAPE (February 2018).
Review of Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development. Edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman. Indiana Magazine of History (December 2017).
Review of Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South. By Martin Ruef. Agricultural History, Vol. 90, No. 2 (Spring, 2016): 273-74.
Review of Designing Dixie: Tourism, Memory, and Urban Space in the New South. By Reiko Hillyer. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 82, No. 2 (May, 2016): 463-65.
Review of Bridging the Sea Islands’ Past and Present, 1893–2006: The History of Beaufort County (Volume 3). By Lawrence S. Rowland and Stephen R. Wise. The South Carolina Historical Magazine (January, 2016): 65-7.
Review of Green Gold: Alabama’s Forests and Forest Industries, By James E. Fickle. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 81, No. 3 (August, 2015): 784-85.
Review of Destination Dixie: Tourism and Southern History, Edited by Karen L. Cox. The South Carolina Historical Magazine (April, 2015): 155-57.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award (2013)
-highest dissertation prize at Penn State University-
National Finalist (2013)
Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
-one of three national finalists for all arts and humanities disciplines-
Raymond Lombra Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research in the Humanities (2012)
Penn State College of Liberal Arts
-for best publication by a graduate student in 2011-
The Hardin Craig Prize (2008)
The Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic Seaport, CT
-highest dissertation prize at Penn State University-
National Finalist (2013)
Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
-one of three national finalists for all arts and humanities disciplines-
Raymond Lombra Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research in the Humanities (2012)
Penn State College of Liberal Arts
-for best publication by a graduate student in 2011-
The Hardin Craig Prize (2008)
The Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic Seaport, CT
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Alfred D. Bell Travel Grant (2015)
Forest History Society, Durham, NC
Summer Residency (2012)
Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities
James Landing Graduate Fellowship in History (2011)
George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
Karen and Lewis Gold Graduate Fellowship (2011)
George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
McCourtney Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship (2010)
Penn State Department of History
Forest History Society, Durham, NC
Summer Residency (2012)
Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities
James Landing Graduate Fellowship in History (2011)
George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
Karen and Lewis Gold Graduate Fellowship (2011)
George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
McCourtney Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship (2010)
Penn State Department of History
INVITED TALKS
Energy Burden in the Southeast and Implications of Energy Efficiency Solutions
Association of Energy Engineers, Kennesaw State University, March 2022
Energy Equity Panel Discussion
Florida Energy and Climate Summit, Florida Department of Agriculture and Community Services (FDACS), Orlando, FL, November 2021
Energy Equity in the U.S. South
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), Energy Opportunities Coalition, July 2021
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL), July 2021
Energy Insecurity in the South
Presented this work on at least two dozen occasions in 2020 and 2021, including to staff from:
Clean City: Affordable Housing and Electric Transportation
Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA, April 2021
Energy Affordability and Your House of Worship
Sustaining Way and South Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
Resorting to Nature: American Coastal Development and the Roots of Global Ecotourism
International Learning Communities (ILC) Lecture Series, Columbus State University, March 2021
The Okefenokee: Managing Nature in America's Swamp
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, November 2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities with Environmental Action
Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN) Quarterly Meeting, July 2020
How Atlanta's Pipes Got Their Shapes: A Century-Long Evolution of Water and Sewer Infrastructure
City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management, Atlanta, GA, October 2019
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2019
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Atlanta Authors Series (SUGA), Tucker, GA, November 2018
Theodore Roosevelt and the Age of Excess
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, November 2018
Sustainability with a Southern Twang: Lessons from the South's First Attempt at Sustainable Development
The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business/Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, September 2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA, September 2018
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2018
Charles E. Fraser: The First Green Developer?
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC, May 2018
The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, February 2018
Georgia's Waterways
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2017
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2017
Hilton Head Goes to Earth Day: Protecting 'Nature's Showpiece' in the Lowcountry
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC, May 2017
A Century of America's National Parks
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Great Works Seminar Series, September-December 2016
"Do not uglify the Earth": Tourism and American Environmental Politics
Furman University, Greenville, SC, April 2016
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Great Works Seminar Series, October 2015
Constructive and not Destructive Development: The Struggle for Permanent uses of Resources in the American South
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 2015
Giving "Wise Use" a Southern Twang
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, April 2014
Association of Energy Engineers, Kennesaw State University, March 2022
Energy Equity Panel Discussion
Florida Energy and Climate Summit, Florida Department of Agriculture and Community Services (FDACS), Orlando, FL, November 2021
Energy Equity in the U.S. South
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI), Energy Opportunities Coalition, July 2021
What is Nature? (And Why Does That Matter?)
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (IGEL), July 2021
Energy Insecurity in the South
Presented this work on at least two dozen occasions in 2020 and 2021, including to staff from:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office (BTO)
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Florida Advisory Committee on Climate and Energy (FACCE)
- Division of Housing and Community Development of the City of Memphis
- Energy Foundation
- E&E News
- SK Collaborative
- Dominion Energy
- Georgia Power Company
- Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)
Clean City: Affordable Housing and Electric Transportation
Coca-Cola, Atlanta, GA, April 2021
Energy Affordability and Your House of Worship
Sustaining Way and South Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
Resorting to Nature: American Coastal Development and the Roots of Global Ecotourism
International Learning Communities (ILC) Lecture Series, Columbus State University, March 2021
The Okefenokee: Managing Nature in America's Swamp
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, November 2020
Strengthening Georgia's Communities with Environmental Action
Georgia Grassroots Environmental Network (GGEN) Quarterly Meeting, July 2020
How Atlanta's Pipes Got Their Shapes: A Century-Long Evolution of Water and Sewer Infrastructure
City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management, Atlanta, GA, October 2019
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2019
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Atlanta Authors Series (SUGA), Tucker, GA, November 2018
Theodore Roosevelt and the Age of Excess
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, November 2018
Sustainability with a Southern Twang: Lessons from the South's First Attempt at Sustainable Development
The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business/Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, September 2018
Discussion of The Price of Permanence: Nature and Business in the New South
Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA, September 2018
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2018
Charles E. Fraser: The First Green Developer?
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC, May 2018
The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City
The Learning Center, Savannah, GA, February 2018
Georgia's Waterways
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2017
Georgia's Waterways: The Flow of History
Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership, Albany, GA, July 2017
Hilton Head Goes to Earth Day: Protecting 'Nature's Showpiece' in the Lowcountry
Discovery Lecture Series, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC, May 2017
A Century of America's National Parks
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Great Works Seminar Series, September-December 2016
"Do not uglify the Earth": Tourism and American Environmental Politics
Furman University, Greenville, SC, April 2016
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University
Great Works Seminar Series, October 2015
Constructive and not Destructive Development: The Struggle for Permanent uses of Resources in the American South
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 2015
Giving "Wise Use" a Southern Twang
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, April 2014
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Conferences/Seminars Organized
Georgia's Waterways
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2017
A Century of America's National Parks
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2016
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2015
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles in the Long Nineteenth Century
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, 2011
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2017
A Century of America's National Parks
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2016
John Muir and Wilderness in Modern Georgia
Georgia Humanities and the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, Fall 2015
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles in the Long Nineteenth Century
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, 2011
Panels Organized
Collaborating for Equity: How Cross-Cutting Programs Can Support Vulnerable Populations
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Conference on Health, Energy, and Environment, January 2020
(Multi)family Matters: Current Issues Impacting the Multifamily Buildings Sector
United States Department of Energy, National Energy Codes Conference, May 2019
Whose Resources?: Economic Development in a Global Perspective
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 2013
Visions of the South: Environment and Culture in the New South
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, October 2011
Industry and Environment in the Twentieth-Century South
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, March 2010
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Conference on Health, Energy, and Environment, January 2020
(Multi)family Matters: Current Issues Impacting the Multifamily Buildings Sector
United States Department of Energy, National Energy Codes Conference, May 2019
Whose Resources?: Economic Development in a Global Perspective
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 2013
Visions of the South: Environment and Culture in the New South
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, October 2011
Industry and Environment in the Twentieth-Century South
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, March 2010
Papers Presented
Leveraging Data to Build Health, Energy, and Housing Coalitions
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2022
Equity and Inclusion in Building Electrification and Decarbonization
Penn State University's Energy Days Conference, State College, PA, May 2022
Rooting Energy Equity in the South
Energy and Public Health Workshop: “Energy Transitions: Clean Energy, Healthy Energy, Prosperity for All” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2021
A Regional Approach to Measuring and Addressing Energy Inequities
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference, Virtual, December 2020
Energy Affordability: A Southeastern Perspective
South Carolina Clean Energy Conference, Virtual, November 2020
Improving Health through Integration with Energy-Efficiency Programs
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Virtual, October 2020
How to Get to Zero: A Multi-State Comparison of Zero Energy Ready Homes
Getting to Zero Forum, Oakland, CA, October 2019
Greening Racial Justice: Lessons from a Century-Long Struggle over Atlanta's Proctor Creek
Atlanta Studies Symposium, Atlanta, GA, April 2019
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing: Coping with the South's High Energy Burdens
Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing, Orange Beach, AL, November 2018
Resistance to Tourism's Environmental and Social Permanence at the Height of Jim Crow
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 2018
Green Tourism and Environmental Justice on the Carolina Sea Islands
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA, April 2018
Resorting to Nature?: Green Developers and American Environmental Politics
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2017
Manufacturing 'Permanent' Landscapes in the Developing South
Manufacturing Landscapes: Nature and Technology in Environmental History
Co-Sponsored by The Rachel Carson Center and Renmin University of China, Beijing, May 2015
Hobby Farming Tourists and Working Rural Landscapes in the New South
Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 2015
Corporate Conservation and Conflict: Determining the Ideal Forms of Development in the American South
Green Capitalism: Exploring the Crossroads of Environmental and Business History - Hosted by the Hagley Library and Museum, Wilmington, DE
Permanent Growth and Environmental Degradation in a Developing Region
Cornell Conference on the Histories of American Capitalism - Hosted by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, December 2014
Building a More Permanent South
Symposium on Southern Environmental History - Hosted by the Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University, 2014
Nature’s Bounty: Competing Visions of Economic Development in the New South
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2013
Touring the New South Creed: Southern Railroads as Tourist Boosters
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2011
Ecology Emotion: The Fight Against Industrial Pollution and Environmentalism in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1969-1970
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 2010
The Strength of the Scup Ticket: The Politics of Fishery Regulation in Rhode Island, 1870-1872
North Atlantic Fisheries History Association Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, 2009
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2022
Equity and Inclusion in Building Electrification and Decarbonization
Penn State University's Energy Days Conference, State College, PA, May 2022
Rooting Energy Equity in the South
Energy and Public Health Workshop: “Energy Transitions: Clean Energy, Healthy Energy, Prosperity for All” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2021
A Regional Approach to Measuring and Addressing Energy Inequities
Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference, Virtual, December 2020
Energy Affordability: A Southeastern Perspective
South Carolina Clean Energy Conference, Virtual, November 2020
Improving Health through Integration with Energy-Efficiency Programs
American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Virtual, October 2020
How to Get to Zero: A Multi-State Comparison of Zero Energy Ready Homes
Getting to Zero Forum, Oakland, CA, October 2019
Greening Racial Justice: Lessons from a Century-Long Struggle over Atlanta's Proctor Creek
Atlanta Studies Symposium, Atlanta, GA, April 2019
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing: Coping with the South's High Energy Burdens
Southern Conference on Homelessness and Housing, Orange Beach, AL, November 2018
Resistance to Tourism's Environmental and Social Permanence at the Height of Jim Crow
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 2018
Green Tourism and Environmental Justice on the Carolina Sea Islands
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA, April 2018
Resorting to Nature?: Green Developers and American Environmental Politics
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2017
Manufacturing 'Permanent' Landscapes in the Developing South
Manufacturing Landscapes: Nature and Technology in Environmental History
Co-Sponsored by The Rachel Carson Center and Renmin University of China, Beijing, May 2015
Hobby Farming Tourists and Working Rural Landscapes in the New South
Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, June 2015
Corporate Conservation and Conflict: Determining the Ideal Forms of Development in the American South
Green Capitalism: Exploring the Crossroads of Environmental and Business History - Hosted by the Hagley Library and Museum, Wilmington, DE
Permanent Growth and Environmental Degradation in a Developing Region
Cornell Conference on the Histories of American Capitalism - Hosted by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, December 2014
Building a More Permanent South
Symposium on Southern Environmental History - Hosted by the Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University, 2014
Nature’s Bounty: Competing Visions of Economic Development in the New South
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2013
Touring the New South Creed: Southern Railroads as Tourist Boosters
Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2011
Ecology Emotion: The Fight Against Industrial Pollution and Environmentalism in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1969-1970
American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, March 2010
The Strength of the Scup Ticket: The Politics of Fishery Regulation in Rhode Island, 1870-1872
North Atlantic Fisheries History Association Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, 2009
Webinars
The next step forward for affordable energy: Advancing the Energy Insecurity Stakeholder Initiative
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, April 2022
Advancing Energy Equity in the South
The Path Forward Webinar Series
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, December 10, 2020
Southeast in a Time of Crisis
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, May 20, 2020
Advancing Building Codes in the Southeast
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Webinar for the Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (SSDN), February 21, 2020
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, April 2022
Advancing Energy Equity in the South
The Path Forward Webinar Series
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, December 10, 2020
Southeast in a Time of Crisis
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, May 20, 2020
Advancing Building Codes in the Southeast
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Webinar for the Southeast Sustainability Directors Network (SSDN), February 21, 2020
Moderator/Commentator
Collaborating for Equity: How Cross-Cutting Programs Can Support Vulnerable Populations
ACEEE Conference on Health, Energy, and Environment, New Orleans, LA, January 2020
Crises of Social Reproduction in the U.S. South: Gender, Race, and the Precarities of Daily Life
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 2018
Southern Landscapes, Southern Bodies: Freedom and the Environment
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century
Hosted by the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State, University Park, PA, 2011
ACEEE Conference on Health, Energy, and Environment, New Orleans, LA, January 2020
Crises of Social Reproduction in the U.S. South: Gender, Race, and the Precarities of Daily Life
Southern Labor Studies Association, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 2018
Southern Landscapes, Southern Bodies: Freedom and the Environment
Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century
Hosted by the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State, University Park, PA, 2011
Poster Presentations
Nature and the New South: Economic Development in an Age of Conservation, 1877-1929
Penn State Graduate Exhibition, March 2013
Penn State Graduate Exhibition, March 2013
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Executive Committee (ExCom) Member (2022-)
Georgia Sierra Club
Board Member (2022-)
School at North Decatur (SAND)
Southeastern Energy Insecurity Project Advisory Board Member (2021-22)
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Member, Energy Opportunities Coalition, Energy + Health Advisory Group (2020-)
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Advisory Committee Member, Advocacy Support Network (2021)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
2021 Getting to Zero Forum Program Advisor (2020-)
Rocky Mountain Institute & New Buildings Institute
Georgia Asthma Advisory Board Member (2020-)
Georgia Department of Public Health
Advisory Committee Member (2019-)
Coasts, Climates, the Humanities, and the Environment Consortium
Board Vice Chair (2020-2021)
Board Member (2019-2020)
Generation Green Board of Directors, Georgia Conservancy
Group Lead (2019-20)
Energy/Water Nexus Working Group, Network for Energy, Water, and Health in Affordable Buildings (NEWHAB)
Advisory Committee Member (2019-20)
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Conference on Health, Environment, and Energy
Steering Committee Member (2019-)
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Hot Water Forum
Environmental Justice Subject Matter Expert for Industrial Engineering Capstone Project (2018)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Peer Reviewer (2015-2019)
Agricultural History, Enterprise and Society, Environmental History, The Journal of the Civil War Era
Judge (2016)
Documentary Film Division, Georgia's National History Day Competition
Faculty Representative (2016)
Association of Historians at Georgia State University Prize Committee
Secretary (2015)
2015 Program Committee, Southern Historical Association
Conference Organizer (2011)
“Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century”
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State
Representative (2011)
History Graduate Student Association
Research Assistant (2008-2009)
Pennsylvania’s Agricultural History Project
Georgia Sierra Club
Board Member (2022-)
School at North Decatur (SAND)
Southeastern Energy Insecurity Project Advisory Board Member (2021-22)
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
Member, Energy Opportunities Coalition, Energy + Health Advisory Group (2020-)
Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI)
Advisory Committee Member, Advocacy Support Network (2021)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
2021 Getting to Zero Forum Program Advisor (2020-)
Rocky Mountain Institute & New Buildings Institute
Georgia Asthma Advisory Board Member (2020-)
Georgia Department of Public Health
Advisory Committee Member (2019-)
Coasts, Climates, the Humanities, and the Environment Consortium
Board Vice Chair (2020-2021)
Board Member (2019-2020)
Generation Green Board of Directors, Georgia Conservancy
Group Lead (2019-20)
Energy/Water Nexus Working Group, Network for Energy, Water, and Health in Affordable Buildings (NEWHAB)
Advisory Committee Member (2019-20)
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Conference on Health, Environment, and Energy
Steering Committee Member (2019-)
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Hot Water Forum
Environmental Justice Subject Matter Expert for Industrial Engineering Capstone Project (2018)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Peer Reviewer (2015-2019)
Agricultural History, Enterprise and Society, Environmental History, The Journal of the Civil War Era
Judge (2016)
Documentary Film Division, Georgia's National History Day Competition
Faculty Representative (2016)
Association of Historians at Georgia State University Prize Committee
Secretary (2015)
2015 Program Committee, Southern Historical Association
Conference Organizer (2011)
“Landscapes of Freedom: Freedom Struggles During the Long Nineteenth Century”
The George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State
Representative (2011)
History Graduate Student Association
Research Assistant (2008-2009)
Pennsylvania’s Agricultural History Project