Nancy Langston

Nancy Langston

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  • Distinguished Professor of Environmental History, Social Sciences
  • Affiliated Professor, CFRES
  • Ph.D., University of Washington
  • M.Phil, Oxford University
  • B.A., Dartmouth College

Biography

I am an environmental historian who explores the connections between waste, water, climate change, and wildlife in northern watersheds. Author of 5 books, 52 peer-reviewed articles, and public-facing journalism, I have been Principle Investigator on over $1.2 million in external funding. I served as President of the ASEH and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental History.

Recent awards include: 

  • the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society of Environmental History;
  • the Distinguished Service Award;
  • Mellon Foundation award in environmental humanities;
  • Fulbright Research Scholar Award (Canada);
  • American Council of Learned Society sabbatical award;
  • American Philosophical Society sabbatical.

I spent 18 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies and the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. I started at MTU in 2013. During 2012-2013, I was the King Carl XVI Gustaf Professor of Environmental Science, in residence in the Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious studies at Umeå University. 

Learn more about my current research at www.nancylangston.net

To contact me, email is best: nelangs3@mtu.edu

I am no longer accepting new graduate students.

I fully support LGBTQ students at Tech and condemn recent hate speech against them. 

Areas of Interest

  • Toxics, forested watersheds, and northern lakes
  • Environmental history
  • Watershed change and water quality
  • Mining history