Jonathan E. Robins

Biography

Jonathan Robins is an award-winning historian of commodities, environments, and politics. He has published on oils and fats, fiber crops and textile industries, food and consumption, economic development, and environmental and labor history broadly. He serves on the steering committee of the Commodities of Empire projectand as global book review editor for Agricultural History

For prospective graduate students:

I work with graduate students in the IHA, EEP, and Sustainable Communities programs. I typically do not serve as primary adviser for students in these programs, but I welcome inquiries from applicants interested in the historical dimensions of industry, heritage, environments and environmental policy, and other related topics. Applicants should identify another faculty member as a possible primary adviser, unless the proposed topic is primarily historical in nature.