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 encourage students interested in the historical dimensions of industry, heritage, environments and environmental policy, and other related topics to contact me via e-mail before applying.