Faculty Profile
Emily Pawley
(she/her/hers)Associate Professor of History; Walter E. Beach '56 Chair in Sustainability Studies (2011)
Contact Information
239 W Louther St Room 205
717-245-1552
Bio
environmental history, history of capitalism, history of the body, landscape, history of food and food production, history of science
Education
- B.A., University of Toronto, 2001
- M.Phil., Cambridge University, M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2004
- Ph.D., 2009
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
HIST 151 History of Environment
Examines the interaction between humans and the natural environment in long-term global context. Explores the problem of sustainable human uses of world environments in various societies from prehistory to the present. Also serves as an introduction to the subfield of environmental history, which integrates evidence from various scientific disciplines with traditional documentary and oral sources. Topics include: environmental effects of human occupation, the origins of agriculture, colonial encounters, industrial revolution, water and politics, natural resources frontiers, and diverse perceptions of nature.