Participant Info
- First Name
- Robin
- Last Name
- McDowell
- Country
- United States
- State
- LA Louisiana
- rmcdowell@g.harvard.edu
- Affiliation
- Harvard University
- Website URL
- http://robinmcdowell.com/
- Keywords
- African American history, Black Studies, Louisiana, environmental history, racial capitalism, 19th century, slavery, commodities, labor, environmental racism, public scholarship, activism
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Robin McDowell is a Ph.D. Candidate in African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She holds an A.M in History from Harvard University, an M.F.A. in Design from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. in Fine Arts from The University of Pennsylvania.
She lives and works in New Orleans and writes about oil and slavery in 19th century Louisiana.
Robin is a co-convener of History Design Studio, a workshop for new ideas in multimedia history.
- Recent Publications
Boston Review
- Black Resistance in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley (online version)
- Bad Neighbors (Winter 2019 Forum)
Antigravity Magazine
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- twitter.com/timesnewrobin
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, Capitalism, Emancipation, Environment, Local & Regional, Museums, Race, Rebellion & Revolution, Rural & Agrarian History, Slavery
