Dr. Murphy Successfully Defends

Michael Warren Murphy has successfully defended his dissertation, "Rhode Island and the Plantation Problem: An Inquiry into the Origins and Legacies of Racialized Socioecological Relations" which examines the structural entanglements of race and environment in New England’s past and present.

His committee members were Scott Frickel (Co-chair), Jose Itzigsohn (Co-Chair), and J. Timmons Roberts.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Murphy!