Char Miller
Franklin Lubbock "Char" Miller IV (born November 23, 1951)[1] is an American historian and environmental analysis scholar. He is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College and the director of the Claremont Colleges' environmental analysis program.[2]
Early life and education
Miller was born on November 23, 1951.[citation needed] He attended the Pomfret School[2] and then Pitzer College, graduating in 1975,[3] and subsequently received his Master's degree and doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.[2]
Career
Miller began his teaching career at the University of Miami in 1980.[4] He moved to Trinity University in 1981, where he ultimately served as chair of the History Department and Director of Urban Studies.[1] After nearly 30 years as a professor at Trinity, Miller began teaching at Pomona College in 2007.[2] He is a Senior Fellow at the Pinchot Institution for Conservation and a Fellow of the Forest History Society.[1]
Works
- Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril (2022)
- West Side Rising: How San Antonio's 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement (2021)
- Hetch Hetchy: A History in Documents (2020)
- San Antonio: A Tricentennial History (2018)
- Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (2018)
- Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream (2016)
- America's Great National Forests, Wildernesses, and Grasslands (2016)
- Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot (2013)
- Death Valley National Park: A History (2013)
- On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest (2013)
- Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy (2012)
References
- ^ a b c "Miller, Char, 1951-". Special Collections and Archives. Trinity University. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Char Miller". Pomona College. June 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Zukin, Meg (February 21, 2015). "The Claremont Comeback: 5C Alumni Return to Teach". The Student Life. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ O'Connell, Joe (April 5, 2013). "Author and former Trinity professor Char Miller discusses his new book "On the Edge: Water, Immigration and Politics in the Southwest"". Trinitonian. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
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