Christopher R. Cox | Department of Geography

Ph.D. Alum

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Fields of Interest

Class critical extinction studies Critical Theory Environment Feminism and Feminist Theory Global History Indigenous Science and Technology Social Movements social movements. Social Stratification/Inequality society-forest relations world-ecology

Biography

Ph.D Geography, University of Washington, 2021

M.S.c. Political Science, Portland State University, 2014

B.A. Political Science, Sonoma State University, 2005

Contact: nonordinary@gmail.com

Drawing on the environmental history of capitalism, the production of space, and settler-colonial studies, my dissertation The Productivore's Dilemma: Extinction or Extermination outlines the 'bringing-to-endangerment' of the coast redwood tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of northwestern California. It highlights the intersections of settler-colonial property regimes and the early use of scientific forestry (or silviculture) under capitalism as systemic extermination.

In 2019, I moved to Budapest, Hungary with my family and graduated with my PhD in June of 2021. My current post is at McDaniel College Budapest, where I serve as both an instructor and the Director of Institutional and Academic Development.

When not teaching and writing, I am playing trombone. In addition to musical pursuits, I am currently working multiple screenplays, as both an editor and writer, and developing my own blog entitled Destinationless Path.