Joseph Powell

Environmental Studies and Geography Editor

(225) 578-6466
jpowell@lsu.edu

I acquire manuscripts in anthropology, geography and environmental studies. Within these broadly defined fields, I am interested in manuscripts with an interdisciplinary approach that combine cutting-edge theory with empirical analysis of current problems in landscape studies, cultural and human geography, ethnography, science and technology studies and the history of science and technology in particular. I am also acquiring manuscripts that focus on the environmental history of Louisiana and the broader “Gulf Region” including: the history of rivers, conservation of key plant and animal species, wetlands and coastal environments and problems of environmental pollution across the region.

Key scholarly meetings

• Association of American Geographers (AAG)
• American Society for Environmental History (ASEH)
• American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)

Recent and Forthcoming titles

Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place: An Anthropologist’s Account of Christian Performance in Spanish America and the American South, by Miles Richardson

Campsite: Architectures of Duration and Place, by Charles Hailey

Stalking the Ghost Bird: The Elusive Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in Louisiana, by Michael Steinberg

Moroccan Households in the World Economy: Labor and Inequality in a Berber Village, by David Crawford (Fall 2008)

Debugging the Link between Social Theory and Social Insects, by Diane Rodgers (Fall 2008)