Carly Griffith curriculum vitae

Research Interests

Legal Geography, Environmental History, Landscape Studies, Public Humanities, Cartography


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Education

Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI)
Department of Geography, expected completion 2023
Committee: William Cronon, Elizabeth Hennessy, Anna Andrzejewski, Heinz Klug, Grace Bulltail

M.A.

Brown University (Providence, RI)
Public Humanities, Department of American Studies, May 2013

B.A.

Colby College (Waterville, ME)
Visual Culture Studies (Honors) & French, May 2011

Current Positions

PhD Fellow, August 2020-Present
Midwest Environmental Advocates, Madison, WI
Work with staff attorneys at a nonprofit environmental law center to research and create public guides and digital map resources on environmental justice issues across the state of Wisconsin. Funded by the Mellon Public Humanities Graduate Fellowship program and the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Lecturer, January 2021-Present
Legal Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teach a course of 70 legal studies undergraduate students that introduces students to different areas of legal practice and research, such as criminal law, environmental law, and immigration law. Features a variety of guest speakers.

Edge Effects Editor, January 2018-Present
Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edit essays and podcasts for Edge Effects, a digital magazine of environmental humanities and the primary publication of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment. Series editor for the Ground Truths podcast series, funded by the Wisconsin Humanities Council.