“Agricultural Responses to Seasonal Climate Change in the British Northern Atlantic, 1690-1816” uses a variety of sources and methods from the humanities and natural sciences to investigate what seasons meant and how they mattered for rural communities and agroecosystems in the British Northern Atlantic during the climatic upheavals of the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Focusing especially on the experiences of rural women, it uncovers quotidian histories of seasonal variability and disruption and asks what these histories might mean in the context of the current climate crisis by examining the various, connected peoples and ecologies of the British Northern Atlantic and their experiences of early modern climate change. My focus on on-the-ground change and adaptation, represented through local case studies in the Northern Atlantic world, goes beyond studies of agricultural markets and prices to understand how rural communities lived and worked with climate change before 1800.

I publish both individually and collaboratively in peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and environmental sciences. I am currently working on publications on the role of widespread participation in agricultural change in eighteenth-century Britain, the relationships between extreme weather events, memory, and climate adaptation, and women’s experiences of early modern climate change. You can find a full list of publications on my ORCID page.

Within my main foci of environmental history, climate history, and agricultural history, I am particularly interested in rural work; coastal and island communities; the Northern Atlantic; non-elite expertise; multidisciplinary methods; local history; and the role of women in agriculture writ large.

I am also available for book and manuscript reviews, panel involvement, speaking engagements, and consultancy work. Please feel free to be in touch.

I co-host the Climate History Podcast, with Dagomar Degroot, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

I work with the team at Environmental History Now as their outreach coordinator, expanding the reach and accessibility of the platform’s mission to showcase the environmental-related work and expertise of graduate students and early career scholars who identify as women, trans and/or non binary people. I founded and co-produce EHN’s podcast, Ecotones Now, and also write their newsletter.

I designed and help maintain an interactive map representing local climate change stories on ClimateTippingPoints.com, a website founded by Dagomar Degroot.

I’m fortunate to learn from and work with the fantastic team of environmental historians at Georgetown University, where I organize seminars and workshops.