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Dr. Jennifer Eaglin

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The Ohio State University
History

External Junior Fellow
Balzan Fellow
Februar 2022 – Juli 2022

E-Mail: eaglin.5@osu.edu

Last Update: 31.08.2022

Curriculum Vitae

Jennifer Eaglin is an assistant professor of environmental history/sustainability at The Ohio State University. Her research examines the history of alternative energy development in Brazil.

Eaglin’s first book, Sweet Fuel: A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol (Oxford University Press, 2022), explores the history of Brazilian sugar-based ethanol development from the 1930s to the 2000s and the associated environmental and social costs that accompanied the industry’s growth.

Eaglin’s work has appeared in Environmental History and Latin American Research Review. She also has a book chapter forthcoming in A Cultural History of the Environment in the Age of Acceleration, Volume 6, edited by Jessica van Horssen (Bloomsbury Press, 2022).

Eaglin’s work has been supported by various organizations, including the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Conference of Latin American History, and the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Selected Publications

FRIAS Project