Come join the Center for Environmental Futures for its first talk in the Interdisciplinary 101 Talk Series on Friday, May 2nd, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Join via Zoom.
Heather Davis is an assistant professor of culture and media at Eugene Lang College, the New School. An interdisciplinary scholar working in environmental humanities, media studies, and visual culture, she is interested in how the saturation of fossil fuels has shaped contemporary culture. Her book, Plastic Matter (Duke University Press, 2022), argues that plastic has transformed the world because of its incredible longevity and range, as it has also transformed our understandings and expectations of matter and materiality. She is a member of the Synthetic Collective, an interdisciplinary team of scientists, humanities scholars, and artists who investigate and make visible plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Her work has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation, and she is a member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institue for Advanced Study.
