Matthew Plishka
Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latinx Studies
matthew.r.plishka@vanderbilt.edu
Education
- 2022 PhD, History, University of Pittsburgh
- 2016 MA, Social Sciences, University of Chicago
- 2015 BA, History and Government/Law, Lafayette College
professional APPOINTMENTS
- 2022–2025 Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- “We Are Part of Nature: Multispecies Political Ecology in Historical Research,” Column, AHA Today, American Historical Association, 2021
- “Can Plants Help Us to Understand COVID-19? The Case of Panama Disease in Colonial Jamaica,” Column, AHA Today, American Historical Association, 2021
Teaching
Vanderbilt University
- Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean
- History of Environmental Law in Latin America and the Caribbean
University of Pittsburgh
- Modern Latin American History
- World Environmental History