Joel Wainwright
Contact Information
Professor, Geography
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Areas of Expertise
- Political Economy of Development
- Environmental and Agrarian Change
- Social Theory
Education
- Ph.D., 2003 Geography (minor in sustainable agriculture), University of Minnesota
- M.A., 1998 Geography, University of Minnesota
- B.A., (Honors), 1995 Environmental Studies, Bucknell University
Interests
Political Economy of Development, Environmental and Agrarian Change, Social Theory
Current Research
I study political economy, development, social theory, and environmental change.
Courses Taught
- International Studies 5597.01- Introduction to Development Studies
- Geography 3701-The Making of the Modern World
- Geography 5801- Environmental Conservation
- Geography 5700-Geography of Development
- Geography Graduate Seminars in human geography and social theory
Select Publications
- J. Wainwright. 2025. The End: Marx, Darwin, and the Natural History of the Climate Crisis. New York: Verso
- O. Nir and J. Wainwright. Eds. 2019. Rethinking Palestine and Israel: Marxist Perspectives. London: Routledge.
- J. Wainwright and G. Mann. 2018. Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. New York: Verso
- J. Wainwright. 2012. Geopiracy: Oaxaca, militant empiricism, and geographical thought. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- J. Wainwright. 2008. Decolonizing development: colonial power and the Maya. Oxford: Blackwell Press.