Jayson Porter
Jayson Maurice Porter is an environmental writer and historian who received his PhD from Northwestern in 2022 and is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to his academic work, he is writing a book tentatively titled Held: Multispecies histories of black relations to place and power.
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Distillations Magazine
Datos ‘proxy’ que hagan justicia
La historia climática de las regiones tropicales ha sido crónicamente poco estudiada. Corregir el rumbo exigirá nuevos métodos y puntos de vista.
Distillations Magazine
Proxies for Justice
The climate history of tropical regions has been chronically understudied. Correcting the record will require new methods and new perspectives.
Distillations Magazine
Fish Hacks
Often dismissed as a “trash fish,” the porgy anchors black maritime culture.