Nicolas Howe is Professor of Environmental Studies at Williams College with affiliations in Anthropology/Sociology and American Studies. Trained as a cultural geographer, he studies the role of place, space, and landscape in social life. His research focuses on the intersection of religious and environmental politics in modern America, and he has strong interests in sociolegal studies, environmental history, and visual culture studies. He is co-author of Climate Change as Social Drama (Cambridge 2015) with CCS co-director Philip Smith. His book Landscapes of the Secular: Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2016.
