Peter Alagona email: peter_alagona (at) ksg.harvard.edu

Research

PETER ALAGONA received his PhD in history, with emphases in environmental history and the history of science, from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2006. Previously, he had received a B.A. in history from Northwestern University, an M.A. in geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in history from UCLA. Peter is currently a Harvard Environmental Fellow, working with Sheila Jasanoff in the Center for Environment and Kennedy School of Government. Peter's research focuses on the cultural and political histories of ecology and the related life, environmental, and conservation sciences. He is currently working to turn his dissertation, on the history of endangered species and biodiversity conservation in California, into a book.