Gabriel Nathan Rosenberg

Gabriel N. Rosenberg is Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies and History at Duke University, specializing in the intersections of agriculture, sexuality, and industrial capitalism. His research examines how economic systems shape biological and social reproduction.

Education:
Ph.D. in History from Brown University

Research Focus:
Rosenberg investigates the historical relationships between industrial food systems, gender/sexual norms, and state power. Key themes include livestock breeding's ties to eugenics, the politics of meat production, and how agricultural institutions enforce heteronormativity. His work spans U.S. rural history, Soviet and Turkish modernization, and global food regimes.

Publications:
His scholarship includes award-winning books like The 4-H Harvest and articles analyzing the biopolitics of agriculture. Recent projects critique regenerative ranching narratives and explore lab-grown meat's societal implications. Publications demonstrate how industrial food systems reconfigure intimacy, embodiment, and ecological relations.

Awards:

• Wayne D. Rasmussen Award (2021)
• Robert B. Cox Teaching Award (2020)
• Gilbert C. Fite Best Dissertation Prize (2012)
• K. Austin Kerr Prize (2012)

Engagement:
He directs student research on food systems and contributes to public debates through media outlets like The New Republic and The Guardian, analyzing the cultural politics of agriculture.