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Bethany Wiggin is the 2024-25 Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environmental Humanities at Princeton University's High Meadows Environmental Institute. Her research bridges early modern German cultural history with the environmental humanities, focusing on climate education, energy transitions, and decolonial histories. Previously, she was a Professor of German and Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, where she held appointments in Comparative Literature, English, and International Studies.
Education:
- PhD in German Studies (not specified, inferred from career timeline)
- Secondary expertise in Environmental Humanities and Public Policy
Research Interests: Wiggin explores transatlantic colonialism, climate storytelling, and energy humanities. She leads projects like My Climate Story (transformative climate education) and Intersecting Energy Cultures (just transitions from fossil fuels). Her book Utopia Found and Lost in Penn’s Woods examines colonial ecological legacies in Pennsylvania.
Awards:
- Science Defender Award (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2017)
- Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship
- Weiler Research Fellowship
Grants & Leadership:
- Directed the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (2015–2024)
- Co-founded Intersecting Energy Cultures (2022)
- Member of UNESCO’s BRIDGES alliance for sustainability science
Labs/Teams: Ecotopian Toolkit for the Anthropocene, Data Refuge initiative, and the Schuylkill River Research Corps.
