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Dr. Emerson Cram is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Communication and Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. Their research focuses on critical environmental justice, queer ecology, disability studies, and the intersections of race, sexuality, and energy systems. They hold a PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Education:
- PhD in Communication, Indiana University, Bloomington
Research Interests:
- Environmental justice and carceral systems
- Queer and trans ecologies as care practices
- Historical and contemporary energy systems
- Archival critiques of settler colonialism
Key Projects:
- Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West (UC Press, 2022) — 2023 RSA Book Award winner
- Ongoing project on disability, land-use, and environmental futures at a historic Iowa poor farm
Recent Publications Trends: Recent work explores abolition ecology, transantagonism’s political rhetoric, and the intersections of climate justice with disability studies. Articles frequently bridge queer theory with environmental humanities.
Awards:
- 2023 Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award (NCA)
- 2022 NCA Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division Early Career Award
- 2013 Stephen Lucas Debut Publication Award
Engagement: Advises graduate students in communication and gender studies programs. Research actively involves community archives and participatory fieldwork in rural and marginalized spaces.
