Marcus Filippello

Marcus Filippello is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, specializing in West African environmental and infrastructure history. His research examines colonial roads in Benin/Dahomey as sites of power negotiation and environmental transformation.

Publications analyze infrastructure's role in colonial control and resistance, with particular focus on gender dynamics and emotional responses to landscape modification. Current work investigates development narratives and environmental change in postcolonial contexts.