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Marcy Norton is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on the early modern Atlantic World, emphasizing Latin America and Spain. She explores the intersections of environment, embodiment, and thought, including studies on food, drugs, science, and human-animal relationships. Her work addresses how colonialism shaped the Americas and how Native American influences contributed to European modernity.
Education: Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Notable publications include *Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures* (2008), which won the best book prize from the Association for the Study of Food and Society, and articles in *American Historical Review* and *Colonial Latin America Review*. She co-edited a special issue on *Entangled Trajectories: Indigenous and European Histories* (2017).
Her research on tobacco, chocolate, and human-animal relationships highlights the Columbian Exchange’s transformative impact on both Europe and the Americas. Awards include the Vanderwood Prize (2015) for her article on human-animal relations. Current projects include a book on colonialism and human-animal dynamics in early modern Europe and America, forthcoming from Harvard University Press.
