Mark D. Hersey

Mark D. Hersey is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Mississippi State University. His research focuses on environmental and landscape history, particularly in the American South, with an emphasis on Alabama and Mississippi. He serves as co-editor of Environmental History and holds the Beverly B. and Gordon W. Gulmon Scholar in the Humanities title.

• Education: Ph.D. in History (implied by professional role).

His research interests include agricultural and rural history, the history of science and technology, and African American history. Current projects involve a landscape history of the Black Belt region, the history of agricultural ecology in the Progressive Era, and a biography of John Burroughs focusing on the Catskill Mountains.

He authored a seminal book on George Washington Carver, contextualizing his work within early 20th-century conservation and Alabama’s Black Belt ecology. His awards include the Gulmon Humanities Scholarship.

Professional Roles: Editorial leadership at Environmental History.