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Trish Kahle is an Assistant Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University's Qatar campus. Her research focuses on energy, labor, and political systems, particularly through a historical lens. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago.
Her first book, Energy Citizenship: Coal and Democracy in the American Century, examines Appalachian coal miners' impact on U.S. governance and energy systems. This work received the Merle Curti Social History Award and was a Hagley Prize finalist. Currently, she is researching the global history of American electric power systems, emphasizing imperialism's role in shaping labor migration and racial dynamics.
Dr. Kahle co-leads the Energy Humanities Research Initiative, exploring energy's cultural and social dimensions across four continents. She also curated the 'Cinematic Afterlives' project, linking film history to global justice movements. Her work bridges history, politics, and environmental studies, addressing urgent issues like energy justice and decarbonization.
Key academic contributions include analyzing energy transitions' affective dimensions, gender dynamics in power systems, and the intersection of labor rights with environmental advocacy. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates methodologies from history, sociology, and political science.
- Research Projects:
- Everywhere, Invisible: The Global History of American Electric Power
- Energy Humanities Research Initiative collaborations
- Cinematic Afterlives: Film and Memory in the Black Atlantic
- Awards:
- Merle Curti Social History Award (2024)
- Hagley Prize Finalist (2024)
Her grant-funded work emphasizes global perspectives on energy systems, with ongoing projects examining decolonizing energy narratives and interdisciplinary approaches to energy transitions.
