Nicolas C. Howe

Nicolas Howe

Professor of Environmental Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology and Sociology

nch1@williams.edu
413-597-4062
Class of 1966 Environmental Center - Kellogg House

Education

B.A. Columbia University
M.A. University of California-Los Angeles
Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles

Areas of Expertise

Cultural Geography, Environmental Humanities, Religion and Ecology, Landscape Studies.

 

Courses

ENVI 101(F) LEC

Nature and Society: An Introduction to Environmental Studies

ENVI 243 / ANTH 243(F) SEM

Reimagining Rivers

ENVI 291 / REL 291 / SOC 291(S) TUT

Religion and Ecology in America

ENVI 298(S) SEM

Cultural Geography

ENVI 460 / CAOS 460 SEM

Communicating Climate Change (not offered 2025/26)

Scholarship/Creative Work

Howe, Nicolas. Landscapes of the Secular: Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2016.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo23935324.html
Smith, Philip, and Nicolas Howe. Climate Change as Social Drama: Global Warming in the Public Sphere. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/climate-change-as-social-drama/07898B9D596B50EF70005CB838B85338

Current Committees

  • British Post Graduate Fellowship Committee
  • Environmental Studies Program