Environmental history, 20th-century US social/political historyLecturer
Ph.D., U. of Kansas, 2006 Office: 330 LeConte
Office Hours: TR 2:00-3:00
Phone: (706) 542-6300 bdrake@uga.edu [Download CV] Brian Drake specializes in environmental history, a discipline which explores the intricate ways in which nature has affected human history, and vice versa. His recent research focuses on the postwar American environmental movement, particularly its relationship to postwar politics and ideology. He is currently revising his dissertation, "The Unnatural State: Conservatives, Libertarians, and the Postwar American Environmental Movement," for publication. In 2005 he received the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation's Eddie Jacobson Scholarship to support his dissertation research. Drake has published articles in Great Plains Quarterly and the Georgia Historical Quarterly and is also the author of a number of reviews. He has also contributed several articles to the kuhistory.com website, a "public history" site detailing the genesis and growth of the University of Kansas. His future research interests involve the environmental history of the South, where he worked as an outdoor educator and wilderness guide for several years before entering academe. Prior to arriving at UGA, Drake taught for two years in the Humanities and Western Civilization program at the University of Kansas. Drake earned his B.A. in history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his M.A. in U.S. history from the University of Georgia. | 
