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Whitney Barlow Robles

Whitney Barlow Robles

Whitney Barlow Robles, PhD, is a Raleigh-based historian, author, and curator specializing in the history of natural history, focusing on how animals have shaped scientific narratives. Her book Curious Species: How Animals Made Natural History (2023) explores the role of animals in the development of natural history and its environmental impacts. She was a members of Dartmouth’s Society of Fellows, where she remains a Visiting Scholar, and has written for various publications, including Slate and Natural History.

Vienna, Austria. The Naturhistorisches (Natural History) Museum, Vienna

Natural History: A Reading List

This annotated bibliography samples scholarship on the rich—and difficult—history of natural history.
Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36635239

The Age of Wonder Meets the Age of Information

What can past eras of information overload teach students about critically consuming content in the present?