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Christopher Manganiello

Alumnus (Graduate Program)
Ph.D., U Georgia, 2010

cmango@uga.edu

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Christopher J. Manganiello's book manuscript, "Southern Water, Southern Power," is a story about environmental manipulation and political power. People have transformed every major river in region to secure cheap energy to fuel industrial and urban development. We have, however, been slow to acknowledge the consequences--the ecological transformations, urban drought, and the demands of the energy-water nexus on limited water supplies in a humid region assumed to have endless supplies of water. Today, southern consumers use more energy than any other region in the country. "Southern Water, Southern Power" illustrates how we got here, who led the charge, and why producing energy has always been a complicated business.
Chris has also published in the Journal of the History of Biology, and has also co-edited a book, Environmental History and the American South: A Reader, with Paul S. Sutter (University of Georgia Press, 2009).

Research and Teaching Interests

[Environment & Agriculture]
[U.S. 19th & 20th Century]
[U.S. South]

Dissertation

"Dam Crazy with Wild Consequences: Artificial Lakes and Natural Rivers in the American South, 1845-1990," supervised by Dr. Paul S. Sutter (2010)

Selected Publications

"Hitching the New South to White Coal: Water and Power, 1890-1933," Journal of Southern History (forthcoming)

Environmental History and the American South: A Reader (University of Georgia Press, 2009) Co-editor, with Paul Sutter More Info

"From a Howling Wilderness to Howling Safaris: Science, Policy and Red Wolves in the American South," Journal of the History of Biology (May 2009) More Info

Honors and Awards

Excellence in Graduate Research Award, UGA Graduate School (2011)

Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Georgia Graduate School, One of twenty awarded University-wide (2009-2010)

Rachel Carson Prize, American Society for Environmental History, Best Dissertation in Environmental History (2010)

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History (2008-2009)

Graduate Student Research and Performance Grant, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia (2007-2008)

Carl Vipperman Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Department of History, University of Georgia (2008)

Thomas Pleasant Vincent, Sr. Scholarship Award, Department of History, University of Georgia (2007)

Thomas Pleasant Vincent, Jr. Fellowship, Department of History, University of Georgia (2004-2006)

Courses Taught

HIST2112: U.S. History 1865 to Present [Syllabus]

HIST2702: World Civilizations II [Syllabus]

HIST4000: Studies in American History [Syllabus]