Rob Nixon

Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Professor in Humanities and the Environment; Professor of English and the Princeton Environmental Institute.

Nixon is the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment in English and PEI. A leading scholar in the environmental humanities, Nixon focuses on climate change, environmental justice, and social movements, particularly in the global South. His 2011 book, “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor,” won four prizes, including the American Book Award.