Joshua MacFadyen

Joshua MacFadyen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies and the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. His work examines the social and ecological problems of energy in Canadian and U.S. agriculture, particularly during the transition from traditional to modern agro-ecosystems. He co-edited the book Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island (McGill-Queens University Press and Island Studies Press, 2016), and he has written several articles on energy and agriculture for journals such as Business History, Regional Environmental Change, Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine, and Agricultural History. He is an editor of the environmental history blog for NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment / Nouvelle initiative canadienne en histoire de l’environnement (http://niche-canada.org). He also co-wrote the Geospatial Historian, a set of online tutorials to help build practical skills in digital mapping and historical GIS (https://geospatialhistorian.wordpress.com).