Jayson M Porter

Jayson Maurice Porter is an Assistant Professor of History and environmental writer at the University of Maryland, College Park, who researches environmental histories of Mexico, the African Diaspora, food systems, agrochemicals, and environmental justice and injustice. You can find his writing in The Washington Post, Environmental Humanities, Distillations Magazine, Environment and Society, and more. He is currently working on a book manuscript with Duke University Press on the environmental history of the African Diaspora, violence, and environmental change in Guerrero, Mexico through oilseeds crops, such as cotton, sesame, and coconuts.