Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Isaac Essex

American Studies
Research Interests Decolonial environmental humanities, Transspecies methodologies, Elemental engagements, Plant Studies
Pronouns He/him/his, They/them/theirs

Biography

I work at the intersection of trans studies, the decolonial environmental humanities, and aesthetics and visual culture to think through queer and trans endurance amid hostile climates, extractive atmospheres, and ecological precarity. Of late, I have been thinking with the notion of 'weathering' as it refers to the act of endurance that is being worn down, and the attempts to withstand atmospheric pressure that foster modes of survival amid a climate of hostility.