Brian Leech
@brianleechphd@hcommons.social
Historian of the U.S. West and Midwest. Professor at Augustana College in Illinois. Research on environmental history, mining, food, energy, pop culture. Currently writing about the portrayal of mining in popular culture and the history of U.S. speed limits. He/him. Opinions my own and not my employer’s. #histodon #histodons #envhist #envhum #mininghistory
hcommons.social
When AI-driven, predatory academic journals go wrong. I wrote an article about the history of using canaries in coal mines and the subsequent use of that phrase in American culture. I just received an email requesting my future research into “the canary-based gas detection method you proposed.” #envhist #envhum