Joseph Giacomelli

Joseph Giacomelli’s work focuses on how environmental and scientific knowledge is created, contested, and sometimes transformed into actions that shape people’s lives. He is especially interested in climate history, environmental history, and the history of science. His book, Uncertain Climes: Debating Climate Change in Gilded Age America (University of Chicago Press, 2023), focuses on the political and cultural dimensions of late nineteenth-century climate change theories. In the book, he argues that contentious debates about human-induced climatic changes shaped not just environmental and scientific thought, but also broader political struggles over the future of American expansionism and capitalism.

Giacomelli enjoys learning about maps and the history of technology. At DKU, he has taught courses on U.S. history, environmental history, “Global Challenges,” and other topics. He has a B.A. in history and geography from Middlebury College and a Ph.D. in history from Cornell University.

Joseph Giacomelli 的研究聚焦于环境和科学知识的生成、争议及其如何有时转化为影响人们生活的实践。他特别关注气候历史、环境史以及科学史。他的著作《不确定的气候：镀金时代美国的气候变化辩论》（Uncertain Climes: Debating Climate Change in Gilded Age America，芝加哥大学出版社，2023）探讨了19世纪后期气候变化理论的政治与文化维度。在书中，他提出，人类引起的气候变化相关的激烈争论不仅深刻地影响了环境与科学思想的发展，也塑造了关于美国扩张主义与资本主义未来的更广泛政治斗争。

Giacomelli 对地图和技术史抱有浓厚兴趣。在昆山杜克大学，他教授的课程包括美国历史、环境史、“全球性挑战”以及其他相关主题。他拥有明德学院的历史与地理学士学位以及康奈尔大学的历史学博士学位。