{{Short description|American environmental historian (born 1977)}}
'''Emily Wakild''' (born 1977) is an American historian and environmental studies scholar. She is Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University in Idaho. Her research centers on the environmental history of the Americas.
== Early life and education == Born in 1977,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-04 |title=Wakild, Emily, 1977- |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2011021143.html |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=Linked Data Service |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> Wakild is the daughter of Geoff and Debbie Middaugh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wakild |first=Emily |url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/a-primer-for-teaching-environmental-history |title=A Primer for Teaching Environmental History |last2=Berry |first2=Michelle K. |date=2018 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-7148-9}}</ref>{{rp|xiv}} Geoff Middaugh has served as a project manager for the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Middaugh |first=Geoff |date=April 17, 1998 |title=Evaluating and implementing ecosystem management within the interior Columbia Basin |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/r6/icbemp/e_edge/edge_26.html |journal=The Leading Edge |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |volume=5 |issue=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-01-22 |title=Former Bureau of Land Management deputy director to speak at WWU today, Jan. 22 |url=https://news.wwu.edu/spotlight/former-bureau-of-land-management-deputy-director-to-speak-at-wwu-today-jan-22 |access-date=2026-05-28 |website=WWU News |publisher=Western Washington University |language=en}}</ref> and as secretary of the Public Lands Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geoff Middaugh |url=https://publicland.org/awards/geoff-middaugh/ |access-date=2026-05-28 |website= |publisher=Public Lands Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
Wakild attended Willamette University, graduating in 1999 with a B.A. in history and politics. She received a teaching certificate from the University of Texas–Pan American before attending the University of Arizona for an M.A. and Ph.D. in Latin American history; her doctorate was awarded in 2007.<ref name=":0" />
== Career and research == From 2007 to 2012, she was an assistant professor of history at Wake Forest University. She joined the history department within the College of Arts and Sciences at Boise State University in 2012, where she became an associate professor in 2014 and professor of history in 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Emily Wakild |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/history/faculty-staff/emily-wakild/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Department of History |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, she was a visiting professor to the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile for one semester;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profesora Visitante Emily Wakild, destaca su paso por nuestro Instituto |url=https://historia.uc.cl/noticias/1258-profesora-visitante-emily-wakild-destaca-su-paso-por-nuestro-instituto |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Historia |publisher=Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |language=Spanish}}</ref> she joined the Boise State department of environmental studies as a professor later that year,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Emily Wakild |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/sps-environmental/emily-wakild/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Environmental Studies |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref> and was named the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands (endowed in the name of Cecil Andrus) within the university's School of Public Service in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jessen |first=Shad |date=2022-06-07 |title=Andrus Center names Wakild endowed chair |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2022/06/07/andrus-center-names-wakild-endowed-chair/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Boise State News |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Andrus Center welcomes Emily Wakild |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/environment-andruscenter/the-andrus-center-welcomes-emily-wakild/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Andrus Center for Public Policy |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref>
Wakild was the program director for environmental studies at Boise State from 2018 to 2022,<ref name=":0" /> and when the School of the Environment was established within the College of Arts and Sciences in 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brevik |first=Kristen |date=2023-06-06 |title=Introducing Boise State's new School of the Environment |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2023/06/06/introducing-boise-states-new-school-of-the-environment/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Boise State News |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref> she became the associate director of the school.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Team |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/environment/about/leadership/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=School of the Environment |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref> The Andrus Center for Public Policy, which endows the Andrus Chair, moved from the School of Public Service to the School of the Environment in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cesare |first=Nick |date=2025-04-01 |title=Andrus Center moves to new home in School of the Environment |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/news/2025/04/01/andrus-center-moves-to-new-home-in-school-of-the-environment/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Boise State News |publisher=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref>
Her research focuses on the conservation of nature in Latin America,<ref name=":1" /> social change in the American West, and pedagogy on the environment and environmental history,<ref name=":3" /> through methods such as the study of interviews and other documents.<ref name=":2" /> Wakild is co-host of a podcast, ''More Than: A Podcast''.<ref>Review: {{Cite journal |last=Smoak |first=Gregory E. |date=May 2026 |title=[''More Than: A Podcast''] |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/tph/article/48/2/176/218086/More-Than-A-Podcast-hosted-by-Michelle-Berry-and |journal=The Public Historian |language=en |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=176–178 |doi=10.1525/tph.2026.48.2.176}}</ref>
=== Selected books === * {{Cite book |last=Wakild |first=Emily |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-moderating-force-9780197654019 |title=A Moderating Force: Conserving Nature in National Parks in Patagonia and Amazonia |date=2026 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-765401-9 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780197654019.001.0001}} * {{Cite book |last=Wakild |first=Emily |url=https://www.dukeupress.edu/a-primer-for-teaching-environmental-history |title=A Primer for Teaching Environmental History: Ten Design Principles |last2=Berry |first2=Michelle K. |date=2018 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-7148-9}}<ref>Review: {{Cite journal |last=Bécot |first=Renaud |date=December 2019 |title=[''A Primer for Teaching Environmental History, Ten Design Principles''] |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s41130-019-00089-5 |journal=Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies |language=en |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=141–144 |doi=10.1007/s41130-019-00089-5}}</ref><!-- At Project MUSE: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/70647 --> * {{Cite book |last=Wakild |first=Emily |url=https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/revolutionary-parks |title=Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, 1910–1940 |date=2011 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-2957-5 |doi=10.1353/book.141249}}<ref>Review: {{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Angus |date=January 2013 |title=[''Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico's National Parks, 1910–1940''] |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1093/envhis/ems145 |journal=Environmental History |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=210–212 |doi=10.1093/envhis/ems145}}</ref><ref>Review: {{Cite journal |last=Hatch Kuri |first=Gonzalo |date=April 2023 |title=[''Parques revolucionarios. Conservación, justicia social y parques nacionales en México: 1910-1940''] |url=https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/60706 |journal=Investigaciones Geográficas |language=es |issue=110 |pages= |doi=10.14350/rig.60706|article-number=e60706}}</ref> <small>''Additional reviews of Wakild's books are listed on her CV.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=June 2025 |title=Emily Wakild |url=https://cesuexperts.uri.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/submissions/Wakild-CVJune25AndrusChairCOMBO.pdf |access-date=2026-05-27 |type=CV}}</ref>{{rp|5–6, 16–17}}</small>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://emilywakild.squarespace.com/}}
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