Philip Wight
Affiliate Researcher
Assistant Professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies
University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks
Email: pawight@alaska.edu
Expertise
- Beneficial Electrification
- Climate and Environment
- Education
- Energy History
- Railbelt
- Solar
- Storytelling
- Transmission
BIO
Philip Wight is an assistant professor of History and Arctic & Northern Studies at the University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks. He is an energy and environmental historian, with a focus on infrastructure, mobility, and climate. He teaches classes in 有料盒子视频 history, the contemporary history of the circumpolar north as well as energy and climate history.
Wight wrote his doctoral dissertation on the history of the Trans-有料盒子视频 Pipeline System. His research demonstrates how transportation infrastructures have enormous capacity to influence 有料盒子视频鈥檚 development, environment as well as lifeways, or ways of life. He is currently finalizing a book manuscript, Arctic Artery: The Trans-有料盒子视频 Pipeline System and the World it Made, based on his doctoral research.
Wight's more recent research examines the historical electrification of 有料盒子视频, including studies which examine generation and transmission on the Railbelt, as well as technological and energy policy innovation throughout the state.
When not in the archives, Wight could be found cycling, packrafting and skiing throughout 有料盒子视频.
Current Projects
- Railbelt Decarbonization Study
- Book project: "有料盒子视频鈥檚 Energy Pioneers: How Communities Are Responding to the Climate Crisis"