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Jon Wlasiuk, Ph.D.

Jon Wlasiuk
  • Assistant Professor
  • LB Course Subject Area: Science and Society
  • Pronouns: he/him

BIOGRAPHY

My teaching and research explores the relationship between human cultures and nature. My research has focused on the history of the Rust Belt and examines topics such as indigenous history, bioregionalism, and environmental justice. I believe that the art of storytelling is crucial to communicating complex information and affecting social change.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., History, Case Western Reserve University
  • M.A., History, University of Montana
  • B.A., History, The Ohio State University

LBC COURSES

  • LB 133: Introduction to Science and Society
  • LB 240: Bioethics (Online course)
  • LB321B: Science and the Public
  • LB 325A/B: Science and the Environment (Hybrid-Online and Traditional classes)
  • LB 492: Senior Seminar: The $cience of Capitalism
  • LB 492: Senior Seminar: Environmental Disasters

RESEARCH

I am currently working on two book projects. The first is a graphic novel about the formation of the anti-racist punk scene in Dayton, Ohio and Midwest during the late 1970s. The second project is a traditional history of the Midwest.

PUBLICATIONS

An Alternative History of Cleveland. Pittsburgh: Belt Publishing, 2024.

Refining Nature: Standard Oil and the Limits of Efficiency. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.

“A Company Town on Common Waters: Standard Oil in the Calumet,” Environmental History 19 (October 2014): 687-713.

LINKS