Jesse听Ritner
Jesse Ritner is a Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Texas, Austin. There he studies the relationship between climate, technology, and environmental justice. His dissertation, 鈥淢aking Snow: Climate, Technology, and Environmental Justice in the U.S. Ski Industry, 1900-present,鈥 uses听听the ski industry as a case study to understand the historical relationship between climate adaption, business, technology, culture,听and climate (in)justice.听听In the process, they created thriving economies that relied on radicalized labor, who live under a cloud of environmental precarity.听Jesse has been awarded twelve grants and fellowships for his research, equalling $75,000.
Jesse is a passionate public historian, committed to bringing the best historical research to people outside of the academy. He has written extensively for public audiences, including听The Washington Post,听Edge Effects,听Technology Stories,听Niche,听and听Not Even Past. Moreover,听Jesse has been interviewed on multiple occasions for news articles and podcasts. In addition to working at听The Civil Conservation Project,听Jesse has contributed to The Handbook of Texas Women, The Public Archive, and he offers historical assistance to diversity, equity, and inclusion projects for the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Austin.