Ashley Dawson

Ashley Dawson is Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten Island. He is the author of several books on key topics in the environmental humanities, including People's Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons , Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change , and Extinction: A Radical History . A member of the Public Power NY campaign and the founder of the CUNY Climate Action Lab, he is a long-time climate...See more

Ashley Dawson is Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten Island. He is the author of several books on key topics in the environmental humanities, including People's Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons , Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change , and Extinction: A Radical History . A member of the Public Power NY campaign and the founder of the CUNY Climate Action Lab, he is a long-time climate justice activist. Dawson lives in Queens, New York. See less