About Megan Black

Megan Black is an associate professor of history at MIT, specializing in environmental history, the US and the world, and political economy. Her book, The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power (Harvard University Press, 2018), explores the surprising role of the US Interior Department in pursuing minerals across seemingly disparate zones: in Indigenous lands, foreign nations, the oceans, and outer space. The book received four top prizes in history, including the Stuart L. Bernath Prize for international history. She previously taught at the London School of Economics.