Sam Hege is a doctoral candidate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and is currently working on a dissertation titled “‘The Winds of Money’: Race, Work, and Water in the Texas Panhandle, 1910-1985.” He is a historian of environmental justice, industrial agriculture, and water in the American west, with a special focus on how contests over resources shape the formation of political and social movements. He is committed to building environmental and social equity both in and outside of the classroom and is excited to work with the NJCH team and their wonderful collaborators throughout the state.
