Camden Burd

Assistant Professor

Contact
Department of History
Office: Hardin Hall 014
Phone: Hardin Hall 014
Website: https://www.camdenburd.com
Email: cburd@clemson.edu

Education
Ph.D., University of Rochester (2019); MA, University of Rochester (2015); MA, Central Michigan University (2014); BA, University of Utah (2011)

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests
U.S. History; U.S. History 1877-Present; U.S. Midwest; Environmental History; Capitalism; Digital Methods

Camden Burd is a historian of environment, culture, and capitalism. His research primarily focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has received research support from various organizations and institutions including the Newberry Library, the American Antiquarian Society, the Linda Hall Library, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Selected Professional Works

Books (Published)

The Roots of Flower City: Horticulture, Empire, and the Remaking of Rochester, New York. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2024.

Books (In Production or Under Contract)

Austere Country: American Environments in the Neoliberal Age. Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)

“Playing Gaia: Simulation, Science, and the Significance of Video Games for Environmental History,” Environmental History 31, no. 1 (2026): 171-184.

“In Search of a Postextractive Future: Ruin, Recreation, and Militarism in the Upper Midwest,” Agricultural History 99, no. 4 (2025): 663-680. (Winner of the Dorothy Schwieder Award for best article from the Midwestern History Association, 2025)