Department of Anthropology
Bio
Eric Hirsch is an associate professor of environmental studies at Franklin & Marshall College. An environmental and economic anthropologist by training, Hirsch’s research focuses on what it means to experience, enact, and embody economic growth, especially in places acutely affected by weather and climate extremes. His first book, Acts of Growth: Development and the Politics of Abundance in Peru (Stanford University Press, 2022), investigated these topics in southern Andean Peru’s Colca Valley. His newer work, scoped more comparatively between Peru, the Maldives, and the United States, asks about growth in the context of adaptation projects, agriculture change in the US, Indigenous community advocacy, and infrastructure associated with resilience.
Education
Ph.D. Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2016
M.A. Sociocultural Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2012
B.A. Anthropology and English, Columbia University, 2009
