Robert Oxford
Doctoral Student

Contact
- E-mail: robertoxford@utexas.edu
Interests
South Texas fracking communities, ethnography, eco-critisism, petrol-politics, neoliberalism, and climate justice.
Biography
Robert Oxford was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. In 2011, Robert graduated magna cum laude from Oklahoma City University with a B.A. in History where he won the Joseph S. Clark Award for Exemplary Research in History on his thesis about the 1921 Tulsa pogrom. In 2014, he earned his M.A in American Studies from New York University.
At UT, Robert has served as an Assistant Instructor in both the American Studies Department as well as the Department of Rhetoric and Writing where he taught undergraduate classes on environmental justice and sustainability issues. Robert is a UT Graduate School Continuing Fellow.
Presently, Robert is researching the dynamic social, political, cultural, and environmental changes in Texas brought on by the fracking boom.
Presently, Robert is researching the dynamic social, political, cultural, and environmental changes in Texas brought on by the fracking boom.