Robin Roe

Research Interests

My dissertation analyzes the language of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and immigration in newspaper reports of weather-related natural disasters in Texas and the Southwest in the early 1900s, including a comparative analysis of English-language and Spanish-language newspaper articles. These disasters present a window to a moment when this language was unusually visible, demonstrating how it was used to shape and manipulate public perceptions and to justify transformations in society and control over potential disorderly elements. My research interests include natural disaster history, comparative race history, labor history, and the potential of Digital Humanities.