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John Hultgren's work explores the theoretical and ideological foundations of environmental political struggles.

johnhultgren@bennington.edu

Biography

Hultgren’s research explores the relationship between environmental politics and the political right. His first book, Border Walls Gone Green (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), explained and critiqued the strange historical intersections between the environmental movement and the immigration restriction movement. His most recent book, The Smoke and the Spoils (MIT Press, 2025), traces the evolution of anti-environmental politics in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present. At Bennington, Hultgren teaches environmental politics and policy, as well as courses related to political theory, social movements, and immigration politics. He received his PhD in Political Science from Colorado State University (2012) and has previously taught at Colorado State and Northern Arizona University. Hultgren joined the Bennington faculty in Fall 2016.

Books

Hultgren, John. 2025. . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Hultgren, John. 2015. . Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Refereed Articles and Chapters

Hultgren, John. 2023. “’.”&�Բ�����;Environmental Politics 32 (6): 949-968.

Petersen, Brian, and John Hultgren. 2020. “.”&�Բ�����;Ethics, Policy, & Environment 23 (2): 222-239.

Hultgren, John. 2020. “ '.”&�Բ�����;Theory & Event 21 (1): 271-296. 

Hultgren, John and Dimitris Stevis. 2020. “ .”&�Բ�����;Environmental Politics 29 (3): 457-478.

Hultgren, John. 2018. “ .”&�Բ�����;Ethics, Policy, & Environment 21 (1): 21-25.

Hultgren, John. 2018. “.”&�Բ�����;Journal of Political Ideologies 23 (1): 54-79.

Hultgren, John. 2018. “Representing Posthumans: Citizenship and the Political Production of Bodies and Technology.” Chapter in Erika Cudworth, Stephen Hobden and Emilian Kavalski (eds.),  Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Hultgren, John. 2017. “Discourse, Nature and Critical Political Economy: American Environmentalists Debate Immigration.” Chapter in Johnna Montgomerie (ed.), . Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Hultgren, John. 2016. “Nature, Place, and the Politics of Migration.” Chapter in Harald Bauder and Christian Matheis (eds.), . London and NY: Palgrave MacMillan.

Hultgren, John. 2014. “.”&�Բ�����;New Political Science 36 (1): 52-75.

Hultgren, John. 2012. “ .”&�Բ�����;Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 37:4, pp. 300-316.

Public Scholarship

“” (co-authored with students Soumya Shailendra,  Sitashma Parajuli, and Ioanna Katsara). EuropeNow, Issue 36, October 2020.

“” (co-authored with David Bond). International Karl Polanyi  Society. June 30, 2020.

“.” Society & Space Magazine. May 25, 2020.

“.” EuropeNow, Issue 25. March 2019.

“.” McSweeneys Internet Tendency. Sept. 19, 2018.

“.” University of Minnesota Press Blog. July 3, 2018.

“.” CounterPunch. Oct. 20, 2017.

Interviews and Media

Kaufman, Alexander. 2021. “.” HuffPost, May 1 (republished in Mother Jones, May 4).

Gardiner, Beth. 2020. “.” NY Times, February 28.

Tan, Tiffany. 2019. “.” Bennington Banner, October 23. 

Cagle, Susie. 2019. “.” The Guardian, August 16 (republished in Mother Jones, August 19).

Beinart, Peter. 2019. “.” The Atlantic, August 5.

Schaberg, Christopher. 2019. “.” Public Books, May 15.

Del Valle, Gaby. 2018. “.” The Nation, Dec. 3-10 Issue.

LeBoeuf, Patricia. 2018. “.” Bennington Banner, October 3.

Meyer, Robinson. 2017. “.” The Atlantic, June 6.

“.” Against the Grain, KPFA/Pacifica Radio.

Courses

News

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