He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2014. Andy’s current research explores disasters and the questions they give rise to about race, class, community, trauma, inequality, the welfare state, urban and suburban development, extractive industry, and environmental change. He is writing a book, tentatively entitled How to Sink New Orleans: Katrina’s History, America’s Tragedy, 1915-2015, which is under contract with Harvard University Press. More information here.