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Cymene Howe

Professor of Anthropology

Rice University

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School of Social Sciences

Anthropology

Cymene Howe is currently serving as an Anthropology Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.

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Rice University

Professor of Anthropology

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Elemental Ethnography: A Proposition. American Anthropologist (2026)

Melting Glaciers as Symbols of Tourism Paradoxes. Nature Climate Change (2026)

tourismclimate change adaptationgeographysustainable tourismclimate change

Communicating Climate: A Conversation (With Naomi Oreskes, Lacy M. Johnson, Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe). Regeneration. (2025)

Impact in the Energy Social Sciences and Humanities: How We Matter Matters. Geo Geography and Environment (2025)

Social Impacts of Glacier Loss. Science (2025)

Tracking Extinct Glaciers in Glims. Annals of Glaciology (2025)

AFTERWORD: Kill the Petrostate. Critique of Anthropology (2024)

Dominic BoyerCymene Howe

sociocultural anthropologyanthropologyenvironmental anthropologyanthropological theory

Extractivism's Limits: A Conversation. The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2024)

Ryan Cecil JobsonMacarena Gómez‐BarrisCymene HoweMareike Winchell

ethnographyanthropological theorylatin american researchanthropologycultural anthropologycaribbean studieslatin american studies

“Grump Mountain”: Viewers’ Attributions of Agency to a Climate Fiction Film. Ecozon European Journal of Literature Culture and Environment (2024)

Heidi ToivonenCymene Howe

climate fiction filmcommunicationmass communicationnarrativefilmecology

Sister Cities for the Anthropocene. Nature Cities (2024)

Cymene HoweDominic Boyer

climate changeanthropologyanthropocenesister cities

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Cymene Howe

Professor of Anthropology

Rice University

Affiliations

School of Social Sciences

Anthropology

Cymene Howe is currently serving as an Anthropology Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Cymene Howe

Rice University

Professor of Anthropology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Elemental Ethnography: A Proposition. American Anthropologist (2026)

Melting Glaciers as Symbols of Tourism Paradoxes. Nature Climate Change (2026)

tourismclimate change adaptationgeographysustainable tourismclimate change

Communicating Climate: A Conversation (With Naomi Oreskes, Lacy M. Johnson, Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe). Regeneration. (2025)

Impact in the Energy Social Sciences and Humanities: How We Matter Matters. Geo Geography and Environment (2025)

Social Impacts of Glacier Loss. Science (2025)

Tracking Extinct Glaciers in Glims. Annals of Glaciology (2025)

AFTERWORD: Kill the Petrostate. Critique of Anthropology (2024)

Dominic BoyerCymene Howe

sociocultural anthropologyanthropologyenvironmental anthropologyanthropological theory

Extractivism's Limits: A Conversation. The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (2024)

Ryan Cecil JobsonMacarena Gómez‐BarrisCymene HoweMareike Winchell

ethnographyanthropological theorylatin american researchanthropologycultural anthropologycaribbean studieslatin american studies

“Grump Mountain”: Viewers’ Attributions of Agency to a Climate Fiction Film. Ecozon European Journal of Literature Culture and Environment (2024)

Heidi ToivonenCymene Howe

climate fiction filmcommunicationmass communicationnarrativefilmecology

Sister Cities for the Anthropocene. Nature Cities (2024)

Cymene HoweDominic Boyer

climate changeanthropologyanthropocenesister cities

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