Rachel Gross

Email: rsgross@wisc.edu

Field:
19th/ 20th century U.S. History

Advisor:
William Cronon

MA Title:
"Synthetic Wilderness: Gore-Tex and the Paths to Mastery in Outdoor Recreation"

Working Dissertation Title:
"From Buckskin to Gore-Tex: Consumption as a Path to Mastery in Twentieth-Century American Wilderness Recreation"

Research Interests:
Environmental history, Women and Gender, US West