About
Sigma Colón (she/her)
Associate Professor of Environmental and Ethnic Studies
Sigma Colón holds a joint appointment in Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies. She has a PhD in American Studies from Yale University and an MA in History and BA in English literature and Spanish from the University of Arizona. Her research on environmental humanities, racial ecologies, critical geography, ethnic and border studies, art, feminist praxis, and pedagogy in higher education has been published in diverse journals including Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, Humanity & Society, Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities,Open Rivers, Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences,Transforming Anthropology, and Social Text. She was awarded a Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship to support her current book project about rivers.
Committed to community building, collaboration, and place-based education, Professor Colón has worked with students on various projects including , , podcasts ( & ), , and curriculum building. She worked on a grant with students in the vlog Disability Working Group (LUDWiG) to develop an “Introduction to Disability Studies” course that Colón launched in 2023. She recently received the Excellence in Teaching by an Early-Career Faculty Member Award.
She welcomes and continues to create opportunities to collaborate with students, faculty, staff, and the broader community. She is currently working with on a Mellon supported collaboration with the College of Menominee Nation.
Education
Ph.D. in American Studies, Yale University
M.Phil in American Studies, Yale University
M.A. in American Studies, Yale University
M.A. in U.S. History, University of Arizona
B.A. in English Literature and Spanish, University of Arizona
Years at Lawrence
2017-present
