Brian Black writes and speaks widely for public and academic audiences about the intersection of issues of the environment and history. After growing up in Central Pennsylvania, Black worked in publishing in New York and Kansas, including stints at Audubon, MHQ, Scholastic, and the Journal of Economic History. His graduate study took place at the New York University and the University of Kansas. He taught at Gettysburg and Skidmore Colleges before coming to Penn State Altoona in 2001 to help start and lead Penn State's only interdisciplinary program in Environmental Studies. Currently. Black is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the soon to be released Ike’s Road Trip: How.Eisenhower’s 1919 Convoy Paved the Way for the Roads We Travel (Godine)