Michael_J._Rawson
Michael J. Rawson
Historian, author, and associate professor
Michael J. Rawson is a historian, author, and associate professor at the City University of New York's (CUNY) Brooklyn College.[1] He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2011 for Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston.[1][2][3] The book explores Boston's development in relation to its natural surroundings.[4] Rawson received the American Public Works Association (APWA) Abel Wolman Award in 2011.[1]
Rawson was previously on the faculties of University of Wisconsin and Stanford University. He received his Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin in 2005.[1] From 2005 to 2007, he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.[5][6] Rawson has served on the Public Works Historical Society's board of trustees.[1]