Scholars@Duke
Justin Shapiro

Selected Publications

Infrastructure and Inequality in Washington, D.C.: Environmental Change and Federal Management of the District’s Forgotten River

Journal Article Journal of Urban History · December 1, 2026 The District of Columbia has long served as a test case for federal planning priorities. Congress has jurisdiction over the District, and has historically delegated different agencies to administer the capital on its behalf. Those agencies have been given ... Full text Cite

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative A Vision for Twenty-First-Century Science

Book · September 15, 2025 A thorough assessment of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative and the scientific legacy it left behind ... Cite

Environmental control: charting a course for the Navajo reservation through road construction, 1945–1978

Journal Article Journal of Transport History · December 1, 2022 This article examines the history of road planning in the decades following the Second World War on the Navajo Nation. Federal highway planners and Navajo residents had conflicting ideas about the role of roads in the Nation's postwar development. The plan ... Full text Cite