spencer robins

Spencer Robins

PhD Student

Department of English

Spencer Robins is a PhD candidate in the English Department. His research focuses on narratives of collective action and worldmaking in response to environmental change. He has also worked as a writer and researcher on projects with the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS). His writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and at kcet.org

Projects

Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles

Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles is a creative film project that repurposes the game engine and design of the video game Grand Theft Auto V to explore possible eco-futures of Los Angeles in the year 2050.

Recent Publications