Rachel Rothschild
Affiliated Scholar
Rachel Emma Rothschild is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Previously a legal fellow at Policy Integrity, she holds a J.D., cum laude, from NYU School of Law, where she was a Furman Academic Scholar, and a Ph.D. in history from Yale University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Princeton University. From 2015 to 2017, she was an assistant professor and faculty fellow at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
Rothschild’s scholarship sits at the intersection of law, history, and policy. She is the author of Poisonous Skies: Acid Rain and the Globalization of Pollution (University of Chicago Press, 2019), and has written numerous articles and essays on pollution problems for academic journals and media outlets. Her recent research examines climate change litigation as well as the past and present regulation of toxic substances.
While at NYU School of Law, Rothschild worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s litigation and environmental justice teams as well as the Institute for Policy Integrity’s regulatory policy clinic.
She can be reached at [email protected].
Books
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Poisonous Skies
Acid Rain and the Globalization of Pollution
Academic Articles
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Détente from the Air
Monitoring Air Pollution during the Cold War
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The Turn Toward Toxins
An Essay Review
Reports
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Measuring the Benefits of Power Plant Effluent Regulation
The 2020 Steam Electric Reconsideration Rule and Potential Future Methods
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Toward Rationality in Oil and Gas Leasing
Building the Toolkit for Programmatic Reforms
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Regulating Risk from Toxic Substances
Best Practices for Economic Analysis of Risk Management Options Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
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Tune Up
Fixing Market Failures to Cut Fuel Costs and Pollution from Cars and Trucks
Public Comments
News Clips
