Nicole Adrian is a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania in the history department. Her research focuses on the development of corporate agribusiness, inequality, and environmental degradation through financial policy in the United States during the twentieth century. Nicole holds a Masters of Public Affairs and B.S. in history, environmental studies, and conservation biology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Prior to Penn, she worked as a public sector consultant for the U.S. federal government and in state level government.