Mary Shi

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

infrastructure, Public Finance, Economic Development, American Economic History
Women in Business History

I am a Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. My research examines the role of land and infrastructure promotion in American political and economic development.

Recent Conference Participation

2025 BHC meeting: Presenter, "“Until Indian title shall be… fairly extinguished:” The Public Lands, Indigenous Erasure and the Origins of Government Promotion of Infrastructure in the United States"