[Download a formal CV here, download a brief bio-blurb here]
Education
| 1987 | PhD | University of Pennsylvania, History & Sociology of Science, and Science & Technology Policy |
| 1985 | MA | University of Pennsylvania, History & Sociology of Science |
| 1980 | AB | University of Chicago, General Studies in the Humanities, General and Special Honors |
Positions
| 2022– | University Ombuds, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 2007– | Professor of Science Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Departments of Communication and of Science & Technology Studies. (1987-1993, Assistant Professor; 1993-2007, Associate Professor.) |
| 2014–2021 | Chair, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| 2012 | Presidential Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation (now, Science History Institute), Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1978–2012 | Science communication consultant and freelance writer, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA, Ithaca, NY. (From 2002 to 2012, my consulting operated through Seavoss Associates.) |
| 2009–2012 | Visiting Professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. |
| 1998–2003 | Editor, Public Understanding of Science (published initially by Institute of Physics, now by Sage Publications) |
| 1999–2002 | Director, New York Science Education Program (NYSEP), Ithaca, NY. Consortium of six undergraduate colleges and one research university working together to improve undergraduate science education. |
| 1990–1997 | Associate Editor, Public Understanding of Science. |
| 1994–1996 | Managing Editor, Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, Ithaca, NY. |
| 1986–1987 | Public Education Officer, Center for History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1983–1986 | Editorial Coordinator, Isis: Official Journal of the History of Science Society, Philadelphia, PA. |
| 1982–1983 | Advertising copywriter, Stackig, Sanderson, & White, McLean, VA |
| 1980–1982 | Chief Researcher, US News & World Report Books, Washington, DC |
Publications
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