CV
[You can download my formal CV here.]
[You can download a brief bio-blurb here]
Education
- 1987, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, History and Sociology of Science, and Science and Technology Policy.
- 1985, M.A., University of Pennsylvania, History and Sociology of Science.
- 1980, B.A., University of Chicago, Humanities. General and Special Honors.
Positions
2014– | Chair, Department of Science & Technology Studies,, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
2007– | Professor of Science Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Departments of Communication and Science & Technology Studies. (1987-1993, Assistant Professor; 1993-2007, Associate Professor.) |
2012 | Presidential Fellow, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Worked on public engagement issues for CHF. |
1978–2012 | Science communication consultant and freelance writer, Chicago, Ill., Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pa., and Ithaca, NY. (From 2002 to 2012, my consulting operated through Seavoss Associates Inc.) |
2009-2012 | Visiting Professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. |
1998-2003 | Editor, Public Understanding of Science, published by Sage Publications. |
1999-2002 | Director, New York Science Education Program (NYSEP), Ithaca, NY. Provided policy direction and daily management of consortium of six undergraduate colleges and one research university working together to improve undergraduate science education. |
1990-1997 | Associate editor, Public Understanding of Science, London, England. |
1994-1996 | Managing editor, Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, Ithaca, N.Y. |
1986-1987 | Public Education Officer, Center for History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1983-1985 | Editorial Coordinator, Isis: Official Journal of the History of Science Society, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1982-1983 | Advertising Copywriter, Stackig, Sanderson, and White, Mclean, Va. |
1980-1982 | Chief Researcher, U.S. News & World Report Books, Washington, D.C. |
[Last update: 3 March 2018]