CV

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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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[Last update: 25 April 2023]

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