Professor
Office
TB 213-J
Education
BA Geography, UCLA
MDiv, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
MA, History of Science, Oregon State University
PhD, History, UCLA
Josh on Burnside Bridge in Portland
About

Teaching and Research Interests: 

History of Science

Atomic Histories

Environmental Histories of Southern and Eastern California

Epistemology and Culture 

Histories of 20th century infrastructure

 

Personal Info: 

I'm a southern Californian who loves the mountains and the desert. From Bishop to Furnace Creek, I think the northern Mojave, the Sierra, the White Mountains, and Payahuunadü are amazing. 

 

 

Publications
2025 “Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Radiation and the Environment in the Marshall Islands” in The US Military and the Pacific Environment: The Making of an American Lake, eds. Andrew Isenberg, Beth Bailey, and Paul Landsberg, University of Kansas Press

2023 “The First Accounts of Radiation Sickness” in Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure, eds. Jacob Darwin Hamblin and Linda Richards, Oregon State University Press

Pronouns
He/Him