Research & Writing
I do freelance research and writing on a wide range of art, history, and science topics for exhibitions, magazines, and websites. Please see links below and on the Projects page, and contact me for more information.
I also pursue my own research and writing, specializing in the visual culture of technology in the 19th century and in the history of photography.
Selected Research & Publications
See also Projects.
“Fooling Around” and “Science as Adventure,” tie-in articles for Science at Play exhibition at the Museum of the Science History Institute (formerly Chemical Heritage Foundation), Distillations 1, no. 2 (Summer 2015): 47; and Distillations 1, no. 3 (Fall 2015): 24–25.
“Photography and Color Photography,” in Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology, edited by James Trefil, 860–65 (Macmillan Reference USA, 2014)
“In the Pink,” article on home insulation for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 32, no. 3 (Fall 2014/Winter 2015): 40–41.
Review of Sacred Relics: Pieces of the Past in Nineteenth-Century America, by Teresa Barnett, The Public Historian 36, no. 2 (May 2014): 144–46.
“A Perfect View of Nature: Making Gemstones,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 32, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 20–25.
“No Ill Nature: The Surprising History and Science of Poison Ivy and its Relatives,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 31, no. 2 (Summer 2013): 20–25.
“A Burning Desire,” article on sunscreen for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage vol. 31, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 8–9.
“A Blaze of Crimson Light: The Story of Neon,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 30, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 20–25.
“Celluloid: The Eternal Substitute,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 29, no. 3 (Fall 2011/Winter 2012): 20–25.
“Sealed With a Whisper,” article on Tupperware for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 29, no. 3 (Fall 2011/Winter 2012).
“Painless Dreams: Visions of Early Anesthesia,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 29, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 20–25.
“Rise Up,” article on baking powder for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 29, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 8–9.
“Silver and Sunlight: The Science of Early Photography,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 28, no. 2 (Summer 2010): 20–25.
“Artificial Clouds and Inflammable Air: The Science and Spectacle of the First Balloon Flights, 1783,” feature article in Chemical Heritage 27, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 32–37.
“The Mapping of Modernity: Impressionist Landscapes, Engineering, and Transportation Imagery in 19th-Century France,” Ph.D. diss., University of Delaware, 2009.
“Adorning the Landscape: Images of Transportation Engineering in 19th-Century France,” in Visions of the Industrial Age, 1830–1914: Modernity and the Anxiety of Representation in Europe, edited by Minsoo Kang and Amy Woodson-Boulton (Aldershot, Hants., and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2008): 21–41.
Review of Manet's “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe,” edited by Paul Hayes Tucker,
Nineteenth-Century French Studies 27, no. 3/4 (Spring–Summer 1999): 451–52.
“Art-Science and Practical Gentlemen: Photographic Societies and Journals in Mid-Victorian Britain,” M.A. thesis, University of Delaware, 1997.
I also pursue my own research and writing, specializing in the visual culture of technology in the 19th century and in the history of photography.
Selected Research & Publications
See also Projects.
“Fooling Around” and “Science as Adventure,” tie-in articles for Science at Play exhibition at the Museum of the Science History Institute (formerly Chemical Heritage Foundation), Distillations 1, no. 2 (Summer 2015): 47; and Distillations 1, no. 3 (Fall 2015): 24–25.
“Photography and Color Photography,” in Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology, edited by James Trefil, 860–65 (Macmillan Reference USA, 2014)
“In the Pink,” article on home insulation for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 32, no. 3 (Fall 2014/Winter 2015): 40–41.
Review of Sacred Relics: Pieces of the Past in Nineteenth-Century America, by Teresa Barnett, The Public Historian 36, no. 2 (May 2014): 144–46.
“A Perfect View of Nature: Making Gemstones,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 32, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 20–25.
“No Ill Nature: The Surprising History and Science of Poison Ivy and its Relatives,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 31, no. 2 (Summer 2013): 20–25.
“A Burning Desire,” article on sunscreen for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage vol. 31, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 8–9.
“A Blaze of Crimson Light: The Story of Neon,” feature article (cover story, co-authored with Joseph Rucker) in Chemical Heritage 30, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 20–25.
“Celluloid: The Eternal Substitute,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 29, no. 3 (Fall 2011/Winter 2012): 20–25.
“Sealed With a Whisper,” article on Tupperware for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 29, no. 3 (Fall 2011/Winter 2012).
“Painless Dreams: Visions of Early Anesthesia,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 29, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 20–25.
“Rise Up,” article on baking powder for International Year of Chemistry series “Thanks to Chemistry: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Chemical Heritage 29, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 8–9.
“Silver and Sunlight: The Science of Early Photography,” feature article (cover story) in Chemical Heritage 28, no. 2 (Summer 2010): 20–25.
“Artificial Clouds and Inflammable Air: The Science and Spectacle of the First Balloon Flights, 1783,” feature article in Chemical Heritage 27, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 32–37.
“The Mapping of Modernity: Impressionist Landscapes, Engineering, and Transportation Imagery in 19th-Century France,” Ph.D. diss., University of Delaware, 2009.
“Adorning the Landscape: Images of Transportation Engineering in 19th-Century France,” in Visions of the Industrial Age, 1830–1914: Modernity and the Anxiety of Representation in Europe, edited by Minsoo Kang and Amy Woodson-Boulton (Aldershot, Hants., and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2008): 21–41.
Review of Manet's “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe,” edited by Paul Hayes Tucker,
Nineteenth-Century French Studies 27, no. 3/4 (Spring–Summer 1999): 451–52.
“Art-Science and Practical Gentlemen: Photographic Societies and Journals in Mid-Victorian Britain,” M.A. thesis, University of Delaware, 1997.
Image: Detail of "Les viaducs et les paysages," from Amédée Guillemin, Simple explication des chemins de fer, Paris, 1862. Author's collection. From Jane E. Boyd, “Adorning the Landscape: Images of Transportation Engineering in 19th-Century France,” 2008.
