MEGAN KATHLEEN BARNHART
Ph.D. Candidate in American History, UCLA.
BA in History, Bryn Mawr College, 1999.
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
mbarnhar@ucla.edu
Field
Twentieth century U.S. political history; history of science
Research Interests
Dissertation: “Scientists’ Political Activism and the American Public during the Cold War Era, 1945-1975.” Examining the grassroots political activism of scientists involved in groups devoted to promoting nuclear arms control. Considering how scientists attempted to educate, inform, and mobilize the general public, and the public's response to scientific activism.
Notes
Managing Editor, UCLA Historical Journal, 2004-2005
Chair, Social Action Committee, History Graduate Students Association, 2002-03
Vice-President, UCLA History Graduate Students Association, 2001-02
Member of UCLA Graduate Student Association Elections Board, 2001-02
Publications
"Selling the International Control of Atomic Energy: The Scientists' Movement, the Advertising Council, and the Problem of the Public." Atomic Bomb and American Society Conference Anthology, University of Tennessee Press, publication pending.
Review of Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis by Alice L. George, for Technology and Culture. Published in Vol. 45, July 2004.
Review of Neither Dead Nor Red: Civilian Defense and American Political Development During the Early Cold War by Andrew D. Grossman, for Technology and Culture. Published in Vol. 44, January 2003.
Grants and Awards
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2003
Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, 2001
Advisors
Jessica Wang
Conference Presentations
“Selling the International Control of Atomic Energy: The Scientists’ Movement, the Advertising Council, and the Problem of the Public.” Presented at Science for Sale? Public Communication of Science in a Corporate World conference, Cornell University, April 15-17, 2005; The Atomic Bomb and American Society conference, Sponsored by the Center for the Study of War and Society, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, TN, July 15-17, 2005.
“‘To Secure the Blessings of Science to the General Welfare’: The Scientists' Movement, American Democracy, and the Public, 1945-1947.” Presented at Cold War History Conference, UC Santa Barbara, May 2002.
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