Hello,
I am a writer, an erstwhile historian, and an American living in London. My writing primarily explores the modern “sciences of subjectivity” and their shifting methodologies, politics, and preoccupations. I have articles published or forthcoming in publications such as Parapraxis and Isis on topics ranging from contemporary psychedelic science to the psychological and technological theories of the Unabomber.
My current book project examines mid-century American fascination with isolation as an object for the sciences of mind and as part of a cultural imaginary of the remote and hostile environments in which the Cold War might be fought. More broadly, the book is a history of solitude as an imagined geography and as a means of making and unmaking particular kinds of people. My project was featured heavily in a recent article in the New York Times Magazine, “Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Life on Mars?”
I am ostensibly a historian of science and hold a PhD from Cornell University. My time in the academy was unusual. As far as I know, I am the only person to have been funded by NASA to research the history of LSD psychiatry. I’m always happy to talk to folks about life after academia.
My current book project examines mid-century American fascination with isolation as an object for the sciences of mind and as part of a cultural imaginary of the remote and hostile environments in which the Cold War might be fought. More broadly, the book is a history of solitude as an imagined geography and as a means of making and unmaking particular kinds of people. My project was featured heavily in a recent article in the New York Times Magazine, “Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Life on Mars?”
I am ostensibly a historian of science and hold a PhD from Cornell University. My time in the academy was unusual. As far as I know, I am the only person to have been funded by NASA to research the history of LSD psychiatry. I’m always happy to talk to folks about life after academia.