Research Areas

The development of math education reform in 20th century America as compared to science education reform; the National Science Foundation and its efforts in mathematics and science education reform; rhetorical strategies used in framing debates on public understanding of science and mathematics; applications of quantitative and statistical methods.

History of the physical sciences; philosophy and pedagogy of science; development and professionalization of science journalism and its broader impact; Nineteenth-century popular and scholarly acceptance of evolution; development of biophysics.