I am a scholar of energy, environment, and society. I explore the ways ideology and policy inform practices of energy/materials conversion, and assess the implications for social relations and the biosphere. My first book (Overpotential: Fuel Cells, Futurism, and the Making of a Power Panacea, Rutgers University Press 2012) addressed these themes in a history of an advanced power source. My new book (Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for the Sustainable Car, MIT Press 2022) explores these themes in a history of the contemporary electric vehicle. My current project (Green Work and Environmental Knowledge) interrogates the ways environmental policy shapes labor, business, and consumer practices.
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