Andrew Ross
I am generally interested in U.S. Foreign Policy, Statecraft, and Militarism in the 20th Century with a thematic focus on Science, Technology, and Environmental Change.
Past projects of mine have explored the role of the Women Strike for Peace movement within 1950s/1960s anti-nuclear activism; the blend of scientific and public discourse surrounding the Nuclear Winter Hypothesis throughout the mid-1980s; and the military origins of both modern upper atmospheric science and NASA in the pre-Sputnik world. I have also written about earlier eras of US expansion, particularly 19th Century U.S. territorial annexation of Caribbean and Pacific islands during the "Age of Guano." My dissertation research examines the establishment and growth of the U.S. missile and satellite tracking stations as a key infrastructure network for U.S. global power projection post-World War II. This project will shed light on the relationship between the US global basing system and Outer Space in national security regimes.