
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, University of Chicago (1995); B.A. in History, Harvard University (1987).
Research Interests: History of science, Renaissance Europe, and the development of natural history.
Appointments: Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2008–present); Chair, Department of History (2015–2019).
Publications: Author of The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2006); articles in Isis and Journal of the History of Ideas.
Additional Contributions: Editorial board member for Journal of the History of Biology; organizer of the UMass History of Science Workshop.