Director of Public Scholarship, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
PhD in English and Critical Theory from the University of California, Davis. Specializes in contemporary literature, cultural studies, environmental humanities, and air travel. Author of nine books, including most recently "Adventure: An Argument for Limits" (Bloomsbury, 2023). Directing the Program in Public Scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Founding series co-editor of Object Lessons.
If new technologies snarl your airline experience, here are old-school strategies to cope
Sep 02, 2024 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Ten years ago I wrote a book titled The End of Airports about how digital technologies and commercial air travel were on a collision course. Earlier this summer, I was proved right. In July, a cybersecurity software...
Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?
Aug 10, 2023 08:20 am UTC| Life
Amelia Earhart broke a transcontinental speed record 90 years ago, in July 1933, by flying her signature red Lockheed Vega from Los Angeles to New Jersey in just 17 hours, seven and a half minutes. Earlier that year,...