Dissertation Research: Scientists' Political Activism and the American Public during the Cold War Era, 1945-1980

这是一项博士论文研究改进资助，将研究整个冷战时期（1945-1980）美国科学家的政治活动。具体来说，它将追踪科学家在教育和动员美国公众支持各种科学政策问题（包括核裁军、环境问题和生物技术）方面所做的努力。论文将主要借鉴档案资料和口述历史，并将组织为一系列的案例研究。每一章将大致按时间顺序考察科学家的不同方面。1945年至1980年间的政治和公共行动主义。这项建议的资金将允许研究生进行必要的研究，以完成她的论文。这项研究只能通过从洛杉矶到位于华盛顿特区、波士顿和芝加哥的档案馆进行。在她预计在华盛顿逗留的六个月里，这位研究生将研究史密森学会、国会图书馆和国家档案馆的一些藏品。她还将去波士顿考察麻省理工学院的档案，去芝加哥考察芝加哥大学的档案。

This is a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant that will examine the political activism of American scientists throughout the Cold War era (1945-1980). Specifically, it will trace the efforts of scientists to educate and mobilize the American public in support of various scientific policy issues, including nuclear disarmament, environmental concerns, and biotechnology. The dissertation will draw primarily on archival sources and oral histories, and will be organized as a series of case studies. Each chapter will examine, in roughly chronological order, a different aspect of scientists. political and public activism during the years between 1945 and 1980. Funding of this proposal will allow the graduate student to conduct the research necessary for the completion of her dissertation. This research can only be conducted by traveling from Los Angeles to archival collections located in Washington, D.C., Boston, and Chicago. During her expected six-month sojourn in Washington, the graduate student will examine a number of collections housed at the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the National Archives. She will also make short trips to Boston, to examine archives at MIT, and to Chicago, to examine the archives at the University of Chicago.