Ronald E. Doel (Ph.D. Princeton 1990) teaches the history of recent science.
He is currently working on several projects on science in twentieth century America. A new book-in-progress explores the rise of the physical environmental sciences, including the influence of U.S. military patronage in shaping earth sciences research during the Cold War. He is also writing a related book-length study on the integration of scientists into U.S. foreign policy during the twentieth century, and has published numerous articles on this theme in such journals as Osiris, Intelligence and National Security, and Centaurus.
Doel's research also involves historical methodology. With Pamela M. Henson (Smithsonian Institution) he is writing a new book on historical photographs as evidence in writing the history of nineteenth and twentieth century science, which simultaneously explores how photographs shaped popular impressions of science in America. His writings span the fields of history of science, environmental history, oral history, and historical geography.
