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David A. Kirby, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education:

  • Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1996
Research Interests:

The impact of fictional media on scientific practice and scientific expertise. The nature of scientific expertise. Fictional images of science as historic artifacts. Science communications through entertainment media.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  • D.A. Kirby. ""Scientists on the Set: Science Consultants and Communication of Science in Visual Fiction"." Public Understanding of Science 12 (2003): 261-278.
  • D.A. Kirby. ""Science Consultants, Fictional Films and Scientitic Practice"." Social Studies of Science 33.2 (2003): 231-268.
  • D.A. Kirby. ""Science Advisors, Representation, and Hollywood Films"." Molecular Interventions 3.2 (2003): 54-60.
  • D.A. Kirby. ""The Threat of Materialism in the Age of Genetics: DNA at the Drive-In"." Horror at the Drive-In: Essays in Popular Americana. Edited by G.D. Rhodes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co. 2003: 241-258.
  • D.A. Kirby. ""Are We Not Men?: The Horror of Eugenics in The Island of Dr. Moreau"." Paradoxa 17 (2002): 93-108.
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