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Science, the Public, and Popular Culture

OU Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, The University of Oklahoma wordmark
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Science, the Public, and Popular Culture in the Modern Era

Professors Hale, Pandora and Weldon

Research in the modern period on questions related to science and popular culture, science and the public, and popularization encompass the British and U.S. contexts (both separately and comparatively), and topics from the fields of astronomy, anthropology, biology, natural history, psychology and sociology. In addition, other areas of focus by faculty include various popular genres such as science fiction; interdisciplinary issues such as childhood and science; and analysis of themes in mass media – periodicals, books, television, and film.