Gwen Ottinger
Associate Professor
Department of Politics
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
I became interested in science and technology studies (STS) as an undergraduate engineering student in Georgia. When my flight performance professor off-handedly mentioned fuel dumping, I immediately wanted to know: Dumping on whom? With what consequences? And who gets to decide whether that’s okay?As a graduate student in an interdisciplinary environmental studies program, I pursued questions about the human, political and environmental dimensions of science and technology. That led me to research at the intersection of STS and environmental justice studies, focusing on social inequality in the distribution of environmental hazards and decision-making power.
Research Interest
Environmental justice, energy, air quality, citizen science, big data, expertise, science and engineering ethics
Publications
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2013 Gwen Ottinger, Richard Worthington, Warren Gold, Kern Ewing, James Fridley, Rodney Pond, and Brooke Kiener, “Interdisciplinary CBR with Disciplinary Expertise: Bridging Two (or more) Cultures in Undergraduate Projects,†Currents in Teaching and Learning 5(1-2): 4 – 16.
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2014 Gwen Ottinger, Timothy Hargrave, and Eric Hopson, “Procedural Justice in Wind Facility Siting: Recommendations for State-led Siting Processes,†Energy Policy 65: 662 – 669.
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2017 Gwen Ottinger and Elisa Sarantschin, “Exposing Infrastructure: How Activists and Experts Connect Ambient Air Monitoring and Environmental Health,†Environmental Sociology 3(2): 155-165.
