James T Andrews

Biography

He is professor of Modern Russian and Comparative Eurasian history at Iowa State University. Educated at Tufts (B.S./M.A.) and Columbia Universities (Harriman Institute), he received my Ph.D. in Modern Russian/Soviet history from the University of Chicago. He have also taught as a visiting professor at several research institutions, including the University of Texas at Austin. He enjoy teaching undergraduate and graduate students and have been the recipient of numerous teaching awards on campus, including the ISU Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award in 2006. His research looks at the intersection of science, society, and public culture. His book monographs include Red Cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Grandfather of Soviet Rocketry (2009) and Science for the Masses: The Bolshevik State, Public Science, and the Popular Imagination in Soviet Russia, 1917-34 (2003). He is also co-editor of Into the Cosmos: Space Exploration and Soviet Culture (2012) and editor of Maksim Gor'kii, Science, and Revolution (1995).

Research Interest

Intersection of science, Society, and Public culture.