Anna Dvorak
Processing Archivist
Phone: (541) 737-2075
Brief CV
Education:
- PhD, History of Science, Oregon State University (2019)
- Nuclear history with a focus on science in early Cold War policy, Leo Szilard, and science in literature
- MA, History of Science, Oregon State University (2014)
- Nuclear history with a focus on science communication through the 1958 Pauling-Teller debate
- BS, History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Michigan State University (2011)
- Specialization in history of the Second World War and early developments in nuclear science in Germany and the US
Pubs-presentations
Selected Presentations:
- Presentation on NSF Grant Project, “OSU Downwinders Project” covering the archival aspects of curation and intricacies of working with the collection as it is a collection that demonstrates use in litigation, Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative, September 2018
- Poster Presentation, “Illustrating a Future Nuclear War," History of Science Society, November 2017
- Paper Presentation, ““If They Cannot Take it Straight, They Will Get it in Fiction:” Communicating Fictional Truths during the Early Cold War,” History of Science Society, November 2016
- Paper Presentation, “A Better View of Science: Examining Italian Chemistry and European History Through Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table,” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, November 2016
Curated Exhibits:
- Design of auxiliary exhibit in conjunction with “Beautiful Science, Useful Art: Data Visualization through History," Oregon State University, April 2017
- Design of auxiliary exhibit in conjunction with “The Nuclear Age: Seventy Years of Peril and Hope," August 2015 - March 2016
- Curation of “The Nuclear Age: Seventy Years of Peril and Hope," Oregon State University, January 2015 - March 2016 (team-curated with grad students and faculty)
Committees
Professional Associations and Committees:
- Society of American Archivists (SAA), 2019-present
- Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA), 2015-present
- Cascadia Environmental History Collaborative (CEHC), 2014-present
- Columbia History of Science Group (CHSG), 2014-present
- History of Science Society (HSS), 2015-present