Karen Rader

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University; B.A. in Biology and History, Swarthmore College.

Research Interests: History of science, science education, and public engagement with science; museum studies.

Appointments: Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University; Director, Science, Technology, and Society Program.

Publications:

• Making Mice: Standardizing Animals for American Biomedical Research, 1900–1955 (Princeton University Press, 2004).
• Co-editor, Life on Display: Revolutionizing U.S. Museums of Science and Natural History (University of Chicago Press, 2014).

Awards: National Science Foundation Grant, 2019.

Additional Contributions: Consultant for Smithsonian Institution exhibitions.