selected scholarly activity
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book reviews
- Marius Turda (ed), Religion, Evolution and Heredity, Special Issue of The Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture. Ed. 33. 2020
- Review. Ed. 60. 2018
- Spencer R. Weart, The Rise of Nuclear Fear. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. ix+367. ISBN 978-0-674-05233-8. £16.95 (paperback).. Ed. 47. 2014
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books
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chapters
- Creationism and Non-Darwinian Ideology in British Broadcasting. 213-239. 2021
- Evolving Content for the Small Screen, from Radio to Early Television Formats. 51-82. 2021
- Humanist Blockbusters: Depicting the Evolutionary Epic on Television. 165-212. 2021
- Imagining Evolution: Drama and Science Fiction. 125-163. 2021
- Introduction. 1-20. 2021
- Introduction. 1-20. 2021
- Remembering or Deifying? The Darwin Anniversaries of 1959 and 2009. 241-273. 2021
- Situating the Story: The Early Years of Evolution on the Wireless. 21-50. 2021
- The Most Malleable of Minds: Evolution in Educational Broadcasting. 83-124. 2021
- Evolution on the Small Screen: Reflections on Media, Science, and Religion in Twentieth-Century Britain 2020
- A HUMANIST BLOCKBUSTER. 145-159. 2019
- A Humanist Blockbuster: Jacob Bronowski and The Ascent of Man. 145-159. 2019
- Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather. 112-132. 2017
- Historical Understandings of Weather and Society, From the Everyday to the Extreme
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conferences
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journal articles
- Climate change is (NOT) funny: insights from a climate change comedy event. Journal of Science Communication. 24. 2025
- Weaving science communication training through an undergraduate science program with a focus on accessibility and inclusion. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning Special Edition. 28. 2023
- That Fine Rain That Soaks You Through. Exploring the Role of Weather Lore, Cultural Identity, and Community Memory in Shaping Attitudes to Climate Change. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 2022
- Preface. Palgrave Studies in Science and Popular Culture. Part F2116:v-vi. 2021
- Framing the sky: The (re)birth of weather forecasting on british television. Archives des Sciences. 69:57-66. 2017
- “Snow Scenes”: Exploring the Role of Memory and Place in Commemorating Extreme Winters. Weather, Climate, and Society. 8:5-19. 2016
- From the Airfield to the High Street: The Met Office’s Role in the Emergence of Commercial Weather Services. Weather, Climate, and Society. 7:211-223. 2015
- Gordon Valentine Manley and his contribution to the study of climate change: a review of his life and work. WIREs Climate Change. 6:287-299. 2015
- Geographers, stats-men and sages: approaches to climatology in Britain post-1945. History of Meteorology. 7:71-82. 2015
- Plugging the Gaps: The North Sea Flood of 1953 and the Creation of a National Coastal Warning System. Journal of Public Management & Social Policy. 1-20. 2015
- The Rise of Blame and Recreancy in the United Kingdom: A Cultural, Political and Scientific Autopsy of the North Sea Flood of 1953. Environment and History. 17:379-408. 2011
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presentations