Michael B Guenther

Personal

Michael Guenther received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, and his M.A. & Ph.D from Northwestern University. His research examines the social and political dimensions of science in the eighteenth-century British Empire. His broader fields of interest include environmental history, science and technology studies, print culture, and the age of Enlightenment. He is also seeking to close the gap between his avid interest in gardening and the meager results he seems to encounter each summer.  

Latest Publication:  "Tapping nature's bounty: science and sugar maples in the age of improvement," in Invaluable Trees: Cultures of Nature, 1660-1830, ed. Laura Auricchio, Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook, and Giulia Pacini (Oxford: SVEC, 2012), 135-149.  http://xserve.volt.ox.ac.uk/VFcatalogue/details.php?recid=6527

Campus Phone: 

(641) 269-9816

Fax: 

(641) 269-4733

Faculty

faculty info column 1

On-Campus Address: 

United States

Education / Degrees: 

B.A., University of Virginia M.A. & Ph.D, Northwestern University

Courses Taught: 

HIS 295: Science & Society: From the Age of Newton to Darwin HIS 220: U.S. Environmental History HIS 235: Britain in the Modern World, I TEC 154: The Evolution of Technology Seminars Taught: HIS 310: Enlightenment and Revolution in Early America HIS/ENV 395: Environmental History of the Midwest & Great Plains

Primary Academic Interest: 

Environmental History; History of Science; Atlantic World

Position: 

Assistant Professor

Department/Office: 

Academic Unit

Social Studies

History

Interdisciplinary

Technology Studies

Curriculum Vitae/Resume: 

Guenther Short CV 2013.pdf

Department Chair: 

Technology Studies

Staff

On-Campus Address: 

315 Mears Cottage

Grinnell, IA