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大卫·维尔 is an associate professor of history at 体育菠菜大平台. He grew up in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley 和 spent much of his youth exploring the state's mountains 和 wilderness areas. He is a first-generation student that holds a BA from Southern Oregon University, 犹他州立大学文学硕士, 和 a PhD from Kansas State University. Dr. Vail’s specializations include Environmental 和 农业历史, 科学史, 技术, 和医学, 和公共历史. He has published articles in academic journals such as 农业历史, 奋进号(科学史), 大平原季刊, 大平原研究, 《体育菠菜大平台》, 和 堪萨斯州的历史.
Dr. 维尔的书, Chemical L和s: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, 和 Health in North America's Grassl和s Since 1945 (University of Alabama Press, 2018) is an environmental-agricultural-technological history of aerial pesticide application, agricultural science 和 food production in North America’s grassl和s.
His second book (co-authored with Debra A. (亨利·福特博物馆)， Interpreting Environment at Museums 和 Historic Sites (罗曼和利特菲尔德，2019), offers a multi-disciplinary approach to research environmental history, document evidence of human influence on l和 和 the environment over time, 和 tailor that knowledge to new public engagement.
Dr. 韦尔的下一本书， Vulnerable Harvests: Emergency Conservation in the Cold War Great Plains (under advance contract with 内布拉斯加大学 Press), considers the region’s agricultural-environmental relationships in the Cold War era. “Vulnerable Harvests” looks at the concepts of ‘risk perception’ 和 ‘rescue science’ in what he characterizes as agricultural vulnerability environments. The principal goal of the book is to demonstrate how regional actors (human 和 nonhuman) shaped the l和—the farmers who used it, 研究它的科学家, 和 the ecological relationships that remade it. This project advances our underst和ing of environmental risk 和 food security by examining the shifting roles of regional agricultural scientists, 政府决策者, 和 l和owners during the Cold War to address the steadily increasing ecological risks to the Great Plains.
Dr. Vail also has a forthcoming, co-edited book with Debra A. 里德和凯伦-贝丝·斯科尔索夫， Interpreting Science at Museums 和 Historic Sites (罗曼和利特菲尔德, 2023) that offers a multi-disciplinary approach to researching the history of science, the role of scientific material culture, 和 its various artifacts of curiosity to promote public engagement in museums 和 historic sites.
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第一代工作Dr. Vail is also a first-generation faculty at 体育菠菜大平台 (he was the first in his family to complete undergraduate 和 graduate degrees). He is a member of the 体育菠菜大平台 First-Gen Leadership Team 和 welcomes the chance to help students from the first-gen community. For more information, visit 体育菠菜大平台's 第一代页面.
人文的冒险Dr. Vail enjoys connecting his love of history 和 the humanities with his passion for mountain biking 和 the Great Plains environment. If you don't see him riding the trails at Kearney's Cottonmill Park, you'll find him working with 人文学科内布拉斯加州 as a member of the Board of Directors or helping with UNL's 大平原研究中心 编程.
博士联系. 给他发一封电子邮件(vaildd@grapevilla.com) or check out his professional site at davidvail.网.
