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Peter J WestwickAssistant Professor (Research) of HistoryContact Information E-mail: westwick@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1657 Office: SOS 153 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
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 Ph.D. History, UC Berkeley, 1999
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M.A. History, UC Berkeley, 1993
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B.A. Physics, UC Berkeley, 1989
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Assistant Professor (Research), University of Southern California, 2009-
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Huntington Fellow/Lecturer, University of Southern California, 2008-2009
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Visiting Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006-2008
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Olin Fellow, International Security Studies, Yale University, 2005-2006
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Senior Research Fellow in Humanities, Caltech, 2000-2004
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech, 1999-2000
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| —History of modern science and technology —History of Southern California aerospace —International relations and national security —The Cold War —History of surfing | |
Publications |
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Book |
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Westwick, Peter J. (Ed.).
(2012).
Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California. Huntington Library Press and University of California Press.
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Westwick, P. J.
(2006).
Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
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Westwick, P. J.
(2003).
The National Labs: Science in an American System, 1947-1974. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Westwick, Peter J.; Carson, Cathryn; Pollock, Ethan; Williams, James H. (Ed.).
(2000).
Physicists in the Postwar Political Arena: Comparative Perspectives. (Vol. 30, Berkeley, CA: Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences.
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Book Chapter |
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Westwick, P. J.
(2012).
"Visual Images in Planetary Exploration," chapter in Exploring the Solar System: The History and Science of Planetary Exploration.
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Westwick, P. J., Neushul, P.
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"Aerospace and Surfing: Connecting Two California Keynotes," chapter in Where Minds and Matters Meet: Technology in California and the West. Where Mind and Matters Meet University of California Press.
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Westwick, P. J.
(2012).
"Aerospace and Hollywood: How Computer Animation Went from Space to Cineplex," chapter in Westwick, Blue Sky Metropolis.
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Westwick, P. J.
(2012).
Photo Essay: An Album of Early Southern California Aviation," in Westwick, Blue Sky Metropolis.
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Westwick, P. J.
(2007).
"JPL and Southern California," chapter in Societal Impact of Spaceflight. Washington, DC: NASA.
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Journal Article |
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Westwick, P. J.
(2010).
"The International History of the Strategic Defense Initiative: American Influence and Economic Competition in the Late Cold War," Centaurus (fall 2010). Centaurus.
Vol. Fall 2010
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Westwick, P. J.
(2010).
"Taking Flight: The Launch of the Huntington’s Aerospace History Project," cover story in Huntington Frontiers. Huntington Frontiers.
Vol. Spring, 2010
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Westwick, P. J.
(2008).
‘Space-Strike Weapons’ and the Soviet Response to SDI. Diplomatic History.
Vol. 32 (5)
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Westwick, P. J.
(2008).
The Strategic Offense Initiative? The Soviets and Star Wars. Physics Today. (June)
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Westwick, P. J.
(2007).
"Reengineering Engineers: Management Philosophies at JPL in the 1990s". Technology and Culture.
Vol. 48 (1)
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Westwick, P. J.
(2000).
Secret Science: A Classified Community in the National Laboratories. Minerva.
Vol. 35 (4)
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Westwick, P. J.
(2000).
In the Beginning: The Origin of Nuclear Secrecy. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. (Nov/Dec)
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Westwick, P. J.
(1996).
Abraded from Several Corners: Medical Physics and Biophysics at Berkeley. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences.
Vol. 27 (1)
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Magazine/Trade Publication |
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Westwick, P. J. Zocalo Public Square.
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Westwick, P., Hersch, M. Zocalo Public Square.
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Newspaper |
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Westwick, P. J., Deverell, W., Lewis, D.
(2010).
"The End of the Aerospace Century" LA Observed guest editorial, 7 Jan 2010. LA Observed.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Exhibition, Co-curator of "Blue Sky Metropolis: The Aerospace Century in Southern California," a major exhibition at the Huntington Library, viewed by approximately 25,000 visitors. Media coverage by LA Times, LA Observed, LA Weekly, Los Angeles magazine, Pasadena Star-News, IEEE Spectrum, Air & Space magazine, Zocalo Public Square, KCRW, NPR, and KCET., 10/08/2011-01/09/2012
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Ernest O. Lawrence, A detailed biographical website sponsored by the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics (launched 2002 at http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence). , 2002-2003
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Honors and Awards |
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Best Non-Fiction of 2012, Los Angeles Public Library, for Blue Sky Metropolis, 2012
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Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (book prize for Into the Black), 2007-2008
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Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society (book prize for Into the Black), 2006-2007
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2004 Book Prize, Forum for the History of Science in America (book prize for The National Labs), 2004-2005
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