Ryan Shapiro is broadly interested in the history, ethics, and policy of science, technology, and medicine. He holds a BFA in Film from New York University and an MA in Modern American and European History from American University in Washington, DC. Ryan’s research explores controversies about human-animal relationships in historical and scientific context. He is particularly interested in areas of confluence between disputes over animals and national security. His dissertation examines wartime debates over animal experimentation in the United States from the First World War through the Cold War. He is also toying around with topics related to the industrialization of animal agriculture and the construction of human and non-human sentience.
human-animal relationships, animal and human experimentation; the industrialization of animal agriculture, animal agriculture and climate change, species and sentience, modern American history, history of medicine, history of science, environmental history, nuclear studies, war and society
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