Celebrating the Recent Achievements of IAS Faculty Shannon Cram

Shannon Cram presents at University of Oregon

IAS faculty member Shannon Cram gave a public talk at the University of Oregon in February, as part of a year-long lecture and film series about nuclear industry in the United States and Japan. In March, she gave a related guest lecture in a UO history class called The Atomic World.

Adam Romero and Shannon Cram present at Amherst College

IAS faculty members Adam Romero and Shannon Cram were invited to Amherst College in March, where they participated in a book workshop with colleagues from Amherst and Clark University and gave guest lectures in Environmental Anthropology and Sociology of Development classes. As part of their visit, Cram also gave a public talk about her book, Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility.

Shannon Cram delivers keynote address at American Association of Geographers meeting

Cram delivered this year’s keynote address for the Cultural and Political Ecology specialty group of the American Association of Geographers. Her talk considered the administrative histories and practices that inform US nuclear waste management, with a particular focus on the body as a site of politics. Cram received the group’s Outstanding Book Award last year.

Shannon Cram is Scholar in Residence at Drexel University’s Center for Science, Technology & Society

In May, Cram served as Scholar in Residence at Drexel University’s Center for Science, Technology & Society. Each year, the Center invites an STS scholar to campus for an in-depth engagement with one of their books, purchasing copies for all faculty who would like to participate. As part of the program, Cram had the opportunity to spend time with members of the STS faculty and present her work to the group.