BA(Earlham College) MS MA PhD Wisconsin
Associate Professor
Contact
Office 3N6, 3rd floor, Arts (Burns) Building
Tel +64 3 479 6546
Email hugh.slotten@otago.ac.nz
Research Interest
Associate Professor Slotten’s areas of expertise include media and communication history, the history of science and technology, global media, science and technology studies, science communication, media and communication industry studies, and communication and media policy. His most recent book explores the development of the first global satellite communication system: Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022).
He has held appointments at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was awarded the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum two different times (mostly recently for the 2022-23 academic year). He has also received grants and fellowships from the United States National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, the American Historical Association, the Huntington Library, the Spencer Foundation, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the New York University Abu Dhabi Institute, and the Dibner Foundation.
Associate Professor Slotten was the lead editor of Volume 8 of the Cambridge History of Science Series: Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and the editor in chief of the two-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology (Oxford University Press, 2014). His book – Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U.S. Coast Survey (Cambridge University Press, 1994) won an award from the Forum for the History of Science in America of the History of Science Society. Radio’s Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States (History of Communication Series, University of Illinois Press, 2009) won a book award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Papers in 2023
Semester One:
On academic leave
Semester Two:
MFCO 222 Science, Technology, and Society
MFCO 313 Culture, Politics, Policy and Global Media
Publications
Slotten, H. R. (2022). Beyond Sputnik and the space race. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 256p.
Slotten, H. R. (2020). Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia: A commentary. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 510-518). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.028
Slotten, H. R. (2020). United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania: A commentary. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 752-759). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.038
Slotten, H. R. (2020). National scientific surveys. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 124-136). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.010
Slotten, H. R. (2020). Introduction. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 1-5). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.002
Slotten, H. R. (2022). Beyond Sputnik and the space race. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 256p.
Authored Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2009). Radio's hidden voice: The origins of public broadcasting in the United States. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 325p.
Authored Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2000). Radio and television regulation: Broadcast technology in the United States, 1920-1960. Baltimore, MD, USA: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 308p.
Authored Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (1994). Patronage, practice, and the culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U.S. Coast Survey. Cambridge University Pres, 244p.
Authored Book - Research
Slotten, H. R., Numbers, R. L., & Livingstone, D. N. (Eds.). (2020). The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 844p. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301
Edited Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (Ed.). (2014). Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 742p.
Edited Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (Ed.). (2014). Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 653p.
Edited Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2020). Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia: A commentary. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 510-518). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.028
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2020). Introduction. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 1-5). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.002
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2020). National scientific surveys. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 124-136). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.010
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2020). United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania: A commentary. In H. R. Slotten, R. L. Numbers & D. N. Livingstone (Eds.), The Cambridge history of science (Vol. 8): Modern science in national, transnational, and global context. (pp. 752-759). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.038
Chapter in Book - Research
Baatz, S., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). American Philosophical Society. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 50-51). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Bartlett, R. A., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Lewis and Clark expedition. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 630-631). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Bergin, T., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Von Neumann, John. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 564-565). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Bliss, M., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Osler, William. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 212-213). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Boyer, P. S., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Mitchell, Maria. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 121-122). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Carlson, W. B., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Westinghouse, George. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 589-590). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Carstensen, F. V., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). McCormack, Cyrus Hall. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 34-35). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Gossel, P. P., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Welch, William H. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 588-589). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Hager, T., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Pauling, Linus. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 223-224). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Israel, P., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Atlantic cable. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 98-99). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Kleinman, D. L., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). National Academy of Sciences. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 143-144). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Kuznick, P. J., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Conant, James B. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 214-215). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Lindee, S., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Human Genome Project. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 557-558). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Miller, D. L., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Mumford, Lewis. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 135-136). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Numbers, R. L., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Gray, Asa. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 471-472). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Peters, T., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Skycrapers. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 458-459). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Rothenberg, M., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Bowditch, Nathaniel. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 153-154). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Shaw, R. E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Erie Canal. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 330-331). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Berkner, Lloyd. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 119-120). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Eastman, George. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 285-286). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Hale, George Ellery. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 477-478). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Maury, Matthew Fontaine. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 30-31). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Rittenhouse, David. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 388-389). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2014). Van Allen, James A.. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 557-558). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R., & Baughman, J. L. (2014). Television. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 533-538). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Taylor, R. E., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Urey, Harold C.. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 556). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Tomlin, D. A., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Gibbs, Josiah Willard. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 1). (pp. 464-465). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Trautman, T., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Morgan, Lewis Henry. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 125-126). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Walker, J. S., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Nuclear power. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 173-174). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
West, M. I., Knewstubb, E., & Slotten, H. R. (2014). Menninger, Karl and William. In H. R. Slotten (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of the history of American science, medicine, and technology (Vol. 2). (pp. 79-80). Oxford University Press. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2008). Satellite technology. In S. L. Vaughn (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American journalism. (pp. 464-466). New York: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Slotten, H. R. (2015). International governance, organizational standards, and the first global satellite communication system. Journal of Policy History, 27(3), 521-549. doi: 10.1017/S0898030615000214
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2013). The International Telecommunications Union, space radio communications and U.S. Cold War diplomacy, 1957-1963. Diplomatic History, 37(1), 313-371. doi: 10.1093/dh/dht014
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2008). Radio's hidden voice: Noncommercial broadcasting, extension education, and state universities during the 1920s. Technology & Culture, 49(1), 1-20.
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2006). Universities, public service experimentation, and the origins of radio broadcasting in the United States, 1900-1920. Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television, 26(4), 485-504.
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2006). Universities, public service radio and the 'American system' of commercial broadcasting, 1921-40. Media History, 12(3), 253-272.
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2005). Commercial radio, public affairs discourse and the manipulation of sound scholarship: Isolationism, wartime civil rights and the collapse of the attractiveness of communism in America, 1933-1945. Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television, 25(3), 371-398.
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2002). Satellite communications, globalization, and the Cold War. Technology & Culture, 43(2), 315-350.
Journal - Research Article
Slotten, H. R. (2010). [Review of the book Longitude by wire: Finding North America]. Isis, 101(4), 911.
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