Teacher * Researcher * Sociologist
I recently watched an absorbing documentary about the historian Robert Caro and his long-time book editor Robert Gottlieb. The title of the film is “Turn Every Page” – from a quote that Caro often cites when talking about his research. When he was a young reporter, his editor Alan Hathaway, told him: “Just remember, turn […]
UPDATED September 1, 2026. I began my Moonshot Astronaut Families project almost four years ago, slowly doing research while working full time in my teaching position. While the active research has happened sporadically, the time in between has allowed more space to think and reflect. During this time, I’ve discovered emerging, common themes in the […]
Celebrating my mom today. She would have been 85 years old. She died in 2016, before I had the idea for my current research project (Moonshot Astronaut Families). I spent many hours going through her papers after she died, and I discovered new, and sometimes surprising, insights into her life during the early astronaut days. […]