Samantha Kay Muka

Office: University of Pennsylvania History and Sociology of Science 303 Claudia Cohen Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104 smuka@sas.upenn.edu Education Ph.D. Candidate

Home: 292 Academy Street Floor 2 Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 (954) 895-2436

University of Pennsylvania, History and Sociology of Science Dissertation: Working at Waters Edge: Life Sciences at American Laboratories, 1880-1930. (expected defense April 2014) University of Pennsylvania, History and Sociology of Science, 2010 Florida State University, History and Philosophy of Science, 2008 Thesis: Sacralized Health and Social Reform: Protestant and Catholic Reactions to Syphilis in America 1900-1914. Florida State University, Literature, 2005 (cum laude)

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Dissertation Abstract: Working at Waters Edge: Life Sciences at American Laboratories, 1880-1930. Chair: M. Susan Lindee Committee: John Tresch; Mark Adams This dissertation traces the rise of marine-based life science in America between 1880 and 1930, and examines the malleable spaces and technologies that facilitated multifaceted approaches to marine investigation. I begin by establishing baseline spatial and technological requirements for scientific work at the shoreline during this period. In subsequent chapters, I analyze four episodes of highly disciplinary work performed in these shared spaces: embryology, physiology, animal behavior, and taxonomy. While historians have pointed to a growing division between scientific disciplines during this period, including a pronounced reliance on specialized technologies and spaces, this dissertation seeks to highlight the continuities of space and technique in early marine science and sheds light on the impact of these commonalities on marine science over the remainder of the twentieth century. I argue that modern marine science owes as much to commonalities of practice and place as disciplinary difference and professional identity. Fellowships and Awards Teece Fellowship, School of Arts and Science, University of Pennsylvania; Dissertation Research Fellowship; May-September, 2012. NSF funding through NSEC DMR-0425780 (UPenn Nano/Bio Interface Center); January- June 2012 Smithsonian Pre Doctoral Fellowship; September 1- January 31, 2011-12 Advisors: Pamela Henson - Smithsonian Institutional Archives

Paula J. Johnson - National Museum of American History Summer Research Funding, HSSC Department, University of Pennsylvania; 2009 Benjamin Franklin Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania; 2008-2013 Publications Outsider Science: Class, Gender, and the Scientific Career of Ida M. Mellen Journal of the History of Biology available online http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10739-013-9354-z The New York Aquarium Papers at the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives The Mendel Newsletter (forthcoming) Teaching Experience: Teaching Assistant: Teaching assistants lead weekly hour-long recitations to facilitate and enhance undergraduate comprehension of assigned readings and lectures. Duties include grading (both weekly assignments and tests), presenting supplemental course materials, leading group discussion, working with instructors to develop assignments, and meeting with undergraduates to discuss issues relating to grades, conduct, and assignments. STSC 001 Emergence of Modern Science (Adams) Fall 2009 STSC 123 Darwins Legacy (Adams) Spring 2010 HSOC 002 Medicine in History (Barnes) Fall 2010 STSC 123 Darwins Legacy (Endersby) Spring 2011 Research and Teaching Interests : History of Biology (American and European, 19th and 20th century) History of Oceanography and Marine Science (American, 19 th century to present) History of Life Sciences including physiology and public health Public Science Craft labor and technology Gender Research Experience: In addition to my own research (see Research Statement) I have worked as a research assistant for other professors. Professor Beth Linker; April-June 2010 - Assisted Dr. Linker in her final steps towards publication of her manuscript entitled Wars Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America University of Chicago Press, 2011. Duties included image reproduction and editorial work on footnotes. Professor Michael Ruse; August 2007- August 2008 Assisted Dr. Ruse in a wide capacity of tasks, including conference organization, research on several books projects, including Defining Darwin: Essays on the History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (2009) and Philosophy after Darwin: Classic and Contemporary Readings (2009), and Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science (2010), and teaching assistant duties for both his graduate and undergraduate courses. Work on books ranged

from primary material research, permissions, image location and reproduction, and editorial work. Professional Memberships/Service - Reviewer- Journal for the History of Biology; August 2012-present - American Historical Association; 2012-present - American Society of Environmental History; 2009-present - History of Science Society; 2008-present - International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Science of Biology; 2007-present Invited Lectures Picturing the Deep: The New York Aquarium and Marine Illustration Wildlife Conservation Society History League: Bronx Zoo, New York; July 18, 2013. Turbines to Tanks: The Early Days of the Philadelphia Aquarium at the Fairmount Water Works Schuylkill Soundings, Fairmount Park Water Works Interpretive Center: Philadelphia, PA; September 21, 2011. Presentations Separate Spaces, Shared Science: The role of public aquariums at early marine laboratories International Congress for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine: Manchester, UK; July 2128, 2013. These Animals are So Perishable: Jellyfish and Experimental Physiology, 1850-1930 (Panel Organizer: Unruly Experiments: Developing Scientific Practices around Live Specimens in 20th century Biological Sciences) History of Science Society: San Diego, California; November 15-18, 2012 Understanding and Preserving Aquatic Environments: Research and Conservation at F irst Generation American Aquariums American Society for Environmental History: Madison, WI; March 28-31, 2012 Sharing the Catch: The New York Aquarium and the Scientific Specimen Network, 1902-1935 Columbia History of Science Group: Friday Harbor, WA; March 9-11, 2012 Seasonal Science: The U.S. Fish Commission Laboratories and the Division of Scientific Inquiry, 18 851927 National Museum of American History Tuesday Colloquium: Washington, DC; January 31, 2012 Teaching the Public About Fishes: Ida M. Mellen and the New York Aquarium, 1916 -1929 International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Science of Biology (ISHPSSB): Salt Lake City; July 2011 Ida Mellen: Craft knowledge and Scientific Practice at the New York Aquarium, 19 16-1929 2010 MBL/ ASU History of Biology Seminar: From Linnaeus to the Encyclopedia of Life: Tracking Diversity in the Natural World: Woods Hole, MA, May, 2010 Plain Volunteers: Untrained experts and Volunteer Collaborators at the Eugenics Record Office University of Pennsylvania Genetics and Genomics Graduate Student Symposium: Philadelphia, PA; December 2008 Blogs The Broad Mission of the Division of Inquiry The Bigger Picture: Exploring Archives and Smithsonian History. http://siarchives.si.edu/blog January 26, 2012

Through the Aquarium Glass throughtheaquarium.blogspot.com References M. Susan Lindee, Ph.D. Professor Associate Dean for the Social Sciences School of Arts and Sciences History and Sociology of Science Department University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898-2271 mlindee@sas.upenn.edu John Tresch, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Chair History and Sociology of Science Department University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 jtresch@sas.upenn.edu Jim Endersby, Ph.D. Reader in the History of Science History Department University of Sussex Brighton, UK BN1 9RH +44 1273 678005 J.J. Endersby@sussex.ac.uk Frederick Rowe Davis Associate Professor History Department Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 644-5888 fdavis@fsu.edu

Mark Adams, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Chair (former) History and Sociology of Science Department University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898- 8406 madams@sas.upenn.edu