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Hannah Conway

Assistant Professor of History
History
224 Classroom Building, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


Climate Change and the Clean Air Act of 1970 Part I: the Scientific Basis

Journal Article Ecology Law Quarterly · January 1, 2023 In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Supreme Court held that the 1970 Clean Air Act granted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate greenhouse gases as air pollution. But, while the Court found the Act to "confer the flexibility necessa ... Full text Cite

Crafting Queer Histories of Technology

Chapter · January 11, 2022 The seventeen writers in this collection eschew the contemporary trend of 'reactive' writing in the genre of Appalachian studies to provide examples of how modern Appalachians are defining themselves on their own terms with resiliency, ... ... Cite

Illuminating Science: Scientific Expertise and Lighthouse Reform in 19th-century Britain

Chapter · June 30, 2020 This volume analyses how lighthouses appear in multiple forms: from signals of safety to beacons of enlightenment, as phallic assertions of boundaries to monuments of community identity and as technological advancements. ... Cite