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Dr. Crawford received his Ph.D. in History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego in June 2009. His dissertation, entitled “Empire’s Experts: The Politics of Knowledge in Spain’s Royal Monopoly of Quina (1751-1808),” explored the relationship between science and empire in the late eighteenth-century Spanish Atlantic World through an examination of Spain’s efforts to monopolize quina, a medicinal tree bark from South America that later gave rise to the anti-malarial drug quinine. Dr. Crawford received his BA in Biology and History from Tufts University and his MA in History also from the University of California, San Diego. His main research interests include the histories of science and technology, imperialism, and the interconnections between Europe, the Americas, and Africa in the Atlantic World. He has presented papers at the History of Science Society’s annual meetings and participated in the International Seminar in the History of the Atlantic World at Harvard University. At Kent State, he will teach survey courses on world history since 1500 and specialized courses on many aspects of the history of science and technology in the early modern and modern periods. As KSU’s first historian of science and technology, he looks forward building a curriculum and community for people with interests in the historical, social, and philosophical aspects of science and technology. When not doing history, he enjoys playing guitar, riding his bike and spending time with his family.