[1] His work focuses on nuclear culture, international security and the anthropology of science.
His articles have appeared in the LA Times,[2] the Boston Globe, the Boston Review[3] the Washington Post,[4] the Chronicle of Higher Education,[5] Foreign Policy,[6] and American Scientist.
His early work was on the culture of nuclear weapons scientists and antinuclear activists.
In that work he explored weapons scientists' and activists' contending social constructions of weaponry and international peace and security.
He is married to Allison Macfarlane, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).