Erik L. Peterson

Erik L. Peterson, PhD, is Associate Provost and Associate Professor of the History of Science & Medicine at The University of Alabama. He publishes and teaches about the historical relationship between race and science in the United States and abroad.


The Shortest History of Eugenics
From “Science” to Atrocity—How a Dangerous Movement Shaped the World, and Why It Persists
by Erik L. Peterson
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Earth stands at a tipping point. As we fail to curtail emissions fast enough, our planet stares down a cascade of imminent, catastrophic, and irreversible disaster triggered by climate change. Yet a potent technology already exists to buy us more … Continue reading