Ben Kodres-O'Brien

PhD Candidate, Columbia University, The New School for Social Research, Virginia Tech

Energy, Political Economy, History of technology, 20th c. US., Public policy and regulation, Communication, Innovation, uses of the past, US History since 1865; the New Deal; history of capitalism; antimonopoly; politics of consumption

Ben is a PhD Candidate at Columbia University in the Communications program, and is working on a dissertation about the long history of the U.S. electricity mix.

Recent Conference Participation

2025 BHC meeting: Presenter, "The Dash for Gas: Horizontal Drills, Combustion Turbines, and the Uneven Restructuring of the US Power Sector"
2024 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Nuclear Follies? Commercial Nuclear Power in the American South"