Kavita Philip

Kavita Philip is Associate Professor of History with affiliate faculty positions in Anthropology and Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. She has worked in environmental studies, colonial history, postcolonial studies, history of technology, political economy, and science fiction studies. She is the author of Civilizing Natures (2003 and 2004), and co-editor of four volumes curating interdisciplinary work in radical history, political science, art, activism, gender, and public policy. She has a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Iowa, and a B.Sc. in Physics (with Chemistry and Mathematics minors) from the University of Madras, India.