From the Electronic Frontier to the Anthropocene

Abstract

Fred Turner is a journalist, critic, academic, leading historian of the relationships between technology and culture, and a prolific public speaker. Before joining academia, he worked as freelance journalist for The Progressive, Pacific News Service, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and The Boston Phoenix. Between 1987 and 2003 he held various teaching positions at Northeastern University, Boston University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.