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Expert Directory
The following scholars, writers, and editors are available to members of the media to talk about their work in this area. Following is information about their background, special interests, and preferred manner of contact. Listed email addresses should be copied into an email client, replacing "at" with "@".
Colin Burgess
Colin Burgess is a Flight Services Director with Qantas Airlines and is the author of a number of books and articles on space flight. His books include Teacher in Space: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Legacy (Nebraska 2000) and Fallen Astronauts, Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon (Nebraska 2003).
Contact
Email: colinburgess at optushome.com.au
Phone: (61-2) 9528 8368
Grace George Corrigan
Grace George Corrigan, mother of Christa McAuliffe, continues to speak publicly to perpetuate her daughter's commitment to American education. She lives in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Contact
Phone: 508-877-1433
Michael H. Gorn
Michael H. Gorn, historian with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, is the author of The Universal Man: Theodore von Karman’s Life in Aeronautics and Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA. He lives in Camarillo, California.
Contact
Publicist: Mack McCormick
Phone: 859-257-5200
Email: permissions at uky.edu
Dennis R. Jenkins
Dennis R. Jenkins, a consulting engineer in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has written over thirty works on aerospace history, including Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System—The First 100 Flights.
See also Roger Launius, co-editor, A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles.
Contact
Publicist: Mack McCormick
Phone: 859-257-5200
Email: permissions at uky.edu
Steven Lambakis
Steven Lambakis, senior national security and international affairs analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy, is the author of Winston Churchill: Architect of Peace.
Contact
Publicist: Mack McCormick
Phone: 859-257-5200
Email: permissions at uky.edu
W. Harry Lambright
Professor W. Harry Lambright is a professor of political science and public administration and director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He is the author of Powering Apollo and editor of Space Policy in the Twenty-First Century, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contact
Email: whlambri at maxwell.syr.edu
Roger D. Launius
Roger D. Launius, chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., has written or edited more than twenty books, most recently Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities, 1950-2050.
See also Dennis Jenkins, co-editor, A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles.
Contact
Publicist: Mack McCormick
Phone: 859-257-5200
Email: permissions at uky.edu
Howard E. McCurdy
Dr. Howard McCurdy is chair of the department of public administration at American University. He is the author of a number of books on orginazational change and decision making at NASA.
Contact
Email: mccurdy at american.edu
Craig Ryan
Craig Ryan is an author and computer specialist living in Galveston, Texas. He has appeared as a spokesman in documentaries that focused on the daring accomplishments of the pre-astronauts.
Contact
Publicist: Susan Artigiani, USNI
Email: sartigiani at usni.org
Phone: 410-295-1081
Wally Schirra
One of the original seven NASA astronauts to command a spacecraft in all three pioneering space program-Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, Wally Schirra lives near San Diego, where he runs a consulting business and is active in the boating community. Schirra is a 1945 graduate of the Naval Academy and retired captain in the U.S. Navy.
Contact
Publicist: Susan Artigiani, USNI
Email: sartigiani at usni.org
Phone: 410-295-1081
Diane Vaughan
Professor of sociology, Boston College. Also author of Controlling Unlawful Organizational Behavior: Social Structure and Corporate Misconduct (1983) and Uncoupling: Turning Points in Intimate Relationships (1986).
Contact
Phone: 617-552-4645 (office)
Robert Zimmerman
Robert Zimmerman is an award-winning essayist and author of Leaving Earth and Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8. His writes extensively on the history of exploration, from space travel to the search by paleontologists for dinosaur bones, and the changes this exploration brings to human culture. Zimmerman has also worked in the film industry where he wrote and produced feature films, documentaries, and commercials.
Contact
Publicist: Robin Pinnel, NAP
Phone: 202-334-1902
Email:
rpinnel at nas.edu
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