Benjamin Kodres-O'Brien

Ben is a doctoral candidate in the Communications Program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His research interests include the history of energy, environmental history, political economy, and the history of technology. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Ben worked as a software engineer for the Washington Post and as a data analyst for The New School. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Philosophy, and from the New School for Social Research with an M.A. in Liberal Studies. His dissertation is a fresh history of the U.S. electricity mix from its origins to the present.