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Colleen E. Anderson Dr. Colleen Anderson is a historian of technology, with an emphasis on popular perceptions of Cold War space technologies. She is curator of the post-1945 Rockets and Missiles collection. Read more James David James David is a curator in the Space History Division and is responsible for national security space programs.  The University Press of Florida published his Spies and Shuttles: NASA’s Secret Relationships with the DoD and CIA in 2015.  His articles on these programs have appeared in Read more Jennifer Levasseur Dr. Jennifer Levasseur received her BA in history from the University of Michigan in 1999, an MA in American Studies from George Washington University in 2002, and a PhD in history at George Mason University in 2014. Read more Cathleen Lewis Dr. Cathleen Lewis is curator of International Space Programs and Spacesuits at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, specializing in Soviet and Russian programs. Read more Emily A. Margolis Dr. Emily A. Margolis is a social and cultural historian of spaceflight with expertise in women's and gender studies. Read more Andrew Meade McGee Dr. Andrew Meade McGee is an historian of science and technology who serves as curator of computing. He oversees the Museum’s collection of computers, aerospace electronics, and devices related to guidance, navigation, and control in spaceflight.  Read more Teasel Muir-Harmony Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and the curator of the Apollo Collection. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Read more Matthew Shindell Dr. Matthew Shindell is a historian of science whose work focuses on the history of the earth and planetary sciences, with an emphasis on the development of research programs in these fields during the Cold War. Read more Samantha Thompson Dr. Samantha M. Thompson is a historian of science and technology whose work focuses on the history of astronomy and space sciences. She is an Edward & Helen Hintz Secretarial Scholar and Curator of Science and Technology at the National Air and Space Museum. Read more Margaret A. Weitekamp In addition to serving as the department chair, Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp curates the Museum's social and cultural history of spaceflight collection, more than 5,000 artifacts that include space memorabilia and space science fiction objects. Read more