Jacob Darwin Hamblin

Jacob Darwin Hamblin is an American historian who is a professor at Oregon State University. He writes and speaks about international dimensions of science, technology, and the environment, especially related to nuclear issues, ecology, oceans, and climate. He has written several books, dozens of essays, and is the recipient of the American Historical Association’s Birdsall Prize (for best book in military or strategic history) and the History of Science Society’s Davis Prize (for best book for a general audience). His most recent book, The Wretched Atom, won the 2022 Frances Fuller Victor Prize in general nonfiction at the Literary Arts Oregon Book Awards.

Current Research Projects

Hamblin is the PI on the OSU Downwinders Project, working with colleague Linda Richards. We are developing archival collections, conducting oral histories, and doing research on the history of radiation and dose reconstruction related to cancer victims and nuclear sites. More on that here.