History of Technology

Sean Seyer (Verville Fellow, National Air and Space Museum; Associate Professor of History, University of Kansas), "Battle Lines Drawn: The Postwar Continuation of the Air Trust Narrative"
 
Sean Seyer is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Kansas who specializes in American aviation history and aviation policy. He is the author of Sovereign Skies: The Origins of American Civil Aviation Policy (John Hopkins University Press, 2021) and recipient of the 2023-2024 Verville Fellowship from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. His current book project looks at how persistent charges of monopoly within the interwar aviation industry shaped US patent and procurement policy.