Matthew Morse Booker
urban environmental history, history of aquaculture, food history, oyster aquaculture, maritime environmental history, agricultural history, digital humanities, spatial history
Matthew Morse Booker leads the fellowship program at the National Humanities Center and is Professor of History at North Carolina State University. At NC State he won teaching and research awards, directed the Science, Technology & Society program, co-founded the interdisciplinary Visual Narrative faculty research cluster, led an oral history archive on genetic engineering in agriculture, collaborated with faculty in Applied Ecology, Computer Science, Engineering, and Entomology, and directed graduate student dissertations from Biology and Entomology to Landscape Architecture and Public History. He publishes in environmental history, food history, and agricultural history.
Works (30)
Updated: April 4th, 2024 07:53
2023 conference paper
The Seed Oyster Inspectors: Labor and Power in Trans-Pacific Tidelands, 1945-1970s
The Pacific Circle: History and Studies of Pacific Science. Presented at the The Pacific Circle: History and Studies of Pacific Science, Kyoto University.
Event: The Pacific Circle: History and Studies of Pacific Science at Kyoto University
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 17, 2024
2022 article
Filth into Food? Lessons from the Past
Booker, M. (2022, August 11).
doi.org (repository)
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2022 chapter
Sweetness, Power, Yeasts, and Entomo-terroir
In V. Bienvenue & N. Chare (Eds.), Animals, Plants and Afterimages: The Art and Science of Representing Extinction. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/BienvenueAnimals
Ed(s): V. Bienvenue & N. Chare
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2021 journal article
The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes
ELife, 10.
Contributors: E. Landis*, A. Oliverio *, E. McKenney n , L. Nichols n , N. Kfoury *, M. Biango-Daniels*, L. Shell n, A. Madden n
MeSH headings : Acetic Acid / metabolism; Bacteria / metabolism; Bread / microbiology; Food Microbiology; Microbiota
TL;DR:
The extent of microbial diversity in an ancient fermented food across diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds is revealed and strong co-occurrence patterns observed in situ and recreated in vitro demonstrate that microbial interactions shape sourdough community structure.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 26, 2021
2021 journal article
The status of striped bass, <scp><i>Morone saxatilis</i>,</scp> as a commercially ready species for U.S. marine aquaculture
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 52(3), 710–730.
Contributors: L. Andersen n, J. Abernathy *, D. Berlinsky*, G. Bolton n, n , R. Borski n, T. Brown *, D. Cerino*
author keywords: aquaculture; commercial; marine; Morone; striped bass
TL;DR:
Market surveys found that marketing value-added, boneless, skin-on fillets of aquacultured striped bass in the mid-Atlantic region is feasible even with a final product price of US $39.68 per kg, which shows a clear economic and market potential for aquaculture production of striped bass, which already has a wide consumer acceptance and appeal.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID, Crossref
Added: June 10, 2021
2021 conference paper
The ‘Pacific’ Oyster Trade and the Possibilities of Trans-Pacific Environmental History
Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History. Presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History, Kyoto, Japan.
Event: Sixth Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History at Kyoto, Japan
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 17, 2024
2021 chapter
Visualizing San Francisco Bay’s Forgotten Past
In K. Coulter, W. Graf von Hardenburg, & F. A. Jorgensen (Eds.), Ant, Spider, Bee: Chronicling Digital Transformations in the Humanities (pp. 117–126). Munich: Spider & Cloud.
Ed(s): K. Coulter, W. Graf von Hardenburg & F. Jorgensen
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 17, 2024
2021 chapter
Why do People Care for Sourdough?
In R. Dunn, M. Vandegrift, K. Dufresne, K. Ciccone, L. Nichols, & M. Jewell (Eds.), Fermentology.
Ed(s): R. Dunn, M. Vandegrift, K. Dufresne , K. Ciccone, L. Nichols & M. Jewell
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, ORCID, Crossref
Added: April 1, 2023
2020 book
Down By the Bay: San Francisco's History Between the Tides
In University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520355569/down-by-the-bay
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2020 chapter
Integrating History into the Restoration of Coho Salmon in the Siuslaw River, Oregon
In Sustainable Fisheries Management (pp. 625–636).
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 3, 2024
2020 weblog post
Loss, Grief, and the Humanities in the Time of Pandemic
Booker, M. (2020, April). https://action.nationalhumanitiescenter.org/loss-grief-humanities-pandemic/
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 17, 2024
2020 journal article
Scenario analysis on the use of rodenticides and sex-biasing gene drives for the removal of invasive house mice on islands
Biological Invasions, 22(4), 1235–1248.
Contributors: M. Serr n, R. Valdez*, K. Barnhill-Dilling n, J. Godwin n, T. Kuiken n & n
author keywords: Preserving island biodiversity; Rodent eradications; Synthetic biology; Stakeholder engagement; Public perceptions
TL;DR:
It is made the case that the ethical challenges with the use of gene drive sex-biasing techniques and the effectiveness of this tool will rely as much on its public acceptance and its democratic use as the actual science used to construct the technology.
(via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
(Web of Science)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 7, 2020
2019 conference paper
Beyond Despair: Theory and Practice in Environmental Humanities
National Humanities Center. Presented at the National Humanities Center, Durham, NC.
Event: National Humanities Center at Durham, NC
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: March 17, 2024
2019 book
Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates
In University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469652894/food-fights/
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2019 chapter
Introduction
In Food Fights (pp. 1–12).
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 3, 2024
2019 webpage
Sourdough Cultures
(2019, August 29). https://seeingthewoods.org/2019/08/29/sourdough-cultures/
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2019 chapter
Who Should Be Responsible for Food Safety? Oysters as a Case Study
In Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469652894/food-fights/
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2018 journal article
Before The Jungle: The Atlantic origins of US food safety regulation
Global Environment, 11(1), 12–35.
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2015 journal article
What Should We Eat?
RCC Perspectives, (1), 45–50.
Ed(s): M. Pimbert, R. Shindelar & H. Schösler
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2014 article
The nature of borders: Salmon, boundaries, and bandits on the Salish Sea
Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 83, pp. 534–535.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water
(OpenAlex)
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 review
A negotiated landscape: The transformation of San Francisco's waterfront since 1950
[Review of ]. Pacific Historical Review, 82(2), 325–326.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 book
Down by the bay: San Francisco's history between the tides
In Down by the Bay: San Francisco's History between the Tides. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84887735167&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Sources: NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
2013 journal article
Garone, P. 2011. The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California’s Great Central Valley
Wetlands, 33(2), 379–380.
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 22, 2020
2012 article
The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California's Great Central Valley
JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORY, Vol. 43, pp. 139–141.
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2012 journal article
Visualizing San Francisco Bay's Forgotten Past
Journal of Digital Humanities, 1(3). http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-3/visualizing-san-francisco-bays-forgotten-past-by-matthew-booker/
Source: ORCID
Added: February 28, 2024
2011 article
urban farming in the west: A new deal experiment in subsistence homesteads.
Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 42, pp. 407–408.
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2010 article
Our Better Nature: Environment and the Making of San Francisco
Booker, M. M. (2010, August). PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW, Vol. 79, pp. 465–466.
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2009 article
The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Booker, M. M. (2009, February). PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW, Vol. 78, pp. 129–U142.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
(OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2007 review
Crab wars: A tale of horseshoe crabs, bioterrorism, and human health
[Review of ]. Journal of the History of Biology, 40(2), 382–383.
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018
2006 review
Oyster growers and oyster pirates in San Francisco Bay
[Review of ]. PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW, 75(1), 63–88.
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018
Employment
Updated: February 27th, 2024 13:44
2023 - present
North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Professor
History
2020 - present
National Humanities Center Research Triangle Park, NC, US
Vice President
Scholarly Programs
2012 - 2023
NC State University Raleigh, NC, US
Associate Professor
History
2017 - 2020
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Director
Science, Technology & Society
2004 - 2012
North Carolina State University Raleigh, US
Assistant Professor
History
2008 - 2011
Stanford University Stanford, CA, US
Principal Investigator
Spatial History Project
2008 - 2009
Stanford University Stanford, CA, US
Assistant Professor
Lane Center for the American West
Education
Updated: August 31st, 2020 10:55
1998 - 2005
Stanford University Stanford, CA, US
PhD
History
1995 - 1997
University of Oregon Eugene, OR, US
MS
Environmental Studies
1986 - 1991
University of California Berkeley, CA, US
BA
Latin American History
Funding History
Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: June 27th, 2022 09:57
award
May 1 - August 1, 2019
Alumni Fellow
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
award
September 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017
Donnelley Family Fellow
National Humanities Center
award
May 1 - August 1, 2016
National Endowment for the Humanities Munson Mystic Institute
National Endowment for the Humanities
award
May 1 - August 1, 2014
Carson Fellow
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
award
January 1 - December 1, 2014
Urban Fellow
SEED Fund
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