Andrew Goss

Professor

Andrew Goss

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of History, Anthropology and Philosophy

Bio

Andrew Goss is Professor of History in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy. His expertise includes Asian history, the history of science and technology, and the Islamic World.

  • ANGOSS@augusta.edu
  • (706) 737-1709
  • AH E222

Education

  • Ph.D., History, General University of Michigan, 2004

  • MA, History, General University of Michigan, 1998

  • BA, Asian Studies/Civilization Cornell University, 1994

Awards & Honors

  • US Commission on Military History Junior Scholar Presentation Award 2010

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • HIST 4451

    US Nat Secu & Foreign Policy
  • HONR 3900H

    Honors: Breaking Boundaries
  • HIST 3610

    Modern Health & Medicine
  • HIST 1112

    Modern World Civilization

Teaching Interests

Andrew Goss's teaching interest includes the political and cultural history of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Decolonizing Botany: Indonesia, UNESCO, and the Making of a Global Science, 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Review of Subversive Seas: Anticolonial Networks across the Twentieth-Century Dutch Empire, 2021
    Book Review
  • The Routledge Handbook of Science and Empire, 2021
    Book, Scholarly-New
  • Reinventing the Kebun Raya in the New Republic: Scientific Research at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in the Age of Decolonization, 2018
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Sukarno, 2017
    Other

Research Interests

Andrew Goss’ research examines the scientific and technological interactions that have contributed to creating the modern world, in particular in the context of empires and colonialism.

Public Service

  • National History Day Regional Competition, director 2014 - 2025