Amelia Howard

Amelia is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Waterloo (Canada). She is interested in the social, political and cultural dimensions of expert knowledge-making in science and technology. Her dissertation research documents the history of vaping technologies, with a focus on the role of user-innovators in shaping e-cigarette development. She also looks at the response of health experts, regulators, incumbent industries, and the media to the growth of the independent vape market in the United States.