Participant Info
- First Name
- Michelle
- Last Name
- Follette Turk
- Country
- United States
- State
- NV Nevada
- Michelle.Turk@unlv.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Website URL
- michelleturk.com
- Keywords
- Occupational health and safety, labor, medicine, Nevada, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Nevada Test Site, Las Vegas Strip
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a historian of occupational health and safety, and the state of Nevada. My work examines labor, hazards, and health and safety programs in southern Nevada from early building of the railroad through dam construction, chemical manufacturing during World War II, nuclear testing, and resort industry employment. I authored A History of Occupational Health and Safety: From 1905 to the Present as well as scholarly articles and lectures on occupational health history, Hoover Dam, and Las Vegas medical history.
- Recent Publications
Michelle Follette Turk. A History of Occupational Health and Safety: From 1905 to the Present. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2018.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Environment, Local & Regional, Medicine, Public History
