Jesse Garrison
PhD Candidate: Science and Technology Studies
University College London
Education
Current, PhD Candidate: Science and Technology Studies, University College London.
MSc, 2019: History and Philosophy of Science, University College London.
BA, 2015: Astronomy - Astrophysics/Physics, University of Colorado Boulder.
Conference Papers and Research Presentations
Garrison JA. The First British Eclipse Expeditions. A Global History of Eclipse Workshop, ICMS Edinburgh, 21 November 2024.
Garrison JA. ‘No more letters’: George Airy’s dramatic exit from eclipse expeditions and the ensuing leadership transition. British Society for the History of Science 2024 conference, Aberystwyth University, Wales, 11 July 2024.
Garrison JA. The British expedition to Northern Europe for the total solar eclipse of 1851. Society for the History of Astronomy Autumn 2023 Conference, Birmingham, 21 Oct 2023
Liu D, Garrison JA, Gressot J, Rossi E. A Mysterious Coulomb Torsion Balance in the collections of the Deutsches Museum, XLII Scientific Instrument Symposium, Scientific Instrument Commission, University of Palermo, 20 Sept 2023
Garrison JA. Preparations for the British Expedition to Northern Europe for the Solar Eclipse of 1851, British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference 2023, Oxford University, 30 Mar 2023
Garrison JA. British Solar Eclipse Expeditions During the Long 19th Century, STS Department Work-in-Progress Seminars, University College London, 20 Feb 2023
Garrison JA. When Does Invisible Labour Become Visible?, STS Department PhD Research Space 2023, University College London, 13 Feb 2023
Garrison JA. Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Solar Research, STS Department PhD Research Space 2022, University College London, 17 Feb 2022
Linsky JL, Fontenla JM, Witbrod [Garrison] JA, France K. An Empirically-derived non-LTE XUV-Visible Spectral Synthesis Model of the M1 V Exoplanet Host Star GJ832, AAS Meeting, Kissimmee, FL, 5 Jan 2016
Fontenla JM, France K, Linsky JL, Vieytes M, Witbrod [Garrison] JA. Chromospheres of Various Cool Stars from Models of the UV, AAS/AGU Triennial Earth-Sun Summit, Indianapolis, IN, 29 Apr 2015
Publications
Kent, Deborah, Jesse Garrison, Megan Briers, Ileana Chinnici, Frédéric Soulu, and Daniel Belteki. ‘Towards a Global History of the 1860 Total Solar Eclipse’. HoST 19, no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2025-0002.
Rossi E, Liu D, Gressot J, Garrison J. 2024 'Investigating a “Coulomb’s torsion balance with modifications” in the collections of the Deutsches Museum, Munich.' Scientific Instrument Society Blog, 21 November, https://scientificinstrumentsociety.org/blog/.
Stringfellow GS, Bell B, Bremer N, Grandone S, Witbrod [Garrison] JA. 2014 ‘Pre-Discovery Optical Detections of the Apparent Nova (2014-07a?) in M31 Reported in ATel #6305’. The Astronomer’s Telegram, No. 6324.