Dave Walsh

Dave Walsh is a full-time Lecturer in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He serves as a Harvey Scholar mentor and is affiliated with the Arts & Sciences division. His primary research examines the emergence of the American computing industry from WWII-era university and military investments, alongside broader historical intersections of technology, race, gender, and economic inequality.

Research interests include:

• Cultural imaginations of technology in 19th/20th century US history
• Technological mystique and its role in perpetuating systemic inequalities
• Surveillance in urban policing contexts
• Engineering/cultural history of the internet and computing
• Techno-political futurism in North American literature
• Techno-racial politics of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair

No academic awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided information. Courses taught span topics from fake news infrastructure to automobile manufacturing history, reflecting his interdisciplinary focus on technology’s societal impacts.