Peter Chesney
Department of History of Art & Architecture
Education
- 2021 PhD, History, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2008 BA, History, Vassar College
Professional appointments
- 2023-2026 Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University
- 2023 Visiting Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Drive Time: A Sensory History of the Car Culture from 1945 to 1990 in Los Angeles (University of Duke Press, 2024)
Journals
- “The Playboy Mansion Must Be Destroyed,” Critical Planning, 2023
- “The Return of the Jitneys: How Transportation Neoliberals Never Waste A Good Crisis,” Critical Planning, 2021
Teaching
Pepperdine University
- A History of American Peoples
- US Social History
UCLA
- Writing seminar, “Sensory History: Touch”
- Writing seminar, “Urban Legends: Los Angeles”
- Writing seminar, “California Technology & Culture”