Amy Sue Bix | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | history of technology, history of medicine, women and gender studies |
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Education | Ph.D., History of Science, Johns Hopkins University (1994) Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Princeton University (1987) |
Amy Sue Bix is an American historian of science, technology and medicine whose research topics include studies of women and gender, the history of education, and twentieth-century social, cultural, and intellectual history. She is a distinguished professor of history at Iowa State University.
Bix grew up in the Chicago area. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Princeton University in 1987, with Sigma Xi honors. [2] At Princeton, she was one of the founders of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student magazine. [3]
In 1994, she earned a Ph.D. in the history of science from Johns Hopkins University. Her dissertation, Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981, was selected as one of the American Library Association's Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Titles. [2]
Bix has been a history professor at Iowa State University since 1993. [1] In 2007 she became the director of Iowa State's Consortium for the History of Technology and Science. [4] May 2023 she was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor. [5]
Bix's books include:
Bix is the recipient of:
Amy Sue Bix | |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | history of technology, history of medicine, women and gender studies |
Academic background | |
Education | Ph.D., History of Science, Johns Hopkins University (1994) Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Princeton University (1987) |
Amy Sue Bix is an American historian of science, technology and medicine whose research topics include studies of women and gender, the history of education, and twentieth-century social, cultural, and intellectual history. She is a distinguished professor of history at Iowa State University.
Bix grew up in the Chicago area. [1] She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Princeton University in 1987, with Sigma Xi honors. [2] At Princeton, she was one of the founders of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student magazine. [3]
In 1994, she earned a Ph.D. in the history of science from Johns Hopkins University. Her dissertation, Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981, was selected as one of the American Library Association's Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Titles. [2]
Bix has been a history professor at Iowa State University since 1993. [1] In 2007 she became the director of Iowa State's Consortium for the History of Technology and Science. [4] May 2023 she was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor. [5]
Bix's books include:
Bix is the recipient of: