Sally Gregory Kohlstedt

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Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
Born1943
Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Occupation Historian of science
Spouse David Kohlstedt [1]
Website www.esci.umn.edu/scitech/

Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (born 1943) is an American historian of science. She is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and in the Program in History of Science and Technology at the University of Minnesota. Kohlstedt served as the president of the History of Science Society from 1992 to 1993. Her research interests focus on the history of science in American culture and the demographics of scientific practice in institutions such as museums and educational institutions, including gender participation. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Kohlstedt received her B. A. from Valparaiso University (1965), her M. A. from Michigan State University (1966) and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1972). [2]

Career

Kohlstedt was an assistant professor in the Department of History at Simmons College from 1971 to 1975. She was promoted to a full professor in the Department of History at Syracuse University in 1975, where she worked until 1989. Since 1989, she has been a professor at the University of Minnesota (UMN). From 1989 to 1995, she was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Science and Engineering at UMN; [4] from 1997 to 1999, she served as the director of the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at UMN; from 2004-2006, Interim Chair of the Department of Anthropology at UMN; and from 2008 to 2013, the director of the Program in History of Science and Technology. [2] Her leadership and work as a teacher and mentor of women faculty and students has been described as "nothing short of heroic". [5] She has also held visiting appointments at Cornell (1989), the University of Melbourne (1983), the University of Munich (1997), and the University of Auckland (2008), [6] and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin (2015). [7]

Kohlstedt studies relationships between science and culture. She is particularly interested in the history of women in science, including both obstacles and successes to the pursuit of equity, and examines the effects of women's participation and their impact on scientific practice. [8] She is particularly interested in women's involvement in areas such as museums and educational practice. Kohlstedt received the 2013 History of Science Society's Margaret Rossiter Prize for the Best Book on Women's History for Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930 (University of Chicago Press, 2010). [9] [10] The book examines the work of women in bringing natural science education into the American classroom and demonstrates that it was innovative women teachers who introduced science into the public schools in the early twentieth century. [8]

Kohlstedt is a life member of the History of Science Society (HSS) and has been actively involved in a variety of roles including Secretary, 1978-1981; Council, 1982-1984, 1989-1991, and 1994-1995; Vice-President, 1990 and 1991 and President, 1992 and 1993, among others. [2] She has been particularly active in the Women's Caucus of the HSS. [11] She has also served on the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). [8]

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  1. ↑ Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (2010). Teaching Children Science Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930 ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. xv. ISBN   9780226449920 . Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Professor Emerita". Department of Earth Sciences. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "About the Author". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Breaking through the gender gap | College | College of Science and Engineering". cse.umn.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  5. 1 2 "2004 President's Award for Outstanding Service Recipients". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Henning Schroeder appointed CGS/NSF Dean-in-Residence". University of Minnesota. May 22, 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sally G. Kohlstedt". Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Women in science expert Sally Gregory Kohlstedt to deliver Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture". University of Minnesota. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize". History of Science Society. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Professor Sally Gregory Kohlstedt wins History of Science Society's Hazen Prize". University of Minnesota. College of Science and Engineering. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "HSS Women's Caucus". University of Washington. 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sally Gregory Kohlstedt". hssonline.org. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  13. ↑ "Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize". History of Science Society. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "COGS President's Award". University of Minnesota. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  15. ↑ "University-wide awards for teaching, advising and service". University of Minnesota.
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