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Sara J. Schechner (born 1957) is an American historian of science, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and a lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University. [1]
Schechner earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and Science with Physics from Harvard-Radcliffe of Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude in 1979. [2] During her time at Harvard, she was co-founder and player-coach of the ultimate frisbee team, and in 1976 the only woman on the team. [3] [4] [5] Schechner then studied History and Philosophy of Science at the Emmanuel College of the Cambridge University and finished it with a Master of Philosophy in 1981. [2] She completed her artium magister (Master of Arts) on the History of Science at the Harvard University in 1982. [2] In 1988, she finalized her PhD on the History of Science at the Harvard University. [2]
Afterwards, Schechner was chief curator at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. [1] She also curated exhibits for the Smithsonian Institution, the American Astronomical Society, and the American Physical Society. [1] In 2000, she returned to Harvard University as the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. [1] She is also a lecturer on the History of Science at Harvard University. [1]
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