Sally Gregory Kohlstedt

Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (* 1943 ) is a science historian at the University of Minnesota .

Kohlstedt is considered an expert on American history of science, the history of natural history museums and the history of science education . She also made a contribution to gender aspects of the history of science and to the organization of women in the History of Science Society (HSS).

Sally Gregory Kohlstedt earned a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University in 1965 , a master's degree from Michigan State University in 1966, and a Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Academic positions (professorships) were: Simmons College (1971–1975), Syracuse University (1975–1989) and University of Minnesota (UMN, since 1989). At UMN, she was deputy dean for academic affairs from 1989 to 1995 , director of the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies from 1997 to 1999 , interim head of the anthropology department from 2004 to 2006 , and director of the History of Science program from 2008 to 2013 Technology and 2013/14 managing provost and dean for postgraduate studies . Guest professorships and research stays have taken her to Harvard University (1982), the University of Melbourne (1983), Cornell University (1989), Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (1997), the California Institute of Technology (2004), the University of Auckland (2008), the Smithsonian Institution (2014) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (2015).

In 1989 Kohlstedt was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in whose institutions she has held several functions - among other things, she was a member of the Board of Directors in 2001 . The HSS, of which she was president in 1992/93, has honored her several times: 2013 for her book Teaching Children Science with the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize , 2015 for her outstanding teaching with the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize and 2018 for her life's work with the George Sarton Medal .

Sally Gregory is married to the geoscientist David Kohlstedt .

Fonts (selection)

• The Formation of the American Scientific Community . 1976. ISBN 978-0-252-00419-3 .
• With Margaret Rossiter (Ed.): Historical Writing on American Science . 1985. ISBN 978-0-934235-03-7 .
• As editor: Origins of Natural Science in America. The Essays of George Brown Goode . Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. ISBN 978-1-56098-098-8 .
• With Barbara Laslett , Helen Longino and Evelynn Hammonds (Eds.): Gender and Scientific Authority. 1996. ISBN 978-0-226-46917-1
• With Helen Longino (ed.): Women, Gender, and Science. University of Chicago Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-226-30754-1 .
• As editor: History of Women in the Sciences. University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-226-45070-4 .
• With Michael M. Sokal and Bruce V. Lewenstein : The Establishment of Science in America. Rutgers University Press 1999. ISBN 978-0-8135-2705-5 .
• Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890-1930. University of Chicago Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-226-44990-6 .

Web links

• Sally Gregory Kohlstedt at the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota (umn.edu)
• Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and curriculum vitae (PDF; 313 kB; as of 2018) at the Earth Sciences department of the University of Minnesota (umn.edu)
• Personal website at the University of Minnesota (umn.edu)
• Personal website (sallygregorykohlstedt.com)

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of Science Society - Women's Caucus. In: depts.washington.edu. June 15, 1999, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
2. ^ Board of Directors. (PDF; 47 kB) In: aaas.org. American Association for the Advancement of Science , 2001, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
3. ^ Society Past Presidents. In: hssonline.org. History of Science Society , November 13, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
4. ^ The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize. In: hssonline.org. History of Science Society , November 13, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
5. ^ Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize. In: hssonline.org. History of Science Society , November 13, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
6. ^ Mark Largent, Karen Rader: Sally Gregory Kohlstedt. In: hssonline.org. History of Science Society , November 13, 2018, accessed November 18, 2018 . 
7. ^ The Geological Society of London - 2009 Awards: Citations, Replies. In: geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .