Amy Bix
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.
Education and career
[edit]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]
Books
[edit]Bix's books include:
- Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women (MIT Press, 2013)[6]
- The Future is Now: Science and Technology Policy in America Since 1950 (with Alan I. Marcus, Humanity Books, 2007)[7]
- Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)[8]
Honors and awards
[edit]Bix is the recipient of:
- The 2022 Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)[9]
- The 2021 Martha Trescott Prize of SHOT[10]
- The 2015 Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession of the IEEE[11]
- The 2015 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize of the History of Science Society[12]
- The 2014 Betty Vetter Award for Research of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amy Bix". Directory. Iowa State University Women's and Gender Studies Program. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ a b Bix, Amy Sue (September 2017). "Curriculum vitae". Iowa State University. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ Dietze, Jane (October 5, 1984). "New campus conservative journal strives for intellectual approach". The Daily Princetonian. Vol. 108, no. 90.
- ^ "Consortium for the History of Technology and Science". Iowa State University Department of History. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Congratulations, university award recipients". Inside Iowa State for faculty and staff. Iowa State University. May 4, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ Reviews of Girls Coming to Tech!:
- Amy K. Ackerberg-Hastings, Choice, doi:10.5860/CHOICE.169370
- Amy E. Foster, Isis, doi:10.1086/681874, JSTOR 10.1086/681874
- Kimberly A. Hamlin, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 26577370
- Maria Klawe, "Opening Doors to Engineering", Science, JSTOR 24743400
- Neelam Kumar, International Journal of Gender, Science & Technology, [1]
- Clarissa Ai Ling Lee, East Asian Science, Technology and Society, doi:10.1215/18752160-3494390
- Nina E. Lerman, "The Culture of Unexpectation", The Women's Review of Books, JSTOR 26433065
- Bianca Prietl, Technikgeschichte, [2]
- Kael R. Sharman, Historical Studies in Education / Revue d'histoire de l'éducation, [3]
- Corinna Schlombs, Technology and Culture, JSTOR 44017076
- Leonie Maria Tanczer, LSE Review of Books, [4]
- Robin Tatu, "On the shelf: Gentle invasion", ASEE Prism, JSTOR 43747559
- Kim Tolley, History of Education Quarterly, JSTOR 26356259
- Karin Zachmann, Icon, JSTOR 44242745
- ^ Review of The Future is Now:
- Stephen D. Nelson, "Science's policy (and political) environment", PsycCRITIQUES, doi:10.1037/a0012396
- ^ Reviews of Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?:
- Horst Brand, "Technological unemployment", Monthly Labor Review, JSTOR 41845368
- Howard Brick, The Business History Review, doi:10.2307/3116492, JSTOR 3116492
- Gary Cross, The Journal of American History, doi:10.2307/2675209, JSTOR 2675209
- Ester Fano, Technology and Culture, JSTOR 25147767
- Don Lamberton, Prometheus, doi:10.1080/08109020050172708
- George Lipsitz, The American Historical Review, doi:10.2307/2693032, JSTOR 2693032
- David W. Noble, Isis, doi:10.1086/386416, JSTOR 10.1086/386416
- Michael J. Polzin, Labor Studies Journal, doi:10.1177/0160449X01026002
- Robert Zieger, H-Net, [5]
- ^ "Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize, recipient 2021". Society for the History of Technology. January 20, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Martha Trescott Prize recipient 2021". Society for the History of Technology. January 26, 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Past recipients". Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession. IEEE. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize". History of Science Society. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
- ^ "WEPAN Awards". Women in Engineering ProActive Network. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
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