Amy Slaton
| Position: | Associate Professor & Asst. Department Head |  |
| Field: | History of technology | |
| Office: | 3025 MacAlister | |
| Phone: | (215) 895-2061 | |
| Email: | slatonae@drexel.edu | |
| Office Hours: | click here for current office hours |
Personal Statement
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Education
- B.A., Fine Arts and Art History, Northwestern University, 1978
- M.F.A., Painting and Printmaking, Pratt Institute, 1980
- Ph.D., Department of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Recent Publications
- Excluded from the Future: Historical Perspectives on the Under-representation of African Americans in Engineering (forthcoming, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press)
- Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building, 1900-1930. Studies in the History of Technology (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001)
Courses Usually Taught
- HIST 222 -- History of Work & Workers in America
- HIST 285 -- Technology in Historical Perspective
- HIST 292 -- Technology in American Life
- HIST 501 -- Intro to Science, Technology & Society
- HIST 697 -- MSTS Practicum
- HIST 699 -- MSTS Seminar
