Current Ph.D. Dissertation Topics
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Kera Allen, "The Politics of Spreadsheets: VisiCalc and the Acceleration of Financialization"
Advisor: Willie Pearson, Jr. -
Elise Li Zheng, “Self-tracking, OverworkingCculture and Health-tech in China”
Advisors: Jennifer Singh and Amit Prasad -
Declan Abernethy, "Grass Ceiling: The United States Women’s National Team, Politics, and the Making of 21st Century Icons"
Advisor: Johnny Smith -
Michael Bivona, "Secret Network: the Origins and Development of US Classified Internet, 1983-2006"
Advisor: Kristie Macrakis -
Gloria Calhoun, "The Network Builders: A New History of Old Wires, 1844-1910" (Prospectus)
Advisor: Steven Usselman -
Eric Steagall, “The Spirit of Atlanta: Bobby Jones and the Rise of Golf in Modern America.”
Advisor: Johnny Smith -
Alejandra Ruiz-Leon, “Caged Knowledge: TECNO-ITINTEC, the First Interactive Science Museum in Latin America”
Advisor: Germán Vergara
Recently Completed M.S. Thesis Topics
- Rosemary McNally, "Dueling Digital Cellular Technologies – the Divided Standard"
First faculty reader: Steven Ussleman
- Sharon Rachel, "Sociology at the Intersection of Gender and Health: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We’re Going"
First faculty reader: Jennifer Singh
- Alejandra Ruiz-Leon, “Creating TECNO-ITINTEC: The First Interactive Science Museum in Peru”
First faculty readers: John Krige and Germán Vergara
- Linzhou Xing, "Uncertainty and Vulnerability of Global Assemblages of Innovations: Didi’s IPO Crisis"
First faculty readers: Willie Pearson, Jr. and Amit Prasad