Alice Clifton

Alice is a Ph.D. candidate in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science with a focus on the history of technology.  Her dissertation examines engineering cultures and white masculinity at the Tennessee Valley Authority from the 1930s to the 1950s. She's very involved in the graduate community within Georgia Tech as well as in the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), where she founded and currently leads its Early Career Interest Group. She's also the secretary/treasurer for the International Network of Engineering Studies.

Alice earned a B.S. in engineering from Harvey Mudd College before her interest in human-tool interaction led her to explore organic farming in Scotland, professional baking in Ireland and Atlanta, and history museum work in Savannah, Georgia. She's earned an M.S. in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science and a Graduate Certificate in STS at Georgia Tech.