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How ‘Memory Wars’ Fuel the Conflict in Russia and Ukraine
February 8, 2022
With an understanding of the historical narratives driving the tensions in Russia and Ukraine, Professor Koposov believes, we can better approximate what’s coming next.
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What can East Germany Teach us About Environmentalism and Mass Automation?
December 10, 2021
Ph.D. student Mario Bianchini is finishing up his dissertation on the history of science and technology in East Germany, where he explored “the state's efforts to build a socialist technological utopia.”
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HSOC Undergraduate Research Symposium Spotlights Environmental History and Community Engagement
December 2, 2021
Students in the School of History and Sociology presented their capstone research projects on Wed., Dec. 1.
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Bunyak Successfully Defends Dissertation on Migrants, Cats, and Kudzu in Atlanta
November 24, 2021
History and Sociology of Technology and Science (HSTS) Ph.D. candidate Garrett Bunyak successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on "Invasions: 'Othering' and the Social Control of Migrants, Cats, and Kudzu in Atlanta, GA."
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Food Goes Where it’s Most Profitable — Even When it’s Genetically Engineered
November 18, 2021
Rather than developing low-cost foods to help feed the 800 million people suffering from food insecurity worldwide, genetically engineered crops are going toward processed foods and livestock feed. And that has far-reaching consequences.
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The Cultural Myths of the Early Computer (and How They Shape the Conversation Today)
October 27, 2021
By looking at the early history of personal computers and the myths that rose around them, we can be more critical of messaging from tech and media companies today.
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HSOC Student Uses Instagram to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation in Peru
September 27, 2021
With a background in biochemistry, unique insight from her Ph.D. program, and 68,000 followers on Instagram, Alejandra Ruiz-León saw an opportunity to make a difference. Now she is one of the biggest science communicators in her home country of Peru.
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Interactive Autism Services Map Shows Inequality, Helps Georgians Find the Services They Need
September 13, 2021
The map, created by HSOC Associate Professor Jennifer Singh, allows users to find the closest service providers to their location and apply filters like which insurance they accept, if they have a bilingual staff, and more.
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Summer YPAR Institute Empowers Youth to Create Change
September 8, 2021
The goal? Help youth in Clarkston find a voice in their community. The method? Teach them to conduct research so they, themselves, solve the problems around them.
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Smith’s Book ‘Blood Brothers’ Adapted Into New Netflix Documentary
August 19, 2021
The documentary focuses on the rise and fall of Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X’s tumultuous friendship between 1960 and 1965. Watch the trailer out on Netflix now, and catch the full documentary on Sept. 9.
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HSOC Faculty in the News: Todd Michney Featured in AJC
August 4, 2021
The article focused heavily on Michney's work on the history of redlining in political and educational contexts.
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Vergara's New Book 'Fueling Mexico' Aims to Answer a Childhood Question
July 27, 2021
Assistant Professor Germán Vergara's new book tells the story of energy history in Latin America for the first time, exploring the people, policies, and decisions that catapulted Mexico from wood to coal to oil dependency.
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Clifton-Morekis Successfully Defends Doctoral Dissertation
July 23, 2021
Ph.D. student Alice Clifton-Morekis successfully defended her doctoral dissertation "Manning the TVA: White Masculinities and Engineering at the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1953."
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In the Conversation About Redlining, Details Matter
June 2, 2021
Assistant Professor Todd Michney explored previously unexamined correspondence about the redlining maps and discovered new evidence that resets our current understanding of the practice.
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What Have Our Graduate Students Been Up To? A 2020-2021 Timeline
May 25, 2021
From presentations in Peru to publications in Germany to virtual events broadcast all over the world, the graduate students in the program for History and Sociology of Technology and Science (HSTS) in the School of History and Sociology (HSOC) have been b
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Society for American Baseball Research Recognizes 'War Fever' by Johnny Smith
May 14, 2021
War Fever, which the award committee called "meticulously researched and riveting," is a portrait of three men in Boston in 1918 — a symphony conductor, a Harvard law student, and baseball star Babe Ruth — whose lives were changed by the Spanish Flu and World War I.
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Associate Professor Amit Prasad Talks Covid Conspiracy Theories on WABE
May 14, 2021
The episode explores why people believe misinformation about the pandemic.
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Kelley Fong Wins Inaugural IAC Faculty Excellence in Research Award
April 27, 2021
Congratulations to HSOC assistant professor Kelley Fong, who received one of the inaugural Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Faculty Excellence in Research Awards for her 2020 article in the American Sociological Review.
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Sherie Randolph Receives University of Connecticut Humanities Institute Fellowship
April 12, 2021
Congratulations to Sherie Randolph, recipient of a competitive residential fellowship for 2021-22 at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.
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John Krige Co-Authors Paper on COVID-19 Research
March 26, 2021
This paper mobilizes a transnational approach to intervene in the unfolding history of the Covid-19 pandemic, advocating for nationally based, interdependent initiatives that push back against the fragmentation of national responses.