PhD students in the School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) made a significant impression at the annual meetings of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), History of Science Society (HSS), and the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) which were co-located and held simultaneously in Cleveland in November.

Fifteen students in the History and Sociology of Technology and Science PhD program attended the meetings through funding from HTS, IAC Associate Dean for Research Susan Cozzens, and the B and B Stern Foundation. Five students made presentations: Hyoung Joon An on Skylab and the beginnings of space science (4S); Lisa Borello on the gastric band (4S); Paulina Faraj on Nazi control of radio broadcasting (SHOT); Irina Nikiforova on the Turing prize in computing (SHOT); Glo Ross on Urban Gardens in Atlanta (4S).

The group also did significant work on ground organization for the event and were recognized by the Assistant Secretary to SHOT for their professionalism, graciousness, creativity, and enthusiasm.  The students indicated that the conference experience was invaluable to them, particularly in understanding how to make a good presentation and the importance of presenting a paper. The HTS Graduate Program is directed by John Krige.

Photo: (left to right) Sybrina Atwaters, Christian Pierce, Emily Gibson, Fiona Dai, Peter Westin, Liang Yao, Brian Jirout, John Krige, Jennifer Green, John Miller, Hannah Weksler, Glo Ross, Paul McKittrick, Ron Dempsey