Faculty

Evelynn Hammonds

Chair, Department of the History of Science
Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science
Professor of African and African American Studies

Areas of Research: African & African-American Studies, History of Medicine, Science & Race, Science & Technology Studies, Women & Gender Studies... Read more about Evelynn Hammonds

Faculty Assistant: Ellen Guarente

evelynn_hammonds@harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-4336

Eram Alam

Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine

Areas of Research: History of Medicine; History of Social Sciences; Global Health; Postcolonial Studies; Immigration

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Science Center 361

ealam@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 494-8103

Allan M. Brandt

Professor of the History of Science
Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine

Areas of Research: Global Health / Public Health, History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, Science Policy... Read more about Allan M. Brandt

Faculty Assistant: Ellen Guarente

brandt@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-3532

Janet Browne

Aramont Professor of the History of Science

Areas of Research: History of Biology
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Faculty Assistant: Ellen Guarente

jbrowne@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-3550

Alex Csiszar

Associate Professor of the History of Science

Areas of Research: Material Culture, Media Studies, Philosophy of Science, Science & Technology Studies

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Personal Website

acsiszar@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 496-5184

Peter L. Galison

Joseph Pellegrino University Professor
Director, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Areas of Research: Digital Humanities / Digital Histories, History of Environmental Sciences, History of Physical Sciences, Material Culture, Media Studies, Museum Studies, Philosophy of Science, Science & Technology Studies... Read more about Peter L. Galison

Faculty Assistant

galisonasst@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-3544

Owen Gingerich

Professor of Astronomy and History of Science, Emeritus

Owen Gingerich is Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and of the History of Science at Harvard University and a senior...

Loren R. Graham

Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus

Professor Emeritus of the History of Science (STS) Loren Graham received his B.S. from Purdue University (Chemical Engineering, 1955) and his Ph.D. from Columbia University (History, 1964).

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Personal Website

lrg@mit.edu

Anne Harrington

Franklin L. Ford Professor of the History of Science
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Faculty Dean, Pforzheimer House

Areas of Research: History of Medicine, Human Sciences, Medical Humanities, Psychiatry, Neuroscience... Read more about Anne Harrington

Faculty Assistant: Emily Bowman

aharring@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 496-5234

Matthew Hersch

Assistant Professor in the History of Science

Areas of Research: History of Physical Sciences, Human Sciences, Material Culture, Media Studies, Science Policy, Museum Studies, Psychology and Theories of Mind, Science and Religion, STS, Technology and Society, Women and Gender Studies... Read more about Matthew Hersch

hersch@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9922

Gerald Holton

Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics and Research Professor of the History of Science, Emeritus

Gerald Holton obtained his Ph.D. at Harvard as a student of P. W. Bridgman. His...

David S. Jones

A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine

ON LEAVE FALL 2018

Areas of Research: Science & Race, Global Health / Public Health, History of Biology, History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, Psychology & Theories of Mind, Science & Technology Studies, Technology & Society

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HMS Profile

Faculty Assistant: Robin Yun

dsjones@harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-3562