Sara B. Pritchard (born 1972) is an American

historian of technology The history of technology is the history of the invention of tools and techniques by humans. Technology includes methods ranging from simple stone tools to the complex genetic engineering and information technology that has emerged since the 19 ...

and

environmental historian Environmental history is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time, emphasising the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs and vice versa. Environmental history first emerged in the United States out of the ...

. She has written books on

environmental technology Environmental technology (or envirotech) is the use of engineering and technological approaches to understand and address issues that affect the environment with the aim of fostering environmental improvement. It involves the application of scien ...

and history. Pritchard is an associate professor of science and technology studies at

Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences The Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS or A&S) is an academic college at Cornell University. It has been part of the university since its founding in 1865, although its name has changed over time. It is the largest of Cornell Univ ...

Education

Pritchard earned a B.A. from

University of Puget Sound The University of Puget Sound is a private liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1888. The institution offers a variety of undergraduate degrees as well as five graduate programs in counseling, education, oc ...

. She completed a Ph.D. and M.A. from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

Career

Pritchard works on the history of technology, environmental history, and

, as well as environmental knowledge-making, environmental and technical expertise, and conservation science, politics, and history. She is an associate professor of science and technology studies at

Works

Pritchard's first book is ''Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône''. With

Dolly Jørgensen Dolly Jørgensen is Professor of History at University of Stavanger, Norway and co-editor in Chief of ''Environmental Humanities''. She served as president of the European Society for Environmental History, 2013–2017. Her research ranges from me ...

and Finn Arne Jørgensen, she co-edited the book ''New Natures: Joining Environmental History with Science and Technology Studies''. Pritchard has also written, with Carl A. Zimring, ''Technology and the Environment in History''. Pritchard is currently working on a book titled ''From Blue to Black Marble: Knowing Light Pollution in the Anthropocene''. Her work for this project has been supported by a

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grant and Cornell University's Society for the Humanities. Pritchard delivered the 2017 Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History at

York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...

. In 2013, she gave a Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis Tuesday Morning Seminar Series talk at

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

. Pritchard and her work have also been featured in ''The Boston Globe,'' ''The Atlantic,'' "Technology's Storytellers" from the

Society for the History of Technology The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is the primary professional society for historians of technology. SHOT was founded in 1958 in the United States, and it has since become an international society with members "from some thirty-five ...

, and the podcast ''Flash Forward''. In Fall 2020, she co-edited a special volume of ''Minding Nature'' on "Climate Change, Coronavirus, and Environmental Justice: A Collection of Undergraduate Creative Projects." Her most recent work addresses the history, legacy, and ethics of light-pollution.

Awards

In 2005, Pritchard won the Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Sara B. 1972 births Living people 21st-century American women writers American women historians Stanford University alumni University of Puget Sound alumni Cornell University faculty Historians of technology Environmental historians