Amy Sue Bix is an American historian of science, technology and medicine whose research topics include studies of women and gender, the history of education, and twentieth-century social, cultural, and intellectual history. She is a distinguished professor of history at

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricult ...

Education and career

Bix grew up in the Chicago area. She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1987, with

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is an international non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a faculty member and graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest ...

honors. At Princeton, she was one of the founders of '' The Princeton Tory'', a conservative student magazine. In 1994, she earned a Ph.D. in the history of science from

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

. Her dissertation, ''Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981'', was selected as one of the

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

's ''Choice Magazine'' Outstanding Academic Titles. Bix has been a history professor at

since 1993. In 2007 she became the director of Iowa State's Consortium for the History of Technology and Science. May 2023 she was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor.

Books

Bix's books include: *''Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women'' (MIT Press, 2013) *''The Future is Now: Science and Technology Policy in America Since 1950'' (with Alan I. Marcus, Humanity Books, 2007) *''Inventing Ourselves Out of Jobs?: America's Debate over Technological Unemployment, 1929-1981'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000)

Honors and awards

Bix is the recipient of: *The 2022 Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize of 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 ...

(SHOT) *The 2021 Martha Trescott Prize of SHOT *The 2015 Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

*The 2015 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize of the

History of Science Society The History of Science Society (HSS), founded in 1924, is the primary professional society for the academic study of the history of science. The society has over 3,000 members worldwide. It publishes the quarterly journal ''Isis'' and the yearly ...

for her 2013 book ''Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education for Women'' *The 2014 Betty Vetter Award for Research of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN)

References

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