The list of Ph.D.s is arranged in the order of date awarded, name, dissertation title, advisor (chair of the committee), and employment after graduation. This list generally shows graduates' first employment after earning their degree and may not reflect their current position.
Zheng, Li (Elise) "Productive Self and Burnout Body in Numbers: A Sociamaterial Investigation of Self-tracking and Health in China."
Advisors: Jennifer Singh, Amit Prasad
Date awarded: August 10, 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University
Bianchini, Mario "Modeling a Technological Future: Culture and Technological Imagination in East Germany, 1945-1990."
Advisor: Kristie Macrakis
Date awarded: August 4, 2022
Bunyak, Garrett
"Invasions: 'Othering' and the Social Control of Migrants, Cats, and Kudzu in Atlanta, GA"
Advisor: William Winders
Date awarded: December 17, 2021
Clifton-Morekis, Alice
"Manning the TVA: White Masculinities and Engineering at the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-1953"
Advisor: Steve Usselman
Date awarded: December 17, 2021
Lee, Soo A
"The Emergence and Development of Cross-National Knowledge Sharing and Production: Case Studies of International Collaborative Projects in South Korea"
Advisor: Willie Pearson, Jr.
Date awarded: May 6, 2021
Assoc. Director, Korean National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Shelby, Renee
"Designing Justice: Sexual Violence, Technology, and Citizen-Activism"
Advisor: Mary McDonald
Date awarded: August 6, 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Huang, Ling-Ming
"The Birth of the Taipei Metro and Technological Hybridity under American Hegemony: the History of the Rail Mass Transportation in Postwar Taiwan"
Advisor: John Krige
Date awarded: August 6, 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Shen, Xincheng
"Engineering Shanghai: Water Sewage, and the Making of Hydraulic Modernity"
Advisor: Hanchao Lu
Date awarded: August 8, 2019
Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Westin, Peter
"Race Space: The Transformation of Iconic Motorsport Circuits from Public Use to Large Technical Systems (1950-2010)"
Advisor: John Krige
Date awarded: August 8, 2019
Lecturer, University of Virginia
Hull, Rebecca Watts
"Winning Real Food on Campus: The Role of Opportunity Structures, Strategic Capacity, and Identity in the Outcomes of Student Campaigns"
Advisor: Bill Winders
Date awarded: December 14, 2018
Serve Learning & Partnership Specialist, Georgia Tech Institute Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain
Dempsey, Ron
"The Role of Engineering Technology as a Pathway for African Americans into the Field of Engineering"
Advisor: Willie Pearson, Jr.
Date awarded: August 3, 2018
Bea-Taylor, Jonah
"Flood Control and Metropolitan Development in Houston, Miami, and Tampa, 1935-1985"
Advisor: Steven Usselman
Date awarded: May 4, 2018
Historian, US Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History
McKittrick, Paul
"Modernity and the Spirit of the Sea: Maritime influences on Early Modern English State Institutions and Society, 1485-1763"
Advisor: Kristie Macrakis
Date awarded: May 4, 2018
Drews, Wayne (1947-2018)
"Evolution of United States Telecommunications: Policy, Technology, and Competition at the Bell Operating Companies, 1952-1996"
Advisor: Steven Usselman
Date awarded: December 15, 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Kennesaw State University
Gibson, Emily
"Flying the Flag: Gender and the Projection of National Progress Through Global Air Travel, 1930-1960"
Advisor: John Krige
Date awarded: May 5, 2017
Science Policy Analyst, National Science Foundation (NSF)
Jirout, Brian
"One Space Age Development for the World: The American Landsat Civil Remote Sensing Program in Use, 1953-2003"
Advisor: John Krige
Date awarded: May 5, 2017
Historian and Archivist, Boeing, St Louis
Yao, Liang
"Consuming Science: A History of Soft Drinks in Modern China"
Advisor: Hanchao Lu
Date awarded: May 6, 2016
Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing
An, Hyoung Joon
"National Aspirations, Imagined Futures, and Space Exploration: the Origin and Development of the Korean Space Program, 1958-2013"
Advisor: John Krige
Date awarded: December 11, 2015
Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Korea
Atwaters, Sybrina
“Redefining the Sacred in 3D Virtual Worlds: Exploratory Analysis of Innovation and Knowledge Production through Religious Expression”
Advisor: Willie Pearson, Jr.
Date awarded: December 13, 2014
Director-OMED, Georgia Tech Institute of Diversity Educational Services
Ross, Gloria
“Race, Poverty, and Food Vulnerability in Atlanta, 1980-2010”
Advisor: Bill Winders
Date awarded: December 13, 2014
Research Analyst, Government Accountability Office (GAO)