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History and Sociology of Technology and Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy Degrees Awarded since 1995

The list of PhDs is arranged in the order of name, dissertation title, date of the degree was awarded, advisor (chair of the committee), and employment after graduation.

Combes, Richard: “The Development of Technology-Based Industry in Atlanta”; Advisor: August Giebelhaus; Date awarded: May 4, 2002; Owner, RC Consulting, LLC

Harris, Robin: “‘A New Representative of Southern Intellect: Julia Anna Flisch, A New Woman of the New South”; Advisor: Robert McMath Jr.; Date awarded: September 4, 1998; Associate Professor, Georgia College and State University

Hawley, Elizabeth Haven: “American Publishers of Indecent Books, 1840-1890”; Advisor: Andrea Tone; Date awarded: December 17, 2005; Director of Marketing/Media Relations; The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Hild, Matthew: “Greenbackers, Knights of Labor, and Populists: Farmer-Labor Insurgency in the Late Nineteenth Century South”; Advisor: Robert McMath Jr.; Date awarded: August 2, 2002; Visiting Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Kumar, Prakash: “Facing Competition: The History of Indigo Experiences in Colonial India, 1897-1920”; Advisor: John Krige; Date awarded: December 11, 2004; Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University; Assistant Professor, Colorado State University

Lands, LeeAnn: “Class, Race, and the Workers’ City: Atlanta, 1880 to 1922”; Advisor: Ronald Bayor; Date awarded: May 5, 2001; Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University

Morton, David: “The History of Magnetic Recording in the United States, 1888-1978”; Advisor: Bruce Sinclair; Date awarded: December 9, 1995; Research Historian, IEEE History Center

Phalkey, Jahnavi: “Big Science, State Formation, and Development: The Organisation of Nuclear Research in India, 1938-1959”; Advisor: John Krige; Date awarded: September 12, 2007; Scholar in Residence (Deutsches Museum); Visiting Assistant Professor (GTL, Metz)

Scriven, Olivia A.: “The Politics of Particularism: HBCUs, Spelman College, and the Struggle to Educate African Americans in Science, 1950-1997”; Advisors: Willie Pearson, Jr., Steve Usselman; Date awarded: August 4, 2006; Senior Advisor for Academic Development at Spelman College

Shackleford, Benjamin A.: “Going National While Staying Southern: Stock Car Racing in America, 1949-1979”; Advisor: Steve Usselman; Date awarded: December 11, 2004; Senior Social Scientist, Internal Revenue Service

Sharp, Leslie: “Women Shaping Shelter: Technology, Consumption, and the Twentieth Century House”; Advisor: Andrea Tone; Date awarded: May 1, 2004; Assistant Dean, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology

Stoneman, Timothy: “Capturing Believers: International Radio, Religion, and Reception, 1931-1970”; Advisor: John Krige; Date awarded: May 6, 2006; Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Assistant Professor, Clemson University

Toivanen, Hannes: “Learning and Corporate Strategy: The Dynamic Evolution of the North America Pulp and Paper Industry, 1860-1960”; Advisor: Steve Usselman; Date awarded: July 30, 2004; Senior Researcher, Lappeenrata University of Technology

Tympas, Aristotelis: “The Computor and the Analyst: Computing and Power, 1880s-1960s”; Advisor: Steve Usselman; Date awarded: December 15, 2001; Lecturer, University of Athens