Technology, Science, and Environment
The History of Technology, Science, and Environment program at the University of Maryland is one of the strongest in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Technology, Science, and Environment
Graduate students may concentrate in this field while pursuing the MA or PhD degree in History.
Ours is a lively and flourishing community of students, distinguished faculty members, affiliated scholars within the university, visiting fellows and guest speakers. Institutional resources in the field, both on campus and in the greater Washington/Baltimore area, are outstanding.
The key strengths and interests of the College Park group are in 19th and 20th-century developments, particularly in the United States and Europe. We also encourage interests that extend beyond this range, both geographically and chronologically, although instructional offerings may be limited.
Graduate
The history of technology, science and the environment is a dynamic field for graduate students. Several faculty members in the Department of Historyspecialize in the history of technology and the environment in the United States, Europe and Eurasia in the 20th century. Specialists elsewhere on campus focus on related fields such as the history of biology, medicine and public health. Graduate students may choose technology, science and environment as their “general field,” or their “minor field,” or they may take courses in the field to enrich their study of the United States, Latin America or Europe.
Resources
The Washington, D.C. metropolitan area has the nation’s richest collection of resources in this field. In or near College Park, students will find the Library of American Broadcasting, the Niels Bohr Library of the American Institute of Physics, the National Agricultural Library and the National Archives. Elsewhere in suburban Maryland, students have access to the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda. The collections of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution are located within easy reach in downtown Washington.
Faculty
Melinda Baldwin
Associate Professor, History
2128 Taliaferro Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Sarah Cameron
Associate Professor, History
2101J Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Patrick Chung
Assistant Professor, History
2101G Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Robert Friedel
Professor Emeritus, History
2128 Taliaferro Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
Karin Rosemblatt
Professor and Director of the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies, History
Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
2127 Taliaferro Hall
College Park
MD,
20742
David Sicilia
Henry Kaufman Chair of Financial History and Associate Professor, History
2119 Taliaferro Hall
College Park
MD,
20742