Ruth Cowan
- Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1969)
- Research Interests
- I am an historian of modern science, technology and medicine. My research interests have been at the place where gender studies intersects with the history of science, technology and medicine. Currently I am working on three projects: a history of prenatal diagnosis; a history of thalassemia prevention and treatment; a history of American women engineers.
- Publications
- A Social History of American Technology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
with Neil Cowan, Our Parents' Lives: Everyday Life and Jewish Assimilation (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1996)
More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave (Basic Books, 1985)
- E-Mail
- ruth.cowan@sunysb.edu
- Office
- Lib N3071
- Phone
- 631-632-4378
- Fax
- 631-632-7367