We explore how science, technology, and medicine shape and are shaped by society, politics, and culture over time. By highlighting the social foundations of scientific, technological and medical change, we bring a vital humanistic and historical perspective to better understand the profound implications and significance of STEM in the world.
Our faculty are known internationally through their exceptional research, the editorial work for the discipline’s flagship journals, and their participation in global collaborative projects. Collectively our faculty has expertise ranging across the three fields of the history of science, technology, and medicine.
We are pioneers in innovative teaching methods and provide our students with practical training alongside deep intellectual engagement. Our undergraduate classes encourage students to explore and develop diverse writing and communication skills from traditional essays to digital media, physical, and online exhibits. Our students have used our training to support diverse career paths, including medicine and allied health disciplines. Our graduate programs provide students with rigorous study in the historical understanding of science, technology, and medicine. Our graduates have a successful record of obtaining jobs in the academy, libraries, and museums.
The University of Oklahoma also hosts the History of Science Collections and the Isis Bibliography in the History of Science, two internationally recognized resources for advancing scholarship in our field.
Through a generous endowment provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, and the History of Science Collections, the University of Oklahoma offers a travel fellowship program for visitors to make use of its resources for research in the History of Science. The Andrew W. Mellon Travel Fellowship Program is intended to assist scholars at both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels.
History of Science Professor Hunter Heyck will co-direct the University of Oklahoma's new Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies. The center will advance interdisciplinary research on the human impact and evolution of emerging technologies, from AI to quantum science.
Cecilia Slane, a Ph.D. student in the history of science, technology, and medicine at the University of Oklahoma, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $25,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter HB of Norman, OK.
