Evelynn M. Hammonds
Evelynn Maxine Hammonds (born 1953) is an American feminist and scholar. She is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African-American Studies at Harvard University, and former Dean of Harvard College. The intersections of race, gender, science and medicine are prominent research topics across her published works. Hammonds received degrees in engineering and physics. Before getting her PhD in the History of Science at Harvard, she was a computer programmer. She began her teaching career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, later moving to Harvard. In 2008, Hammonds was appointed dean, the first African-American and the first woman to head the college. She returned to full-time teaching in 2013.
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Hammonds in 2017 | |
| Born | January 2, 1953 Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, scholar |
| Title | Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African-American Studies |
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| Education | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Spelman College Georgia Institute of Technology |
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| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | History of Science, Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health, in the 19th and 20th centuries, United States; Race, Gender, and Science Studies, United States; Feminist Theory, United States |
| Institutions | Harvard University |