Evelynn M. Hammonds | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Spelman College Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Academic work | |
| 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 |
Evelynn Maxine Hammonds[1] (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.[2] 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.[3]
- ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 85 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. October 15, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "Evelynn M. Hammond". Harvard University Department of the History of Science: People. Harvard University. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "Hammonds to step down as dean in July". Harvard Gazette. Harvard University. 28 May 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.