Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle (born October 10, 1945) is an American sociologist and historian of science who is professor of sociology at the Illinois Institute of Technology.[3][4]
Ullica Segerstråle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle October 10, 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Helsinki University of Pennsylvania Harvard University |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2002)[1] Illinois Institute of Technology Board of Trustees Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (2017)[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History of science Sociology of science |
| Institutions | Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Whose truth shall prevail? Moral and scientific interests in the sociobiology controversy (1983) |
Segerstråle's published nonfiction books include Defenders of the Truth: The Battle for Science in the Sociobiology Debate and Beyond (2000) and Nature’s Oracle: The Life and Work of W. D. Hamilton (2013), the latter of which is the first biography of evolutionary biologist W.D. Hamilton.[5][6]
Early life and education
editUllica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle was born October 10, 1945, in Finland.[7] She holds two M.S. degrees – one in organic chemistry and one in sociology – from the University of Helsinki, as well as an M.A. in communication from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University.[8] Her Ph.D. thesis described the sociobiology controversy of the 1970s, and it subsequently formed the basis of an article published in the first issue of Biology & Philosophy in 1986.[9][10]
Recognition
editA Guggenheim Fellow in 2002,[1] she was elected a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2012. She is also a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters[5] and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.[11]
Books
edit- Segerstråle, Ullica, ed. (2000). Beyond the Science Wars: The Missing Discourse about Science and Society. SUNY Press.
- Segerstråle, Ullica (2000). Defenders of the Truth: The Battle for Science in the Sociobiology Debate and Beyond. Oxford University Press.
- Segerstråle, Ullica (2013). Nature's Oracle: The Life and Work of W. D. Hamilton. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860727-4.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ullica Segerstråle". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "2017 Excellence in Teaching Awards Announced". IIT Today. Illinois Institute of Technology. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ "Contributor biographical information for Library of Congress control number 00703257". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ Hoyt, Erich (1997-03-21). The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants. Simon and Schuster. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-684-83045-2.
...Ullica Segerstråle, a sociologist and historian of science...
- ^ a b "Segerstrale Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts". IIT Today. Illinois Institute of Technology. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ Gee, Maggie (2013-03-12). "Nature's Oracle: The Life and Work of W D Hamilton by Ullica Segerstrale: review". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ Finlands ridderskaps och adels kalender 1992, p. 542. Esbo 1991. ISBN 951-9417-26-5
- ^ Segerstråle (2013).
- ^ Campbell, Colin (1986-11-09). "Anatomy of a Fierce Academic Feud". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ^ Segerstrale, Ullica (March 1986). "Colleagues in conflict: An 'in vivo' analysis of the sociobiology controversy". Biology & Philosophy. 1 (1): 53–87. doi:10.1007/bf00127089. ISSN 0169-3867. S2CID 170270819.
- ^ "Ullica Segerstrale". IIT Lewis College of Human Sciences. Illinois Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Ullica Segerstråle publications indexed by Google Scholar
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