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
Ullica 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
A 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
- 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
External links
- Faculty page
- Ullica Segerstråle publications indexed by Google Scholar