Sara B. Pritchard

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Professor Sara Pritchard is a writer, historian, and professor specializing in the history of science and technology and environmental history. She was a 2015 Public Voices Fellow at the Op-Ed Project when she wrote an op-ed on gender bias in teaching evaluations for "The Conversation" that went viral. Sara's current research critically examines the history, science, and ethics of adverse artificial light at night (light pollution). Her book, _Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution_, will be published by the University of Washington Press on August 3, 2026. Her research has been supported by grants from the US National Science Foundation, as well as Cornell’s Society for the Humanities, Center for the Social Sciences, and Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Professor, Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
  • 2013–2024
    Associate Professor, Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
  • 2007–2013
    Assistant Professor, Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
  • 2004–2007
    Assistant Professor, History, Montana State University - Bozeman
  • 2002–2003
    Postdoctoral Fellow, History, University of Pennsylvania
  • 2001–2002
    Postdoctoral Fellow, History and STS, MIT

Education

  • 2001 
    Stanford University, Ph.D.

Professional Memberships

  • AHA, ASEH, SHOT

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