Bennett McIntosh

Biography

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Biography

I am a historian of science and technology, interested broadly in the politics and practices of scientific data sharing in the 21st century. I am writing a dissertation on genomic data and data infrastructures in the social sciences in the U.S. and Europe after the Human Genome Project.

Education

M.A., UW–Madison (2022)

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017)

A.B., Princeton University (2016)

Field

• History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

MA Title

• “Abstraction, Data-Centric Biology, and Social Science after the Genome”

Working Dissertation Title

• “Genetic Associations: A Data-Centric History of the Social Genome, 1990–present“

Selected Awards

• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, 2025

Courses Taught as TA

• Hist Sci 133: Biology and Society (Spring 2024)
• Hist Sci 150: The Digital Age (Fall 2021, Fall 2024)
• Hist Sci 202: The Making of Modern Science (Spring 2022)

Courses Taught as Instructor

• Hist Sci 132: Bees, Trees, Germs, and Genes: A History of Biology (Summer 2024)