Bennett McIntosh

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)