Kathryn Mary Olesko (born 1951) is an American

historian of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopo ...

. She is an associate professor at

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, where she is affiliated with the Science, Technology and International Affairs program in the School of Foreign Service, the Department of History, and the Department of German. Her research interests include the history of science in Germany and the history of science teaching.

Education and career

Olesko graduated from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 1973, and returned to Cornell for a Ph.D. in history in 1980. She became an assistant professor at

Clarkson University Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York, and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region and Beacon, New York. It was founded in 1896 and has an enr ...

in 1980, and moved to Georgetown University in 1981. She was editor-in-chief of the history of science journal ''

Osiris Osiris (, from Egyptian ''wsjr'', cop, ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ , ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓, romanized: ʾsr) is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was ...

'' from 2002 to 2008.

Books

Olesko is the author of the book ''Physics as a Calling: Discipline and Practice in the Königsberg Seminar for Physics'' (Cornell University Press, 1991). Her edited volumes include ''Science in Germany: The Interaction of Institutional and Intellectual Issues'' (1990).

Recognition

Olesko was named a Fellow of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...

(AAAS) in 1998, "for contributions to scholarship and teaching in the history of science and for leadership in AAAS and the History of Science Society". She chaired the AAAS Section on the History and Philosophy of Science for the 1996–1997 term. She was named a

Fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society honors members with the designation ''Fellow'' for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation. * List of American Physic ...

(APS) in 2016, after a nomination by the APS Forum on the History of Physics, "for foundational contributions to the history of physics pedagogy and prolific editorial work in service of the history of science".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olesko, Kathryn 1951 births Living people American historians of science American women historians Cornell University alumni Clarkson University faculty Walsh School of Foreign Service faculty Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Physical Society 21st-century American women