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Caley Horan is an associate professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in the twentieth-century United States. Horan's research focuses on the social life of economic ideas, particularly in the context of business history, capitalism, and the cultural trends of post-1945 America. Her notable work, 'Insurance Era: Risk, Governance, Privatization, and Security in Postwar America,' published by the University of Chicago Press in 2021, received the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business History. This book analyzes the impact of the insurance industry on the shaping of social, political, and economic life in the United States during the latter half of the twentieth century. Currently, Horan is engaged in a new research project that examines the history of astrology as an aspect of uncertainty in modern America. She teaches various courses related to modern history, including 'American History since 1865,' 'Sexual and Gender Identities in Modern United States,' 'Nuclear Age,' and 'American Consumer Culture,' the latter co-taught with Professor Jason Jackson. Furthermore, she collaborates with STS professor William Derringer on a graduate-level course titled 'Risk, Fortune, Futurity.'
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Teaching and research in the field of history with a focus on the United States.