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Jessica Riskin is the Frances Charles Field Professor in the History Department at Stanford University, with prior teaching positions at MIT, Iowa State University, and Sciences Po in Paris. She received her B.A. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Her research focuses on early modern science, political culture, and the history of scientific explanation. Riskin is the author of 'Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment' (2002) and 'The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Debate over Whether Living Things are Machines' (2016), among other works. She has received several accolades for her contributions to history, including the Patrick Suppes Prize from the American Philosophical Society in 2021. Riskin has been actively involved in editorial boards and organizational committees related to history and science, reflecting her commitment to the interdisciplinary study and dissemination of historical knowledge.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Holding the endowed professorship in the History Department.
France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies • Stanford, California
Leading interdisciplinary research and collaboration between France and Stanford.
History Department, Stanford University • Stanford, California
Oversaw departmental affairs and academic programs.
History Department, Stanford University • Stanford, California
Conducting research and teaching within the history department.
History Department, Stanford University • Stanford, California
Facilitating advanced research and graduate teaching.
History Department, Stanford University • Stanford, California
Engaged in undergraduate teaching and curriculum development.
Iowa State University • Ames, Iowa
Taught courses in history and contributed to academic committees.
Dibner Institute for the History of Science • Cambridge, Massachusetts
Conducted independent research in the history of science.
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