Dr. Ronald Kline

Professor

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Biography

Professor Ronald R. Kline is affiliated with the Department of History at Cornell University. His prominent research areas include the history of cybernetics, digitalization, and engineering ethics. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on the intersections of history, engineering, and industrial research, as well as the impact of technology on rural life and information science. Kline has published several books, including 'Steinmetz: Engineer Socialist' (1992), 'Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America' (2000), and 'The Cybernetics Moment: Or Why We Should Call It the Information Age' (2015), all contributing significantly to the field of history of technology. He has held editorial positions with various academic journals and was past president of the Society for the History of Technology and the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. In 2020, Kline retired, having founded and directed the Bovay Program in History and Engineering Ethics at the College of Engineering, where he taught on the historical aspects of science and technology, as well as about information technology.

Research Interests

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture