Dissertation Research: Dixy Lee Ray: Marine Biologist and Public Scientist

这是一项科学技术研究论文改进资助。这项研究将考察迪克西·李·雷的科学生涯，他是一名海洋生物学家和海洋学家，从20世纪40年代末到1971年在华盛顿大学工作。赠款的资金将用于支持与旅行有关的费用。研究者对Ray生平的研究将涉及历史学家、社会学家和科学家感兴趣的三个相关领域：海洋学和海洋生物学的学科发展，冷战期间公共科学的创新努力，以及20世纪下半叶女性在科学领域的角色和地位的变化。雷是一项有趣的研究，因为她是美国生物海洋学的有力支持者，在那几十年里塑造了海洋学的学科构成。与此同时，她成为了科普教育的领导者，担任太平洋科学中心主任，并通过新颖的电视向儿童传播科学。雷在海洋学管理和科学普及方面的活动说明了海洋科学与公众努力教育社会有关自然世界的一致性。作为一名女性科学家，雷的经历与她作为海洋学家和公共科学家的工作交织在一起，影响了她的职业选择和公众形象。科学中的女性问题将为本文提供另一类分析。对雷的科学生涯进行批判性分析，有助于阐明其中一些重要问题。而且，通过借鉴科学史和科学社会学中三个不同领域的文献，本研究可能有助于进一步了解整个科学事业。此外，从事科学事业的妇女或对妇女职业发展广泛感兴趣的妇女可能会发现这项研究很有价值，因为它是一个妇女在一个逐渐向女性领导开放的职业中的经验的例子。

This is a Science and Technology Studies dissertation improvement grant. The research will examine the scientific career of Dixy Lee Ray, a marine biologist and oceanographer working at the University of Washington from the late 1940s through 1971. Funds from the grant will support expenses related to travel. The researcher's study of Ray's life will address three related areas of interest to historians, sociologists, and scientists: disciplinary developments within oceanography and marine biology, innovative efforts in public science during the Cold War, and the changing role and status of women in science during the latter half of the twentieth century. Ray is an interesting study because she was an effective proponent of biological oceanography in the United States and shaped the disciplinary make-up of oceanography during those decades. At the same time she became a leader in popular science education as director of the Pacific Science Center and through the novel use of television to communicate science to children. Ray's activity within the administration of oceanography and within science popularization illustrates the congruence of the marine sciences with public efforts to educate society about the natural world. As a female scientist Ray's experiences were interwoven in her work as an oceanographer and public scientist, affecting her career choices and her public persona. Issues of women in science will provide another category of analysis for this dissertation. A critical analysis of Ray's scientific career can help to illuminate some of these important issues. And, by drawing upon literatures from three distinct areas within the history and sociology of science, this study may help further knowledge of the scientific enterprise as a whole. In addition, women engaged in the scientific enterprise or those broadly interested in women's professional advancement may find this study of great value as an example of one woman's experience in a profession gradually opening to female leadership.