Postdoctoral Fellowship: Jennifer Lieberman: "Power Lines: the Electrical Network in American Life, 1882-1950"

博士后奖学金：Jennifer Lieberman：“电力线：美国生活中的电力网络，1882-1950”

• 批准号: 1057630
• 负责人: Ronald Kline
• 金额: $ 12万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1057630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; Jennifer; Lieberman; Power

IntroductionThis post-doctoral fellowship is to support research and training to enable the postdoctoral fellow to expand her line of dissertation research and eventually to transform her dissertation into a book manuscript. The book is tentatively titled Power Lines: the Electrical Network in American Life, 1882-1950. It will help the fellow to optimize her deep interest in interdisciplinary inquiry by engaging in research and training under the direction of a mentor (the PI), who is an expert in the history of electrification, engineering, and users of technology.Intellectual MeritThe fellow's research explores how electrical workers created and debated the social meanings of the electrical network between 1882 and 1950. By tracing descriptions of networks across an array of technical literatures, this study will investigate how understandings of the network changed as power distribution systems evolved from central-power stations into expanding regional networks. After researching how industry leaders promoted, challenged, and institutionalized electrical networks, this project will question how racial dynamics complicated regional and national conceptions of electrical systems. This component of the project will involve archival research about the early years of the electrical engineering programs at Tuskegee University and Howard University, as well as further inquiry into the role that rural electrification played in the daily lives of African Americans.Potential Broader ImpactsThe results of this research will be disseminated broadly to enhance the study of science and technology in society. The skills and research fostered by this project will not terminate with the completion of the book manuscript; rather, they will help the postdoctoral fellow to become a more effective teacher, mentor, and researcher, who will continue to contribute to the field of Science and Technology Studies for the rest of her career.

这个博士后奖学金是为了支持研究和培训，使博士后研究员能够扩大她的论文研究范围，并最终将她的论文转化为一本书的手稿。这本书暂定名为《电力线：1882-1950年间美国生活中的电气网络》。这将帮助这位研究员在一位导师(PI)的指导下从事研究和培训，从而激发她对跨学科调查的浓厚兴趣。这位导师是电气化、工程学和技术用户史上的专家。智力价值该研究员的研究探索了1882年至1950年间电气工人如何创造和辩论电力网络的社会意义。通过在一系列技术文献中跟踪对网络的描述，本研究将调查随着配电系统从中央发电站演变为扩展的区域网络，对网络的理解是如何变化的。在研究了行业领导者如何促进、挑战和制度化电力网络之后，这个项目将质疑种族动态如何使地区和国家的电力系统概念复杂化。该项目的这一部分将涉及塔斯基吉大学和霍华德大学电气工程项目早期的档案研究，以及进一步探讨农村电气化在非洲裔美国人日常生活中所起的作用。潜在的更广泛的影响这项研究的结果将被广泛传播，以加强社会对科学和技术的研究。这个项目培养的技能和研究不会随着本书手稿的完成而终止；相反，它们将帮助博士后研究员成为一名更有效的教师、导师和研究人员，她将在剩余的职业生涯中继续为科学和技术研究领域做出贡献。