Thanks to all for important contributions to our deliberations about the place of history in contemporary policy development.

Julie Cohn, Ph.D.

Non-Resident Scholar, Center for Energy Studies
Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, and
Research Historian, Center for Public History
University of Houston

https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/julie-cohn
email: cohnconnor@gmail.com
cell: 713.516.0849

Author: The Grid: Biography of an American Technology (MIT Press, 2017)
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/grid


On May 6, 2025, at 12:55 PM, James Cortada via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org> wrote:

Thanks Jonathan for sharing our ideas.  Serious stuff we are all dealing with.  Jim

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> wrote:
Jim,
 A belated thanks to you and Patryk Babirack for your Chronicle piece on the ROI of a college education -- Arthur Daemmrich and I cited it in our recent piece:  
        The Road Not (Yet) Taken.  Historians As Policy Professionals,” AHA Perspectives May 2025, 18-20 https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/the-road-not-yet-taken/

 

Stay sane, 

Jonathan

Jonathan Coopersmith
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4236
979.739.4708 (cell)

with Arthur Daemmrich, “The Road Not (Yet) Taken.  Historians As Policy Professionals,” AHA Perspectives May 2025, 18-20.

"'What Were We Thinking?' Space Commercialization, 1960-1990,"  in Brian C. Odom, ed., The Rise of the Commercial Space Industry. Early Space Age to Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). 








---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu>
Date: Sun, May 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Subject: article of interest
To: Michael Geselowitz <m.geselowitz@ieee.org>


Or at least I hope it's of interest to you.

Jonathan Coopersmith and Arthur Daemmrich, “The Road Not (Yet) Taken.  Historians As Policy Professionals,” AHA Perspectives May 2025, 18-20 https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/the-road-not-yet-taken/

Stay sane, 

Jonathan

Jonathan Coopersmith
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4236
979.739.4708 (cell)

with Arthur Daemmrich, “The Road Not (Yet) Taken.  Historians As Policy Professionals,” AHA Perspectives May 2025, 18-20.

"'What Were We Thinking?' Space Commercialization, 1960-1990,"  in Brian C. Odom, ed., The Rise of the Commercial Space Industry. Early Space Age to Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). 








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James W. Cortada
Senior Research Fellow
Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
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