User:KevinBaker

From Videri
Revision as of 18:22, 5 July 2012 by WikiSysop (Talk | contribs) (Created page with " '''Kevin Baker''' is a PhD student in the History and Science and a Mellon Science Studies Cluster Fellow at Northwestern. His work focuses on the role that science and technol...")

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search


Kevin Baker is a PhD student in the History and Science and a Mellon Science Studies Cluster Fellow at Northwestern. His work focuses on the role that science and technology have played in shaping modern political and economic thought. His current project examines the impact of computer simulation models on the formulation of international development policies in the 1960s and 1970s.

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Kevin holds a BA in History and Political Science as well as a MA in History from Georgia State University. His Master's thesis, Red Helmsman: Cybernetics, Economics, and Philosophy in the German Democratic Republic, explores the development and influence of a Marxian variant of cybernetics in Ulbricht-era East Germany.