Dorothy Ross (historian)
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August 13, 1936
Columbia University (MA 1959; PhD 1965)
Dorothy Ross | |
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| Born | Dorothy Rabin August 13, 1936 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 2024 (aged 87) |
| Spouse | |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Smith College (BA 1958) Columbia University (MA 1959; PhD 1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Hofstadter |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | History of social science |
| Institutions | Princeton University (1972–1978) University of Virginia (1978–1990) Johns Hopkins University (1990–2007) |
| Notable students | |
Dorothy Ross (August 13, 1936 – May 22, 2024) was an American historian of social science. She was Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Her books include G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet (1972) and The Origins of American Social Science (1991).
Ross was born Dorothy Rabin[1] on August 13, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[2] She earned a BA from Smith College in 1958 and an MA and PhD from Columbia University in 1959 and 1965, respectively.[3] Her PhD advisor was Columbia historian Richard Hofstadter.[1]
In her final position before beginning her teaching career, 1971–1972, Ross served as a special assistant to a newly formed Committee on Women Historians of the American Historical Association intended to improve women's representation in the historical profession.[3][4]
Career
Ross taught at Princeton University (1972–1978) and at the University of Virginia (1978–1990) before moving Johns Hopkins University.[3] At Johns Hopkins, she chaired the department of history (1993–1996)[3] and became the named chair the Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History.[5] She retired emeritus in 2007.[1] Her notable students included François Furstenberg[3] and Pulitzer Prize winner W. Caleb McDaniel.[6]
Her books include G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet (1972) and The Origins of American Social Science (1991).[7] She edited the books Modernist Impulses in the Human Sciences, 1870–1930 (1994) and, with Theodore Porter, The Cambridge History of Science, Vol. 7: The Modern Social Sciences (2003).[4]
She was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Society of American Historians, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[3]
Personal life and death
Ross was married to Stanford G. Ross after graduating Smith College and they remained married for 62 years before he died in 2020.[1] Together they had two children and two grandchildren.[1][8] She died on May 22, 2024, at the age of 87, at her home in Washington, D.C.[1][3]
