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Alan Meyer

Assistant Professor

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Alan D. Meyer, Assistant Professor of History, teaches history of technology and aviation history. He received his PhD in American History and History of Technology through the University of Delaware's Hagley Program.

Prior to joining the faculty at Auburn, Dr. Meyer worked in Washington, D.C., as a civilian historian for the U.S. Air Force and taught history of technology courses at George Mason University. His dissertation, "Why Fly? A Social and Cultural History of Postwar Private Aviation," explores the intersections between technology, skill, and identity. As a graduate student, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to conduct research at the National Air and Space Museum, a predoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, and the Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship from the Society for the History of Technology.

  • PhD, University of Delaware

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Last updated November 22, 2009