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Peter Norton is a historian interested in technology, engineers and society. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Delaware; his Ph.D. is from the University of Virginia. He is an assistant professor in STS, where he has taught since 1998. In 2005 Norton was awarded the Trigon Engineering Society's Hutchinson Award "for dedication and excellence in teaching," awarded annually to one SEAS professor. Also in 2005 he was voted "most engaging lecturer" in SEAS by the Engineering Student Council. His forthcoming book is called "Fighting Traffic; The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City," for which he has a conditional contract offer from MIT Press. He has an article under review at Technology and Culture on the invention of jaywalking as a means of redefining city streets.
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