William Krause

PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University

US History since 1865, cultural/intellectual history, History of Science and Technology, Business History, US History since 1865; the New Deal; history of capitalism; antimonopoly; politics of consumption

I am a PhD Candidate at Vanderbilt University. My dissertation is titled "Scientific Genius: A Cultural and Intellectual History of the Idea in Modern America, 1880-1990." It examines the flexible uses of "genius" throughout American thought and culture.

Recent Conference Participation

2026 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Stimulating Minds: Industrial Engineers and the Organization of Creativity at Home and Work, 1918-1939"
2024 BHC Meeting: Presenter, "Wisdom in the Workplace: The National Training Laboratories, Sensitivity Training, and a Mass Public in the Early Cold War"