• Holds the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Chair of American History at the University of Washington
• Author of "The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America" (2019)
• Author of "Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century" (2015)
• Author of "Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley" (2005)
• Received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and BA from Northwestern University
• Served as a policy analyst on the staff of Vice President Al Gore (1994-1996)
• Served as Special Assistant, Policy at The White House (1995-1997)

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