Matthew Wisnioski

Matthew Wisnioski is a Professor at Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, where he serves as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society. His research examines the intersection of technological expertise, cultural imagination, and educational reform in postwar America.

• PhD in History from Princeton University
• Affiliated appointments in History and Engineering Education
• Author of two major monographs: Every American an Innovator and Engineers for Change
• Recipient of Virginia Tech's Outstanding Mentor Award

His scholarly work focuses on:

• Historical construction of innovation as cultural ideology
• Engineering education reform through ethical curricular redesign
• Science-Engineering-Art-Design (SEAD) collaborations
• Cold War technoscientific cultures
• Countercultural influences on mainstream science

Public scholarship appears in The Atlantic, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Washington Post. Current projects include a book on The Magic School Bus and engineering education's cultural transformations.