Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

(Section L -Nominating Committee, 1981-1983; Chair cycle, 1985-87;
Fellow, 1989; Nominating Committee, 1996-1998;
Consortium for International Programs, 1992-1999,
Executive Committee, 1997-1999;
Board of Directors, 1998-2002;
Chair, Advisory Committee on the Dialogue of Science, Ethics, and Religion Division, 2002-2005; Council, 2003-2006

American Historical Association

(Professional Committee, l974-l976;
representative, U.S. National Archives Advisory Council, 1974-1976)

British Society for the History of Science

Forum on the History of Science in America

(Coordinating Committee, l980-l988; Chair, l985, l986; Steering Committee, 2002-2004)

History of Science Society

(Secretary, 1978-1981; Council, 1982-1984, 1989-1991, and 1994-1995;
Committee on Publications, 1982-1987; chair, Nominating Committee, 1985;
Visiting Lecturer, 1988-1989; chair, Education Committee, 1989;
Vice-President, 1990 and 1991 and President, 1992 and 1993;
Finance Committee, 1994-1997; Fund Raising Committee, 1999-2000)

International Congress for the History of Science

(U. S. delegation, 1977, 1981, Vice-chair, 1985)

Organization of American Historians

(Committee on the Status of Women, Chair, 1983-1985: Endowment Fund Raising Subcommittee, 1990-1991)

Society for the History of the Earth Sciences

Major Conference Planning

Steering and Program Committee,
"Writing The Past, Claiming The Future: Women And Gender In Science, Medicine, And Technology," October 12-15, 2000, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri

Conference Co-Chair, with Helen Longino and Nina Lerman,
"The Women, Gender and Science Question: What do research on the history of women and science, and research on science and gender have to do with each other?" May 1995, University of Minnesota