- Ruth Oldenziel received her PhD from Yale University in American History in 1992 after graduate training in at Smith College, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Amsterdam.

- She has been a fellow at Hagley Museum and Library in Delaware and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Since 1992 she has been appointed Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam en has been a Senior Fellow at the Lemelson Center in Washington D.C. and Social Research Insitute in Amsterdam. Her publications include books and articles in the area of American, gender and technology studies: Boys and their Toys in America (1997); 'Schoon Genoeg' (1998); Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945 (1999); Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges (2000); The History of Technology and Gender Reader (2003 forthcoming)

- In addition to her scholarly work, she has been a regular commentator on American issues for Dutch radio, tv and newspapers. 

Education

PhD Yale University, American History (1992)
MPhil Yale University, History (1988)
MA University of Amsterdam, European History and Social Theory (1985)
MA University of Massachusetts at Amherst, American History (1984)
Diploma Smith College, Northampton, MA, American Studies (1982)
BA University of Amsterdam, European History and Social Theory (1982)
Amsterdam Theater Academy, Stage Directing (1978/79)

Fellowships

Senior Fellow, Lemelson
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1996
International Fellow, Society of the History of Technology, 1994-1996
Fellowship, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1990
Fellowship, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE, 1989
Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1985-1987