We are heartbroken to share that Andrew Lakoff, Director of the Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life, passed away on July 7 after a brief illness.
Andy founded STPL in 2020 and was in every sense the central figure defining its identity, role, and agenda as a platform for interdisciplinary inquiry. His remarkable intellect and fundamental decency were apparent to everyone who came into contact with him as a colleague, student, or friend. The Departments of Anthropology and Sociology, where Andy held joint faculty appointments, join us in mourning his loss, as does USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, for which he previously served as Divisional Dean for Social Sciences.
An event in his memory will take place on campus at USC during the next academic year.
The Advisory Committee of STPL will endeavor to ensure that the Center’s work continues, guided by Andy’s expansive vision of intellectual community and animated by his searching curiosity about the world. For now, we remember a life well lived.
Mike Ananny, Juan De Lara, Christina Dunbar-Hester, Peter Ekman, Jennifer Petersen, and Peter Redfield
