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Margaret O’Mara

Professor, Department of History

COVID-19, Politics and elections, U.S. history

206-685-2928 / momara@uw.edu

Web / Twitter / Pronouns: she/her

Expertise: Tech history and tech regulation, American presidents and American politics, work and workers, past and future of cities

Author of the 2015 book “Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections that Shaped the Twentieth Century” and the 2019 book “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America“


MARGARET O’MARA'S RECENT MENTIONS IN THE NEWS

  • Is AI the new electricity? | KUOW
  • Intel’s woes echo broader tech challenges in Seattle and the Northwest | The Seattle Times
  • The problem with Elon Musk's techie dream of rebooting politics | POLITICO
  • Behind Microsoft’s layoffs: A new attitude shaped by AI | The Seattle Times
  • What if Mark Zuckerberg had not bought Instagram and WhatsApp? | The New York Times

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  • Professor Margaret O’Mara on contextualizing Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase and the future of online speech
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  • Professor Margaret O’Mara on history around election concessions nationally and in Washington
  • By the numbers: UW in the media in 2019
  • National attention, praise for new Silicon Valley history 'The Code' by UW historian Margaret O'Mara

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  • By the numbers: UW in the media in 2019
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