Di Universitas Negara Bagian Pennsylvania, dia dan istrinya, Londa Schiebinger, wakil direksi Sains, Medis, dan Teknologi di Program Budaya Program untuk sembilan tahun. Pada sebuah pertemuan di Harvard, mereka mendapatkan gelar master dan gelar doktor pada tahun 1977 dan 1984.[3]
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↑Cohen, Patricia (2003-06-14). "History for Hire in Industry Lawsuits". New York Times. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2012-04-11. Diakses tanggal 2007-08-12. 'The historical profession has really not been prepared for this,' said Robert N. Proctor, a professor of the history of science at the University of Pennsylvania, who in 1999 became the first historian to testify against the tobacco industry. 'We don't have disclosure rules for publications, we haven't had discussions about the ethics of whether to testify or not to testify.'
