She retired in 2018 and since then has been Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley.

In 1979, she became Assistant Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics, at the University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor in 1980, and Full Professor in 1986. In 1984, she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Umeå in Umeå, Sweden, where she taught in the Department of History of Ideas. She has been a member of the American Society for Environmental History since 1980 and has held positions such as vice-president and president in addition to serving as associate Editor of the Environmental Review and as a member of the Rachel Carson Prize Committee for best dissertation. She was chair of the Committee on Women of Science from 1973–1974 and co-chair from 1992–1994.

From 1971–1972, she was co-president of the West Coast History of Science Society. Merchant has been a member of the History of Science Society since 1962. She was a visiting professor at Oregon State University in the History of Science Department and General Science Department in 1969. She was a lecturer in the History of Science, Department of Physics and Natural Sciences Interdisciplinary Program at the University of San Francisco from 1969 to 1974, assistant professor from 1974–76, and associate professor from 1976–78. In 1963, Merchant, along with 13 other women out of a pool of 114 applicants, was awarded a three-year grant to fund field non-specific graduate research. Fred Fellowship, to demonstrate that women could make significant contributions to professional fields. There, she was one of the first to be awarded the E. She then went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison to earn an M.A. in Chemistry from Vassar College in 1958. In 1954, as a high school senior, Merchant was among the Top Ten Finalists for the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at UC Berkeley. Her works are important in the development of environmental history and the history of science. Ecofeminist philosopher, historian of science, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at UC BerkeleyĬarolyn Merchant (born Jin Rochester, New York) is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory (and book of the same title) on The Death of Nature, whereby she identifies the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century as the period when science began to atomize, objectify, and dissect nature, foretelling its eventual conception as composed of inert atomic particles.

The death of nature by carolyn merchant