Zuoyue Wang
Professor, History, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Education and Experiences
Education:
PhD, in History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1994
MS, in History of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1985
BS, in Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China 1982
Experiences:
Cal Poly Pomona History Department, Assistant Professor, 1999-2004; Associate Professor, 2004-2008; Professor, 2008-
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, summers of 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010-2011, 2013-2018; Visiting Professor, the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, summers of 2004, 2009-2011, 2013-2018; Visiting Professor, the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, summers of 2013, 2016-; Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Fall 2019.
Harvey Mudd College, Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2008-2009
UC Berkeley History Department, Visiting Lecturer, 1999
UC Santa Barbara History Department, Visiting Lecturer, 1994-98
UC Santa Barbara Special Collections/California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Manuscript Processor, 1993-1998
Chinese Academy of Sciences Graduate School, Instructor, 1985-1986
Professional Services:
Member, Coordinating Committee of the Forum for the History of Science in America, History of Science Society, 1999-2002
《中国科技史杂志》编委 (Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology editorial board member), 2005-
Isis editorial board member, 2006-2008.
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences Associate Editor, 2007-
Member of Zhu Kezhen Award Committee, International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine (ISHEASTM), 2007
Member, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) Archives and History Office Program Review Committee, 2007
中国国家自然科学基金会、中国科学院《科技政策译丛》学术指导委员会委员 (member, Academic Advisory Committee on a Book Series of Translations in Science and Technology Policy Sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences), 2008.
History of Science Society Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize Committee, 2008-2010 (chair for 2010).
Vice President of the Pacific Circle, a scientific commission of the Division of the History of Science and Technology of the International Union for the History and Philosophy of Science, 2009-.
《自然科学史研究》编委 ([Chinese] Studies in the History of Natural Sciences editorial board member), 2009-
《自然辩证法通讯》编委 ([Chinese] Journal of Dialectics of Nature editorial board member), 2010-
《科学文化评论》编委 (Science and Culture Review editorial board member), 2011-
Member, History of Science Society Council, 2012-2014
Price/Webster Prize Committee, History of Science Society, 2013-2015 (chair for 2015)
The British Journal for the History of Science Editorial Board Member, 2015-
Endeavour editorial board member, 2016-
Committee on Membership and Governance, History of Science Society, 2016-2020 (chair for 2020)
中国科学技术出版社（暨科学普及出版社）“科技/科普专家”(“Science and science popularization specialist” of the China Science and Technology Press, Beijing), 2017-2019.
Chinese Annals of the History of Science and Technology editorial board member, 2017-
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Section L (History and Philosophy of Science) Electorate Nominating Committee (2018-2021).
East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS) advisory board member, 2019-
Selected Professional Honors:
2003 Price/Webster Prize, History of Science Society. Co-recipient with Peter Neushul.
Hixon-Riggs Visiting Professor in Science, Technology, and Society, Harvey Mudd College, 2008-2009
Lyne Starling Trimble Public Lecture of the American Institute of Physics on March 23, 2016; associated video
Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2010-2014 for project “Chinese/American Scientists: Transnational Science during the Cold War and Beyond”
Elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019
Selected Cal Poly Pomona Services
Member, Weglyn Endowed Chair Advisory Committee on Multicultural Studies, 2018-
Member, Asian American Transnational Research Institute (AATRI), 2016-
Member, Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program Advisory Board, 2009-
Member, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences RTP Committee, 2011-2012
Member, Faculty Learning Community on “What Is a Learning-Centered University?” 2004-2007
Member, Provost’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women in STEM Disciplines, 2007-2008
Member, WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) Educational Effectiveness Subcommittee, 2006-2008
President, Asian Pacific Faculty, Staff, and Student Association (APFSSA), 2007-2008