Science & Technology Studies has the capacity to forge new thinking and new collaborations at the intersection of the sciences and society.

As a multidisciplinary field with a signature capacity to rethink the relationship among science, technology, and political and social life, Science and Technology Studies is particularly well placed to address the critical problems of the 21st century. From global climate change to the reanimation of race through genomics, from political movements galvanized through new media, to efforts to improve access to medicines for the world’s poor, the pressing problems of our time are simultaneously scientific and social, technological and political, ethical and economic.

Given the complex nature of our world, entrenched disciplinary divides have become increasingly untenable as the basis for research, and for the training of scholars and social actors. Science and Technology Studies is drawing the interest of ever-increasing numbers of students and faculty because of its unique ability to help us understand the complexity of contemporary and historical problems, and because it can help us craft intellectual projects and modes of engagement that reflect this complexity more fully. Several generations of innovative work in the philosophy, history, rhetoric, and social studies of science and technology have generated influential languages, platforms, and methods for understanding the interplay between science, technology, and social-political formations – domains that are too often treated separately. This virtue is being recognized and reflected in the growing interest in the field: Science and Technology Studies is one of the fastest growing areas in the social sciences and humanities, nationwide and internationally.

Disciplinary lines and research landscapes are starting to shift in directions anticipated by Science and Technology Studies. National directives now encourage the participation of social scientists in engineering research; medical schools increasingly require applicants to train in the humanities; and emerging fields such as ‘green chemistry’ demand heterodox approaches to thinking about environmental and social parameters, the properties of chemical substances, and shifting industrial horizons. Meanwhile, cutting-edge work in the humanities and social sciences has made science and technology central to the humanistic project, examining for example, the past and future of the book, historical and contemporary foundations of race and racial identity, or ethical debates over biomedicine and the boundaries of the body. Indeed, the humanities and social sciences are recognized as key fields from which crucial questions about science and technology emerge, helping us understand when and why particular research programs become dominant, attending to the effects and implications of new technologies and knowledges, and placing ethical and social inquiries at the center of scientific enterprises. Science and Technology Studies organizes and galvanizes precisely these kinds inquiries and approaches.

STSC-affiliated Faculty

	Samuel A. Weiss Evans	Associate Director for Research Visiting Professor, History
	David Bates	Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric
	Kim TallBear	Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
	Clair Brown	Professor, Department of Economics Chair, Center for Work, Technology and Society, Institute of Industrial Relations
	Jenna Burrell	Assistant Professor, iSchool
	Ruzena Bajcsy	Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Director Emeritus, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
	Charles Briggs	Alan Dundes Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology
	Lawrence Cohen	Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
	Abena Osseo-Asare	Assistant Professor, Department of History
	Cathryn Carson	Associate Dean, Social Sciences Division Associate Professor, Department of History Acting Director, Social Sciences Data Laboratory (D-Lab)
	James Casey	Professor, Mechanical Engineering
	Mel Chen	Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies
	Urs Cipolat	Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies Field Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine
	Adele Clarke	Professor of Sociology & Adjunct Professor of History of Health Sciences, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of California, San Francisco
	Marianne Constable	Professor, Department of Rhetoric
	Brian Dolan	Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine Director, Graduate Programs in History of Health Sciences Director, UC Medical Humanities Consortium University of California, San Francisco
	Frederick Dolan	Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric
	Vincanne Adams	Professor, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	John Douglass	Senior Research Fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education
	Daniel Farber	Sato Sho Professor of Law, Boalt School of Law Faculty Co-Director, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment
	Louise Fortmann	Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management Rudy Grah Chair in Forestry and Sustainable Development, Chair, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
	Marion Fourcade	Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
	Evelyn Nakano Glenn	Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies Professor, Department of Gender and Women's Studies Director, Center for Race and Gender
	Kenneth Goldberg	Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
	Deborah Gordon	Research Specialist, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	Bronwyn Hall	Professor, Department of Economics
	Jodi Halpern	Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, School of Public Health Joint Medical Program,
	Gillian Hart	Professor and Chair, Undergraduate Major in Development Studies
	John Harte	Professor, Energy and Resources Group
	David Hollinger	Professor, Department of History
	Ernest Hook	Professor, School of Public Health
	Sally Smith Hughes	Retired Academic Specialist, Regional Oral History Office
	Jennifer Johnson-Hanks	Associate Professor, Departments of Demography and Sociology
	Donna V. Jones	Associate Professor, Department of English
	Daniel M. Kammen	Professor, Energy and Resources Group Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
	William Kastenberg	Professor Emeritus, Department of Nuclear Engineering
	Sharon Kaufman	Chair, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	Ann Keller	Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
	Jake Kosek	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
	Todd R. La Porte	Professor, Department of Political Science
	John Lie	C.K. Cho Professor, Department of Sociology
	Kristin Luker	Professor, Boalt School of Law Professor, Department of Sociology
	Stephen Maurer	Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy Director, Information Technology and Homeland Security Project
	Maryanne McCormick	Associate Director of Policy and Outreach, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Executive Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies
	Laura McCreery	Program Director, Regional Oral History Office
	Carolyn Merchant	Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
	Hélène Mialet	Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric
	Deirdre K. Mulligan	Assistant Professor, School of Information
	Greg Niemeyer	Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice
	Richard Norgaard	Professor, Energy and Resources Group Professor, Agriculture and Resource Economics
	Aihwa Ong	Professor, Department of Anthropology , East & Southeast Asian Studies Blum Program in Developing Economies , Global Metropolitan Studies
	Nancy Lee Peluso	Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
	Michael Pollan	Knight Professor, Graduate School of Journalism
	Dorothy Porter	Professor, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	Paul Rabinow	Professor, Department of Anthropology
	Leigh Raiford	Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies
	Francesca Rochberg	Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies
	Nancy Scheper-Hughes	Professor, Department of Anthropology Director, Organs Watch
	Harry N. Scheiber	Professor, Boalt School of Law Director, Institute for Legal Research Director, Sho Sato Program in Japanese and U.S. Law
	Pamela Samuelson	Professor, iSchool Professor, Boalt School of Law Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
	Nathan Sayre	Associate Professor, Department of Geography
	AnnaLee Saxenian	Dean, iSchool Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
	Christine Rosen	Associate Professor, Haas School of Business Associate Director, Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
	Gene Rochlin	Emeritus Professor, Energy and Resources Group
	Nancy Van House	Professor, School of Information
	David J. Teece	Professor, Haas School of Business Director, Institute for Business Innovation Faculty Director, Institute for Business Innovation
	Justin Suran	Royer Fellow, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	Margaret Taylor	Assistant Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy Project Scientist, Sustainable Energy Systems Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
	Janet Shim	Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of California, San Francisco
	Suzanne Scotchmer	Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy Professor, Department of Economics
	Elizabeth Watkins	Professor, Anthropology, History and Social Medicine University of California, San Francisco
	Steven Weber	Professor, Department of Political Science Professor, School of Information
	Michael Wintroub	Professor, Department of Rhetoric
	Alexei Yurchak	Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
	Minoo Moallem	Professor, Department of Gender and Women's Studies
	John E. Lesch	Professor Emeritus, Department of History
	Beate Fricke	Assistant Professor, History of Art

Visiting Scholars and Visiting Students are a vital part of the life of the Center, providing a continual source of new ideas and integrating with our active community events. The Center hosts several visiting scholars and students each year and maintains a lively collaboration with centers abroad. Read more

Current STSC Visiting Scholars

	Tibisay Lugo	Venezuela
	James Quick
	Veronica Sanz Gonzalez
	Ozzie Zehner
	François Dedieu	Research Scientist, French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA), Paris, France Research Scientist, French Institute, "Research, Innovation, Society” (IFRIS), University Paris-Est
	Scott Roberts	Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health
	John-Arne Skolbekken	Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Health Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology
	Rebecca Skinner

The Designated Emphasis (DE) in Science and Technology Studies (STS) is a new program of training in the social studies of science, technology, and medicine for Berkeley PhD students from any home department. Students who are accepted into the program, and who complete its requirements, will be in a strong position to excel within STS-related fields. Read more

Current Graduate Students

	James Anderson	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, History
	Liz Carlisle	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, Geography
	Freyja Knapp	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, Environmental Science Policy & Management
	Michael Mendez	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, City and Regional Planning
	Javiera Barandiaran	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, Environmental Science Policy and Management
	Shannon Cram	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, Geography
	Patrick Baur	PhD Designated Emphasis in STS PhD Candidate, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
	Dana Greenfield	PhD Candidate, Medical Anthropology University of California, San Francisco
	Ryan Whitacre	PhD Candidate, Medical Anthropology University of California, San Francisco
	Matt Langione	Doctoral Candidate, Department of English
	Michael D’Arcy	Doctoral Candidate, Joint Program in Medical Anthropology UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco University of California, San Francisco
	Eduardo A. Escobar	Doctoral Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies
	Greta Marchesi	Doctoral Candidate, Geography
	Victoria Massi	Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology
	Heather Mellquist	Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology

The STS* Working Group is a group of scholars brought together by shared interest in STS practices and approaches. Our research interests cover topics in environment, technology, development, food, agriculture, and health. The working group meets periodically to share and discuss works in progress and review key and novel papers in the field. Members are encouraged to make as many meetings as possible, as the intent of the group is to develop a community of scholars with shared knowledge.

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* Science, Technology, & Society or Science & Technology Studies. . . take your pick!