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BENJAMIN WANG Department of Science and Technology Studies Cornell University 311 Rockefeller Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 benjamin.wang@cornell.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University (expected 2011). Dissertation title:Contaminated Landscapes: Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War in Sudan. Committee Chair: Sara Pritchard. Committee Members: Ronald Kline, Margaret Rossiter, Kathleen Vogel. M.A., Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University (2009). B.A., History, University of California, San Diego (2006). B.A., Philosophy, University of California, San Diego (2006). Minor, Law and Society Program, University of California, San Diego (2006). Minor, Teacher Education Program, University of California, San Diego (2006). FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS Scott Travel Grant, Peace Studies Program, Cornell University (Fall 2009). Travel Grant, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University (Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Spring 2008). Conference Travel Grant, Graduate School, Cornell University (Fall 2009, Fall 2008). Society for the History of Technology/National Science Foundation Travel Grant (Fall 2008). Graduate Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University (Fall 2006-Spring 2011). Undergraduate Scholarship Grant, University of California, San Diego (Spring 2006). HONORS Third Place, Janus Essay Program (2009). B.A., History with High Distinction (2006). Rappaport Prize, Department of History, University of California, San Diego (2006). F. Thomas Bond Outstanding Academic and Leadership Award, University of California, San Diego (2006). Most Outstanding Tutor, Revelle College Humanities Writing Program, University of California, San Diego (2005). Outstanding Academic and Athletic Achievement, Athletics Department, University of California, San Diego (2005). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University. STS 1123 Technology and Society: The American Atomic Age (Spring 2009, Spring 2008). Teaching Assistant, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University. STS 3011 Life Sciences and Society (Fall 2009). STS 2051 Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine (Fall 2008, Fall 2007). STS 1451 Body, Mind, and Health (Summer 2009, Summer 2008). BENJAMIN WANG Teaching Assistant, Teacher Education Program, University of California, San Diego. TEP 118 Adolescent Development and Education (Winter 2006). Tutor, Revelle College Humanities Writing Program, UC San Diego. HUM 1 Foundations of Western Civilization (Spring 2006 – Winter 2004). 2 CONFERENCE PAPERS “Contaminated Landscapes: The Problem of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War,” Pastoral Livelihoods, Markets and Mobility: Emerging Orders in Sudan, University of Khartoum, Sudan (October 2009). “Contaminated Landscapes: Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War in Sudan,” Science Studies Reading Group, Cornell University (September 2009). “Literally Above Politics? NASA, the Deep Space Network, the Congressional Black Caucus, and Apartheid South Africa,” Cornell/MIT/RPI Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge, MA (February 2009). “Literally Above Politics? NASA, the Deep Space Network, the Congressional Black Caucus, and Apartheid South Africa,” History of Science Society (November 2008). “Literally Above Politics? NASA, the Deep Space Network, the Congressional Black Caucus, and Apartheid South Africa,” Society for the History of Technology (October 2008). “Literally Above Politics? NASA, the Deep Space Network, the Congressional Black Caucus, and Apartheid South Africa,” Science Studies Reading Group, Cornell University (September 2008). “Discords of the Pesticide Discourse: DDT, Silent Spring, and Public Policy,” Cornell/MIT/RPI Graduate Student Conference, Troy, NY (February 2007). ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Manuscript Assistant, Departments of Science and Technology Studies and Sociology, Cornell University. Compiled index for Professors Trevor Pinch and Richard Swedberg’s manuscript, Living in a Material World MIT Press: 2009 (July – August 2008). Research Assistant, Department of History, Cornell University. Assisted Professor TJ Hinrichs with primary source research (February – August 2007). Research Assistant, Department of History, University of California, San Diego. Assisted Professor Naomi Oreskes with primary source research; organized and compiled research information for publication (May 2005 – June 2006). Intern, Research Ethics Program, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Assisted in researching NIH funded ethics projects; collaborated in ethics discussions and attended large-scale ethics conferences (May 2004 – May 2005).