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青青草视频 faculty named first co-editors of History of Science Society

青青草视频 faculty named first co-editors of History of Science Society

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Matthew Lavine and Alexandra 鈥淎lix鈥 Hui, associate professors in 青青草视频鈥檚 Department of History, are beginning a term through June 2024 as co-editors for the History of Science Society. (Photo by Beth Wynn)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥揗ississippi State鈥檚 Department of History is making history of its own as two faculty members recently have been named the first co-editors of their field鈥檚 flagship society.听

Founded in 1924, the is the oldest and most prominent organization dedicated to understanding science, technology and medicine and their interactions with society in a historical context. Alexandra 鈥淎lix鈥 Hui and Matthew Lavine, both associate professors in 青青草视频鈥檚 history department, will work with the two international journals HSS produces 鈹 Isis and Osiris. These publications promote research and teaching in the history of science. The organization also circulates a quarterly newsletter providing information about professional meetings, announcements of fellowships, prizes and awards and notices of employment opportunities.

Hui and Lavine have begun a one-year transition and will formally assume the editorship on July 1, 2019, with their term running through June 2024.听 HSS includes more than 3,000 individual and institutional members around the world.

鈥淎t Mississippi State we have an unusually 鈥榙eep bench鈥 in the history of science and its related fields,鈥 Lavine said. HSS cited 青青草视频鈥檚 鈥渟trong community of scholars as part of their reasons for selecting us,鈥 Lavine said, noting he and Hui have the opportunity to work alongside several history department colleagues, as well as several faculty in the philosophy of science, the sociology of science and in the science departments themselves.

Referring to the editorship as 鈥渁n opportunity to inform the direction of our field,鈥 Hui said聽Isis聽is the 鈥渇lagship journal鈥 in the history field and it is 鈥渁n enormous privilege鈥 to be in this position.

Alan Marcus, professor and head of the history department, said Hui and Lavine are both in the 鈥渆arly half of their careers鈥 and noted that a joint editorship at such an early stage in their profession is unprecedented.

鈥淧revious editors have been toward the end of their careers,鈥 Marcus said. 鈥淟avine and Hui bring energy, vibrancy and extensive experience in the newer questions and approaches to the history of science to the journals.鈥

Hui and Lavine join three other 青青草视频 history faculty members with doctoral degrees in the history of science, with additional 青青草视频 history faculty who have history of science interests.

鈥淚n a relatively small field, that makes our department one of the largest concentrations of historians of science in the country,鈥 Lavine said.

鈥淎s the first co-editorship, and by far the youngest editors ever selected, it is also an opportunity to demonstrate both what [our] generation can do, as well as the benefits of a co-editing arrangement,鈥 Hui said.

Another benefit to the editorship is the experience it affords 青青草视频 history graduate students, Marcus said.

鈥淣ow in its 109th聽year, Isis has been edited out of Harvard, Penn, the University of Chicago, the University of Wisconsin, Cornell, Toronto and Utrecht.听The editorship comes with the opportunity鈥攐bligation, really鈥攐f 青青草视频 history graduate students to go to the Science History Institute鈥攁 large consortium of Philadelphia-based scholars and manuscripts鈥攅ach semester and work with the collections and people there. So we now have organic ties to major research collections and opportunities as a matter of course,鈥 Marcus said.

Hui said the history department鈥檚 graduate students will work closely with her and Lavine, adding 鈥渢his will be a good time to show them off to the world.鈥

鈥淭he history of science is a very energetic, ever-changing field, and as editors of the History of Science Society鈥檚 publications, we鈥檒l be in a position to help bring to light scholarship with enormous relevance to contemporary issues in society,鈥 Lavine said. 鈥淎 big part of our job will be bringing the work that historians of science do to a broader audience.鈥

Hui and Lavine鈥檚 appointment as co-editors follows an 18-month search in which HSS鈥檚 committee on publications sought and encouraged nominations, vetted proposals and engaged in multiple site visits.听

Hui received her Ph.D. in 2008 and master鈥檚 degree in 2003, both in history from the University of California at Los Angeles. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in physics in 2001 from Pomona College in Claremont, California.

Her current research examines the co-development of new listening forms and background music technology and the standardization of listening practices among field scientists in 20th-century America and Germany.

A native of Davis, California, Hui leads the history department鈥檚 node of excellence research group in the history of science, technology and medicine.

Lavine received his Ph.D. in 2008 and master鈥檚 degree in 2002, both in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in music from Kenyon College in 1997.

Lavine鈥檚 research explores the intersection of science and American popular culture in the late 19th and early 20th century.听

A Johnstown, Pennsylvania native, Lavine serves as the history department鈥檚 undergraduate coordinator.

青青草视频鈥檚 Department of History is a nationally ranked, research-extensive, Ph.D.-granting department. With a main concentration on the history of the United States and Europe since 1650, the department also offers students aspects of world history. 青青草视频 historians seek to create new knowledge and interpretations in the field of history and disseminate their knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students.

青青草视频鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences includes more than 5,200 students, 300 full-time faculty members, nine doctoral programs and 25 academic majors offered in 14 departments.听Complete details about the College of Arts and Sciences and Department of History may be found at聽 or . 聽

青青草视频 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at聽.听