E. Elena Songster  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  

Award:

• Mentor Recognition Award - University of California, San Diego (December 2007)
  for dedication to mentoring students in preparation for graduate study

Fellowships:

• Kiriyama Research Fellowship - Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco (November 2009)
  To complete writing and revising of article on Panda Diplomacy and my book _Panda Nation: Nature, Science, and Nationalism in the People's Republic of China_
• Fulbright Fellowship - Fellowship for International Dissertation Research (September 2001)

Presentations:

Presentation

• The Evolution of Nature Protection in the PRC—Theory, Practice, Principle, and Precious. Songster, E. Elena (paper)
  The 12th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia
  (July 2008)
• Coloring the Landscape with an Ethnic Touch, the Baima People and Sichuan. Songster, E. Elena (paper)
  ASEH (American Society for Environmental History)
  (April 2004)
• Reserving Nature for Communist Conservation. Songster, E. Elena (paper)
  AAS (Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting)
  (March 2003)
• Positioning the Panda in Socialist Science: The ‘Bear Cat’s’ Evolution as a National. Songster, E. Elena (paper)
  HSS (History of Science Society Annual Meeting)
  (November 2000)

Workshop

• Acreage and Efficacy: China's Afforestation and Forest Preservation Efforts during the. Songster, E. Elena (paper)
  Huntington Library: Environment and History in the Pacific Rim
  (March 2000)

Publications:

• Songster, E. Elena. 2003. Cultivating the Nation in Fujian’s Forests: Forest Policies and Afforestation Efforts in China, 1911-1937. Environmental History 8 (3): 452-473.