Biography
My research focuses on the history of dairy, technology, and public health in Cold War Taiwan. By examining U.S.-supported dairy development in postwar Taiwan, I analyze how quality control infrastructures transformed cows and fresh milk into a calculable foundation of nutritional governance.
Building on my earlier work on Japanese colonial Taiwan, where my MA thesis explored how milk became a tool for constructing idealized modern bodies, my current project shifts the focus to the Cold War period and the infrastructural management of animal and human health.
Before joining UW–Madison, I earned a master’s degree in human geography and conducted three years of research in science and technology studies (STS) at National Taiwan University.
Although I spend much of my time studying dairy cows, I am not actually a big milk drinker.
Education
M.A., History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, UW–Madison, 2025
M.S., Geography, National Taiwan University, 2020
Field
- History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
- East Asian History
MA Title
- “Becoming a Colonial Dairy Laboratory: Milk, Statecraft, and the Politics of Nutrition in Japanese Taiwan (1895-1945)”
Selected Publications
- Review of Alisa Garni, Crafting Dignity: How Immigrant Dairy Workers Transform Rural Communities. H-Environment, H-Net Reviews. In progress.
- Review of Tremblay, Jean-Thomas, Breathing Aesthetics. H-Environment, HNet Reviews. July, 2024. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=60093
- Wang, Yu-Hsuan and Chen, Yi-Chun. “Archiving Nature” TFAM Contemporary Texts: Archive, edited by Lee, Li-Chun. Taipei: Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Sep.2023.
- “From Floor Plans and Exhibition Galleries It Emerges: An Actor-Network Study of Installation Art in the Making.” Taiwanese Journal for Studies of Science Technology and Medicine 35(2022):167-224.
Selected Awards
- 2026 Fujimura Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Science and Technology Studies, Holtz Center, UW–Madison
- 2026 Early Excellence in Teaching Award, Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, UW–Madison
- 2025 The Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Top-Up Fellowship, UW–Madison
- 2023 The Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Top-Up Fellowship, UW–Madison
- 2020 Dean’s Award, College of Science, National Taiwan University. Awarded in recognition of an outstanding master’s thesis
Courses Taught as TA
- Hist Sci 201: The Origins of Scientific Thought (Fall 2026)
- Hist Sci 150: The Digital Age (Spring 2026)
- Hist Sci 201: The Origins of Scientific Thought (Fall 2025)
- STS 201: Where Science Meets Technology (Spring 2025)
- Hist Sci 150: The Digital Age (Fall 2024)