Joan Fujimura

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Joan Fujimura
Born
Joan Hideko Fujimura
Education University of Washington
University of California, Berkeley
Known for Sociology of science
Awards Robert K. Merton Professional Book Award from the American Sociological Association (1998)
Scientific career
Fields Sociology
Institutions University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis Bandwagons in Science: Doable Problems and Transportable Packages as Factors in the Development of the Molecular Genetic Bandwagon in Cancer Research  (1986)
Doctoral advisor Troy Duster

Joan Hideko Fujimura is an American sociologist and the Martindale-Bascom Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the president of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. [1] She was a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1999 to 2001 and of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University from 2014 to 2015. [2]

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References

  1. "Fujimura, Joan". Department of Sociology. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. "Joan H. Fuijmura Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-12-01.