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Of Note:

New SiSP Faculty Appointments:
The Science in Society Program is pleased to announce two new faculty appointments:
Dr. Laura Stark of the National Institutes of Health will become Assistant Professor of Science in Society and Sociology, beginning July 1, 2009. Dr. Stark received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University and a post-doctoral fellowship at Northwestern University before taking her current post as a Stetten Fellow at the Office of NIH History.
Professor Gillian Goslinga of Stanford University will become Assistant Professor of Anthropology, and a member of the SiSP faculty, beginning July 1, 2009. Professor Goslinga received her Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and is currently a Humanities Fellow at Stanford University.


Contact Information:
Chair of the Program:
Joseph Rouse
jrouse@wesleyan.edu
(860)685-3655

Administration:
Deborah Grasso
dgrasso@wesleyan.edu
(860)685-2680

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Johnston, William D.


Professor of History
History Department
860.685.2375
Public Affairs Center 135

Professor, East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies Program
860.685.2375

Professor, Science in Society
Science in Society Program
860.685.2375

BA Elmira College
MA Harvard University
PHD Harvard University
EMAIL:
wjohnston@wesleyan.edu
WESLEYAN PO BOX:
 History Department
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My current research topics are:

Syphilis in Early Modern Japan

Warfare and State Formation in Sixteenth Century Japan

The Historiography of Amino Yoshihiko
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Modern Japanese History

OFFICE HOURS:
On Leave 2009-2010