Assistant Professor, Anthropology
zhangsha@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3055

Waldo Hall

Waldo Hall 210

2250 SW Jefferson Way

2250 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Major(s): 
Cultural, Environmental, Ecological Anthropology

*Google Scholar profile:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UUWMJ0UAAAAJ&hl=en 

*Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhangshaozeng/

Education: 

PhD in cultural anthropology 2014, The University of California, Irvine

M.A. in cultural anthropology 2007, Peking University, Beijing, China

B.A. in sociology 2004, Peking University, Beijing, China

Additional Information: 

*Recruiting graduate students with research interests in: 1) STS (Science, Technology and Society): digital Anthropology, big data, and artificial intelligence; 2) Environmental Anthropology: carbon markets, forest conservation, climate change, and Anthropocene; 3) with geographic focus on Brazil (and Latin America).

*Current graduate students: Mariana Ribeiro Porto (PhD student in anthropology); Ethan Copple (dual major M.S. in engineering and anthropology); Kiernan Kilkenny (dual major M.S. in engineering and anthropology); Danlu Yang (MA student in anthropology)

*Recent graduates: Jennifer Ventrella (dual major M.S. in engineering and anthropology);  Nicholas Moses (dual major M.S. in engineering and anthropology)

 

Office Hours: 
by appointment

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Sch Lang, Culture & Soc
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Courses Taught: 

ANTH 591: Ethnographic Methods

ANTH 585: Uses of Anthropology

ANTH 484/584: Wealth and Poverty

ANTH 471/571: Cash, Class and Culture: From Hunting-Gathering to Capitalism

ANTH 407/507/607: Anthropology Lecture Series (Tan Sack Talks seminar)

ANTH 318: Peoples of the World - China

ANTH 313 and 313H: Peoples of the World - Latin America

ANTH/HEST 201: Innovation for Social Impact

ANTH 101: Introduction to Anthropology

 

 

Research/Career Interests: 

Science and Technology Studies (STS), ecological/environmental anthropology, applied anthropology, and research methodology;

Brazil, China, the U.S.

Beyond OSU
Personal Interests: 

(on leave, not accepting grad students for fall 2024)