Faculty Directory

Gail B Hershatter
  • Title
    • Research Professor and Distinguished Professor of History Emer.
  • Division Humanities Division
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Affiliations East Asian Studies, Feminist Studies Department
  • Phone
    831-459-4041 (office)
  • Email
  • Fax
    831-423-4780
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 533
  • Office Hours By appointment: email gbhers@ucsc.edu
  • Mail Stop Humanities Academic Services
  • Mailing Address
    • 1156 High Street
    • Santa Cruz CA 95064
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Asian Studies, China, Communism, Cultural Studies, Pacific Rim, Gender Studies, Oral History, History, Labor and Social Movements, Sexuality

Summary of Expertise

history of modern China
labor history, China
gender and sexuality, China

Research Interests

Modern Chinese social and cultural history, labor history, women's history, history of sexuality, feminist theory; history, oral narratives, and memory

Biography, Education and Training

B.A. Hampshire College
M.A. Stanford University
Ph.D. Stanford University

Honors, Awards and Grants

2012-13 Faculty Research Lecturer
2011-12 President, Association for Asian Studies (currently Past Past President)
2008 Distinguished Professor of History
2007 Guggenheim Fellowship award recipient
2007 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Fellowship, Stanford University
2003 John Dizikes Teaching Award
1997 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History, American Historical Association

Selected Publications