Elena Songster
Assistant Professor

email: esongster@ou.edu
Personal Webpage

Area of Specialty
Modern Chinese History with subspecialization in Environmental History

Education
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego in History

B.A., University of California, Berkeley in History and Asian Studies

Major Publications
“Cultivating the Nation in Fujian’s Forests: Forest Policies and Afforestation Efforts in China, 1911-1937,” Environmental History, July 2003.

Current Research Project
The Protection and Preservation of China’s National Treasure: Pandas, Nature, and the People’s Republic of China

Current Classes
HIST 1733, "East Asia since 1600"
HIST 3883, "Modern China to 1945"
HIST 3840, "Topics in East Asian History: Ethnicity in China"
IAS 4013, "Capstone: China and International Environmental Efforts in the 20th Century"