Professor in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research focuses on social, cultural, and political aspects of the history of science in modern China, including the history of science activism transnationally. She was the lead organizer for a conference held at UMass on 11-13 April 2014, "Science for the People: The 1970s and Today," which brought together students, scholars in Science and Technology Studies, and former members of the 1970s-1980s group Science for the People (the conference has been archived in science-for-the-people.org). The conference helped inspire the revitalization of Science for the People (including the widely esteemed magazine), in which Professor Schmalzer now plays an active role.

Profesor del Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst. Su investigación se centra en los aspectos sociales, culturales y políticos de la historia de la ciencia en la China moderna, incluida la historia del activismo científico a nivel transnacional. Fue la organizadora principal de una conferencia celebrada en la UMass del 11 al 13 de abril de 2014, "Ciencia para la gente: la década de 1970 y la actualidad", que reunió a estudiantes, académicos en estudios de ciencia y tecnología y ex miembros del grupo Science for the People en las décadas de 1970 y 1980 (la conferencia ha sido archivada en science-for-the-people.org). La conferencia contribuyó a revitalizar el grupo Science for the People (incluida la prestigiosa revista), en el cual la profesora Schmalzer desempeña un papel activo.

Botelho, Alyssa, Chard, Daniel, S., Schmalzer, Sigrid (eds.). 2018. Science for the People: Documents from America’s Movement of Radical Scientists, 1969-1989. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2018.

https://www.umasspress.com/9781625343185/science-for-the-people/

Schmalzer, Sigrid. 2016. Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo22541357.html

Schmalzer, Sigrid. 2008. The People’s Peking Man: Popular Science and Human Identity in Twentieth Century China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo5780990.html