Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis

Professor, History of Science
Departments of Biology and History

Affiliate, Biodiversity Institute; Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; Center for European Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The history, philosophy and sociology of the twentieth century biological sciences, especially evolutionary biology, genetics, systematics, and ecology.  The history of the botanical sciences in the United States of America. The history of biological anthropology. Race, class, gender, ethnicity, immigration and science. History of scientific societies and periodicals. Science in the United States of America, Great Britain and Japan.  Historiography of science. Biography. Intellectual and cultural history.

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the History of Biology
  • President-Elect of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
  • AAAS Fellow

Background

  • Ph.D. Cornell University
  • BSc (Hons) University of Western Ontario
  • UF Term Professorship, CLAS
  • Kosciuszko Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of Warsaw
  • Mellon Fellow, The Humanities Institute, New York Botanical Garden
  • Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor
  • UF Distinguished Alumni Professor
  • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
  • Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, Stanford University

Contact Information

Email:bsmocovi@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 392-9647
Fax: (352) 392-3704
Office: 617 Carr Hall

Mailing address:

Department of Biology
PO Box 118525
Bartram Hall, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8525, USA