Shuko in museum, wearing glasses and a shirt with a bird pattern

Shuko Tamao

Research Fellow in Residence

Shuko Tamao is a research fellow in residence at the Science History Institute. She was a 2022–2024 curatorial fellow at the Institute’s Center for Oral History, conducting oral history interviews and integrating oral history information into museums and other public and educational settings. Tamao earned a graduate certificate in public history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a PhD in history at the University at Buffalo, where she conducted oral history interviews related to the history of disability and medicine. Before joining the Center for Oral History, Tamao was a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History, where she participated in exhibition planning activities.

More from Shuko Tamao

Oral history bound copies, recorder, microphone

Stories Untold

Why oral history is critical for the history of science and engineering.

Origami paper crane made by Yoichiro Ito

Lost Stories and Missed Opportunities

What we can no longer learn from Yoichiro Ito.

immigration form 576

Leaving Limitations Behind

Scientists’ memories of migration.

graphic depicting immigration papers and birth control pills

Migrating Science: Stories of Immigration and Innovation

This ExhibitLab display featured oral history interview excerpts, museum objects, and archival materials from our collections.

An offset lithograph depicting an atomic model floating above the Earth with the text "Peace Forever" heading the illustration.

The Power of Perspective

How contrasting stories found in our collections help us embrace the complexity of the history of science.