Background
Morley, Jane was born on February 7, 1955 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Clifford Douglass and Lillian Elizabeth (Varady) Morley.
Morley, Jane was born on February 7, 1955 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Clifford Douglass and Lillian Elizabeth (Varady) Morley.
Bachelor of Arts in History, Duke University, 1976. Master of Science in Library. Science, Master of Arts in History, University North Carolina, 1983.
Master of Arts in History and Sociology of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1996.
Editorial assistant, ISIS, Journal of the History of Science Society, Philadelphia, 1982-1983; editorial coordinator, ISIS, Journal of the History of Science Society, Philadelphia, 1983-1984; instructor, University of Pennsylvania, Shanghai, 1984-1985; lecturer, Tong Ji U., Shanghai, 1986; instructor, Jiao Tong U., Shanghai, 1986; executive administrator, International Symposium on Lewis Mumford/University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987; historian, American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington, 1990. Series editor Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1993. Consultant "How Things Work" series, Time-Life Books, 1990-1991.
Member Building Technology & Civil Engineering Interest Group/Society for the History of Technology (founding chair 1987-1989, secretary-treasurer since 1991, newsletter editor 1987-1991).
Married Dennis Alden Yao, March 23, 1985.