CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IN QUESTION: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
A two-day workshop co-organized with Gaymon Bennett, sponsored by Biological Futures in a Globalized World and hosted by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, with support from the Center for Biological Futures (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center).
          November 13-14, 2012
          University of Washington, Seattle      
          Workshop description pdf
    

MATERIAL CULTURE AS EVIDENCE
A one-day workshop co-organized with Robert Chapman, supported by the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor program.
          June 4, 2010
           Department of Archaeology, Reading University
           Workshop progress pdf
          
CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT: ABORIGINAL AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES IN COLLABORATION
A public panel organized for the conference, “Objectivity in Science: What is it? Why does it matter?”
           June 18, 2010
           University of British Columbia      
           Objectivity in Science:

FEMINIST LEGACIES / FEMINIST FUTURES
Hypatia has been published as an independent journal of feminist philosophy since 1986; volume 25 appeared in 2010. In celebration of this significant anniverary, the editors of Hypatia and the Simpson Center for the Humanities hosted a major conference at the University of Washington to honor the accomplishments of Hypatia--its founders, editors, and contributors--and to consider where feminist philosophy is headed in the next 25 years. Online; see the conference and journal websites.
            October 22-24, 2009
            University of Washington
            Conference website
            25th Anniversary Special Issue and Retrospective Virtual Issue

PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE
An annual conference co-organized with James Bohman and Paul A. Roth since 1999. A Roundtable special issue of the Journal of Philosophy of the Social Sciences appears every March, based on the preceding year's program.
            Roundtable website: Previous Programs and PoSS Special Issue contents
                                             Current Call For Papers

EXPANDING INTERDISCIPLINARITY FROM CAMPUS TO COMMUNITIES: EXPLORING INNOVATION IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
An exploratory workshop on strategies and epistemic implications of community-based collaborative research (CBPR) in community forestry, collaborative archaeology, and public health/genetics. Co-organized with Kelly Fryer-Edwards and sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities.
            University of Washigton
            June 5-7, 2008
            Conference website / Program

WHEN DIFFERENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE: EPISTEMIC DIVERSITY AND DISSENT
EPISTEME: Journal of Social Epistemology
The 2006 annual Episteme conference co-organized with James Robert Brown (local arrangements) and Alvin Goldman (journal editor). A special issue of Episteme based on the proceedings of this conference appeared as Volume 3, Issues 1-2 (2006).
            University of Toronto
            June 2-3, 2006
            Conference Program
            Episteme website

WOMEN, WORK & THE ACADEMY: RESPONDING TO 'POST-CIVIL RIGHTS ERA GENDER DISCRIMINATION
A public panel and working conference on workplace environment issues for women in the academy, co-organized with Janet Jakobsen and sponsored by the Gildersleeve Foundation and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. A conference report has been published in the BCRW series, New Feminist Solutions.
            Barnard College
            December 9-10, 2004
            Conference Website: Rationale, Participants' Statements, Panel Video
            Conference Report: Women Work and the Academy; New Feminist Solutions