Graduate Education at the  Center for Biology and Society
 
In the School of Life Sciences  at Arizona State University

The Center for Biology and Society promotes exploration of the conceptual
foundations of the biosciences and their diverse interactions with society. 
Housed in the School of Life Sciences, the Center fosters close collaborations
between scientists and scholars working in areas of History and Philosophy of
Science, Bioethics, Policy and Law, Conceptual Foundations of the Life Sciences,
including Systematics and Complexity Studies, and Human-Environment
Interactions, including Environmental History and Ethics.

Courses of Study:  The Center for Biology and Society provides research and
educational opportunities for students who are interested in history,
philosophy, bioethics, policy, and law as these subjects relate to science.  Our
students are admitted through the School of Life Sciences (SoLS), which offers
graduate degrees in Biology, Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and
Plant Biology.  Most of our students study in the Biology and Society
Concentration within the Biology degree program.  Two tracks are available as
guidelines in the Concentration: History and Philosophy of Science and
Bioethics, Policy, and Law.  Students are also free to study outside these
tracks.  

Scholars in the History and Philosophy of Science track examine the conceptual,
theoretical, and historical foundations of science by doing science and by
working in close collaboration with science faculty.  To this end, the Center
maintains close connections not only within the SoLS community, but also across
ASU’s many Schools and Centers.    

The Bioethics, Policy, and Law track provides students with a rich
infrastructure through which to pursue research on a variety of topics at the
intersection of biological science, value theory, applied ethics, and public
policy.  Through this track, students have easy access to researchers at such
centers across campus as the Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes, the
Center for Law, Policy, and Technology, the School for Sustainability and the
Downtown Medical School.   

Center for Biology and Society Research: 

The Embryo Project – Explores embryo research within historically and
scientifically complex contexts over time. 

The Carnap Project – Produces the Collected Works of Rudolph Carnap in
conjunction with foundational work in the philosophy of science.

The Human-Environment Interactions Project – Explores conservation biology,
environmental ethics and policy, and sustainability.

In addition, Center for Biology and Society faculty, postdoctoral researchers
and students pursue research in a wide range of areas.

For more information see: http://sols.asu.edu/cbs/index.php

To apply: http://sols.asu.edu/grad/igels/index.php

People


Primary Faculty 

Brad Armendt - Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Decision Theory

James Collins - Ecology, Human-Environment Interactions, Amphibian Decline

Richard Creath - Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, History of Philosophy,
Director of HPS Program

Betty Davidson - Insect and Amphibian Pathology & Bioethics

Leah Gerber - Conservation Biology, Population Ecology, Animal Behavior

Nancy Grimm - Ecology, Socio-Ecological Systems, and Urban Ecology

Andrew Hamilton – Evolutionary Theory, Systematics, Biology and Public Policy

Steve Hoffman - Immunology, Immunophilosophy

Ann Kinzig- Urban Ecology, Human-Environment Interactions

Anatole Krattiger – Intellectual Property Component of Plant Derived
Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines, Building and Managing Public-Private Partnerships

Manfred Laubichler - Theoretical Biology, Evolutionary Developmental Biology,
History of Biology

Richard Mahoney - Vaccine Policy, Intellectual Property, Plant-Derived Vaccines,
International Health Issues

Jane Maienschein - History and Philosophy of Science, Director of the Center for
Biology and Society

Gary Marchant - Environmental Law, Law, Science & Technology, Genetics and the
Law, and Environmental Justice

Joan McGregor - Bioethics, Director of Bioethics, Policy, and Law Program

Ben Minteer - Environmental Ethics, History and Philosophy of Conservation

Stephen Pyne - Environmental History, History of Fire, History of Exploration

B. Ramakrishna - Biomineralization; Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles and Silica in
Biology

Jason Robert - Bioethics, Philosophy of the life sciences

Ronald Rutowski - Structure and Evolution of Mating Systems

Dan Sarewitz - Science and Technology Policy, Managing Director of CSPO

Andrew Smith - Conservation Biology, Population Biology, Mammalogy


Affiliated Faculty 

Marty Anderies - - Economics and Mathematics of Human Environment Interactions

Elizabeth Corley - Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs

Jill Fisher - Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Consortium for
Science Policy and Outcomes

Joel Gereboff - Rabbinic Judaism, Ethics and Religion, Collective Memory,
Religion and Emotions. Bioethics, Feminist Studies

David Guston - Professor of Science Policy, Department of Political Science

Ed Hackett - Social Organization and Social Consequences of Science and
Technology

Gitta Honegger - Literature/Theater and Science

Ann Hibner Koblitz - The Role of Women in the History of Science, Technology and
Medicine, Gender and Science Theory, Cross-Cultural History of Sexuality and
Fertility Control, Women’s Access to Health Care 

John Lynch - History of Science, With Focus on Evolution and Religion 

Tom Martin - History of Science 

Torin Monahan - Design of Information Technology Infrastructures and Their
Associated Political and Social Ramifications

Ed Sylvester - Science and Medical Writing 

Dan Strouse - Professor of Law and Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Law,
Science, & Technology 


Contact

The Center for Biology and Society
School of Life Sciences, ASU
PO Box 874701
Tempe, AZ 85287-4701
480-965-8927
480-965-8330 fax
fsnyder@asu.edu
http://sols.asu.edu/cbs/index.php

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