Science and Technology Studies

Science and Technology Studies offers graduate students firm grounding in the fundamental concepts, research methods, and discourses of STS, including disciplinary and theoretical perspectives on the question of scientific objectivity and methodology; sites of knowledge production; the development of scientific knowledge and technological practices; the uses of knowledge in policymaking and other social contexts; the political and social roles of scientists, engineers, and other experts; science, technology, and ethics; science, technology, and aesthetic representation; public perceptions of science and technology; the rhetoric of science; and critical analysis of interactions between science and technology and the broader literary and media cultures in which they are embedded.

Name Research Interests
Anger, Suzy Victorian Literature, Literature and Philosophy, Victorian Literature and Psychology, Victorian Literature and Science, Hermeneutics
Arefin, Mohammed Human geography; History of sciences and technology (except medicine and health care); urban geography; discard studies; urban political ecology; Environmental justice; waste; sanitation; geographical political economy; urban geography, discard studies, urban political ecology, environmental justice, waste, sanitation, geographical political economy
Barnes, Trevor Vancouver
Bartha, Paul philosophy of science; Philosophy of Probability; Confirmation; Decision Theory; Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Probability, Confirmation, Decision Theory
Beatty, John Henry Socio-political dimensions of genetics and evolutionary biology
Bergmann, Luke Social and economic geography; Geomatics; Globalization; Geomatics, Globalization
Berryman, Sylvia Philosophy; Ancient Greek natural philosophy; Aristotle's ethics; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Ancient Greek natural philosophy, Aristotle's ethics, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies
Bowers, Katherine Literature and literary studies, n.e.c.; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Arts and Technologies; Dostoevsky; Russian literature; genre; Digital Humanities; Computational text analysis; gothic fiction; imagined geography; literary culture; narrative; Russian culture; the novel; Environmental Humanities; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Arts and Technologies, Dostoevsky, Russian literature, Genre, Digital humanities, Computational text analysis, Gothic fiction, Imagined geography, Literary culture, Narrative, Russian culture, The novel, Environmental humanities
Brain, Robert History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History
Callison, Candis changes to media practices and platforms, journalism ethics, the role of social movements in public discourse, and understanding how issues related to science and technology become meaningful for diverse publics.
Christopoulos, John Early modern Europe; History of pre-modern medicine; Social and cultural history of early modern Italy; Early modern Europe, History of pre-modern medicine, Social and cultural history of early modern Italy
Dick, Alexander British Romanticism; Scottish Enlightenment; Literature and Economics; Literature and the Environment; Literature and Science; Scottish Literature; literature and economics;
Frank, Adam American literature and media, affect theory, modernism, science and technology studies; American literature and media, affect theory, modernism, science and technology studies
Gusterson, Hugh militarism; drug policies and cultures; Science Policy; nuclear weapons; ethnography; militarism, drug policies and cultures, science policy, nuclear weapons, ethnography
Hill, Ian rhetoric, persuasion, argumentation, technology, weapons, interrogation, political economy, war rhetoric, conflict rhetoric, dissent, mass movements
Iurascu, Ilinca German literature; Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies; media theory; Media history; critical theory; film studies; German literature, Comparative literature, Cultural studies, Media theory, Media history, Critical theory, Film studies
Johnston, Kirsty Dramatic literature and theatre history with particular interest in disability arts and intersections between health, disability and performance
Karimi, Aryan migration and refugee studies; ethnic and racial boundaries studies; assimilation, integration, transnationalism; Research methods; migration and refugee studies, ethnic and racial boundaries studies, assimilation, integration, transnationalism, research methods
Kemple, Thomas Social and cultural theory, history of social sciences, literary and interpretive methods, aesthetic sociology, visual representation of concepts and arguments
Kojevnikov, Alexei Modern history of science, especially physics, science, society,and culture, Russia and Soviet History, Nuclear History and the Cold War
Macfarlane, Allison science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation; science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation
Mawani, Renisa Colonial Legal History; critical theory; Oceans and Maritime Worlds; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Race and Racism; Time and Temporality; Colonial Legal History, Critical Theory, Oceans and Maritime Worlds, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Race and Racism, Time and Temporality
Mole, Christopher attention; Philosophy of Psychiatry; Philosophy of Literature; Attention, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Philosophy of Literature
Nardizzi, Vin Renaissance literature , ecotheory, queer and disability studies
Oberg, Gunilla Use of knowledge in environmental decision making, Chlorine biogeochemistry in soil