Conferences:
I'm passing on information about a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation for graduate students. The program, organized by the University of Montana Center for Ethics, is called Debating Science 2008, and here's how it's described on the announcement:...
Read on »
Posted on February 11, 2008 12:58 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's been pretty quiet here. Not only have I been engrossed in preparations for the Spring semester (classes start today), but I also went to the 2008 NC Science Blogging Conference. So it seems like a good time to ruminate...
Read on »
Posted on January 23, 2008 1:36 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Over at Bioethics Forum, Carl Elliott has an essay questioning the wisdom of the "convention interview" in the academic hiring process. As he notes, it is a fairly standard practice for philosophy departments to schedule a round of preliminary interviews...
Read on »
Posted on December 31, 2007 3:23 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
At the upcoming North Carolina Science Blogging Conference on January 19, 2008, I'll be leading a discussion on the ethics of science blogging (not about blogging about ethics in science). If you attend the conference (and if you're not sucked...
Read on »
Posted on October 31, 2007 2:50 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As mentioned before, I'm currently at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (or SERMACS if you're in a hurry) in Greenville, South Carolina. I got in last night, just in time to catch the last 25 minutes...
Read on »
Posted on October 25, 2007 11:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm blogging from the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This morning, I was part of a session (along with Bora Zivkovic and Jean-Claude Bradley) entitled "Opening Science to All: Implications...
Read on »
Posted on October 23, 2007 12:43 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As I mentioned in my last post, I was sucked out of the blogosphere for much of last week by the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) 2007 Summer Symposium . I did not live-blog the conference. I...
Read on »
Posted on August 15, 2007 7:19 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Let's say you're looking at a wide-open fall semester, and you are asked to be a participant on a panel at a conference. Since your semester is wide open, you agree. Months later, you're asked to be a participant on...
Posted on July 24, 2007 11:11 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While I'm readjusting to my own time zone (just in time for the start of spring semester -- whee!), I thought I'd share some pictures from the Science Blogging Conference. Here, for example, is intrepid conference organizer Bora Zivkovic. He...
Read on »
Posted on January 22, 2007 4:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The wifi at the hotel is a little tentative, so I'll save detailed posting about the Science Blogging Conference until I'm back on the west coast. In the meantime, I wanted to note some of the questions raised in various...
Read on »
Posted on January 21, 2007 10:10 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I promised the folks who were listening to my talk at the Science Blogging Conference that I'd post the links to the various blog posts whose screenshots I used to illustrate my points. Here they are:...
Read on »
Posted on January 20, 2007 2:22 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bora just said, "There are twenty bloggers here. Who's live blogging the dinner?!" I guess the answer is: Me....
Read on »
Posted on January 19, 2007 9:22 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
At the AAS meeting in Seattle, Rob Knop risked his own well-being to get the details on a poster that was, shall we say, waaaay out of the mainstream. Quoth Rob: Now, don't get me wrong. There will be a...
Read on »
Posted on January 11, 2007 5:57 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Hey, for those of you coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference, don't forget to sign up for the dinners! There's one big group dinner on Friday, January 19, from 7 to 10 PM, and a bunch of...
Posted on January 11, 2007 1:03 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As some of you will have noticed, I'm scheduled to give a talk at the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference in just under two weeks. This morning, I finished (kind of) working out that talk. A few things worth...
Read on »
Posted on January 8, 2007 3:43 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you're ready to admit that we're almost done with 2006 and that it might be OK to start making plans for 2007, check your calendar and think about coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference, a "free,...
Read on »
Posted on November 16, 2006 6:41 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
