Seed Media Group

Search this blog

Profile

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.

Brain-Friendly Giftables

Having a family and an academic career

Recent freezer finds

We're remorse eating!

Sb/DonorsChoose Drive

Give to DonorsChoose
Details about our 2007 drive here
Together we raised $34,082.34 in 2006.
October 2007 raised $72,920 THANK YOU!

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Categories

Archives

Where I'm coming from

Chemistry

Physics, Astronomy

Biology

Paleontology

Ecology

Math, Logic, Statistics

Psychology, Neuroscience

Geoscience

Engineering, Computer Science

Information, Technology

Medicos

Slaving in the lab

Science meets real life

Science and skepticism

Science meets art, literature, culture

Science and ethics

History of Science

Philosophy Blogs

Other Academic Blogs

Non-Academic Blogs I Like

Subscribe via Email

Stay abreast of your favorite bloggers' latest and greatest via e-mail, via a daily digest.

Sign me up!

Other Information

Add Adventures in Ethics and Science to your Technorati Favorites!

Add Scienceblogs to your Technorati Favorites!

Science Blogging Conference:

Help build the science blogging ethics wiki.

Science blog readers can help science bloggers figure out their responsibilities.

The ethics of science blogging: help set the agenda.

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...

Keeping score in academe: blogging as 'professional activity' (or not).

During the discussion after my talk at the Science Blogging Conference, the question came up (and was reported here) of whether and when tenure and promotion committees at universities will come to view the blogging activities of their faculty members...

SBC 2007 -- photographic evidence.

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...

SBC 2007 -- questions in the air.

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...

SBC 2007 -- links to slide sources.

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:...

Search All Blogs

Blogs in the Network

Top Five: Most German

Top Science Stories

powered by SEED - seedmagazine.com