Work with thought leaders and academic experts in History and Philosophy of Science

Companies can greatly benefit from working with experts in the field of History and Philosophy of Science. These professionals bring a unique set of skills and knowledge that can contribute to various aspects of a company's operations. They can provide valuable insights and critical thinking skills to enhance research and development, contribute to ethical decision-making processes, and offer historical perspectives to inform future strategies. Additionally, their expertise in analyzing complex systems and understanding the social and cultural contexts of scientific advancements can help companies navigate ethical and societal challenges. Collaborating with History and Philosophy of Science experts can lead to innovative solutions, improved problem-solving capabilities, and a deeper understanding of the impact of science on society.

Researchers on NotedSource with backgrounds in History and Philosophy of Science include Dr. Charles Lassiter, Ph.D., Marybeth Gasman, Regan Hamel, Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Ryan Howell, Emmanouil Mentzakis, Elizabeth Stewart, Nora S Vyas, Ph.D., and Dr. Jo Huxster, Ph.D.

Dr. Charles Lassiter, Ph.D.

Spokane, Washington, United States of America
10 Years Experience
Associate professor of philosophy with publications on mind, language, knowledge, and culture
Education

Fordham University

Ph.D., Philosophy / May, 2013

New York, New York, United States of America
Experience

Gonzaga University

Associate professor of philosophy / September, 2019 — Present

Tenured faculty member in the philosophy department

Gonzaga University

Assistant professor of philosophy / September, 2013 — August, 2019

Untenured professor in the philosophy department

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (12)
philosophy of mind
embodied cognition
extended cognition
philosophy of language
social psychology
And 7 more
About
My research is at the intersection of mind, technology, and culture. I regularly publish on topics including: 1\. embodied and encultured cognition 2\. computational models of reasoning 3\. epistemology of expertise Outside of my publishing work, I have taught philosophy at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2015. My other professional role includes helping other humanists be more public-facing in their own research. Finally, I gather and analyze data from the philosophy job market on my blog: https://charleslassiter.weebly.com/blog

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Marybeth Gasman

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States of America
23 Years Experience
Expert on race and class in the United States, with particular expertise related to Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Philanthropy, and Faculty Hiring
Education

St. Norbert College

B.A., Political Science / May, 1990

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States of America

Indiana University

Masters, Higher Education / May, 1992

Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Indiana University

Ph.d., Higher Education, student affairs, law, and history / May, 2000

Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
Experience

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair & Distinguished University Professor / September, 2019 — Present

Faculty member, Institute/Center Executive Director, Associate Dean for Research

University of Pennsylvania

Judy & Howard Berkowitz Chair in Educaiton / February, 2017 — August, 2019

Conduct research, teach, Director National Center

University of Pennsylvania

Professor / July, 2011 — February, 2017

Research, teaching, Director national center

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (7)
race
leadership
fundraising
philanthropy
Education
And 2 more
About
Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education, a Distinguished Professor, and the Associate Dean for Research in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Marybeth is the Chair of the Rutgers University, New Brunswick Faculty Council. Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers, Marybeth was the Judy & Howard Berkowitz Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of expertise include the history of American higher education, Minority Serving Institutions (with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities), racism and diversity, fundraising and philanthropy, and higher education leadership. She is the author or editor of 33 books, including *Educating a Diverse Nation*(Harvard University Press, 2015 with Clif Conrad), *Envisioning Black Colleges* (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007), *Making Black Scientists* (Harvard University Press, 2019 with Thai-Huy Nguyen), and her most recent book *Doing the Right Thing: How to End Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring* (Princeton University, 2022). Marybeth has written over 250 peer-reviewed articles, scholarly essays, and book chapters. She has penned over 450 opinion articles for the nation’s newspapers and magazines and is ranked by *Education Week* as one of the most influential education scholars in the nation. Marybeth has raised over $23 million in grant funding to support her research and that of her students, mentees, and MSI partners. She has served on the board of trustees of The College Board as well as historically Black colleges – Paul Quinn College, Morris Brown College, and St. Augustine College. She considers her proudest accomplishment to be receiving the University of Pennsylvania’s Provost Award for Distinguished Ph.D. Teaching and Mentoring.

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Regan Hamel

Cambridge
6 Years Experience
Senior bioinformatics scientist, specializing in single cell omics in the context of cellular reprogramming and neuroinflammation
Education

University of Cambridge

PhD, Clinical Neurosciences / September, 2021

Cambridge

University of Cambridge

MPhil, Clinical Neurosciences / September, 2018

Cambridge

McGill University

Bachelor of Science, Neurosciences / June, 2017

Montreal
Experience

Mogrify Ltd

Bioinformatics scientist / August, 2021 — June, 2023

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist / July, 2023 — Present

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (13)
single cell biology
transcriptomics
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
And 8 more
About
Regan Hamel has an MPhil and PhD in Clinical Neurosciences from University of Cambridge. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Neurosciences from McGill University. Her PhD with Stefano Pluchino and John Marioni focused on single cell transcriptomics in the context of neuroinflammation. Since 2021 she has worked as a Bioinformatics scientist at Mogrify Ltd, applying a multitude of computational biology techniques (including single cell omics, bulk RNAseq, and predictive modelling) in the context of cell reprogramming

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Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
32 Years Experience
Classics professor at UChicago and Director of IFK
Education

University of California Berkeley

Ph.D, Classics / December, 1992

Berkeley, California, United States of America

Harvard University

Ph.D. Program, Classics / June, 1988

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Princeton University

BA, Classics / June, 1987

Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
Experience

University of Chicago

Co-Founder and Inaugural Director, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge / July, 2015 — Present

Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics / January, 2012 — Present

affiliated in the Program in Gender Studies

Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professsor of Classics and Professor in the Committee on the History of Culture / 2009 — 2011

affiliated in the Program in Gender Studies

Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professsor of Classics and Professor in the Committee on the History of Culture / 2005 — 2008

Chair, Committee on the History of Culture / 2006 — 2008

(a Ph.D granting program)

Chair, Department of Classics / 2001 — 2004

Professor of Classics and of The Committee on the History of Culture / 1998 — 2005

Visiting Associate Professor of Classics / January, 1998 — June, 1998

Brown University

W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics / 2008 — 2009

University of California, Berkeley

Associate Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1995 — 1998

Assistant Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1992 — 1995

Acting Assistant Professor of Classics and Rhetoric / 1991 — 1992

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (8)
History and Philosophy of Science
Political Science and International Relations
Literature and Literary Theory
History
Cultural Studies
And 3 more
About
Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer works on Roman imperial literature, the history of rhetoric and philosophy, and on the reception of the western classical tradition in contemporary China.  She is the author of 5 books on the ancient novel, Neronian literature, political theatricality, and Stoic philosophy, the most recent of which is Persius: A Study in Food, Philosophy, and the Figural (Winner of the 2016 Goodwin Award of Merit).  She has also edited or co-edited 7 wide-ranging essay collections (two of them Cambridge Companions) and the “Seneca in Translation” series from the University of Chicago. Bartsch’s new translation of Vergil’s Aeneid was released from Random House in 2021; in 2022, she is publishing a monograph on the contemporary Chinese reception of ancient Greek political philosophy.  Bartsch has been a Guggenheim fellow, edits the journal KNOW, and has held visiting scholar positions in St. Andrews, Taipei, and Rome. Starting in academic year 2015, she has led a university-wide initiative to explore the historical and social contexts in which knowledge is created, legitimized, and circulated.

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Ryan Howell

San Francisco , California, United States of America
18 Years Experience
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University
Education

University of California, Riverside

PhD, Social / Personality Psychology Division / 2005

Riverside, California, United States of America

University of California, Riverside

MA, Social / Personality Psychology / 2002

Riverside, California, United States of America

Westmont College

BSc, Psychology / 1998

Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Experience

San Francisco State University, Department of Psychology

Associate Professor / 2012 — Present

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (34)
Happiness
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
History and Philosophy of Science
Applied Psychology
And 29 more
About
Dr. Ryan Howell is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University. His research interests include the psychology of goals and how people pursue and achieve them. Dr. Howell received his PhD in Social/Personality Psychology from the University of California, Riverside in 2005.

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Emmanouil Mentzakis

London
15 Years Experience
Health Economist, Professor at City University of London
Education

University of Aberdeen

PhD, Health Economics Research Unit

Aberdeen
Experience

University of Southampton

Lecturer in Economics / September, 2012 — August, 2014

Associate Professor in Economics / September, 2014 — June, 2022

Professor in Economics / July, 2022 — January, 2023

NHS England

Analytical Lead / October, 2019 — July, 2020

Led the update of the CCGs need-based funding allocation formula.

City University of London

Professor / February, 2023 — Present

Head of Department of Economics / February, 2023 — Present

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (22)
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Accounting
And 17 more
About
Senior academic and policy advisor. Public and private sector consultant with remit ranging from health ministries and public organizations to insurance and pharmaceutical companies. Cross-institutional leader in research and admin roles focusing on excellence, efficiency, innovation, and community. Strategic and proactive thinker with clear vision and plan, approaching challenges with creativity and adaptability. Highly motivational manager with strong communication skills and impeccable project management track-record.   Expert scholar and educator in health economics, discrete choice experiments, research study design and observational epidemiology. Long experience setting-up and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams into delivering high quality research.

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Elizabeth Stewart

1 Years Experience
Visiting Professor at Howard University
Education

University of South Carolina

Ph.D., Philosophy / 2022

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

University of Edinburgh

MSc, Psychology of Language / 2014

Edinburgh

Columbia International University

BS, Psychology / 2013

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
Experience

Howard University

Visiting Professor / 2022 — Present

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (4)
Philosophy of Information and Technology
History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy
Applied Psychology
About
I am interested in trust, trustworthiness, Artificial Intelligence, and online speech. I graduated with my Msc in psycholinguistics from the University of Edinburgh (2014) and my Ph.D in Philosophy at the University of South Carolina (2022). I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Howard University. My current research focuses on connecting the philosophical literature on trust and trustworthiness to current issues in ethics of AI. Elizabeth Stewart is a visiting professor at Howard University. She received her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of South Carolina in 2022. She also has a master's degree in psychology of language from the University of Edinburgh and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Columbia International University. Her publications include "How can you trust Artificial Intelligence Systems? Objective, Subjective and Intersubjective parameters of Trust"

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Nora S Vyas, Ph.D.

20 Years Experience
Associate Professor of Mental Health, with interest in civic engagement and partnerships
Education

Kings College London

PhD in Psychiatry, Department of Psychological Medicine / October, 2008

London

City University

BSc (Hons) Psychology, School of Social Sciences / July, 2004

London

King's College London

Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Teaching and Learning / July, 2011

London
Experience

Kingston University

Associate Professor in Psychology / September, 2012 — Present

National Institutes of Health

Research Fellow (Honorary) / September, 2010 — September, 2015

Middlesex University

Senior Lecturer in Psychology / September, 2010 — September, 2011

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (25)
Psychosis
neuroimaging
neuropsychology
mindfulness
neurodevelopmental disorders
And 20 more
About
Dr Nora S Vyas is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Kingston University. She joined Kingston University in 2012, and previously held a Senior Lecturer position at Middlesex University. Dr Vyas completed her PhD in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), University of London in 2008. Following her PhD, she worked at the Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institutes of Health (Washington DC, USA) as a Lindemann Trust Fellow (English-Speaking Union), preceded by a Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship in 2010. Dr Vyas teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level in child/adolescent and adult mental health, health psychology, and clinical/cognitive neuroscience. Her research focuses on using clinical, cognitive, and imaging techniques to study individuals with serious mental health problems such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. She applies these skills in other fields such as oncology and mindfulness. Her research specialism is early-onset psychosis, and she has published her work widely.

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Dr. Jo Huxster, Ph.D

11 Years Experience
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Eckerd College with publications in climate change, science, and environmental communication
Education

University of Delaware

Ph.D., Marine Studies, School of Marine Policy / May, 2013

Newark, Delaware, United States of America

University of Delaware

B.A. , Geography, Environmental Science

Newark, Delaware, United States of America
Experience

Eckerd College

Assistant Professor / September, 2017 — August, 2023

Bucknell University

Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow / 2015 — 2017

Saint Joseph's University

Adjunct Faculty / 2014 — 2015

Most Relevant Research Expertise
History and Philosophy of Science
Other Research Expertise (15)
public understanding of climate change
public understanding of science
environmental communication
science communication
Atmospheric Science
And 10 more
About
I study public understanding of science and communication for environmental issues and climate change. I have expertise in environmental and science communication, environmental policy, sustainability, climate mitigation and adaptation, and environmental justice. I have publications in top-tier journals and am particularly adept at public speaking and engagement.

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