john m. lynch

page updated: July 1, 2009

offices: sage 167 & lsc 268

hours: to be announced

 

honors faculty fellow, barrett, the honors college.

principal lecturer, human dimensions of biology,

school of life sciences.

arizona state university,
tempe, az 85287-1612, usa.

other programatic affiliations at asu:

center for biology and society

human and social dimensions in science and technology

 

awards and recognition

  • ASU Last Lecturer, 2009
  • Arizona Professor of the Year, CASE/Carnegie Foundation for Teaching Excellence, 2007
  • Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Service, 2007
  • Outstanding Academic Service Award, Barrett Honors College, 2006
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2000

selected publications since 2000

"Does Science Education Need The History of Science?" Isis, 2008. (with G Gooday)

"'Scriptural Geology', Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Contested Authority in Nineteenth-Century British Science" in D. Clifford et al. (eds.) Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-Century Scientific Thinking, 2006

"Diagnostic Differences in Mandibular P4 Shape Between Neandertals and Anatomically Modern Humans." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2005. (with SE Bailey)

"Variation in early hominin temporal bone morphology and its implications for species diversity." Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 2005. (with CA Lockwood and WH Kimbel)

"Mivart, St. George Jackson" in B. Lightman (ed.) The Dictionary of Nineteenth Century British Scientists, 2004.

"Morphometrics and hominid phylogeny: support for a chimp-human clade and differentiation among great ape subspecies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA), 2004. (with C Lockwood and W Kimbel)

"Biological Sciences, History of" in David Loades (ed) The Readers Guide to British History, 2003.

"Quantifying temporal bone morphology of great apes and humans: an approach using geometric morphometrics" Journal of Anatomy, 2002. (with CA Lockwood and WH Kimbel)

"Use of geometric morphometrics to differentiate Gila (Cyprinidae) within the Upper Colorado River Basin." Copeia, 2001. (with ME Douglas, MR Douglas and DM McElroy)

edited volumes

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press / Bison Books, 2006

Agassiz on Evolution, Thommes Press, 2003.

Creationism and Scriptural Geology, Thoemmes Press, 2002

Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection, British Responses, 1859-1871, Thoemmes Press, 2001.

Vestiges and the Debate Before Darwin, Thoemmes Press, 2000.

other

Dictionary and encyclopedia entries for: The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, New Encyclopedia of Unbelief, The Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers, The Dictionary of Nineteenth Century British Scientists, The Readers Guide to British History, The Dictionary of Nineteenth Century British Philosophers.

Book reviews for: Journal of the History of Biology, British Journal for the History of Science, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Nature Cell Biology

upcoming talks, meetings etc

  • "Why Ben Stein is wrong about science and history." Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix (7/23)
  • "St. George Jackson Mivart" History of Science Society, Annual Meeting, Phoenix (11/19 - 11/22)

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current teaching

HON 171:
The Human Event. [previous syllabus]

HPS 323:
History of Science. [previous syllabus]

upcoming teaching (spring 10)

BIO 344 / HPS 311:
Origins, Evolution & Creation. [syllabus]

HON 273:
The Human Event (Science Focus). [previous syllabus]

other courses

HON 272:
The Human Event (Humanities Focus).

HPS 332 / BIO 346:
The Darwinian Revolution. [previous syllabus]

some information for students

research interests & professional service

history & philosophy of science:

evolutionary biology :

  • morphological variation in vertebrates
  • statistical methods for the analysis of organismal shape

professional membership:

 

places to find me online

a simple prop (my blog) / facebook /