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page updated: May 1, 2008

honors faculty fellow & senior lecturer,

barrett, the honors college,
arizona state university,
tempe, az 85287-1612, usa.

other programatic affiliations at asu:

center for biology and society

history and philosophy of science

human and social dimensions in science and technology

 

awards and recognition

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

recent publications

"What is the value of history of science to science?" Isis (with G Gooday)

"Medawar, Peter Brian " in N. Koertge (ed.) The New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Gale, 2007.

“Scientists, Unbelief among” in T. Flynn (ed.) New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. New York: Prometheus Books (with M Young), 2007.

“Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich” in T. Flynn (ed.) New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. New York: Prometheus Books, 2007.

"Introduction" in Arthur Conan Doyle The Coming of the Fairies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press / Bison Books, 2006, pp v - xxii.

"'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, London: Anthem Press, 2006, pp. 131 - 141.

"Medawar, Peter Brian", "Pirie, Norman Wingate", "Sherrington, Charles Scott", and "Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth" in S. Brown (ed.) The Dictionary of Twentieth Century British Philosophers. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.

Bailey, S.E. and Lynch, J.M. 2005. Diagnostic differences in mandibular P4 shape between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 126: 268 - 277.

Lockwood, C.A., Kimbel, W.H. and Lynch, J.M. 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), 101(13): 4356-4360.

"Chambers, Robert" and "Mivart, St. George Jackson" in B. Lightman (ed.) The Dictionary of Nineteenth Century British Scientists. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004.

 

teaching (fall 08)

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

HPS 323 :
History of Science.

Office Hours: Please see individual classes above.

upcoming teaching (spring 09)

HON 171:
The Human Event. [previous syllabus]

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

some information for students

research interests & professional service

history & philosophy of science:

  • St George Jackson Mivart, a Catholic anatomist who was initially mentored by Thomas Henry Huxley before being expelled from Darwin's circle for denying the ubiquitious power of natural selection.
  • contemporary Intelligent Design Creationism.

evolutionary biology :

  • craniometric variation in extant mammals (in particular carnivores).
  • statistical methods for the detection of morphological variation between groups.

professional service:

 

places to find me online

stranger fruit (my blog) / pandas thumb (a collaborative blog) / facebook