We caught up with former fellow, Janella Baxter before her online talk on Tuesday, October 25th! Here’s what she had to say:
1. Where are you now?
Sam Houston State University in the Psychology & Philosophy Department
2. What are you working on?
I am working on several projects concurrently. One concerns how codon evolution occurs in microbes and how this phenomena challenges longstanding norms in biology. Another project addresses what is required for indigenous tribes to own their genomic information.
3. Favorite memory of The Center:
I loved all the meals shared with the fellows at the center. Each fellow was a wonderful member of the community. It was very special to get to know them.
4. Greatest non-professional achievement since leaving the Center (can be anything from running a marathon to organizing your sock drawer!):
Adopting and socializing two (originally) feral kittens.
5. Best book/movie/tv you’ve seen lately:
Carnival Row on Amazon Prime is absolutely enthralling.
To register for Janella’s talk via zoom click here
Please join us in congratulating former Fellow Deivide Garcia da S. Oliveira on their recently published paper about scientific models and Darwinian evolutionary theory. The paper is available Here.
This year’s Pittsburgh Summer Program in Philosophy of Science for Underrepresented Groups will take place in person this year! Please join me in welcoming the students selected to take part in the 6th Pittsburgh Summer Program!
Walton Yan, University of Chicago
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Matthew Trager, Macalester College
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Aydin Moheseni will be a “Senior Fellow” in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and Ravit Dotan will be the head of research at the Ethical AI Governance Group and will be doing research on AI and ethics with a grant from the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab.
We caught up with Alison Fernandes, before her online Featured Former Fellow talk on Tuesday April 19th at 12:00pm EST. Here’s what she had to say:
Where are you now?
Dublin, working in the Philosophy Department at Trinity College.
What are you working on?
I’ve just finished a book ‘The Temporal Asymmetry of Causation’ for the Cambridge Elements in Philosophy of Physics series. Next up is book on the function and ontology of modal relations in science (law, causation, chances).
Favorite memory of The Center:
I really enjoyed dinners with the fellows at the centre. Perhaps my favourite memory being overspending on cheese platters at one fancy place and having to make up for it next week with a true mid-west bar meal.
Greatest non-professional achievement since leaving the Center (can be anything from running a marathon to organizing your sock drawer!):
Starting a garden.
5. Best book/movie/tv you’ve seen lately:
I’ve been re-reading the Jane Austen cannon—a regular indulgence.
Remember to register for this online event through Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99203256212
Read “Young and depressed? Try Woebot! The rise of mental health chatbots in the US” where Serife explains her research and the importance of interpersonal therapy as opposed to chatbots. Full article here.
Join us for the rescheduled workshop “Causation with a Human Face: James Woodward Book Workshop” on April 29th at 3:00pm. For more information on this event, click here!