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Huts; or, The Impossible Innocence of Science

Huts; or, The Impossible Innocence of Science

by Amy E. Slaton | Jan 3, 2018 | Science Studies

Educational models, Bergen School Museum, Norway; undated. Photo: Amy E. Slaton, 2016.   How can we vigorously defend the nation against rising anti-science sentiments and policies while remaining deeply critical of the violent, racist history of science? A first...

In Which I Hope I’m Wrong (or, Notes from a Small Cranium)

by Amy E. Slaton | Nov 20, 2012 | Media, Science Studies

Prepare to aggregate the phenomena. Normally I would be cautious about doing this, but something about the recent presidential campaign and the widespread support for Romney’s barely disguised loyalties to class and race (see below), urges me on.  Historian of...

Opening the Lab: STEM Equity for Students with Disabilities

by Amy E. Slaton | May 11, 2012 | Higher Ed, Science Studies

From ISci Science Access Blog (www.independencescience.com)The exclusion of persons with disabilities from STEM disciplines is something I’m just starting to study.  If you know this blog, you know this is not really a set of discriminatory practices that I’ve...

Not just STEM, or, Why the American Economy Needs Humanities Majors

by Amy E. Slaton | Apr 29, 2012 | Higher Ed, Job Creation, Science Studies

    This blog usually focuses on opening the door to science occupations for groups traditionally under-represented in those fields.  Obviously, one aim here is the creation of more opportunities for rewarding and remunerative STEM-related careers for women,...
STEAM Vent…or, My Art/Science Problem

STEAM Vent…or, My Art/Science Problem

by Amy E. Slaton | Sep 24, 2011 | Higher Ed, Science Studies

With sudden frequency in the last few weeks, at various STEM-related events  I’ve encountered the idea that arts programming would be a valuable addition to science, technology, engineering and mathematics pedagogy.  If STEM programming  is meant to draw...

Engineering Education in Perspective

by Amy E. Slaton | Dec 16, 2009 | Higher Ed, Science Studies

Several excellent essays describing engineers as educators with social values and ideological commitments–left, right, and center–appear in the latest Technology and Culture. This journal, for those who don’t know it, may sound  narrowly academic but...
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