An Hour With an Expert

Check out another fascinating installment of An Hour with An Expert hosted by the Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology!

An Hour with an Expert: Dr. Tina Rulli

Check out another fascinating installment of An Hour with An Expert hosted by the Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology! SCSU Professor Dr. Sarah Roe (History) and Jen Ng (RC-VEST Intern) team up to ask today’s leading science and industry experts important contemporary questions. Dr. Rulli is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses primarily on normative ethics, applied ethics, and bioethics, as much of her work considers the value of creating new lives. Dr. Rulli has researched and written on the value of new genetic technologies such as CRISPR and mitochondrial replacement therapies and has recently begun work on the use of racial categories in genomic science. Dr. Rulli has consistently published high quality work in some of the top journals in our field and continually leads the way in better understanding important areas at the intersection of science and humanities.

Click on this link to learn from our discussion!

 

Event Supported By:

The Research Center on Values in Emerging Science and Technology

SCSU STEM-IL

SCSU Department of History

SCSU Department of Women’s & Gender Studies

School of Graduate & Professional Studies

 

Dr. Millstein on Underrepresented Minorities in Academia

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Roberta L. Millstein Department of Philosophy University of California, Davis

Tuesday, October 24th 5-6pm BU 449

Come meet Dr. Millstein and discuss obstacles facing underrepresented minorities in academia. This is an informal reception, so come to meet others, mingle and chat. This event is perfect for all students, graduate students and students interested in continuing on in academia.

Light refreshments will be served!

Thinking about Aldo Leopold: Reflections on interdisciplinarity and research questions

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Roberta L. Millstein Department of Philosophy University of California, Davis

Wednesday, October 25th 1:10-1:50p.m. Adanti Student Center Theater

Dr. Millstein will discuss her work-in-progress on the views of Aldo Leopold, a 20th-century forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservationist, and professor, best known for his posthumously published book  A Sand County Almanac and  the influential idea he called “THE LAND ETHIC.”

Light refreshments will be served!