Science, Technology, and Society Program (STS): Affiliate Faculty
Mark Ackerman
School of Information
Computer-supported cooperative work, human-computer interaction, social computing.
School of Information
Computer-supported cooperative work, human-computer interaction, social computing.
Kate Barald
Medical School
Developmental neurobiology, molecular neurobiology studies of developing neuronal cell and synapses and neuronal regeneration in the inner ear; studies of Neurofibromatosis 1; stem cell studies of neuronal, Schwann cell and heart development.
Medical School
Developmental neurobiology, molecular neurobiology studies of developing neuronal cell and synapses and neuronal regeneration in the inner ear; studies of Neurofibromatosis 1; stem cell studies of neuronal, Schwann cell and heart development.
Rachel K. Best
Department of Sociology
How advocacy and culture create inequalities in policy and law, and consequences new forms of advocacy, eg. interest groups targeting specific diseases.
Department of Sociology
How advocacy and culture create inequalities in policy and law, and consequences new forms of advocacy, eg. interest groups targeting specific diseases.
Leah Bricker
School of Education
Youth STEM-related learning pathways both in and out of school; social disparities related to youth interest and opportunities associated with STEM learning and practice; youth and scientist science-related communication in various contexts; scientific practices in the sciences and in science education.
School of Education
Youth STEM-related learning pathways both in and out of school; social disparities related to youth interest and opportunities associated with STEM learning and practice; youth and scientist science-related communication in various contexts; scientific practices in the sciences and in science education.
Miranda Brown
Asian Languages & Cultures
History of medicine and science in China; Chinese conceptions of time across the imperial era; food culture, in particular premodern uses of dairy.
Asian Languages & Cultures
History of medicine and science in China; Chinese conceptions of time across the imperial era; food culture, in particular premodern uses of dairy.
Erin Cech
Department of Sociology
Inequalities in recruitment and retention of women, LGBTQ, and racial/ethnic minority persons in STEM degree programs and STEM jobs.
Department of Sociology
Inequalities in recruitment and retention of women, LGBTQ, and racial/ethnic minority persons in STEM degree programs and STEM jobs.
Jay Crisostomo
Middle East Studies
Intellectual history and the history of science and medicine in the ancient world.
Middle East Studies
Intellectual history and the history of science and medicine in the ancient world.
Susan Douglas
Department of Communication and Media
Analyzing media texts, historical approaches to media and technology.
Department of Communication and Media
Analyzing media texts, historical approaches to media and technology.
sdoug@umich.edu
734.615.9850
Jatin Dua
Department of Anthropology
Law and economy; Piracy; Oceanic studies; Globalization, Empire, Governance and regulation, conflict/post-conflict, mobility; Indian Ocean, Horn of Africa, East Africa.
Department of Anthropology
Law and economy; Piracy; Oceanic studies; Globalization, Empire, Governance and regulation, conflict/post-conflict, mobility; Indian Ocean, Horn of Africa, East Africa.
Elizabeth Durham
Department of Anthropology
Global Mental Health campaign, psychopharmaceuticals, health justice, and the practice and ethics of social science research and collaboration in clinical and humanitarian settings, especially but not exclusively biomedical clinics.
Department of Anthropology
Global Mental Health campaign, psychopharmaceuticals, health justice, and the practice and ethics of social science research and collaboration in clinical and humanitarian settings, especially but not exclusively biomedical clinics.
Amal Hassan Fadlalla
American Culture, Women and Gender Studies
Gender, transnationalism, health, reproduction, poverty, and population and development, local and global political economies (Africa, the Middle East).
American Culture, Women and Gender Studies
Gender, transnationalism, health, reproduction, poverty, and population and development, local and global political economies (Africa, the Middle East).
afadlall@umich.edu
734.764.5513
Anna Bonnell Freidin
Department of History
Risk and uncertainty in the histories of gender, the family, imperialism, science, medicine, and magic in classical Rome.
Department of History
Risk and uncertainty in the histories of gender, the family, imperialism, science, medicine, and magic in classical Rome.
William Glover
Department of History
Colonial and post-colonial South Asia, urban and architectural history, material culture, aesthetics of modernization
Department of History
Colonial and post-colonial South Asia, urban and architectural history, material culture, aesthetics of modernization
wglover@umich.edu
734.936.0203
Natalie Hofmeister
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stories of invasive speciies, changes in attitudes to invasive species over time and across national boundaries.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Stories of invasive speciies, changes in attitudes to invasive species over time and across national boundaries.
Jennifer Hsieh
Department of Anthropology
Formation of political subjectivity through sensory practices in institutional and urban settings.
Department of Anthropology
Formation of political subjectivity through sensory practices in institutional and urban settings.
Matthew Hull
Department of Anthropology
Bureaucracy and governance, corporations, urban planning, material culture, communication technology, South Asia.
Department of Anthropology
Bureaucracy and governance, corporations, urban planning, material culture, communication technology, South Asia.
Brian Klein
Department of African and Afroamerican Studies
Environmental governance and global development, especially in frontier settings across the Global South
Department of African and Afroamerican Studies
Environmental governance and global development, especially in frontier settings across the Global South
Rijul Kochhar
Department of Anthropology
Transnational histories of infectious diseases, environmental anthropology, and critical theories of technology, disability, and rationality.
Department of Anthropology
Transnational histories of infectious diseases, environmental anthropology, and critical theories of technology, disability, and rationality.
Rafael Neis
Department of History, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
Histories of knowledge, science, and medicine in antiquity. Science and religion. Gender, sexuality, disability, and animality in Judaism.
Department of History, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
Histories of knowledge, science, and medicine in antiquity. Science and religion. Gender, sexuality, disability, and animality in Judaism.
Davon Norris
Organizational Studies
How algorithms (re)produce inequality and mediate how we understand inequality
Organizational Studies
How algorithms (re)produce inequality and mediate how we understand inequality
Douglas Northrop
Department of History
Central Asia, Soviet, and world/global history; environmental, ecological history; history of geology, seismology, earth sciences; space and mapping.
Department of History
Central Asia, Soviet, and world/global history; environmental, ecological history; history of geology, seismology, earth sciences; space and mapping.
Jason Owen-Smith
Department of Sociology, Organizational Studies
Economic sociology, organizational theory, networks, science and technology.
Department of Sociology, Organizational Studies
Economic sociology, organizational theory, networks, science and technology.
Alyssa Paredes
Department of Anthropology
Human, environmental, and metabolic infrastructures of transnational trade
Department of Anthropology
Human, environmental, and metabolic infrastructures of transnational trade
Vyta Pivo
Taubman School of Architecture
Materials science and engineering, architectural design, construction, laboratory testing, zoning and standards, industrial manufacturing and global politics, environmental justice.
Taubman School of Architecture
Materials science and engineering, architectural design, construction, laboratory testing, zoning and standards, industrial manufacturing and global politics, environmental justice.
Arpita Roy
Department of Physics
Installation and commissioning of experiments, contexts of discovery, expertise and organizational dysfunction, and study of material culture with special focus on contemporary particle physics.
Department of Physics
Installation and commissioning of experiments, contexts of discovery, expertise and organizational dysfunction, and study of material culture with special focus on contemporary particle physics.
Francesca Schironi
Department of Classical Studies
Ancient Greek Astronomy, Greek Science, Ancient Medicine, Scientific Language, Papyrology, Greek Language and Literature
Department of Classical Studies
Ancient Greek Astronomy, Greek Science, Ancient Medicine, Scientific Language, Papyrology, Greek Language and Literature
Derek Vaillant
Department of Communication and Media
Analyzing media texts, historical approaches to media and technology, international and comparative media.
Department of Communication and Media
Analyzing media texts, historical approaches to media and technology, international and comparative media.
dvail@umich.edu
734.615.0449
