Downloadable copy of full cv: Griesemer cv March 2023
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Education
Ph.D. 12/83, Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago
M.S. 12/81, Biology, University of Chicago
A.B. 12/77, Genetics, University of California, Berkeley
Area of Expertise
Philosophical, historical, and social understanding of the biological sciences, especially evolutionary biology, genetics, developmental biology, ecology and systematics.
Employment, Appointments and Awards
2023 – Senior Advisor to Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
2022 – Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award, Graduate Studies, UC Davis
2022 – Distinguished Professor Emeritus
2020 – 2021 Sabbatical leave
2019 – Distinguished Professor
2015 – 2020 Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
2014 – Member, Cultural Studies Graduate Group, UC Davis
2011 – 2014 Herbert A. Young Society Dean’s Fellow, College of Letters and Science, UC Davis
2009 – 2011 Past President and Nominations Committee Chair, International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
2007 – 2009 President, International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
2005 – Member, THE KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH
2005 – 2010 Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
2005 – 07 President-Elect, International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
1998 – Fellow, Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin (May)
1996 – Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
1994 – 1995 Fellow, Collegium Budapest (Institute for Advanced Study) (Oct-Nov; June-July)
1992 – 1993 Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study)
1992 – Member, Graduate Group in Population Biology, University of California, Davis
1991 – Affiliate, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, California Academy of Science
1990 – 1996 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
1990 – 1996 Director, Program in History and Philosophy of Science, University of California, Davis
1989 – Member, Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis
1984 – 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
11/86 – 2/87 Visiting Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Chicago
1983 – 1984 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
1981 – Researcher, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Recent Professional Service
Editorial Boards (current) Biology and Philosophy, Biological Theory, Evolutionary Biology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Review Editorial Board), Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution)
Member, Program Committee, Philosophy of Science Association, 2014 Annual Meeting
National Science Foundation, Committee of Visitors, Review of the Social and Economic Sciences Division, Directorate of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, June 3-5, 2013
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biology, 2006-2008
David L. Hull Prize Committee, International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
President (2007-2009) International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (President-Elect 2005-2007)
Professional Societies (when I think to renew my membership …)
American Philosophical Association (APA)
History of Science Society (HSS)
International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB)
Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP)
James Griesemer @ UCDavis 