March 16 (Tues.), 12:00-1:00: Ashley Shew (Asst. Prof. of Science, Technology and Society, Virginia Tech) presents as part of our series, Stories for Survivability: How we Talk about Disability Ethics and Why it Matters
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Nikita Shiel-Rolle, MSc (Principal Research Scientist, Cat Island Conservation Institute, Bahamas) presents as part of the Ethics Center's 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research
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Feb. 25 (Thurs.), 3:00-4:00: Joel Michael Reynolds (Asst. Prof. Philosophy, Georgetown) presents as part of our series, Stories for Survivability: How we Talk about Disability Ethics and Why it Matters
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The Center is pleased to announce the schedule for the remaining speakers in our series:
Feb. 9 (Tues.), 12:00-1:30: Omega Wilson (Co-founder of West End Revitalization Association (WERA)) (pdf flyer here)
Pepijn Al (University of Western Ontario) presents as part of the Ethics Center's 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research.
Pepijn is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Ontario. His work on the value of community consent appears in a 2020 paper in Bioethics. From the abstract for that article:
Omega R. Wilson (Co-Founder, West End Revitalization Association (WERA)) presents as part of the Ethics Center's 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research.
Omega co-founded West End Revitalization Association (WERA) in 1994. WERA’s mission: Support access to “basic public health amenities” (safe drinking water, sewer lines, housing, streets, sidewalks, and storm-water management) for people of color and marginalized communities. To address these civil rights and environmental justice concerns, WERA created...
It is with great sorrow that we announce news of the passing of Prof. John Lincourt, the founding Director of the Ethics Center. Prof. Lincourt served from the Center's founding in 1995 until Rosemarie Tong took over in 2002. An obituary notice for Prof. Lincourt is here. More information about the Center's history can be found here.
Join us for our new series! Stories for Survivability: How we Talk about Disability Ethics and Why it Matters. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Professor of English at Emory University) presents as the first of four speakers in this series, supported by the Chancellor's Diversity Challenge Fund.
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Alex Pearlman (Journalist and Bioethicist; Research Affiliate, the MIT Media Lab Community Biotechnology Initiative) presents as part of the Ethics Center's 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research.
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About the series: Because citizen science work often works outside of institutional channels, it often faces...
Angelique Hjarding (Postdoctoral Researcher, Charlotte Action Research Project, Dept. Geography & Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte) presents as part of the Ethics Center's 2020-21 series, Models for Equitable Minority Inclusion in Institutional Research.
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About the series: Because citizen science work often works outside of institutional channels, it...