HUHI 6351: History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Spring 2015

Assignments & Academic Calendar

1. 1/12 – Intro: Feminism and Gender Theory
   • Read carefully: “Approaches to Feminism” & “Feminist Perspectives on Sex and Gender”
   • Also read: “Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science” & “Feminist Perspectives on Science”
2. 1/26 – Gender Differences & the Brain – Lise Eliot (1/29)
   • Read: Eliot, Pink Brain, Blue Brain
3. 2/2 – Gender & Technology I
   • Read: Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?”; Dusek, “Women, Feminism, & Technology”; Faulkner, “The technology question in feminism: A view from feminist technology studies”
4. 2/9 – Gender Technology II – Anita Sarkeesian (2/11)
   • Read Reagle, “‘Free as in sexist?’ Free culture and the gender gap”
   • Watch Tropes v. Women in Video Games
5. 2/16 – Feminist History of Science
   • Read Keller, A Feeling for the Organism
6. 2/23 – Feminist Philosophy of Science
   • Read Okruhlik, “Gender and the Biological Sciences”; Harding, “Should the History and Philosophy of Science Be X-Rated?”; Longino, “Subjects, Power, and Knowledge”; Anderson, “Uses of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce”
7. 3/2 – Philosophy of Science after Feminism
   • Read Kourany, Philosophy of Science after Feminism
8. 3/9 – Gender in Science: Diversity and Representation – Carla Fehr (3/11)
   • Read: NSF Report, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with
     Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2013″; Fehr, “What is in it for me? The benefits of diversity in scientific communities”; Rosser and Taylor, “Why Are We Still Worried about Women in Science?”; Phillips, “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter”
9. 3/16 – No Class – Spring Break!
10. 3/23 – Wonder Woman and Science – Matt Brown (3/25)
    • Read: Lepore, The Secret History of Wonder Woman; Brown, “Love Slaves and Wonder Women”; Time permitting, have a look at Rhodes, “Wonder Woman and Her Discplinary Powers.”
11. 3/30 – Gender and Medicine
    • Read: “Feminist Bioethics”; Maya J. Goldenberg, “How can Feminist Theories of Evidence Assist Clinical Reasoning and Decision-making?”
12. 4/6 – Gender, Biology, and Medicine – Sarah Richardson (4/9)
    • Read: Sarah Richardson, Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human Genome
13. 4/13 – Writing / Project Days, No Class
14. 4/20 – Presentations
15. 4/27 – Presentations