SSRG: Science Studies Reading Group

The following resources have been used for the SSRG. For copyright reasons these files may be password protected or they have live links to the databases indicated in brackets - intended for on-campus retrieveal (you may have to authenticate). These are intended to give a sense of what we are reading as a group.

2008-2009: In honor of the sesquicentennial of thepublication of Dawrin's Origin of Species, the reading group has read selections from his descent of Man (1871) and Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)

• Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2^nd ed. (1871; 1909 edn.) [Google Books]
• Carles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) [Google Books]

Supplemental readings

• Kathy J Cooke, "From Science to Practice, or Practice to Science? Chickens and Eggs in Raymond Pearl's Agricultural Breeding Research, 1907-1916," Isis, Vol. 88, No. 1. (1997), pp. 62-86. [JSTOR]
• Karen Sayer, “Let Nature Be Your Teacher”: Tegetmeier's Distinctive Ornithological Studies," Victorian Literature and Culture, Vol. 35, No. 2 (2007), pp 589-6. [Cambridge Journals Online]
• Jonathan Leake and Holly Watt, "Why women have better sex with rich men. Women’s sexual pleasure is directly linked to their partner’s wealth, says new research," The Sunday Times, January 18, 2009. [Times UK Online]
  

STS is pleased to have been connected with the following projects

• STS Film Series
• Medieval Windmill Project
• Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History
• Centre for Sustainability

Compiled STS Resources from Penn State Libraries

• Science and Technology Resources for STS
• History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine Guide
• Women and Gender in Science, Technology, and Medicine

Links to various STS RESOURCES around the world

Societies & their journals

• International Association for Science, Technology & Society (IASTS - Bulletin of STS)
• Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S - Science, Technology, & Human Values)
• Society for the History of Technology (SHOT - Technology& Culture)
• History of Science Society (HSS - Isis)
• Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA - Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and the Arts) [see also its international society, ISLSA]
• European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
• European Studies on Society, Science and Technology (ESST - University of Maastricht)
• Society for the Philosophy of Technology (Techné)
• International Association for the Management of Technology (Center for Science, Policy, & Outcomes)
• Sociology of Science and Technology Network (SSTNET)
• Social Studies of Science

General STS resources

• Situating Science: Cluster for the Humanistic and Social Studies of Science (CHSSS)
• CBC: How to think about science (radio interviews)
• Online Ethics.ORG
• Technology & the Future Toolkit
• Living with the Genie
• STS resources and discussion topics

University Programs

• Colby College: STS
• Cornell University: STS
• Digital World Research Centre (DWRC), University of Surrey [UK]
• Dublin City University: STS
• Georgia Tech: Women, Science, and Technology Curricular Program
• Georgia Tech: School of History, Technology, and Society
• Harvard: Science, Technology, & Public Policy Program
• Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy (Portland, Oregon)
• Johns Hopkins: History of Science, Medicine and Technology
• Lehigh University: STS
• MIT: STS Program
• North Carolina State: STS
• New Jersey Institute of Technology: STS
• Pitzer University: STS
• Princeton: History of Science Program
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: STS
• Stanford University: STS
• SUNY: Institute of Technology
• SUNY-Stony Brook: Dept. of Technology & Society
• University of Alberta: STS
• UC-San Diego: Science Studies Program
• University of Pennsylvania: History & Sociology of Science
• University of Rochester: STS Program
• University of Toronto: History & Philosophy of Science & Technology
• University of Viginia: Technology, Culture, & Communication
• Virginia Tech: STS