Hilgartner, Stephen
Prof Assoc/Chair-Science & Tecresearch
research and scholarship focus
biology, ethics, and values
social studies of biology, biotechnology, and medicine
- science as property
- ethnography of science
- risk
- Social dimensions and politics of contemporary and emerging science and technology, especially in the life sciences
- Situations in which scientific knowledge is implicated in establishing, contesting, and maintaining social order
primary investigator of
international geographic focus
- France | country
affiliations
head of
- Ethical, Legal and Social Issues | NLSI/Genomics focus area
faculty appointment in
- Science and Technology Studies (S&TS) | Cornell department
administrative appointment
- Science and Technology Studies (S&TS) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Public Affairs | graduate field
- Science and Technology Studies | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) | research center
- Program for the Study of Contentious Politics | research program
teaching
teaches
- BSOC 2051 - Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine (TR 10:10:AM-11:25:AM) | fall 2009 class
- BSOC 3751 - Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- STS 2051 - Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine (TR 10:10:AM-11:25:AM) | fall 2009 class
- STS 3991 - Undergraduate Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- STS 6991 - Graduate Independent Study (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- STS 7201 - Studying Emerging Technologies (T 12:20:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
- BSOC 2051 - Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2008 class
- STS 2051 - Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine (TR 08:40:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2008 class
background
featured in
- Merrill scholars honor high school, Cornell teachers | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Science and Technology Studies: From effects of iPods to what happens when humans reshape rivers | Cornell Chronicle feature