Derksen, Linda - Sociology

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Linda
Last Name: 
Derksen
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Sociology
University Affiliation: 
Malaspina University-College
Phone: 
2507533245
Extension: 
2796
Email Address: 
linda.derksen@viu.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Science
Geographical Region: 
Canada
United States of America
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Standardization of DNA profiling; history of DNA profiling;sociology of measurement, standards, process of standardization; aquaculture (salmon farming), particularly controversies over sea lice, policy analysis, regulatory science in aquaculture; bibliometric mapping of intellectual structure/communities
Academics
PHD Program: 
Sociology
PHD University: 
University of California, San Diego
PHD Date: 
2003
Major Publications: 
Derksen, Linda. 2000. "Towards a Sociology of Measurement: The Meaning of Measurement Error in the Case of DNA Profiling." Social Studies of Science, 30(6) 803-45. Derksen, Linda and John Gartrell. 2000. "Scientific Explanation." In Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd edition, Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda H. Montgomery (Eds.). New York: MacMillan. Volume 4: pp. 2463-2473. Derksen, Linda and John Gartrell. 1993. "The Social Context of Recycling." American Sociological Review. 58(3) 434-442. Derksen, Linda. 2001 "Review of Stephen Hilgartner, Science on Stage." Canadian Journal of Sociology Online. Derksen, Linda Anne (2003). Agency and Structure in the History of DNA Profiling: The Stabilization and Standardization of a New Technology. PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology and Science Studies Program, University of California, San Diego.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Society for the Social Studies of Science Society for the Study of Social Problems American Sociological Association
Courses Taught: 
Science & Technology in Society Contemporary & Classical Social Theory Research Methods Statistics Introductory Sociology