Nelson, Nicole - Sociology

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:52pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
Nicole
Last Name: 
Nelson
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Social Studies of Medicine Department
University Affiliation: 
McGill University
Phone: 
6072626536
Email Address: 
nicole.nelson@gmail.com
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Biology
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
North America
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Social studies of the contemporary life sciences, especially behavior genetics; model organisms and model systems; social studies of bioethics; science and law
Academics
PHD Program: 
Science and Technology
PHD University: 
Cornell University
PHD Date: 
2010
Major Publications: 
Nelson, N. (Forthcoming) "Shooting Genes, Distributing Credit: Narrating the Development of the Biolistic Gene Gun" Science as Culture. Nelson, N., Geltzer, A., and Hilgartner, S. (2008). The Anticipatory State: Making Policy-Relevant Knowledge about the Future. Science and Public Policy 35(9),546-550.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Society for the Social Studies of Science, International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology
Courses Taught: 
S&TS 123.1 Technology and Society : Tinkering With Sex