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Co-Directors (Commencing 2010-11)

John D. Kelly, Professor, Department of Anthropology and the College

Laurens Mets, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Committee on Genetics, Genomics & Systems Biology, and the College

Founding Director (1999-2010)

William Wimsatt, Peter B. Ritzma Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, Committees on Evolutionary Biology, Conceptual & Historical Studies of Science, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine, and the College

Executive Director

Margot Browning, Associate Director, Franke Institute for the Humanities; Lecturer, Humanities Collegiate Division; Research Associate, Humanities Administrative Division

Advisory Board: To be announced.

Previous members of the Advisory Board have included:

Shadi Bartsch, Professor and Chairman, Department of Classical Languages & Literatures, Committees on History of Culture and Ancient Mediterranean World, and the College

Alan Kolata, Neukom Family Professor and Chairman, Department of Anthropolgy and the College
Martha McClintock, David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Psychology and the College; Committees on Human Development, Neurobiology, Evolutionary Biology; Director, Institute of Mind and Biology
Sidney Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Physics, James Franck Institute, and the College
Robert Perlman, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Pathology; Committees on Neurobiology, Cell Physiology, Clinical Pharmacology, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Sciences and the College William Sterner, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Physical Science, and the College; Director of Instructional Labs

Ex-Officio Members

Elizabeth Chandler, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Physical Science, and the College; Director of Instructional Labs
James Chandler, Director, Franke Institute for the Humanities, Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professor, English, Committee on Cinema and Media Studies, Committee on General Studies, Committee on the History of Culture, and the College
Susan Gzesh, Director, Human Rights Program; Interim Director, International Studies Center
For more information please contact Margot Browning, Executive Director, by emailing mb31@uchicago.edu or calling 773-702-5657.

 

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