Scientific Controversies and the Nonproduction of Knowledge - Joanna Kempner talk on April 20
Joanna Kempner
(Rutgers University)
"Scientific Controversies and the Nonproduction of Knowledge"
Monday, 20 April
12-1 p.m.
SCILS faculty lounge, Room 323
Abstract:
Only recently have scholars begun to pay attention to the structures and processes that shape the production of knowledge. This talk will examine the role of scientific controversies in determining how researchers identify and manage the acquisition, possession, distribution and use of socially dangerous knowledge.
About the speaker:
Joanna Kempner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers. Joanna Kempner’s research investigates the intersection of medicine, science, politics, gender and the body. Dr. Kempner pursues these interests in a diverse range on research projects. She is currently writing a book, tentatively titled Not Tonight: Headache and the Politics of Legitimacy, that investigates the gendered social values embedded in the way we talk about, understand, and make policies for people in pain. In other work, she is studying how the political controversies generated by health research shape scientific research agendas. Prior to joining the department, Professor Kempner was a postdoctoral fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at the University of Michigan from 2004-2006 and a Research Associate at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University from 2006-2008. Her research appears in sociology, science and medical journals including Science, Social Science & Medicine, and Gender & Society.
This talk is part of the School of Communication & Information, Library & Information Science Department Brown Bag Lunch Talks series.
