Faculty
| Name | Research Area | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Baigrie | Philosophy of Science; Early Modern Natural Philosophy | Associate Professor | brian.baigrie@utoronto.ca |
| Joseph Berkovitz | Philosophy of Probability, Philosophy of Physics, Philosophy of Economics | Associate Professor | joseph.berkovitz@utoronto.ca |
| Elise Burton | History of the life sciences in the modern Middle East | Assistant Professor | e.burton@utoronto.ca |
| Lucia Dacome | History of medicine | Associate Professor | lucia.dacome@utoronto.ca |
| Yiftach Fehige | Christianity and science | Associate Professor | yiftach.fehige@utoronto.ca |
| Craig Fraser | History of mathematics | Professor | craig.fraser@utoronto.ca |
| Edward Jones-Imhotep | History of Technology | Associate Professor and Director | director.ihpst@utoronto.ca |
| Nikolai Krementsov | History of biology and of medicine | Professor | n.krementsov@utoronto.ca |
| Mark Solovey | History and philosophy of the social sciences | Associate Professor | mark.solovey@utoronto.ca |
| Wen-Ching Sung | Medical anthropology; anthropology of science and technology | Assistant Professor | wenching.sung@utoronto.ca |
| Marga Vicedo | History and philosophy of biology, psychology, and medicine | Professor | marga.vicedo@utoronto.ca |
| Karina Vold | Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Applied Ethics | Assistant Professor | karina.vold@utoronto.ca |
| Denis Walsh | Philosophy of biology | Professor | denis.walsh@utoronto.ca |
| Rebecca Woods | History of technology | Assistant Professor | rebecca.woods@utoronto.ca |
| Chen-Pang Yeang | History of physics | Associate Professor | chenpang.yeang@utoronto.ca |
Affiliates
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(Members of the Graduate Faculty of the IHPST from other University of Toronto departments, or external to the University of Toronto, and Professors Emeriti)
| Name | Institutional Affiliation | Area of specialization | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suze Berkhout | Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, University of Toronto | Feminist philosophy and STS especially with connections with disability studies | Suze.Berkhout@uhn.ca |
| Anne-Emanuelle Birn | Professor, Department of Political Science, UTSC | History, politics, and political economy of international/global health, focusing on Latin American health and social justice movements, child health, and philanthrocapitalism | ae.birn@utoronto.ca |
| James R. Brown | Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, University of Toronto | Philosophy of science, foundations of physics, philosophy of mathematics, sociology of science | jrbrown@chass.utoronto.ca |
| Anjan Chakravartty | Professor, Philosophy, University of Miami | Philosophy of science | chakravartty@miami.edu |
| Erika Dyck | Professor, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan | History of psychiatry, mental health, deinstitutionalization and eugenics | erika.dyck@usask.ca |
| Yves Gingras | Professor, History, UQAM | History of physics | gingras.yves@uqam.ca |
| Maya Goldenberg | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph | Philosophy of medicine, philosophy of science, and feminist philosophy | mgolden@uoguelph.ca |
| Noël Golvers | Professor Emeritus, Sinology, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven | History of science and libraries of the Early Modern Period (17th century) | noel.golvers@kuleuven.be |
| Kevin Hoover | Professor, Department of Economics, Duke University | history and philosophy of economics, philosophy of science applied to economics, and pragmatism | kd.hoover@duke.edu |
| Franz Huber | Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of Toronto | Formal epistemology, general philosophy of science, and philosophical logic, Metaphysics, philosophy of language, metaphilosophy | franz.huber@utoronto.ca |
| Joel Katzav | Senior Lecturer, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland | Philosophy of science and technology, epistemology, metaphysics, and the history of 20th century philosophy, philosophy of climate science | uqjkatza@uq.edu.au |
| Bernard Lightman | Professor, Division of Humanities, York University | Science and religion | lightman@yorku.ca |
| Cheryl Misak | University Professor, Philosophy, University of Toronto | Bioethics, ethics, history of analytic philosophy, pragmatism, social and political philosophy | cheryl.misak@utoronto.ca |
| Mary Mitchell | Assistant Professor, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto | Intersections of science and technology with environmental law and social movements in the nuclear era | m.mitchell@utoronto.ca |
| Mark Peacock | Professor, Social Sciences, York University | The relationship between philosophy and economics | mpeacock@yorku.ca |
| Geoffrey Reaume | Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, York University | Mad people’s history; history of people with disabilities; psychiatric consumer/survivor movements; class, labour and disability; archiving the history of psychiatric consumer/survivors; and accessible history | greaume@yorku.ca |
| Jean-Olivier Richard | Assistant Professor, St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto | Christianity and science, history of science (from the late Middle ages to the Modern era), history of magic, alchemy, and astrology, Jesuit history and the Early Modern and Enlightenment France | jeanolivier.richard@utoronto.ca |
| Scott Richmond | Associate Professor, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto | Avant-garde and experimental cinema and digital media art, critical theory and phenomenology, and contemporary film and media theory | s.richmond@utoronto.ca |
| John Russon | Professor, Philosophy, University of Guelph | Ancient Greek philosophy, German idealism, and phenomenology | jrusson@uoguelph.ca |
| Shiho Satsuka | Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Toronto | Politics of knowledge, cultural translation, nature, science, environment, capitalism, work, subjectivity, tourism, translocal interactions, popular culture, gender | s.satsuka@utoronto.ca |
| Margaret E. Schotte | Associate Professor, Department of History, York University | The Renaissance and Reformation, history of the book and reading, and the history of science and technology | mschotte@yorku.ca |
| William E. Seager | Professor, Philosophy, University of Toronto | Philosophy of science; philosophy of mind | bill.seager@utoronto.ca |
| Chris Smeenk | Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario | philosophy of science, philosophy of physics and the history of physics | csmeenk2@uwo.ca |
| Brian Cantwell Smith | Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto | Foundations and philosophy of computing, both in the practice and theory of computer science and in the use of computational metaphors in other fields such as philosophy, cognitive science, physics, and art | brian.cantwell.smith@utoronto.ca |
| Stephen D. Snobelen | Associate Professor, History of Science and Technology, University of King’s College, Halifax | History of science (Early Modern and 19th century); science and religion, Isaac Newton; the popularization of science; radical theology in the Early Modern period; and Millenarianism | snobelen@dal.ca |
| Joan Steigerwald | Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, York University | History of the life sciences and environmental history, science and technology studies , history of science, and critical theory | steiger@yorku.ca |
| Paul Thompson | Professor Emeritus,IHPST, University of Toronto | Philosophy of biology | p.thompson@utoronto.ca |
| Ross E.G. Upshur | Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto | Philosophy of Medicine | ross.upshur@utoronto.ca |
Part-Time Instructors & Sessional Lecturers
| Name | Research Area | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta Buiani | Science and Technology Studies, Visual Cultures, Media studies, Science Communication, Emerging Technoscience | Sessional Lecturer | roberta.buiani@utoronto.ca |
| Fermin Fulda | Philosophy of Biology; Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science; General Philosophy of Science | Sessional Lecturer | fermin.fulda@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Juan Ilerbaig | History of Biology; History of Archival Research | Sessional Lecturer | j.ilerbaig.adell@utoronto.ca |
| Elizabeth Koester | History of Medicine; History of Eugenics in Canada | Part-Time Instructor | elizabeth.koester@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Cory Lewis | Philosophy of Science | Part-Time Instructor | cory.lewis@utoronto.ca |
| Mathew Mercuri | Philosophy of Medicine | Sessional Lecturer | mathew.mercuri@utoronto.ca |
| Sylvia Nickerson | History of Mathematics | Sessional Lecturer | s.nickerson@utoronto.ca |
Administrators of the IHPST
Academic Administrators
| Name | Research Area | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Jones-Imhotep | History of Technology | Associate Professor and Director | director.ihpst@utoronto.ca |
| Brian Baigrie | Philosophy of Science; Early Modern Natural Philosophy | Director of Graduate Studies | brian.baigrie@utoronto.ca |
| Mark Solovey | History and philosophy of the social sciences | Director of Undergraduate Studies | mark.solovey@utoronto.ca |
Administrative Staff
| Name | Title | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Muna Salloum | Business Manager and Executive Assistant to the Director | muna.salloum@utoronto.ca 416-978-5131 |
| Denise Horsley | Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Assistant | denise.horsley@utoronto.ca 416-978-5397 |
| Adriana Leviston | Administrative Assistant | adriana.leviston@utoronto.ca 416-946-7414 |
Graduate Students
| Name | Research Area | Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Alliksaar | Philosophy of science | PhD | mark.alliksaar@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Esther Atkinson | Eighteenth century medicine; 18th century childhood | PhD | esther.atkinson@utoronto.ca |
| Vincent Auffrey | Social History of Medicine, History of Eugenics, History of Canada | PhD | vincent.auffrey@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Oana Baboi | History of medicine, South Asian studies | PhD | oana.baboi@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Donald Borrett | Philosophy of science | PhD | d.borrett@utoronto.ca |
| Zhixiang Cheng | philosophy and (intellectual) history of biology, general philosophy of science | PhD | zhixiang.cheng@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Austin Due | Philosophy of science and medicine | PhD | a.due@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Charlotte Duffee | Philosophy of science | PhD | charlotte.marcotte.toale@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Oubai Elkerdi | Metaphysics; epistemology; science and religion; technology and culture | MA | oubai.elkerdi@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Roula Faraj | Epistemology, philosophy of Perception, history and philosophy of physics | PhD | roula.faraj@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Victoria Fisher | Science & Technology Museums & Collections | PhD | victoria.fisher@utoronto.ca |
| Jennifer Fraser | History of medicine, science and technology studies, public health history, and Aboriginal health | PhD | jenniferlindsey.fraser@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Gary Graham | Philosophy of physics; philosophy of quantum mechanics, specifically the justification of retrocausalsolutions by means of current causal models | PhD | gary.graham@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Jessica Hall | Philosophy of mind, cognition and AI; philosophy of mathematics | PhD | jessie.hall@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Daniel Halverson | History of biology, c. 1850-1950; philosophy of history | PhD | daniel.halverson@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Jan Hua-Henning | History of Technology, History of Medicine | PhD | jan.hua.henning@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Ata Heshmati | History of science and technology in the West Asia; Science and Technology Studies; Technology and religion; History of nuclear technology | PhD | ata.heshmati@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Andrew Jones | Philosophy of Medicine, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Psychiatry, Psychedelic Science | PhD | aj.jones@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Sunguk Jung | History of Genetics, History of Eugenics, and History of Medicine | PhD | jung.sunguk@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Atoosa Kasirzadeh | Philosophy of Science | PhD | atoosa.kasirzadeh@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Aaron Kenna | Philosophy of probability | PhD | aaron.kenna@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Emy Kim | History of technology | PhD | emy.kim@utoronto.ca |
| Craig Knox | Philosophy of psychiatry | PhD | craig.knox@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Sophie LeBlanc | History and Philosophy of Technology and the Environment | PhD | sophie.leblanc@utoronto.ca |
| Aaron Lepp | Science and religion; social epistemology; and philosophy of science | PhD | aaron.lepp@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Bree Lohman | History of Technology | PhD | |
| Karl Loszak | Philosophy of mind; and history of psychoanalysis | MA | karl.loszak@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Soroush Marouzi | Philosophy of Probability, Philosophy of Economics, History of Economic Thought, Decision Theory, and Pragmatism | PhD | soroush.marouzi@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Candace Massey | History | PhD | candace.massey@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Auguste Nahas | History and philosophy of biology | PhD | auguste.nahas@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Andrew Oakes | History of astronomy | PhD | andrew.oakes@utoronto.ca |
| Paul Patton | Philosophy of cognitive science; philosophy of neuroscience; and philosophy of biology | PhD | paul.patton@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Denisa Popa | History of Medicine | MA | denisa.popa@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Sarah Qidwai | History of science and religion; science and Islam; Colonialism and Science; South Asian Studies | PhD | sarah.qidwai@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Toby Reid | History of astronomy; history and philosophy of cosmology; history and philosophy of the (general) theory of relativity; philosophy of technology (forecasting) | PhD | toby (dot) reid (at) mail (dot) utoronto (dot) ca |
| Greg Rupik | History and philosophy of biology | PhD | greg.rupik@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Juan Serrano | History of astronomy and cosmology, early modern science, the scientific revolution, science and religion, general philosophy of science | PhD | jd.serrano@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Filippo Maria Sposini | Socio-Legal Studies in Mental Health, History of Medicine, Disability History, Social Sciences, Transnational History, Imperialism, Expertise, Stigma | PhD | filippomaria.sposini@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Clara Steinhagen | History of medicine and epidemiology | PhD | clara.steinhagen@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Joel West | History of science as philosophy and the phenomenology of science theory | PhD | joel.west@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Cassandra Williams | Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Intelligence | MA | cassandra.williams@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Adrian K. Yee | History & Philosophy of Economics, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy | PhD | adriankyle.yee@mail.utoronto.ca |
| Fan Zhang | Epistemology, structuralism; philosophy of science; archaeological theory | PhD | f.zhang@utoronto.ca |