Editors-in-Chief

Angela Potochnik (potochaa@ucmail.uc.edu ) is a Professor of philosophy and Director of the Center for Public Engagement with Science at the University of Cincinnati. Her research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in population biology. She is the author of Idealization and the Aims of Science (Chicago, 2017), Science and the Public (Cambridge 2024) and coauthor of Recipes for Science (Routledge, 2018), an introduction to scientific methods and reasoning. 

Melissa Jacquart (jacquama@ucmail.uc.edu) is an Assistant Professor of philosophy and Curriculum & Pedagogy Director for the Center for Public Engagement with Science at the University of Cincinnati. Her research focuses on epistemological issues in the philosophy of science, philosophy of astrophysics, feminist philosophy, philosophy and education, and public engagement with science. She is a 2022-2023 Whiting Public Engagement Fellow. 

Editorial board

Brooke Belisle is a historian and theorist of visual media, studying emergent and experimental imaging across art, science, and popular culture. She teaches in the Department of Art at Stony Brook University, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Computational Science and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. Her book Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation (University of California Press, 2024) draws connections between spatial strategies of 19th-century photography and contemporary forms of computational, AI-driven imaging. Her current project, Seeing Stars: Astronomical Media, traces visual methods of astronomy and astrophysics, exploring how aesthetic and scientific problems interrelate in efforts to see and understand the universe. Belisle has been supported by fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Getty Foundation, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the Linda Hall Library. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Visual Culture, where she was formerly a co-editor. 

Kelly Joyce (KAJoyce@uncg.edu) is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminology, & Justice Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her research and teaching focusses on the political, cultural, and organizational dimensions of clinical medicine, social dimensions of technological innovation, and technology, science, and aging. She is a Member of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is an Associate Editor for the journal Social and Behavioral Sciences; an Editorial Advisory Board member for Advances in Medical Sociology; an Editorial Board member for Engaging Science, Technology, and Society; and was an Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience (Sage).

Kostas Kampourakis (Kostas.Kampourakis@unige.ch) is a researcher in the Section of Biology at the University of Geneva. He is the author and editor of many books about evolution, genetics, philosophy, and the history of science. He is the editor of the Press book series Understanding Life, and author of a couple of books in the series. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science and Education, and the founding editor of the Springer book series Science: Philosophy, History and Education, and Contributions from Biology Educational Research.

Luisa Massarani (luisa.massarani8@gmail.com) is regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean for SciDev.net. SciDev.Net is a leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views, and analysis about science and technology for global development. Massarani is responsible for managing the independent collaborators of SciDev.Net and other key people and organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as writing journalistic articles. She also coordinates meetings, workshops and other training events on science and scientific journalism dissemination. Massarani is a scientific journalist, with a PhD in science communication, and has published several scientific articles and books. She is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rae Ostman (rostman@asu.edu) is a research professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, co-director of the Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning, and director of the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net). Ostman has broad experience in STEM engagement, including planning, developing, implementing, and studying learning experiences in partnership with diverse organizations such as museums.

Shobita Parthasarathy (shobita@umich.edu) is a professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the comparative and international politics and policy related to science and technology. She is interested in how to develop innovation, and innovation policy, to better achieve public interest and social justice goals. She is the author of multiple articles and two books: Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press), which influenced the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the patentability of human genes; and Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press) which won the Robert K. Merton Prize from the American Sociological Association. Her recent research projects center on the politics of inclusive innovation in international development, with a focus on India, and the development and governance of diagnostic testing for COVID-19, comparing the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Korea. Parthasarathy also directs the Technology Assessment Project, which recently published a report on the use of facial recognition technology in schools.

Martyn Pickersgill is a professor of the sociology of science and medicine and co-director of the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His research explores the social dimensions of biomedicine, with a particular focus on neuroscience, the psy-disciplines, and epigenetics. He actively engages with policymakers, clinicians, bioscientists, and wider publics, including as a member of the Scottish Science Advisory Council. Pickersgill has published widely in journals in science and technology studies and sociology, as well as in bioethics, law, and the medical humanities. He has further contributed commentary and debate in journals such as The Lancet. He is the author of Configuring Psychology: Access to Therapy and the Transformation of Psychological Care (Cambridge University Press). Pickersgill is an elected Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Science, and a winner of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Henry Duncan Medal.

Dione Rossiter (rossiter@berkeley.edu) is the Executive Director for Science at Cal at the University of California, Berkeley, a program that shares the excitement and relevance of research with public audiences through lectures, street fairs, festivals, and more. Science at Cal also works with scientists across campus to build sustainable and impactful science outreach collaborations with community and campus partners. As a Science Communication, Engagement, and Outreach Specialist, Dee has previously worked with non-profits, universities, government offices, and for-profit businesses to improve their science engagement efforts; this includes creating new and/or improving existing science communication, marketing, education, diversity, and outreach initiatives. Dee’s previous positions include: Scientific Programs and Outreach Manager at the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the Director of the Mass Media Fellowship at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.