Service

I have served in a wide variety of capacities to serve my profession, my institution, and my department, and most importantly, to help cultivate more inclusive institutional and disciplinary cultures. Below is a list of selected service activities.

Service to the Profession (Highlights)

  • International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS), board member, 2021-2023.
  • International Consortium of Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Co-founder & board member, 2013 – present.
  • European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) program committee, 2023.
  • Public Philosophy Network (PPN) program committee, 2018-19.
  • Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) Public Forum committee, “Data for Whose Good: Values and Accountability in Data Science,” 2017-18.

 

Conference & Event Organizing (Highlights)

  • Session organizer for “Engaging Science with Philosophy: Case Studies, Empirical Data, and Reflections on Collaborations Between Philosophers of Science and Scientists/Engineers” at the Philosophy of Science Association, November 2022.
  • Lead organizer for “Summit on Responsible Innovation and Technology” at the University of Waterloo, October 2019.
  • Co-organizer for “Responsible AI” panel at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation (with Rob Gorbet), November 2018.
  • Lead organizer for “Communities of Integration,” a joint conference of the International Consortium of Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE), Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR), Studies of Experience and Expertise (SEE), and the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI), Kitchener, Ontario, June 2014.
  • Lead organizer for "How Philosophers of Science Can Take up Socially Relevant Roles," workshop at the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), November 2008.
  • Lead organizer for "Making Philosophy of Science More Socially Relevant," a mini-conference at the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA), March 2008.

 

University Service

2023-                           Department Chair, Knowledge Integration

2024-                           Faculty of Environment Awards Committee Chair

2020-21                       Faculty of Environment Student Perception Survey committee

2019-20                       University of Waterloo Interdisciplinary Task Force

2018-20                       Council for Responsible Innovation & Technology (CRIT)

2014-19                       Research Ethics and Integrity Advisory Committee (REIAC)

2018-19                       Director, Science and Technology in Society Teaching Group (STSTG)

2013-19                       Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies, Knowledge Integration

2015-17                       Faculty of Environment HeForShe Committee

2011-12                       Faculty Association University of Waterloo Board Member (FAUW)

2010-12                       Status of Women and Equity Committee (SWEC)