A genetic chimerism or chimera is a single organism composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype. In animals and human chimeras,this means an individual derived from two or more zygotes,which can include possessing blood cells of different blood types,subtle variations in form (phenotype) and,if the zygotes were of differing sexes,then even the possession of both female and male sex organs. Animal chimeras are produced by the merger of two embryos. In plant chimeras,however,the distinct types of tissue may originate from the same zygote,and the difference is often due to mutation during ordinary cell division. Normally,genetic chimerism is not visible on casual inspection;however,it has been detected in the course of proving parentage. In contrast,an individual where each cell contains genetic material from two organisms of different breeds,varieties,species or genera is called a hybrid.
Donna J. Haraway is an American Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and Feminist Studies Department at the University of California,Santa Cruz,and a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies. She has also contributed to the intersection of information technology and feminist theory,and is a leading scholar in contemporary ecofeminism. Her work criticizes anthropocentrism,emphasizes the self-organizing powers of nonhuman processes,and explores dissonant relations between those processes and cultural practices,rethinking sources of ethics.
Evelyn Fox Keller is an American physicist,author and feminist. She is Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Keller's early work concentrated at the intersection of physics and biology. Her subsequent research has focused on the history and philosophy of modern biology and on gender and science.
Education sciences or education theory seek to describe,understand,and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics,such as pedagogy,andragogy,curriculum,learning,and education policy,organization and leadership. Educational thought is informed by many disciplines,such as history,philosophy,sociology,and psychology.
Roberta L. Millstein is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California,Davis,with affiliations in the Science and Technology Studies Program and the John Muir Institute for the Environment. She is the Senior Co-chair of the Philosophy of Science Association’s Women's Caucus and an Editor of the peer-reviewed online open-access journal Philosophy,Theory,and Practice in Biology. She also serves as a member of the executive committee and Council for the American Association for the Advancement of Science,Pacific Division (AAAS-PD) as well as the council for the International Society for the History,Philosophy,and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).
Kwok Pui-lan is a Hong Kong-born feminist theologian known for her work on Asian feminist theology and postcolonial theology.
Anne Daphne Yoder is an American biologist,researcher,and professor in the Department of Biology at Duke University in Durham,North Carolina,United States. Yoder's work includes the study,preservation,and conservation of the multifarious biodiversity found in Madagascar. One of her main research topics focuses on the diverse lemur population found on the island. Specifically,Yoder's research concentrates on assorted geographic factors that lead to varying levels of biological differences in the speciation process. Her investigations utilize genome research to further understand the complex and unique degree of speciation that occurs in lemur populations.
Diane M. Mackie is a social psychologist known for her research in the fields of intergroup relations and social influence. She is Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California,Santa Barbara.
Michelle Murphy is a Canadian academic. She is a Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto and Director of the Technoscience Research Unit.
Sonja K. Foss is a rhetorical scholar and educator in the discipline of communication. Her research and teaching interests are in contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism,feminist perspectives on communication,the incorporation of marginalized voices into rhetorical theory and practice,and visual rhetoric.
Banu Subramaniam is a professor of women,gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts,Amherst. Originally trained as a plant evolutionary biologist,she writes about social and cultural aspects of science as they relate to experimental biology. She advocates for activist science that creates knowledge about the natural world while being aware of its embeddedness in society and culture. She co-edited Making Threats:Biofears and Environmental Anxieties (2005) and Feminist Science Studies:A New Generation (2001). Her book Ghost Stories for Darwin:The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity (2014) was chosen as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2015 and won the Society for Social Studies of Science Ludwik Fleck Prize for science and technology studies in 2016. Her most recent book,Holy Science:The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism (2019),won the Michelle Kendrick Prize for the best book from the Society for Literature,Science,and the Arts in 2020.
Deboleena Roy is professor and chair of Women's,Gender,and Sexuality Studies and Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology at Emory University,former resident research fellow at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research,Stanford University,and a member of The NeuroGenderings Network. Previously,she was an assistant professor at San Diego State University. Starting in August 2020,she will be serving as the Senior Associate Dean of Faculty for Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
The Feminist Studies Department at the University of California,Santa Cruz constitutes one of the oldest departments of gender and sexuality studies in the world. It was founded as a women's studies department in 1974. It is considered among the most influential departments in feminist studies,post-structuralism,and feminist political theory. In addition to its age and reputation,the department is significant for its numerous notable faculty,graduates,and students.
Catriona Sandilands is a Canadian writer and scholar in the environmental humanities. She is most well known for her conception of queer ecology. She is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. She was a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Culture between 2004 and 2014. She was a Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2016. Sandilands served as president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in 2015. She is also a past President of the Association for Literature,Environment,and Culture in Canada (ALECC) and the American Society for Literature and the Environment.
Daniel Asua Wubah is a Ghanaian-American president of Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that he was the Provost at Washington and Lee University. In his private life,Wubah is a tribal king,Nana Ofosu Peko III,Safohene of Breman Traditional Area in Ghana. He is the first Ghanaian-born president of an American university.
Judith Anne (Judy) Goldsmith is a computer scientist whose publications span a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence,computational complexity theory,decision theory,and computer science education. She is a professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky.
Christine Goodale is an ecosystem ecologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Goodale conducts research that studies the cycling of water,carbon,nitrogen and other nutrients through forest ecosystems.
Jeannine Cavender-Bares is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Ecology,Evolution &Behavior. Her research integrates evolutionary biology,ecology,and physiology by studying the functional traits of plants,with a particular focus on oaks.
Carrie Diaz Eaton is an Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies at Bates College,a co-founder of QUBES,and project director for Math Mamas. Diaz Eaton is a 1st generation Latina of Peruvian descent and is also known for her work in social justice in STEM higher education.
Rachel L. Navarro is a licensed counseling psychologist known for her work in the field of multicultural vocational psychology,focusing on the experience and career goals of Latinas in STEM fields. She is Professor of Counseling Psychology,Education,and Health and Behavior and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of North Dakota.
