MONICA AUFRECHT
Seattle Colleges
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
1701 Broadway - BE4128
Seattle, WA 98122
Education
2010 Ph.D.
2005 M.A.
2000 B.A.
Phone: (206) 601-1012
Email: [email protected]
University of Washington, Philosophy (2005 - 2010)
University of Washington, Philosophy (2003 - 2005)
Wellesley College, History and Philosophy of Science, cum laude
Area of Specialization Philosophy of Science, Environmental Ethics
Areas of Competence Applied Ethics, Bioethics, Feminist Philosophy, Early Analytic Philosophy
Academic Employment
2011, present Instructor, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
2011- 2012
Assistant Professor, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
2010 - 2011
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
Visiting Lecturer & Coordinator for the Institute for Values in Policy and Science (ViPS)
I coordinated the conceptualization and establishment of an Institute at SFU that will provide a
forum for discussion and research on values within the sciences and public policy. Planned
topics include sustainability; climate change; technology and privacy; research integrity; and
population growth and aging.
2003 - 2010
The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Teaching Associate; Philosophy Department, History and Philosophy of Science
Teaching Assistant; Philosophy Department, Simpson Center for Humanities
Publications
2012. Aufrecht, M. “Rethinking ‘Greening of Hate’: Climate Emissions, Immigration, and the Last
Frontier,” Ethics and the Environment (forthcoming).http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13194-011-0031-9
There has been a recent resurgence of what Betsy Hartmann dubbed “the greening of hate” (blaming
immigrants for environmental issues in the U.S.). Using migration from the Lower 48 to Alaska as a
model, I explore this anti-immigration argument. I conclude it is not convincing given the current
pattern of climate emissions and prevailing justice considerations. Climate matters; how we treat each
other matters, too.
2012. Aufrecht, M. Review of P opp er’s C rit ical Ra tion alis m , by Darrell Rowbottom. in International Studies
in the Philosophy of Science, 26:2, 223-225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2012.703482.
2011. Aufrecht, M. “Climate Change and Structural Emissions: Moral Obligations at the Individual
Level,” International Journal of Applied Philosophy 25.2: 201- 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ijap201125218
Given the large-scale, collective nature of climate change, what moral obligations do individuals have to
reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions? I suggest that obligations at the personal scale are limited.
Instead, individuals have obligations to change mid- and large-scale infrastructures.
2011. Aufrecht, M. “The Context Distinction: Controversies over Feminist Philosophy of Science,”
European Journal of Philosophy of Science. 1: 373-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13194-011-0031-9
Some object to feminist approaches to philosophy of science, claiming that such approaches violate the
distinction between context of discovery and context of justification. I show how this objection is more
serious than is often acknowledged within feminist circles. Ultimately, however, I demonstrate how it
rests on an ambiguous interpretation of the context distinction.
Monica Aufrecht
Awards and Honors
2011
Early Career Scholar Prize for Best Paper, Applied Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
2010
Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany
(March – July) For outstanding students completing their dissertations.
2009
Graduate Fellow, Science Studies Network, University of Washington
Competitively selected from faculty and graduate students working in science studies.
Fellows organize interdisciplinary bi-weekly seminars on the theme Democracy and Science.
2005 & 2008
Philosophy Department Teaching Award, University of Washington
2009
Dissertation Fellowship, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Washington
2007 - 2008
Lead Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Washington
Awarded to a graduate student who displays exceptional teaching, leadership and mentoring
skills. Responsibilities include mentoring incoming graduate students, leading weekly graduate
colloquia on teaching methods, and overseeing orientation and department events.
2005
Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Teaching Experience
Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
As Instructor
Logic
Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
As Assistant Professor
Fundamentals of Philosophy
Logic
Philosophy of Science
Environmental Ethics
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
As Visiting Lecturer 2010 – 2011 Environmental Ethics
Philosophy of Science
Global Health Ethics
Philosophy of Science, Special Topic: Objectivity
The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
As Main Instructor 2007 - 2009
Environmental Ethics (two times)
Practical Reasoning and Critical Thinking (three times)
Seminar in Teaching Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science Capstone Course (upper level)
(for undergraduate HPS majors, co-taught with Professor Bruce Hevly, History Department)
As Teaching Assistant 2003 - 2007
Philosophy of Science
Environmental Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Introduction to Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic
Global Health and Justice:
“Diagnosing Injustice. Ethics, Power
and Global Health” (Humanities Dept.)
with
Lynn Hankinson Nelson
Andrew Light, Andrea Woody
Ron Moore
Angela Smith
Ann Baker, Michael Rosenthal
S. Marc Cohen, Cass Weller, Arthur Fine
Janelle Taylor & Sara Goering (Anthropology &
Philosophy)
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Dissertation
“Values in Science: The Context of Discovery and the Context of Justification”
Karl Popper famously distinguished between ‘how an idea occurs to a man’ and ‘whether the idea is
justified.’ Recent work has examined the roots of this “context distinction” as well as its significance in
contemporary philosophy of science. My dissertation examines the different and sometimes contradictory
uses of the context distinction. As I navigate these debates, I use the context distinction as a lens for
focusing on how values enter science.
Committee Arthur Fine (chair), Stephen Gardiner, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Andrea Woody, Alison Wylie
Conference Presentations
2012
“Stewardship Ethics: Leave only Footprints? Re-envisioning human 'impact' ”
- Environmental Ethics Initiave, Brigham Young University on “Conservation, Restoration
and Sustainability: A Call for Stewardship”
2012
“Environmental Responsibility in Perilous Times” Roundtable Discussion
- Applied Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
2011
“Climate Change: rethinking the Greening of Hate”
- National Science Foundation Works-in-Progress, University of Alaska Anchorage
2011
“Climate Change and Structural Emissions: Moral Obligations at the Individual Level”
- Applied Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
2010
“Placing Kuhn in the Discovery/Justification Debate”
- Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany
- Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany
2009
“The Context Distinction: Debates over Feminist Philosophy of Science”
- Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), University of Minnesota
- Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics, and Science Studies (FEMMSS3),
Topic: The Politics of Knowledge, University of South Carolina
2009
“Looking Ahead: ‘Bionic’ Contact Lenses and Technical Systems” with Alex Dezieck
- The Society of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies, Nanoethics Graduate Education
Symposia (S.NET), University of Washington
“On Reichenbach’s Context Distinction”
- Integrated History & Philosophy of Science Conference (&HPS), University of Notre Dame
- Columbia History of Science Group, Marine Biological Laboratory at Friday Harbor
2009, 2008
Invited Presentations
2011
“Illusions of Agreement: Values in Science”
- Simon Fraser University
- Linfield College
2011
“The Structure of Philosophical Revolutions: Kuhn and the Context Distinction”
- Joint Philosophy of Science Workshop, Simon Fraser U., U. of British Columbia & U. of
Washington
Academic Service
2011
Manuscript Reviewer, Ethics, Policy & Environment
2011
Textbook Reviewer, The Art of Reasoning by David Kelley, Norton Publishing
2009
Manuscript Reviewer, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2003 - 2009
Committees (Colloquium, Graduate Admissions, Faculty Liaison), University of Washington
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2006
Consultant, Project 2061: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Linfield Service
2012
Alternative Spring Break Faculty Advisor, New Orleans wetlands restoration
2012
Phi Sigma Tau Faculty Advisor
2011
Panel Discussion: Science and Faith, the Integrated Science Seminar with Brian Gilbert, Chris
Gaiser, and Joelle , and Kurt Harrop. Discussed with science students the philosophical basis
for concepts like “truth” and “knowledge” and interconnections between faith and science.
2011
Movie and Discussion: The Economics of Happiness, in coordination with Hector and the Search for
Happiness, Linfield common book. Led a student discussion with Eric Shuck on quality of life
and economic globalization.
Advisees
Menolly Whitemore, Linfield College 2014
Kyle Flynn, Linfield College 2014
Conferences and Panels organized
2008
“US Energy Policy; Priorities for the Next Administration,” Panel Discussion organized by the
Forum on Science, Ethics, and Policy (FOSEP), UW
2007
“Environmental Ethics,” Fourth Biennial Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, UW
References
Kaarina Beam, Assistant Professor, Chair, Linfield College
Arthur Fine, Professor of Philosophy, UW
Stephen Gardiner, Associate Professor of Philosophy, UW
Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Professor of Philosophy, UW
Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Associate Professor, Linfield College
Lisa Shapiro, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair, Simon Fraser U.
Andrea Woody, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Chair, UW
Alison Wylie, Professor of Philosophy, UW
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