Peter J. Taylor, University of Massachusetts Boston

Professional Information

Full name: Peter J. Taylor
Job title: Director, graduate track in Science in a Changing World
URL: pcrcr.wordpress.com
Role: faculty
Education: PhD ecology & evolution 1985 Harvard University
Professional Organizations: Society for Social Studies of Science
Current Projects: Collaborative Exploration of Scientific and Social Change, Project-based learning in graduate education, Heterogeneity and control in the biomedical sciences
Disciplinary Interests: Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice, especially about Social Analysis of Ecological Change and Analyses of Human Life-course Development, Science, Technology and Society
Bio: Peter Taylor is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he teaches and directs undergraduate and graduate programs on critical thinking, reflective practice, and science-in-society. His research and writing focuses on the complexity of environmental and health sciences in their social context, incl. Unruly Complexity: Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement (U. Chicago Press, 2005).