Spring 2002 issue

Contents
Editorial
Conferences, lectures and workshops
Job opportunities
4S nominations
Scholarships, prizes and funding opportunities
Announcements
Articles

EDITORIAL

Welcome to the spring/summer, mostly-electronic issue of Technoscience. In this issue we are pleased to present the Author Meets Critic comments of Andrew Pickering and Ronald Giere on the 2001 Fleck Prize winner----Karin Knorr-Cetina’s Epistemic Cultures (Harvard UP: 1999), as presented at the 2001 4S conference. In addition, we’re very happy to share some impressions from grad students who attended the grad student conference at Cornell.

We invite you to submit content for the fall issue in the following areas: announcements of publications, reviews, jobs, competitions, prizes, workshops, conferences, general STS news, and commentary. We are especially interested in announcements of recent publications of our members, which will be included in a new section in the next issue. Our deadlines are: August 15 (for fall publication), December 15 (for spring publication) and April 15 for late spring/summer publication. The Technoscience newsletter website is updated once per month, found at: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/technoscience/ We prefer to receive content in Word plain text format. You can contact us at: TECHNOSCIENCE-L@LISTS.RPI.EDU. Thanks for reading.

CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

4S: 2002 Annual Meeting

November 7-20 2002, Milwaukee, WI, USA

The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) will hold its 26th Annual Meeting at the Hilton Hotel Milwaukee City Center, from November 7 to 10, 2002. The program chair Thomas Gieryn and committee encourage the submission of paper proposals on all subjects connected to the social and cultural analysis of science, technology and medicine. Authors should submit a one-page abstract (about 300 words) and a $25 processing fee per submission by 15 May 2002 to:

Engineering Professional Development

University of Arizona

1224 N Vine Ave

Tucson, AZ 85719

TEL: 520-621-3054

FAX: 520-621-1443

email: epd@engr.arizona.edu

You may use Visa, Master Card or American Express for your processing fee. Checks should be made payable to The University of Arizona Foundation . The $25 processing fee will be credited toward your conference registration fee. In the event your paper is not selected for presentation, the fee will be refunded. All abstracts should be submitted electronically as a Word attachment. Please, no compressed or encrypted submissions.

Please include for all authors: full name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address. Authors are limited to two submissions, including collaboration on multi-authored papers. The 4S website is: http://www.lsu.edu/ssss/public_html/

The 4S meeting will be held on the same dates and within walking distance from meetings of the History of Science Society and the Philosophy of Science Association.

History of Science Society: Crossing Borders

7-10 November 2002, Milwaukee, WI, USA

The program committee has selected the theme, Crossing Borders, to give coherence and structure to the annual meeting and to encourage exchange with the affiliated meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association and the Society for Social Studies of Science. We particularly encourage submissions of papers and sessions around the following sub-themes:

1. Topographies of Knowledge;

2. Circulation: Knowledge, Objects, Practices, People;

3. Visual Cultures of Science, Technology, and Medicine.

Proposals on all topics are encouraged, but some preference will be given to strong papers and sessions that relate to these themes. Proposals for sessions and contributed papers must reach the History of Science Society’s Executive Office, Box 351330, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1330; phone: 206-543-9366; fax: 206-685-9544; e-mail: info@hssonline.org by 2 April 2002. Proposals must be submitted through the HSS Web site (http://www.hssonline.org/2002meeting) or on the annual meeting proposal forms that are available online (forms may also be requested from the HSS Executive Office). We encourage electronic submissions. Only one proposal per person, please. For additional information concerning the 2002 meeting, contact the HSS Executive Office or visit the HSS Web site. All forms and guidelines available at www.hssonline.org/2002meeting

JASHOPS 2002

September 20-22, 2002, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The School of History Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta will host JASHOPS 2002 (the Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of the Physical Sciences) on September 20-22, 2002. Papers are invited from pre-docs and recent post-docs on the theme ‘Distributed Sites of Knowledge Production’, and that explore the multiple spaces in which knowledge has been produced, circulated and transformed through the ages (academia, industrial laboratories, the ‘field’, clinical practices, military laboratories, private homes, pubs, museums, colonial expeditions, etc). Some financial support will be available for graduate students.

For further information please contact: Jahnavi Phalkey jahnavi.phalkey@hts.gatech.edu or John Krige john.krige@hts.gatech.edu or write to either at the School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, D M Smith Bldg., 685 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332 -0345. Abstracts should be submitted by April 25^th, 2002.

Jashops benefits from the financial support of the host institution, as well as the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics, the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Dibner Institute.

The Local and the Global: A Workshop for the Rising Generation of Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy Professionals

April 12-14, 2002, Washington, DC, USA

The emerging field of science, engineering, and technology (SE&T) policy has become a recognizable profession in recent years. As the interaction between science and government intensifies, the need for an SE&T policy workforce equipped with the tools and training necessary to negotiate this relationship is greater than ever.

The purpose of this event is to better acquaint current and prospective SE&T policy professionals with the practice and opportunities of this emerging profession. This will be accomplished through a blend of plenary and breakout sessions led by seasoned SE&T professionals, and sessions devoted to the presentation of scholarly papers on timely SE&T policy issues. Students, young professionals, and recent graduates interested in science, engineering, and technology policy as a career or field of study are encouraged to attend.

The Workshop is free of charge and will start Friday evening with a networking reception where participants will have an opportunity to meet established members as well as the rising generation of the SE&T policy community.

For further details about the Workshop and to register, please visit www.aaas.org/spp/nextgen/

For information about submission of scholarly papers, please visit www.nvgc.vt.edu/sts/gradconf_2002.html

This event is open to the public and is scheduled so that participants can also attend the 27th Annual AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy (www.aaas.org/spp/colloquium) April 11-12. The Workshop represents a blending of the 2nd annual AAAS Workshop on Science and Technology Policy Careers and the Graduate Student Conference on Contexts in Science and Technology. The AAAS workshop is being held in conjunction with a graduate student conference on Contexts in Science and Technology. For more details see www.nvgc.vt.edu/sts/gradconf_2002.html

19-21 April, 2002, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University, USA

Transparency as an historical and social achievement plays a crucial role in the justification of claims to legitimacy in science, technology and politics. The transparency of instruments, institutions, and identities is attained through two complementary moves: while certain objects, actors, and processes are made visible, other elements of mediation have to be concealed or normalized to the point of invisibility. In this interdisciplinary workshop, we discuss some of the different cultural repertoires that actors have drawn on in order to construct or challenge transparency in particular historical contexts. Specifically, we address how the complementary moves of disclosure and concealment relate to the potentially ambivalent function of transparency: for claims to participation as well as for the maintenance of socio-technical classifications (e.g. expert/lay).

In these contexts, the theme of transparency opens up a set of questions. How is transparency achieved in the laboratory, or in political practice? What is the interaction between the notions of transparency employed in science, technology, and politics? How are such notions constructed in ways that support claims to legitimacy by both scientists and policy makers? How is the achievement of transparency dependent on processes of exclusion and marginalization? Does the concept of transparency thus reiterate problems similar to those associated with the concept of objectivity? At the workshop, we will engage with these questions in diverse problem areas, ranging from the practice of medical imaging technologies to corporations' presentation of biotechnology, and taxation in eighteenth-century Britain. The workshop will be discussion-intensive based on pre-circulated papers, short summary presentations, and extensive commentaries. Keynote speaker Wiebe Bijker (University of Maastricht) will provide insights from his own research, and reflect on prospects for future lines of inquiry in the field. Other participants include William Ashworth, Tony Conrad, Peter Dear, Michael Dennis, Stephen Hilgartner, Ron Kline, Michael Lynch, Hélène Mialet, Trevor Pinch, and Judith Reppy.

For further information please visit the workshop website at http://projects.sts.cornell.edu/visions/index.html, or contact Javier Lezaun or Anna Maerker, Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University, 630 Clark Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 (jl181@cornell.edu, akm23@cornell.edu).

Network Worlds: a symposium on the Internet and Society

May 31 and June 1 2002, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Featuring a public lecture by Manuel Castells (University of California at Berkeley): "The Internet: a Cultural Creation"

Symposium speakers include

Kong Chong Ho (National University of Singapore)

Thomas Courchene (Queen's University)

David Lyon (Queen's University)

Vincent Mosco (Carleton University)

Serge Proulx (Universite de Quebec a Montreal)

Saskia Sassen (University of Chicago)

Steve Woolgar (Oxford University)

Elia Zureik (Queen's University)

Free registration

Opportunities for graduate students to meet speakers

Speakers book exhibition

Details at http://www.networkworlds.ca/

4th International Summer Academy on Technology Studies: Technology and the Public

July 7 -13, 2002, Deutschlandsberg, Austria

Organized by:

Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ), A-8010 Graz, Schloegelgasse2, in cooperation with: Roskilde University, Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies (Tek-Sam), Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Innovation Studies and History of Technology and University of Maribor and the Slovenian Science Foundation.

Information and Registration:

For further information on programme or registration, please visit our web site: http://www.ifz.tu-graz.ac.at/sumacad/ or contact: Sandra Karner, e-mail: mailto:karner@ifz.tu-graz.ac.at.

Aims and Perspectives:

The general aim of the series of summer academies is to explore strategies for a more sustainable design of technologies as an issue of technology studies. How can technology studies contribute to an environmentally sound, participative, user-friendly technological development? Do these approaches provide new perspectives to analyze and to actively shape technological change?

An important issue within the context of technological change is the role of the public. In particular we are interested in controversies such as the biotechnology debate. Especially in the latter context, demands are frequently being made which call for profound information. Public understanding seems to be the cure for acceptance problems, a precondition of informed decisions and a ”realistic” risk perception. It is important to us to explore analytical approaches and practical initiatives that go beyond the so called ”deficit model”. In contrast to this we are convinced that an interactive model is more appropriate to open up perspectives of active public participation in communication processes on technology and its design. The Summer Academy shall provide a platform to combine both, theoretical analysis and practical policy questions of shaping technological change in a environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive way.

An important aim of the summer academy also is to establish closer links to Central and Eastern European countries regarding the joint effort of shaping technology as a means of social and economic change. Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture will provide grants for researchers from CEE countries which cover accommodation and fees.

Conference Venue:

The Summer Academy will be held at Deutschlandsberg Castle (near Graz) among the vineyards of the Styrian wine-growing district.

Fees & Accommodation:

Conference fees: € 290.-. The fee covers the conference proceedings and all conference materials. € 370.- for accommodation include half board (breakfast and lunch) and coffee breaks for the period from Sunday evening to Friday evening as well as social events during the week.

Grants:

Grants covering fees and accommodation will be made available for participants from Central and Eastern European transition economies.

Environment, Culture & Community Conference

2-5 July 2002, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

How do we deal with the environmental challenges of the 21st Century? Exploring the role of social and cultural processes in relation to environmental awareness is critical to the development of ecologically-situated relationships among people and between people and the earth. This conference will bring together those whose scholarly and artistic work addresses ways in which people create, challenge and sustain relationships with the natural environment.

We invite presentations on a wide range of topics, approached from a diversity of cultural perspectives, from across the humanities and related areas. We hope the suggested topics will encourage a mingling of disciplines and practices and we welcome suggestions of further topics.

Sponsored by:

Culture & Agriculture Section of AAA

Anthropology and Environment Section of AAA

American Anthropological Association Public Policy Committee

In recent years anthropologists have called for increased involvement of our discipline in policy matters. The purpose of this conference is to seek instrumental ways for AAA members to identify and prioritize salient policy issues about which anthropology has something to offer in the realm of environment, resources, and sustainability. An important component of this effort will be to articulate a process through which prioritized policy issues can be promoted via the newly formed AAA Policy Committee, as well as the C&A, A&E and other interested Sections.

The conference will be held over two days. The first day will be a plenary session with an overview paper presented in each topical area. The second day is devoted primarily to breakout groups within which papers will be used to respond to the charge to translate our anthropological expertise into prioritized topics for policy promotion. Policy entails a broad range of possible activities, only one of which includes actual legislation. It also includes agency or administrative action, enforcement, directing research funding, identification and coalescing of partnerships with other scientific groups, advocacy, and legal action, to name but a few.

The conference is limited to 100 participants and preference will be given to AAA members interested in advancing policy initiatives through our professional organization. The conference registration deadline is April 8, 2002. Registration materials will be sent to those whose papers are accepted

The New Century Environmental Leadership Institute: An Experiential Inquiry into Watershed Restoration (The River Institute)

Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

The New Century Environmental Leadership Institute, informally known as The River Institute, this combined seminar/internship project represents a project of the Mystic Watershed Collaborative (MWC), a partnership of Tufts University and the Mystic River Watershed Association.

The seminar will explore both the limits and the potential of strategic action in the environmental movement, as well as the prevailing social science theories about social movements more generally. Twice a week, students attend a seminar to discuss the role of strategy in social movements with particular attention to biophysical watershed restoration strategies growing out of environmental management. The seminar is taken for credit and is required ($1,275 tuition).

Simultaneously, each student completes an internship with a MWC member organization in the Boston metropolitan area. Internship placements provide students opportunities to observe and participate in strategic decision-making and implementation of watershed restoration tactics. The institute is designed to facilitate systematic analysis and testing of both social movement and restoration practices in concrete settings. Academic credit for the internship is optional, though each participant is placed with one organization.

Financial stipends ($1,500 min.) are provided to each intern; additional financial support may become available. Enrollment is limited and competitive.

For an application contact Dale Bryan, River Inst. Co-Director, CIS, 109 Eaton Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 or email dale.bryan@tufts.edu, or see http://www.tufts.edu/tie/river_institute. Applications are due by April 1, 2002 (postmarked); send directly to Dale Bryan.

8^th International Summer School in History of Science: Rethinking Scientific Knowledge in the 16th and early 17th Centuries
September 16-20, 2002, Paris, France

The International Summer School in History of Science meets biannually. The School's purpose is to bring together specialists and advanced aspirants to develop topics in history of science and technology deemed interesting, timely, and appropriate to the location. The number of participants is limited to about forty. A chief goal of the school is to promote collaborative research on an international level. The theme for the 2002 Summer School will be Rethinking Scientific Knowledge in the 16th and early 17th Centuries.

The school has four courses, and each one will be addressed in two series of lectures, which, with ensuing discussions, will occupy the mornings. Two special lectures will complete this programme. Afternoons will be free for visits, work in libraries, museums, or laboratories.

Lecturers include :

Jim Bennett (Museum of History of Science, Oxford)
Instruments, experiment and mechanical philosophy in the reform of natural knowledge
1. Sixteenth-century mathematics : instruments, mechanics, reform
2. Seventeenth-century natural philosophy : instruments, mechanics, reform

Sanjay Subrahmanyam (EHESS, Paris)
Making Cartographic and Ethnographic Knowledge in Portuguese Asia :
1. The outlines of Asia : the nature of coastal knowledge
2. Filling in the Blanks : from coast to interior

Gianna Pomata
Lecturing on Discovery : Innovation in the 17th Century Medical Teaching :
1. Pavia 1625 : Gaspare Aselli lectures on his discovery of the lacteals
2. London 1665 : Sir George Ent lectures on the post-Harveian body.

Dennis Des Chene
From the schools to the new science
1. Foundations of natural philosophy
2. The science of life

Responsible for the local organization : Dominique Pestre, Director, Centre Alexandre Koyré
Administrative co-ordinator : Nadine Dardenne, Centre Alexandre Koyré Tél: 01 43 36 70 69 Fax: 01 43 341 34 49 - School02@mnhn.fr
Information and application form : http://www.ehess.fr/centres/koyre/Centre_A_KOYRE.html
Applications should be sent in not later than the 30th of April. Decision about admission will be announced by the end of May.

3rd Annual Lewis Mumford Lecture

April 18, 2002, Albany, NY, USA

Ken Jackson of Columbia University will present the lecture on "Empire City: The Impact of 9-11 on New York."

Thursday, April 18, 3:30 pm

University at Albany, Albany NY, USA

Campus Center 370

Refreshments will be served

Ken Jackson is a well known urban historian, author of Crabgrass Frontier and editor of The Encyclopedia of New York City. He also serves now as President of the New York Historical Society.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Program Director for Science and Technology Studies,

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

The National Science Foundation invites applications for the position of Program Director, to begin preferably in August 2002. The position is a rotational one, carrying an initial one-year appointment, normally renewable for up to two years or more.

The Program Director for Science and Technology Studies (STS) represents STS to colleagues in the NSF and other Federal science agencies and to the Administration. STS encompasses history, philosophy, and social science studies of science, engineering and technology. The Program Director provides intellectual leadership and is responsible for all aspects of program administration and development. He or she administers the review of research proposals submitted to NSF in this field and is responsible for recommending and documenting actions on the proposals reviewed, for dealing with administrative matters relating to active NSF grants, and for maintaining regular contact with the relevant research communities and providing advice and consultation to persons requesting them. Program Directors are also expected to engage in NSF-wide initiatives and interagency collaborations.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline, and must be active in research in some area covered by the program. They should show evidence of initiative, administrative skill, and ability to work well with others. Six or more years of research experience beyond the Ph.D. are required for appointment as Program Director. Salary is negotiable, and is comparable with academic salaries at major US institutions.

Please direct inquiries and expressions of interest to Dr. Daniel H. Newlon, Acting Division Director of the Division of Social and Economic Sciences, phone: (703) 292-8761; e-mail: dnewlon@nsf.gov; or Dr. Bruce Seely, Program Director, Science and Technology Studies, phone: (703) 292-8763, e-mail: bseely@nsf.gov; or Mrs. Bonney Sheahan, coordinator of the cluster housing the STS program, phone: (703) 292-8764, or e-mail: bsheahan@nsf.gov. All are located in Suite 995, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, fax: (703) 292-9068.

Qualified persons who are women, ethnic/racial minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. The National Science Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employing highly qualified staff that reflects the diversity of our nation.

Associate or Assistant Professor in Information and Media Studies

Department of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark

At the Department of Information and Media Studies a position as associate or assistant professor within the field of Information Technology Studies is open to appointment from August 1st, 2002.

Candidates must document qualifications within history of theory and practical perspectives on programming language concepts. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on the candidates' ability to contribute to the departmental research in the development of interactive systems. Candidates are expected to teach programming and program design, which introduces programming language concepts and results in the implementation of interactive systems.

Candidates are expected to contribute to the further development of a creative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research community whose task it is to reflect the dynamic development and shifting meaning and function of Information Technology in a socio-technical world. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Head of Department professor Frands Mortensen fmorten@imv.au.dk, phone +45 8942 1968.

Candidates who do not speak Danish will be expected to learn enough Danish to participate fully in the work of the Department within two years. As the appointee will participate in its day-to-day work, a regular presence at the Department will be expected.

Applicants must submit a curriculum vitae, a description of scientific accomplishments, a list of publications and 3 copies of publications (maximum 7) to be considered in the evaluation.

The Faculty refers to the Ministerial Order No. 820 of 31.8.2000 on the appointment of teaching and research staff at the universities under the Danish Ministry of Education. Forskningsministeriets bekendtgørelse nr. 820 af 31. august 2000 om ansættelse af lærere og videnskabelige medarbejdere ved universiteter m.fl. under Forskningsministeriet

Salary and other terms of employment in Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Organizations, including the agreed-upon job structure.

(Forskningsministeriets notat af 22.september 2000 om stillingsstruktur for videnskabeligt personale med forskningsopgaver og undervisningsopgaver ved universiteter m.fl. under Forskningsministeriet).

The letter of application (marked vith the University of Aarhus, Journalkontoret, Ndr. Ringgade 1, DK-8000 Aarhus C. Closing date: June 13, 2002, 12.00 o'clock, midday. Three copies of the following material: publications (also marked with the number mentioned below) should be sent directly to the Department of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Niels Juelsgade 84, 8200 Århus N, Denmark. Please mark the application: 2002-212/1-8.

Research Assistant Professor, Global Environment

Brown University, The Watson Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Brown University invites applications for an assistant professor (research) in the Global Environment Program of the Watson Institute for International Studies with a joint appointment in the Center for Environmental Studies (or other relevant department). The appointment is for three years, there may be the possibility of renewal. The candidate should have expertise in one or more of the following areas: global change, population-environment, environmental security or political economy as it relates to the environment. Responsibilities include teaching one course with an international environmental focus, possibly as part of the UNEP/Watson training program, as well as maintaining an active and funded research program. The successful candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in a relevant field, strong international interests and experience, a record of scholarly accomplishments in global or international environmental issues and demonstrated teaching ability.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, statement of teaching and research interests and have three letters of reference sent to: GE Search, Brown University, The Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, (401) 863-9932; e-mail Deborah_Healey@Brown.edu. All applications received by April 19, 2002 will receive full consideration. We particularly invite applications from women and minority candidates. Brown University is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Research Assistant

The Saratoga Foundation, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA

The Saratoga Foundation, Inc. is an international, non-profit research, education and advocacy group with women's interests at our epicenter. The Saratoga Foundation advances human rights, promotes economic justice, supports education reform and improves environmental health with a specific focus on women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds around the globe. Our focus includes reproductive rights and health care, gender-equity education, economic justice, environmental health and biotechnology/genetically engineered food.

We are interviewing individuals who have a strong interest in women's human rights on the national and international levels. The Saratoga Foundation seeks candidates who want to develop skills and experience along with this dynamic organization. Research assistants will be assigned major research projects which will test her/his writing and communication skills. Individuals who possess networking, problem solving and computer aptitude are encouraged to apply. The position includes the following responsibilities:

a- In-depth research and preparation of official foundation policy papers

b- Attendance and participation at meetings and conferences of the United Nations, New York State Legislature and other groups

c- Development of public relations activities and fund raising campaign, and more.

SALARY: $10,000: Monday - Thursday, seven hours per day (Raise up to $25,000 with full time employment, plus medical benefits within 12 months conditioned upon success of fund raising program). Start Date: May, 2002.

CONTACT:

Lois J. Shapiro-Canter, J.D., President and Chief Executive Officer

The Saratoga Foundation, Inc.
480 Broadway
Box 4636
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 USA
tel: (518) 583-4990
fax: (518) 893-2405
email: saratogafoundation@earthlink.net

web: www.saratogafoundation.org

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Undergraduate degree required. Excellent research, writing, oral and computer skills are necessary. Candidates must be able to complete assignments on time and juggle multiple tasks. We are looking for professional people who are committed to women's human rights and want to help build The Saratoga Foundation, Inc. Resume, references and writing sample required. Please contact us at: P.O. Box 4636 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 or saratogafoundation@earthlink.net Web page: www.saratogafoundation.org Phone: 518-583-4990

Volunteer Reviewers

The Gender and Diversities Institute at Education Development Center, Inc.

The Gender and Diversities Institute at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), is pleased to announce the start of its first digital library initiative - the Gender and Science Digital Library project (GSDL). The GSDL will be developed in collaboration with the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse at Ohio State University, and is

funded by the National Science Foundation.

The primary objective of the GSDL is to create a high-quality, interactive library of K-12, higher education, women's studies, and teacher preparation resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. It will assist educators and researchers in promoting and implementing gender-equitable STEM education in both formal and informal settings, to both male and female students, and assist in increasing female involvement in the sciences, and provide resources to researchers and others working

to understand the link between gender and science, including how gender influences the development of science and the role of women within science.

Please visit our web site at http://www.edc.org/GDI/GSDL for information about the GSDL project. At this time, we are particularly interested in material submissions and reviewer volunteers -application forms for both these areas can be submitted to us on-line at our web site. I hope you will take this opportunity to submit information on an item you recommend for inclusion in our digital collection and by volunteering to become a reviewer.

Multiple Positions: Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies

Johns Hopkins University, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, USA

The Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies seeks dynamic individuals to fill several 1-year fellowship positions and 1-2 full-time positions, where they will work at the crossroads of national security and public health to address issues associated with the threat of biological weapons. The Center -- part of the Hopkins Schools of Public Health and Medicine -- is dedicated to informing policy decisions and catalyzing practices that help prevent the use of biological weapons and should prevention fail, lessen the death and suffering that would result from their use. Competitive applicants will possess the following:

1. Working knowledge of, or interest in shaping current skills towards the application of an area of relevance regarding biological weapons (e.g., domestic preparedness, medical/public health response, bio-security, proliferation);