Cecelia a. Watson

curriculum vitae

 

The Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637-1580

 


 

Research and Teaching Interests: History and Philosophy of Psychology į 19th and 20th Century U.S. History į Scientific Style and Rhetoric į Science in American Legal History

 


 

Education

 

Ph.D., Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, University of Chicago, 2002-present.

 

M.A., Philosophy, University of Chicago, conferred December 2005.

 

B.A., Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, conferred May 2001.

 

Coursework

 


 

Teaching Experience

 

Lector: Advanced Academic and Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse (University of Chicago Writing Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship program), Summer 2006.

 

Advisor: Bachelor's Thesis in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago (Student: Karl Otto), Spring 2006.

 

Advisor: BachelorÕs Thesis in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago (Student: Anna Zaigraeva), Autumn 2005.

 

Lector: Advanced Academic and Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse (University of Chicago Writing Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship program), Summer 2005.

 

Instructor and Course Designer (with Adam R. Shapiro): Science and Religion in American Legal History (two sections, offered for undergraduates in History and Philosophy of Science, Laws and Letters and History), University of Chicago, Winter 2005. Syllabus

 

Lector: Advanced Academic and Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse (University of Chicago Writing Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship program), Spring 2004.

 

Teaching Assistant: Science, Culture, & Society in Western Civilization, I: Ancient Greece (HIPS 17300, HIST 17300), University of Chicago (Instructor: Robert Richards), Autumn 2003.

 

Laboratory Teaching Assistant. : Junior Laboratory (Electricity, Magnetism and Mechanics), St. JohnÕs College (Instructor: Malcolm C. Wyatt), November 2000-May 2001.

 

Senior Thesis Writing Assistant: St. JohnÕs College, December 1999-February 2000.

 

A resumˇ detailing non-academic employment is available upon request.

 


 

Publications

 

Refereed Articles

 

"The Sartorial Self: William James's Philosophy of Dress," History of Psychology, Vol.7 No. 3 (August 2004).

 


 

Papers Presented

 

ŅThe Points of Style: The invention, popularization and vilification of the semicolon.Ó What Style Knows, Tufts University, October 2005. (refereed)

 

ŅThe Sartorial Self: William JamesÕs Philosophy of Dress.Ó History of the Human Sciences Conference, University of Chicago, May 2003.  (invited)

 


 

Commentaries and Other Presentations

 

Commentary on "Goethe's Science and German Classicism." History of the Human Sciences workshop, University of Chicago, Fall 2004.

 

Chair, Seminar on Important Things. University of Chicago, Spring 2004.

 

Presentation on Lines of Force. Faraday Conference, St. JohnÕs College, April 2001.

 


 

Academic Awards and Honors

 

Fishbein Fellowship, The Morris Fishbein Center for History of Medicine, University of Chicago, 2002-present.

 

French Translation Prize, St. JohnÕs College, 2000.

 


 

Membership in Professional Associations

 

American Psychological Association, Division 26 (History of Psychology)

 

The History of Science Society

 


 

Languages

 

German (good reading knowledge and intermediate speaking ability)

 

French (good reading knowledge)

 

Greek (basic reading knowledge)

 

Latin (basic reading knowledge)

 


 

Last Updated: June 2006