Abbreviations:
(NAP) = non-academic position
(TT) = tenure track or equivalent
(T) = tenured or equivalent
(P) = post-doc or fellowship
(V) = visiting assistant professor, lecturer, adjunct or equivalent
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Name |
Year |
Dissertation Title |
Supervisor |
Placement |
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| Fisher, Victoria | 2023 | Getting Down to Brass & Wax: The Material Culture of Physics at Canadian Universities, 1890-1939 | Rebecca Woods/Chen-Pang Yeang | Independent Scholar (NAP) | ||
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Yee, Adrian |
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2023
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Signaling, Machine Learning, & Democracy: A Theory of Misinformation
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Brian Baigrie |
Position: Research Assistant Professor, Lingnan University (TT) |
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Cheng, Zhixiang |
2022 |
On the Explanatory and Interpretative Functions of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology |
Denis Walsh |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (P) |
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Due, Austin |
2022 |
Side Effects in Medicine: Definitions and Discovery |
Ross Upshur |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh (V) |
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Duffee, Charlotte |
2022 |
Fractures: A History and Philosophy of Patient Suffering in 20th-Century American Medicine |
Edward Jones-Imhotep/Ross Upshur |
Postdoctoral Fellow, John and Daria Barry, Human Flourishing Program, Harvard University (P) |
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Fraser, Jennifer |
2022 |
The Cold War on Cancer: Inuit and the Canadian Epidemiological Imagination |
Nikolai Krementsov |
Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine (P) |
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Hua-Henning, Jan |
2022 |
Incendiary Cities: Fire and Technology in Germany and the U.S., 1840-1900 |
Rebecca Woods |
Assistant Professor, History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Duke Kunshan University (TT) |
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Rupik, Greg |
2022 |
Evolutionary Metamorphic Organicism: A Romantic Philosophy of Biology for the Twenty-First Century |
Denis Walsh |
Director, Office of the President, Secretary to the Collegium, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto (NAP) |
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Sposini, Filippo |
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2022 | The Certification of Insanity: Local Origins and Global Consequences | Mark Solovey/Marga Vicedo | Publishing Development Specialist, Frontiers Media, Lausanne, Switzerland/Italy (NAP) | |
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Kasirzadeh, Atoosa |
2021 |
Applying Mathematics to the Natural and Social World |
Jim Brown
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, U. of Edinburgh (TT)
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Qidwai, Sarah |
2021 |
Sir Syed (1817-1898) and Science: The Place of Polymaths and Popularizers in Nineteenth-Century History of Science |
Bernard Lightman |
Postdoctoral Fellow, “Scientism and Empire.” University of Regensberg (P) |
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Mercuri, Mathew |
2020 |
Basing Clinical Decisions on GRADE Recommendations: Implications for Practice and Lessons Learned about Evidence |
Brian Baigrie |
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, and Institute on Ethics & Policy on Innovation (McMaster University) (T) |
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Overgaard, Nicholas |
2019 |
On the Collective Intentionality of Epistemic Communities |
Brian Baigrie |
Policy Analyst Ministry of Health Govermment of Ontario (NAP) |
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Dragos, Ioan (Chris) |
2018 |
A New Framework for Social & Collective Epistemology |
Paul Thompson |
Contract Lecturer, Ryerson U. (V) |
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Koester, Elizabeth |
2018 |
The Good Public: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1938 |
Nikolai Krementsov |
Instructor, Universtiy of Toronto (P) |
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Lussier, Kira |
2018 |
Personality, Incorporated: Psychological Capital in American Management, 1960-1995 |
Elspeth Brown/ Michelle Murphy |
Program Officer: Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (P) |
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Richter, Adam |
2018 |
The Mathematical Minister: John Wallis (1616-1703) at the Intersection of Science, Mathematics, and |
Yiftach Fehige |
Associate Instructor, Brain Power Enrichment Programs Ltd. (V) |
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Schranz, Kristen |
2018 |
A New Narrative for ‘Keir’s Metal’: The Chemical and Commercial Transformations of James Keir’s Copper |
Trevor Levere |
Independent Scholar (NAP) |
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Stemeroff, Noah |
2018 |
Mathematics, Structuralism, and the Promise of Realism: A Study of the Ontological and Epistemological Implications of Mathematical Representation in the Physical Sciences |
Jossi Berkovitz |
Humboldt Fellow, jointly hosted by the Max Planck for the History of Science in Berlin and the University of Bonn's Lichtenberg group in History and Philosophy of Physics (P) |
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Lewis, Cory |
2017 |
Medium-Strength Modality in Science |
Denis Walsh |
Assistant Professor (teaching-stream), Universtiy of Toronto
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Fulda, Fermin |
2016 |
Natural Agency: An Ecological Approach |
Denis Walsh |
Sessional Lecturer, IHPST (July 1 – August 31, 2023) University of Toronto (P) |
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Thicke, Michael |
2016 |
Science-Market Analogies: A Philosophical Examination |
Jossi Berkovitz |
Web Developer, Humanities Commons (Michigan State University) |
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Greenham, Paul |
2015 |
A Concord of Alchemy with Theology: Isaac Newton’s Hermeneutics of the Symbolic Texts of “Chymistry” and |
Yiftach Fehige |
Full Stack Developer, LL Software Studio, Israel (P) |
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Lusk, Greg |
2015 |
Quantifying Nature: Epistemology for Climate Science |
Margaret Morrison |
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Durham University (TT) |
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques |
2015 |
Science as Creole and Metaphor |
Brian Baigrie |
Instructor & Special Advisor to the Office of the Dean Schulich School of Business York Universtiy (T) |
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Stuart, Mike |
2015 |
Thought Experiments in Science |
Yiftach Fehige |
Associate Professor, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung (NYCU) University (V), Ambizione Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva (P) |
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Belanger, Christopher (Chris) |
2014 |
On Philosophical Problems in the Foundations of Chaos Theory |
Jossi Berkovitz |
Data Scientist, Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, University of Ottawa (NAP) |
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Bolinska, Agnes |
2014 |
Epistemic Representation in Science and Beyond |
Jossi Berkovitz |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of South Carolina (TT) |
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Gil-Riano, Sebastian |
2014 |
Historicizing Anti-racism: UNESCO’s Campaigns Against Race Prejudice in the 1950’s |
Marga Vicedo |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania (TT) |
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Koo, Alexander (Alex) |
2014 |
Mathematical Explanation in Science |
Jim Brown |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto (UTM) (TT) |
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Moore, Rebecca |
2014 |
Living Inventions: Genetically Modified Organisms and the Canadian Patent System, 1976-2004 |
Marga Vicedo |
Senior Manager, Communications and Knowledge Mobilization, University of Guelph (NAP) |
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Nickerson, Sylvia |
2014 |
Paper Index of the Mind: The Book and Printed Culture of Mathematics in England and Canada, 1830-1930 |
Craig Fraser |
Contract Lecturer, Dept. of History, McMaster University (V) |
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Virdi, Jaipreet |
2014 |
From the Hands of Quacks: Aural Surgery, Deafness, and the Making of a Surgical Specialty in 19th |
Lucia Dacome |
Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Delaware (TT) |
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Weidenhammer, Erich |
2014 |
Air, Disease, and Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Sir John Pringle, 1707-1782 |
Lucia Dacome/ Trevor Levere |
Curator, University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection (NAP) |
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Wright, Aaron |
2014 |
More than Nothing: Histories of the Vacuum in Theoretical Physics, 1927-1981 |
Chen-Pang Yeang |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of History, Dalhousie University (TT) |
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Christopoulos, John |
2013 |
Abortion in Late-Renaissance Italy |
Lucia Dacome |
Associate Professor, Dept. of History, University of British Columbia (T) |
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Hoffman, Michelle |
2013 |
Constructing School Science: Physics, Biology and Chemistry Education in Ontario High Schools, 1880-1940 |
Chen-Pang Yeang/ Yves Gingras |
Assistant Director, Institute for Writing and Thinking, Bard College, NY (NAP) |
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Stoklosa, Anna |
2013 |
The Concept of Evidence in Health Technology Assessments |
David Castle |
Research Fellow, The University of Sydney, Australia (P) |
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Varma, Charissa |
2013 |
Beyond Set Theory: The Relationship between Logic and Taxonomy from the Early 1930 to 1960 |
Mary P. Winsor |
Darwin Correspondent Project, University of Cambridge (P) |
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Barseghyan, Hakob |
2012 |
A Theory of Scientific Change |
Brian Baigrie |
Assistant Professor, Victoria College, University of Toronto (teaching stream) |
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Earnshaw-Whyte, Eugene |
2012 |
Modeling Evolution |
Denis Walsh |
Associate Professor, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology (T) |
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Gee, Teri |
2012 |
Strategies of Defending Astrology: A Continuing Tradition |
Alex Jones |
Manager, New Barlow Planetarium, Fox Cities Campus (V) |
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Hamilton, Vivien |
2012 |
Establishing Authority: The Role of Physics in the Development of Radiology in Canada, Britain, and the United States, 1896-1928 |
Chen-Pang Yeang |
Associate Professor, History of Science, Harvey Mudd College, CA (T) |
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Kriger, Sarah |
2012 |
Fighting Ghosts, Playing Whist, and Fencing with Fire: Three Technologies of Illusion in Performance in Nineteenth-century London |
Janis Langins |
Lecturer, School of Professional Communication, Ryerson University (V) |
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Record, Isaac |
2012 |
Knowing Instruments: Design, Reliability, and Scientific Practice |
Anjan Chakravartty |
Academic Specialist, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, Michigan State University (V) |
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Abounader- Sofinowski, Brooke |
2012 |
Model Selection and Experiment Design: Case Studies and How They Relate |
Brian Baigrie Jim Brown |
Operations Research Analyst, US Army Aberdeen Test Center (NAP) |
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Turner, Jonathan |
2012 |
The Defence Research Board of Canada, 1947 to 1977 |
Janis Langins |
Career Educator, University of Toronto (NAP) |
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Gavrus, Delia |
2011 |
Men of Strong Opinions: Identity, Self-representation and the Performance of Neurosurgery, 1919-1950 |
Lucia Dacome/ Pauline M.H. Mazumdar |
Associate Professor and Chancellor’s Research Chair, The University of Winnipeg (T) |
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Hamm, Elizabeth |
2011 |
Ptolemy’s Planetary Theory: An English Translation of Book One, Part A of the Planetary Hypotheses with Introduction and Commentary |
Alex Jones |
Associate Professor, Integral Liberal Arts, Saint Mary’s College of California (T) |
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Liu, Patricia |
2011 |
Creating Controversy: Science Writers, Corporate Funders, and Non-expert Scientists in the Debate over Prions (1982-1997) |
Pauline M.H. Mazumdar |
Medical Writer and Editor for Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) (NAP) |
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Miller, Boaz |
2011 |
A Social Theory of Knowledge |
Anjan Chakravartty |
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Community Informatics, Zefat Academic College (T) |
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Ramsingh, Brigit |
2011 |
The History of International Food Safety Standards and the Codex Alimentarius, 1955-1995 |
Lucia Dacome/Pauline M.H. Mazumdar |
Senior Lecturer, U. of Central Lancashire (T) |
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