Spring 2024 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Talk Title | Modality |
| Jan. 19 | [no talk; introduction to course for enrolled students] | ||
| Jan. 26 | Anna Gibson (MIT) | “Entrepreneurial Moderation: Managing Speech in the Age of Influence” | in-person |
| Feb. 2 | Ariel Ludwig (Brandeis) | “Carceral & Abolitionist STS: Technology Behind Bars” | in-person audience; virtual speaker |
| Feb. 9 | Andrew Lea (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) | “Digitizing Diagnosis: Medicine, Minds, and Machines in Twentieth Century America” | in-person |
| Feb. 16 | Jamee Elder (Tufts) | “What is a ‘direct’ image of a shadow?: A history and epistemology of ‘directness’ in black hole imaging” | in-person |
| Feb. 23 | [no Lunch Seminar] | ||
| Mar. 1 | Elena Denia (Tufts) | “Bad Science: When the Ideal of Science Breaks Down” | in-person |
| Mar. 8 | Kaylla Cantilina (Tufts) | “Exploring narrative inquiry amidst a positivist paradigm” | in-person |
| Mar. 15 & Mar. 22 | [no Lunch Seminar either day; Spring Break and the Friday beforehand] | ||
| Mar. 29 | Crystal Lee (MIT) | “Searching for ‘alt-tech’ platforms and the parallel economy” | in-person |
| Apr. 5 | Adam “Kaz” Kaszynski (IUE-CWA Local 201) | in-person | |
| Apr. 12 | Margaret Gatonye (UMass Boston) | “Turbines and Nets: The Intersection of Offshore Wind, Fisheries, and Communities” | in-person |
| Apr. 19 | Dave Miller (Tufts) | “The least of the problems with automated driving is the driving part” | in-person |
| Apr. 26 | [no Lunch Seminar; final Friday of SP24 semester] | ||
About the lunch seminar
STS Lunch Seminar runs as an undergraduate course through the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Tufts. We expect it to be attended by a mix of undergraduates, faculty, staff, and graduate students from nearby programs. The seminar meets Fridays from 12-1:15pm EST. This semester, we will be in Lincoln-Filene Hall, Room 201 (the old Rabb Room, as opposed to the new one in Barnum Hall). For an address, directions, and a campus map, click here.
Seminar format: speakers should expect to present for about 35-45 minutes, leaving at least 30 minutes for questions and discussion. Students who are enrolled in the course will be expected to write responses to the presentations each week.
All are welcome, whether enrolled or not, whether Tufts-affiliated or not.