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Anne L. Deckard Hiskes

Anne.hiskes@uconn.edu

Director of Reseach Ethics and Education for Stem Cell Research

and Chair of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Oversight Committee

Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education

348 Whitney Rd. Ext. U-1039

The University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT 06269-1039

(860) 486-2215

Education

Ph.D. 1981 Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Dept. of the History & Philosophy of Science.

Thesis: Relativity Principles as Symmetry Requirements. John Winnie, Advisor.

Honors: Finalist for the 1981 Esther L. Kinsley Dissertation Award.

M.A. 1975 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Dept. of History & Philosophy of Science

B.A. 1973 Hope College, Holland, MI. Majors in Mathematics, Physics, and

Philosophy. Magna Cum Laude.

· Honors: Dwight Yntema Senior Physics Award.

· Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics), Mortarboard; Baker Scholar (for leadership).

Administrative Positions at the University of Connecticut

2006 – Present. Director of Research Ethics and Education for Stem Cell Research and Chair of the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee, (Appointed by the Provost and President of the Univeristy.)

Responsible for creating and implementing policies and procedures to ensure the ethical and legal conduct of human embryonic stem cell research at all campuses and research arms of the University of Connecticut, including the Health Center.

Responsible for creating and maintaining databases for tracking stem cell materials and research activities
Responsible for coordinating activities among 10 research administration offices
Responsible for compliance and ethics education of investigators
Responsible for staff and budget of the office of stem cell research oversight
Institutional liason for stem cell research oversight at the national and state levels

2006 – Present. Director of the Program on Science and Human Rights, the Human Rights Institutute. (Appointed by the Director of the Human Rights Institute)

Initiated and established the program after obtaining private money
Responsible for programming and administration
Obtained funding and initiated and established the student human rights journal “Namaste”.

2004 – 2006. Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Responsible for oversight of all undergraduate programs in the college which includes 23 departments, 41 undergraduate majors, and over 10,000 undergraduate students
Primary responsibility for faculty and department head searches/ reviews in the humanities and social sciences
Dean’s Office Liason for all 11 departments in the humanities and social sciences
Responsible for allocating teaching assistantships,adjunct positions, and tracking of undergraduate enrollments in all departments and programs
Responsibility for college strategic planning and reform of undergraduate college degree requirements
Dean of Arts and Sciences representative in working with the Neag School of Education on the “Teachers for a New Era” Project
Direct supervisor for staff working in Liberal Arts and Sciences academic services
Co-Chair of the Honors Program Core Curriculum Development Committee
Designated chair of the NEASC Accreditation Subcommittee on Undergraduate Programs

2003 – 2004. General Education Oversight Committee Chair. (Appointed by the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Programs and the University Senate)

Responsible for creating the infrastructure, policies, and procedures for the implementation of new general education degree requirements and curriculum to take effect fall 2005.
Responsible for overseeing the review and certification of over 600 general education

courses within a nine month period.

· Initiated and established the annual Provost’s grant competition for development of new general education courses (150K set aside each year to fund this initiative.)

· Responsible for coordinating with 11 University schools and colleges, 5 regional campuses, and the registrar’s office.

1988 – 1993. Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy.

Established initiatives for enhancing recruitment
Responsible for coordinating recruitment, admissions, fellowships, and assistantships.

Academic Appointments

1986 – Present. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of

Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

1981 – 1986. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of

Connecticut. Storrs.

1978 – 1981. Instructor, Department of Philosophy, The University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Honors and Awards

2006. AAUP Award for Excellence in Service

Spring 2006. Provost’s General Education Course Development Grant for “Bioethics and

Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives”, with Dr. Serena Parekh ($10,000)

Spring 2006. Human Rights Institute Programming Grant for a lecture series on “Science and

Human Dignity”($2,500).

Spring 2005. Dodd Tenth Anniversary Human Rights Grant ($2,500), Student Essay

Contest

Summer 1999. Pew Summer Seminar Fellow at Calvin College.

Spring 1988. Fellow, Center for the Philosophy of Science. The University of Pittsburgh.

Service and Leadership Positions

State of Connecticut Service

2006 – Present. Connecticut Department of Public Health: Member of the Connecticut Ethics and Law Subcommittee of the State Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee
2003 – 2004. Connecticut Department of Higher Education: General Education Task Force.

Membership on University Executive Search Committees

2007. Presidential Search Advisory Committee. Appointed by the Chair of the Board of
Trustees.
2004. Provost Search Committee. Appointed by the President.
1998-1999. Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education. Appointed by the

Provost.

Recent and Selected University and College Service and Leadership

2008 - Present. Member of the Executive Compliance Committee. (Faculty representative

appointed by the President)

· 2007 – Present. Chair, Committee of Three (responsible for tenure and promotion appeals after a decision has been made at the Provost level) Elected position.

· 2007 – Present. Chair, Senate Nominating Committee. Member for 8 years. Elected

position.

· 2007 – Present. Member of the 2009 Year of Science Steering Committee. Appointed by

the Provost.

· 2006 – Present. Executive Committee of the University Senate. Elected position.

· 2006 – Present. University Senate Faculty Standards Committee, member.

· 2004 – Present. Advisory Board of the Humanities Institute. Appointed by the Institute

Director.

· 2006 - Present. Advisory Board of the Human Rights Institute. Appointed by the

Institute Director.

· 2007 – Present. Executive Board of the University of Connecticut Stem Cell Institute.

Appointed by the Institute Director.

· 2005 – Present. Member of the Institutes and Centers Establishment and Review

Committee. Appointed by the Provost.

· 1984 – Present. Member of the University Senate, with occasional intervals of nonservice

in compliance with the Senate By-laws.

2002 – 2003. President of the UConn Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
1992 – 1998. Executive Committee of the Graduate School. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education.
1996 – 1998. CLAS Dean’s Research Advisory Board. Appointed by the Dean.
1990 – 1993. Liberal Arts and Sciences Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment Advisory

Committee. Appointed by the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

1983 - 85. Research Foundation Advisory Council. Appointed by the Vice Chancelor for Research and Graduate Education.

Department Service

1984 – 2004 Philosophy Department Graduate Committee
Philosophy Department Executive Committee (elected on a regular basis since 1986)
1998 – 2003, Co-Editor of “Cogitamus”, Philosophy Department Newsletter.

American Association of University Professors

· 2003 – 04; 1990 – 1991. Executive Committee

· 1997-1998. Committee to review university-wide merit award

· 1999, 1990- 1991. Summer School Negotiating Team

· 1990 – 1991.Research Support Committee

Scholarly Publications, Presentations, and Consulting.

Books

Science, Technology, and Policy Decisions, with Richard P. Hiskes. Boulder:

Westview Press, 1986.

Peer-Reviewed Articles/Book Chapters

“Venture Smith and Philosophical Theories of Human Rights”, in Documenting Venture Smith, Jame Stewart, ed., publisher of the volume to be determined.
“Van Fraassen's Constructive Empiricist Philosophy of Science and Religious

Belief: Prospects for a Unified Epistemology", in Realism and Antirealism,

William Alston, ed., 238-52. (Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002)

"Theoretical Explanation and Unification". D. Prawitz and D. Westerstahl (eds.),

Logic and Philosophy of Science in Uppsala, pp. 147-157. (Dordrecht: Kluwer

Academic Publishers, 1994).

(With Heinz Herrmann). "Lipmann's Squiggle and the Unification of Cellular

Structure and Function". The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Energetics of the

Cell, Fritz Lipmann's Squiggle and Its Consequences, pp. 261-284. (Berlin & New

York: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1988.)

"Friedman on the Foundations of Space-Time Theories", Erkenntnis, Vol. 25

(1986), pp. 111-126.

"Space-Time Theories and Symmetry Groups", Foundations of Physics, Vol. 14

(1984), pp. 307-332.

"Symmetry Groups and the Content of Physical Theories", Abstracts of the 7th

International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science,

Salzburg, 1983. Vol. 4, pp. 92-95.

Published Reviews

"Review of Ronald Giere's Explaining Science: A Cognitive Approach ".

Symmetry, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct.,1989).

"Review of Gerald Holton's The Advancement of Science and Its Burdens, The

Scientist, Vol. 1, No. 9 (March 23, 1987), p. 21.

"Geochronometry and Geometrodynamics: The Problem of Conventionalism" by

Bernulf Kanitscheider" (In German). Mathematical Reviews, Vol. 56 (1978), p.

633.

Recent and Selected Presented Papers and Addresses.

July, 2008. “Venture Smith and Changing Conceptions of the Human and Human Rights”, Annual Meeting of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic”(SHEAR), Philadelphia.
May, 2008. ““Leadership Excellence: Transforming Your Career”. Women’s Advancement Conference, Hartford, CT, sponsored by the Provost’s Commission on the Advancement of Women, University of Connecticut.
April, 2008. “Looking for the “Human” in Human Rights: Contributions of the Life Sciences”. Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut.
March, 2008. “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight: Learning from Experience and Anticipating the Future”, University of Connecticut Health Center.
February, 2008. “Leadership Excellence: Transforming Your Career”, panel discussion sponsored by the Provost’s Commission on the Advancement of Women.
January, 2008. “Stem Cell Science, Ethics, and Oversight”, the Probus Society, Glastonbury, CT.
2007-2008. “Faith and Trust”; “Faith and Reason”, and “Faith in an Age of Science”, St.

Marks Chapel, Storrs, CT.

February, 2007. “Ethical Issues and Oversight Callenges with Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research”, with Audrey Chapman, Celebrate Women Series, UCHC.
September, 2006. “Venture Smith and Philosophical Theories of Human Rights”, Conference on Documenting Venture Smith, East Haddom, CT.
October, November, 2006. “Stem Cell Research: Science, Ethics, and Religious Faith”. St. Marks Chapel Storrs.
March 2006. “Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design”. Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford CT.
March, 2006. “Stem Cell Research: Where Ethics and Science Meet”. Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford CT.
May, 2006. Panelist, Woman’s Advancement Conference, Sponsored by the Provost’s Commission on the Advancement of Women of the University of Connecticut.
May, 2005. Panelist, Woman’s Advancement Conference, Sponsored by the Provost’s Commission on the Advancement of Women of the University of Connecticut
May 5, 2002. “Aristotle Meets Biotechnology: Science, Values, and the Liberal Arts”, Invited Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Lecture
May, 2000. “Van Fraassen's Constructive Empiricist Philosophy of Science and Religious

Belief: Prospects for a Unified Epistemology". Conference on "Realism and

Antirealism" , May 2000, Calvin College. Funded by Pew Charitable Trust.

August 1999. “How Metaphor Shapes Science: A Critical Discussion of

Barbara Katz Rothman's Genetic Maps and Human Imaginations : The Limits of

Science in Understanding Who we Are”. Society for the Study of Social Problems,

Chicago.

December, 1995. Commentary on Schenk's "On the Egocentric Experience of B-Time", Philosophy of Time Society.
April, 1993. “The Limits of Science in an Age of Technological Risk ", Conference on Risk and the Environment", Fairfield University.
August, 1991. "Theoretical Explanation and Unification", the 9th International Conference of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Uppsala Sweden.

Referee Work:

NSF Directorate on Behavorial and Social Sciences – History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy and Public Affairs
Rationality and Society
Synthese

Teaching

Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised:

Weimin Sun. 2003. “Interpretations of Probability Theory”. Associate Advisor.

Xinli Wang. Ph.D. 1998. “Presuppositional Languages and Cross-Language Scientific

Communication: The Issue of Incommensurability”. Major Advisor.

Shannon O’Roarke. 1997. “Gratitude and the Creation of Value”. Associate Advisor.

Peimin Ni. 1991. “Hume and the Definition of Cause”. Associate Advisor.

Graduate Courses

Seminar - Introduction to Analytic Philosophy
Seminar on Philosophy of Science
Seminar on Philosophy of Physics
Guest Lectures on Reseach Ethics and on Bioethics in graduate level science courses

Undergraduate Courses

Introduction to Problems of Philosophy
Philosophy and Logic
The Nature of Scientific Thought
Philosophy of Science (as both a writing-intensive W course and as a non –W course)
Science and Gender ((Honors seminar)
Human Rights and Bioethics (Honors course)
Human Rights and Bioethics in Cross-Cultural Perspective (writing intensive W course)

Summer Research Education for Undergraduates (REU)

July 2007, July 2008. Seminars on research ethics and bioethics for the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology REU Program.
1999 – 2002. Seminars on Research Ethics, Department of Chemistry REU Program.

Teacher Development

Participant – Three day workshop on teaching the case method

Teaching Outreach

March 2008, March 2006, March 2004, March 2002. “Searching for the Sorcerer’s Stone: Harry Potter, Alchemy, Science, and Magic”. Presentation for the Johns Hopkins Odyssey Day.

Professional Associations

American Philosophical Association

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities

The Hastings Center

History of Science Society

Philosophy of Science Association

Society for Women in Philosophy