Dr. Carmen Schifellite
Areas of Expertise:
science and technology studies; popular culture; sociology of knowledge; graduate methodologies
Research:
Professor Schifellite uses a critical sociology of knowledge perspective to highlight the ways in which scientific and everyday forms of knowledge are constructed, legitimized and transformed. In doing so he emphasizes the importance of epistemological issues as they inform the social construction of both sociological forms of knowledge and other discipline-based forms of knowledge. In his courses, he also emphasized the importance of understanding the ways in which hegemonic discourses are constructed within science, the social sciences and in everyday social and political life.
Selected Publications:
Schifellite, C. 2011. Biology After the Sociobiology Debate: What Introductory Textbooks Say About the Nature of Science and Organisms. (external link, opens in new window) New York: Peter Lang.
Schifellite, C. and nine co-authors. 2011. Using Epistemological Challenges to Teach About Modest Epistemologies, in the composite* article Multiple Perspectives on Engaging Future Engineers. (external link, opens in new window) Journal of Engineering Education 100(1): 44-84. *In this centennial issue, the editors asked ten people were asked to make submissions that were combined into a larger article
Schifellite, C. 2009. "Time magazine publishes intentionally darkened mug shot of murder suspect O. J. Simpson on its cover” in Great Events from History: Modern Scandals (pp. 810-812), edited by R.K. Rasmussen. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Schifellite, C. 2008. Critical Criminology and 21st Century ‘Liberal’ Eugenics. The Critical Criminologist 18(2): 13-17.
Schifellite, C. 2002. Professing Modest Claims in Education. Professing Education 1(1): 9-11.