People + Partners

• leadership

• advisory board

• faculty affiliates

• community partners

Angela Potochnik
Center Director 
Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Philosophy
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Melissa Jacquart
Associate Director
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Philosophy
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Ryan Feigenbaum
Program Director, UC
Executive Director of the Philosophy of Science Association
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Faculty Affiliates

Susan Allen
Associate Professor and Head, UC Department of Anthropology
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Lucas Dunlap
Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Assistant Professor, UC Department of Philosophy
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Zvi Biener
Associate Professor, UC Department of Philosophy
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Abel Gustafson
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Communication
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Brooke Crowley
Associate Professor, UC Depts of Geology and Anthropology
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Eduardo Martinez
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Philosophy
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Carlie Trott
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Psychology
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Student Assistants

Emily Michelle Bruff Simpson
Outreach and Social Media Coordinator 
UC Geology PhD Student

Tim Elmo Feiten
Research Assistant: Informal Science Education 
UC Philosophy PhD Student
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Amanda Corris
Research Assistant: Participatory Research
UC Philosophy PhD, 2020
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Alexander Huffman
Research Assistant: Science Communication
UC Philosophy PhD Student

Andrew Evans
Research Assistant: K-12 science education
UC Philosophy PhD Student
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Taraneh Wilkinson
Research Assistant: Public Engagement Workshop
UC Philosophy PhD Student

Mercantile Library
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Pediatric Genomics Center at CCHMC
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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
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Cincinnati Museum Center
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Science Around Cincy
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UC Field Station
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Advisory Board

Christopher Carter
Divisional Dean of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati

Brenda Hunda
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Cincinnati Museum Center

Amy Lind
Director of the Taft Research Center and Mary Ellen Heintz Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati

Arnie Miller
Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Cincinnati
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Tom Polger
Professor and Department Head of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati
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Past Advisory Board Members

Valerie Hardcastle, St. Elizabeth Healthcare Executive Director of the Institute for Health Innovation at Northern Kentucky University

Kathie Maynard, Associate Dean of the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, University of Cincinnati; Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative

Jennifer Malat, Dean of Virginia Commonwealth University College of Humanities and Sciences; founder of The Cincinnati Project at the University Cincinnati