Jenny Tilsen

I am a British American STS scholar, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the electrical and computer engineering department at Bucknell University. In this role, I conduct ethnographic research on how faculty and students work on socio technical problems during the engineering design process, implement practical approaches to grappling with ethical considerations in machine learning, and take up storytelling as a STS pedagogical method. My scholarship is focused on examining epistemic cultures, public pedagogies of STS, narrative construction of STS, and science fiction in technoscientific realities. I have a background in developing pedagogies and infrastructure to communicate and practice STS outside of disciplinary boundaries. Thus far, my work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Harvard University, as well as other academic institutions and non-profit organizations.

I felt like I found my academic home in EASST and am eager to support it as a scholarly community. I am interested in contributing to the growth of EASST through interdisciplinary collaborations that support existing and new teaching and learning initiatives to expand STS scholarship within Europe. This includes developing interdisciplinary PhD summer schools to support doctoral students and early career scholars, as well as workshops for educators that increase access to STS pedagogies. In addition, I am interested in supporting initiatives that promote the discipline to a broader public and facilitate communication that can increase the relevance and impact of STS.