| Office: |
3134 Wood Hall Department of Biological Sciences Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410 |
| Email: | david.rudge@wmich.edu |
| Telephone: | (269) 387-2779 |
| URL: | http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rudged |
| FAX: | (269) 387-5609 |
| AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION |
The Role of History and Philosophy of Science for the Teaching and Learning of Science |
| AREAS OF COMPETENCE | Biology, History and Philosophy of Science, Science Education |
| PRESENT POSITION |
| 2005-present | Associate Professor, Western Michigan University |
| Primary Appointment: Biological Sciences | ||
| Secondary Appointment: The Mallinson Institute for Science Education |
| PAST EMPLOYMENT |
| 1999-2005 | Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University, Biological Sciences & |
| The Mallinson Institute for Science Education |
| 1997-1999 | Temporary Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Philosophy | |
| 1996-1997 | Lecturer, Texas A&M University, Philosophy |
| EDUCATION | |||
| 1996 | Ph.D. | History and Philosophy of Science | University of Pittsburgh |
| A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of Selection Experiments in Evolutionary Biology (Advisor: James G. Lennox) | |||
| 1992 | M.A. | History and Philosophy of Science | University of Pittsburgh |
| 1990 | M.S. | Biological Sciences | University of Pittsburgh |
| The Hindlimb Myology And Relationships Of The Treerunner Complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae, Genus Margarornis) (Advisor: Robert J. Raikow) | |||
| 1986 | B.S. | Zoology (minor: Philosophy) | Duke University |
| GRANTS AND AWARDS | ||
| 2006 | Co-winner, Best Poster Presentation at ERROR 2006 Conference, Blacksburg, VA ($150) | |
| 2005 | Finalist, Michigan Science Teachers Association College Teacher of the Year | |
| 2002-8 | NSF Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP) Grant PI, with Co-PIs William Cobern (Biological Sciences), Robert Poel (Physics), Paul Vellom (College of Education), and Charles Pearson (Kalamazoo Public School District) ($899,294) | |
| 2002 | American Philosophical Society Library Resident Research Fellowship ($2,000) | |
| 2002 | WMU Faculty Research And Creative Activities Support Fund (FRACASF) Grant ($2,700) | |
| 2001 | WMU Faculty Senate Teaching & Learning with Technology (TLT) Grant ($5,437) | |
| 2001 | WMU Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Grant ($732) | |
| 2000 | WMU Administrative Merit Award ($500) | |
| 1999 | NEH Summer Seminar "Philosophy of Experimental Inference: Induction, Reliability and Error", Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA ($3,700) | |
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1997 |
International Research Travel Assistance Grant, Office of the Assistant Provost for International Programs, Texas A&M University ($800) | |
| 1997 | London Visiting Scholars Fellowship, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science | |
| REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES | |
| Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E. M. An Explicit and Reflective Approach to the Use of History to Promote Understanding of the Nature of Science. Science & Education - available on-line | |
| 2006 | H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 28(3): 359-388. |
| 2005 | Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. Recapitulating the History of Sickle-Cell Anemia Research: Improving Students’ NOS Views Explicitly and Reflectively. Science & Education 14(3-5):423-441. |
| 2005 | Did Kettlewell Commit Fraud? Re-examining the Evidence. Public Understanding of Science 14(3):249-268. |
| 2005 | The Beauty of Kettlewell's Classic Experimental Demonstration of Natural Selection. BioScience 55(4):369-375. -invited essay |
| 2004 | Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. Incorporating History into the Science Classroom.The Science Teacher 71(9):52-57. -invited essay |
| 2003 | The Role of Photographs and Films in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism. Science & Education 12(3):261-287. |
| 2003 | Do Unknown Risks Preclude Informed Consent? Essays in Philosophy 4(2) [http://www.humboldt.edu/~essays/rudge.html] |
| 2001 | Kettlewell From an Error Statistician's Point of View. Perspectives on Science 9(1):59-77. |
| 2000 | Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching? Journal of Biological Education 35(1):5-11. |
| 2000 | The Complementary Roles of Observation and Experiment: Th. Dobzhansky's Genetics of Natural Populations IX and XII. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 22:167-186. |
| 1999 | Taking the Peppered Moth with a Grain of Salt. Biology and Philosophy 14(1):9-37. |
| 1998 | A Bayesian Analysis of Strategies in Evolutionary Biology. Perspectives on Science 6(4):341-360. |
| 1995 | Classroom Videotaping: A Protocol for Camera Operators and Consultants. The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development 2(3):113-123. |
| 1992 | Rudge, D.W. & Raikow, R. J. Structure, Function, and Variation in the Hindlimb Muscles of the Margarornis Assemblage (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 61:207-237. |
| 1992 | Rudge, D.W. & Raikow, R. J. The Phylogenetic Relationships of the Margarornis Assemblage (Furnariidae). Condor 94:760-766. |
| BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS | ||
| 2008 | Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E. M. Ενσωματώνοντας την ιστορία στα μαθήματα των φυσικών ε_ιστημών (Incorporating History into the Science Classroom). In Koulaidis, V., Apostolou, A. & Kampourakis, K. (Eds.). The Nature of Sciences: Didactical Approaches. Child Services Editions, Athens, pp. 265-274. –invited chapter, previously published in 2004 in The Science Teacher | |
| 2008 | Peppered Moths. In Regal, B. (ed.) Icons of Evolution Vol. 1. Westwood CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 221-250.-invited chapter | |
| 2005 | Life Science for Elementary Educators I. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company [ISBN: 0-7575-1863-X]. | |
| 1998 | Klemke, E.D., Hollinger, R. & Rudge, D.W. (eds.) Introductory Readings in the Philosophy of Science (3rd ed.). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. | |
| CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS | |
| H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1934-1961: The Influence of J.W. Heslop Harrison. In Cain, J. and Ruse, M. (eds.) Descended from Darwin: Insights into American Evolutionary Studies, 1925-1950. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society- invited essay, forthcoming | |
| 2007 | Rudge, D.W., Geer, U.C. & Howe, E.M. But is it Effective? Assessing the Impact of a Historically-based Unit. Ninth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. (Session 4.0.3) |
| 2007 | History of Science in the Service of Middle School Science Teacher Preparation. Pp. 227-241. In Heering, P. & Osewold, D. (eds.) Sixth International Congress for the History of Science in Science Education: Constructing Scientific Understanding Through Contextual Teaching, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany. Berlin: Frank & Timme. |
| 2006 | Cutrim, E., Rudge, D., Kits, K., Mitchell, J. & Nogueira, R, "Changing Teaching Techniques and Adapting New Technologies to Improve Student Learning in an Introductory Meteorology and Climate Course" in Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO) Special Issue: Earth System Science Data Access, Distribution and Use for Education and Research Volume 8: 11-18. (www.adv-geosci.net/8/11/2006/adgeo-8-11-2006.pdf) . |
| 2006 | Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. Using Explicit and Reflective Pedagogy and the History of Science to Affect Students' Nature of Science Conceptions: The Results of an Empirical Study. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) San Francisco, CA, April 3-6, 2006. |
| 2004 | Rudge, D.W. & Burke, M. Lessons Learned from the E3 STEMTP Grant Project to Improve Middle School Science Teaching. Proceedings of the Teacher Preparation PI Conference Arlington, VA, March 14-15, 2004. |
| 2004 | Using the History of Research on Industrial Melanism to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science Pp. 761-772 and The Mystery Phenomenon: Lesson Plans Pp. 773-811. In D. Metz (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group meeting (Winnipeg, Canada) - Available from the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group, IHPST.ORG. |
| 2003 | The Role of Photographs and Films in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism (26 pp.). In W. F. McComas (ed.) Proceedings of the Sixth International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group meeting (Denver, USA) [File 120 on CD ROM]. Available from the International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group, IHPST.ORG. |
| 2002 | Ethics and Experimentation: Do Unknown Risks Preclude Informed Consent? In Kenneth Cust (ed.) Twentieth-Century Values, an on-line archive of papers from the 27th Conference on Value Inquiry, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. (http://www.valuenet.org/Papers/20thCentury_Values/20thcentury_values.html) |
| 2001 | Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching? in Rubba, P., Rye, J., DiBiase, W. and B. Crawford (eds.) Proceedings of the 2001 Annual International Conference of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED (453083) pp. 413-433. |
| BOOK REVIEWS | |
| 2007 | David Mindell's The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 29(2):246-248. |
| 2006 | Oren Harman's The Man Who Invented the Chromosome: A life of Cyril Darlington. Heredity 97(2):136. |
| 2006 | Michael Ruse's The Evolution-Creation Struggle. Science Education 90(4):762-764. | 2005 | Ernst Mayr's What Makes Biology Unique? Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific Discipline. ISIS 96(3):469-470. |
| 2003 | John L. Rudolph's Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education. Journal of Curriculum Studies 35(6):739-742. |
| 2003 | Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein's Biology and Epistemology. ISIS 94(3):510-511. |
| 2003 | Judith Hooper's Of Moths and Men: An Evolutionary Tale: Intrigue, Tragedy and the Peppered Moth. Journal of the History of Biology 36(1):207-209. |
| 2002 | Cryptic Designs on the Peppered Moth. (Review of Jonathan Well's Icons of Evolution) International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Revista de Biología Tropical) 50(1):1-7. |
| 2001 | Evelyn Fox Keller's The Century of the Gene. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 23(2):313-315. |
| 2001 | Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson's Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior. ISIS 92(2):379-380. |
| 2001 | Michael Ruse's The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates. Philosophy of Science Association 68(2):270-272. |
| 2000 | Recent Introductory Philosophy of Biology Texts. Journal of the History of Biology 33(1):181-187. |
| 1997 | Scientific Thinking by Robert M. Martin. Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques 17(5):350-352. |
| OTHER NONREFEREED PUBLICATIONS | |
| H.B.D. Kettlewell. In Ruse, M. and Travis, J. (eds.) Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.-invited contribution, forthcoming | |
| 2007 | Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell: Postscript. In Koertge, N. (ed.) New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 109-111.-invited contribution |
| 2006 | Myths about Moths: A Study in Contrasts. Endeavour 40(1):19-23-invited essay |
| 2002 | Geer, U.C. & Rudge, D.W. A Review of Research on Constructivist-Based Strategies for Large Lecture Science Classes The Electronic Journal of Science Education 7(2) |
| 2002 | Lichens. and Selection. in Ness, B. (ed.) Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 632-634 and 941-942. |
| 2001 | Butterflies and Moths. in Irons-George, T. (ed.) Life Science: The Animal World. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 152-155. |
| 1999 | Sickle-Cell Anemia. in Knight, J. A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Genetics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., pp. 505-508. |
| MAJOR PRESENTATIONS |
| "Images as Rhetoric: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Use of Photographs and Films to Silence Skeptics ", Sixth Joint Meeting of the BSHS, CHSPS and HSS , Keble College, Oxford University, UK, July 4-6, 2008. |
| "Images as Rhetoric: H.B.D. Kettlewell's Use of Photographs and Films to Silence Skeptics ", Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 7, 2008. |
| "History of Science in the Classroom", Cookbook to Inquiry Workshop, Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center (KAMSC), September 28, 2007-invited presentation. |
| Rudge, D.W., Geer, U.C. & Howe, E.M. "But is it Effective? Assessing the Impact of a Historically-based Unit", Ninth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching (IHPST) Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, June 28, 2007. |
| Geer, U.C. & Rudge, D.W. "Pedagogic Revision and a College Science Instructor: Impacting Views of Teaching and Learning", Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), New Orleans, LA, April 18, 2007- accepted for "works in progress" session. |
| "History of Science in the Service of Middle School Science Teacher Preparation", Sixth International Congress for the History of Science in Science Education: Constructing Scientific Understanding Through Contextual Teaching, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany on July 14, 2006- invited paper. |
| "Kettlewell from an Error Statistician's Perspective", The First Symposium on Philosophy, History, and Methodology of E.R.R.O.R. 2006, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia on June 3, 2006- invited poster, winner best poster award ($150). |
| Howe, E.M. & Rudge, D.W. "Using Explicit and Reflective Pedagogy and the History of Science to Affect Students' Nature of Science Conceptions: The Results of an Empirical Study", Annual International Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), San Francisco, CA April 3, 2006. |
| "History of Science in the Classroom", Conference on Units of Historical Presentation in the Science Classroom, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada December 9, 2005.- invited participant |
| "H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard", British Society for the History of Science Annual Meeting, Leeds, England on July 16, 2005. |
| H.B.D. Kettlewell's Research 1937-1953: The Influence of E.B. Ford, E.A. Cockayne and P.M. Sheppard" Descended from Darwin: Insights into American Evolutionary Studies 1925-1950, a conference sponsored by the American Philosophical Society Philadelphia, PA on October 23, 2004. -invited paper |
| Rudge, D.W. & Burke, M. "Lessons Learned from the E3 STEMTP Grant Project to Improve Middle School Science Teaching" Teacher Preparation PI Conference Arlington, VA, March 15, 2004. |
| "Using the History of Research on Industrial Melanism to Help Students Better Appreciate the Nature of Science" Seventh International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, August 1, 2003- also served as session organizer |
| Rudge, D.W., Henderleiter, J., Collick, C. & Geer, U.C. "E3: Preparing and Serving Middle School Science Teachers," Annual Meeting Michigan State Teachers Association, Grand Rapids, MI, March 15, 2003. |
| Rudge, D.W. & Howe, E.M. "Using History and Philosophy of Science to Address Student Misconceptions About the Nature of Science" Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, March 22, 2002. |
| "The Role of Photographs and Film in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism," Sixth International History, Philosophy & Science Teaching Conference, Denver, CO, November 10, 2001. |
| "The Role of Photographs and Film in Kettlewell's Popularizations of the Phenomenon of Industrial Melanism," International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology meeting, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, July 21, 2001. |
| "Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching?" Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO, March 26, 2001. |
| "Does Being Wrong Make Kettlewell Wrong for Science Teaching?" Annual Meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, January 19, 2001. |
| "Kettlewell from an Error Statistician's Point of View," Philosophy of Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 3, 2000. |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | |
| The focus of my research has been an in-depth study of H.B.D. Kettlewell's classic demonstration of natural selection in the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia, from historical, philosophical and science educational perspectives. In addition to articles and professional presentations, I am writing a book devoted to this episode and how it can be used to help students learn science content, overcome misconceptions about evolutionary phenomena, and deepen their understanding of various issues associated with the nature of science. The book will be primarily historical in character, focusing on the comparative receptions of Kettlewell's work among fellow scientists and the public at large. But I am also exploring whether recent challenges to the legitimacy of Kettlewell's work compromise its pedagogical use as an example of natural selection. (A copy of the book proposal is available here.) | |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (see Teaching Portfolio for further details) |
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Undergraduate: |
Life Science for Elementary Educators I, II |
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Graduate: |
Issues in Evolution/Ecology for Teachers, Science: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives, Science Education Seminar, Teaching of Biological Sciences |
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
| President-Elect, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2007-2009) |
| Member, Executive Council, International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group (IHPST) (2007-2013) |
| Guest editor with Kostas Kampourakis, Science & Education, Special Issue: Darwin Anniversary Year, 2009 - anticipated publication date Nov 2009 |
| Member of the Editorial Committee of Science & Education (2004-) |
| Member of the International Reviewers Panel of Medical Science Monitor (2004-) |
| Member of the Editorial Review Board of The Electronic Journal of Science Education (2006-2007) |
| Ad hoc Reviewer of Journal Manuscripts for American Biology Teacher; Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences; Journal of the History of Biology; Perspectives on Science; Philosophy of Science; Science Education; and The Quarterly Review of Biology |
| Ad hoc Reviewer of Grant Proposals for NSF (Advanced Technological Education (ATE)) |
| Ad hoc Reviewer of Book Manuscripts and Proposals for Kluwer Academic Publishers (Science & Technology Education Series) |
| Member, Review Committee for Outstanding Paper Award, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST 2006-present) |
| Reviewed proposals for Strand 13 (History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science) of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual conferences (NARST 2002-present) |
| Webmaster and Member of Program Committee for The First Symposium on Philosophy, History, and Methodology of E.R.R.O.R. 2006 |
| Member of the Education Committee of the International Society for History Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) 2001-2005 |
| Served on the Selection Committee for The Marjorie Grene prize for ISHPSSB (2001) |
| Member of the Advisory Committee of the Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative (MSEEI), sponsored by the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA) -1999-present |
| Member, WMU Graduate Program Review Team, Arts & Sciences: Social Sciences (2005-2006) |
| Chair, Biology Educator Search Committees (2001-2, 2002-3) |
| Member, Chemistry Educator Search Committee (2004-5) |
| Member, Ad-Hoc BIOS Assessment Committee (2004-) |
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