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Cecelia a. Watson
curriculum vitae
The Committee on Conceptual and
Historical Studies of Science, University of Chicago, 1126 East 59th Street,
Chicago, IL, 60637-1580
Research and Teaching Interests: History and Philosophy of Psychology á 19th and 20th Century U.S. History á Scientific Style and Rhetoric á Science in American Legal History
Ph.D., Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, University of Chicago,
2002-present.
M.A., Philosophy, University of Chicago, conferred December 2005.
B.A., Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, conferred May
2001.
"The Sartorial Self: William James's Philosophy of Dress," History of Psychology, Vol.7 No. 3
(August 2004).
Faculty: The Workshop in
Language and Thinking, Bard College, 2007-present.
Preceptor: Undergraduate
program in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science and Medicine
(HIPS), University of Chicago, 2006-2008.
Instructor: Human Being
and Citizen (HUMA 12300), University of Chicago, Autumn 2006.
Instructor & Course
Designer: HIPS Bachelor's Thesis Workshop (HIPS 30001), University of Chicago,
Autumn & Winter 2006-2008.
Lector: Advanced Academic and
Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse (University of Chicago Writing
Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship program), Summer 2006.
Advisor: Bachelor's Thesis in History
and Philosophy of Science, University of Chicago (Student: Karl Otto), Spring
2006.
Advisor: BachelorÕs Thesis in History and Philosophy of Science, University
of Chicago (Student: Anna Zaigraeva), Autumn 2005.
Lector: Advanced Academic and Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse
(University of Chicago Writing Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship
program), Summer 2005.
Instructor and Course Designer (with Adam R. Shapiro): Science and Religion
in American Legal History (two sections, offered for undergraduates in History
and Philosophy of Science, Laws and Letters and History), University of
Chicago, Winter 2005. Syllabus
Lector: Advanced Academic and
Professional Writing/Little Red Schoolhouse (University of Chicago Writing
Program in conjunction with the McNair Fellowship program), Spring 2004.
Teaching Assistant: Science, Culture, & Society in Western
Civilization, I: Ancient Greece (HIPS 17300, HIST 17300), University of Chicago
(Instructor: Robert Richards), Autumn 2003.
Laboratory Teaching Assistant. : Junior Laboratory (Electricity, Magnetism
and Mechanics), St. JohnÕs College (Instructor: Malcolm C. Wyatt), November
2000-May 2001.
Senior Thesis Writing Assistant: St. JohnÕs College, December 1999-February
2000.
A resumŽ detailing non-academic
employment is available upon request.
ÒThe Artist Versus the Associationists: William JamesÕs use of John La FargeÕs theories of art in The Principles of Psychology.Ó Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Vancouver, BC, June 2008. (refereed)
ÒManÕs Best Foil: Dogs in the Work of
William James.Ó Cheiron/ESHHS Joint Conference,
Dublin, Ireland, June 2007. (refereed)
ÒWhen Books Could Kill: The
Psychopathology of the Overstudy Epidemic.Ó Annual
Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Montreal,
Quebec, May 2007. (refereed)
Ò'And my picture, of
course, has not altered' : John La Farge's
Influence on William James's Philosophy.Ó History of Science Society Annual
Meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 2006. (refereed)
ÒThe Points of Style: The invention, popularization and vilification of the
semicolon.Ó What Style Knows, Tufts
University, October 2005. (refereed)
ÒThe Sartorial Self: William JamesÕs Philosophy of Dress.Ó History of the
Human Sciences Conference, University of Chicago, May 2003. (invited)
Commentary on "Goethe's Science and German
Classicism." History of the Human Sciences workshop, University of
Chicago, Fall 2004.
Presentation on Lines of Force. Faraday Conference, St. JohnÕs College,
April 2001.
Professional Activities
Graduate Student
Representative, Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science,
University of Chicago, 2006-2008; 2009-2010.
Organizing Committee,
MEPHISTOS Conference, University of Chicago, 2006.
Chair, Seminar on Important
Things, The University of Chicago, Spring 2004.
Franke Institute for the Humanities Doctoral Fellow,
University of Chicago, 2009-2010.
Predoctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Institut
fŸr Wissenschaftsgeschichte,
Berlin, Germany, Autumn 2007; Spring 2008; Autumn 2008-Winter 2009.
National Science
Foundation Travel Grant, November 2006.
Doolittle-Harrison Grant
for Dissertation Research, August 2006.
Fishbein Fellowship, The Morris Fishbein Center for History of Medicine,
University of Chicago, 2002-2009.
French Translation Prize, St. JohnÕs College, 2000.
American Psychological Association, Division 26 (History of Psychology)
The History of Science Society
American Historical Association
German (high pass on University of Chicago reading exam and good speaking
ability)
French (good reading knowledge)
Greek (basic reading knowledge)
Latin (basic reading knowledge)
Last Updated: June
2009