Center for Biology+Society
Jane Maienschein
Publications
Website
Books
Edited Volumes
- Form and Function in Developmental Evolution, with Manfred Laubichler (Cambridge University Press, 2009) BOOK COVER
- From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution, with Manfred Laubichler, (MIT Press, Dibner Institute series, 2007) BOOK COVER
- The Department of Embryology. Volume V of Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, with Marie Glitz and Garland Allen (Cambridge University Press, 2004) BOOK COVER
- Biology and Epistemology, with Richard Creath (Cambridge University Press, 2000) BOOK COVER
- Biology and the Foundations of Ethics, with Michael Ruse, (Cambridge University Press, 1999) BOOK COVER
- Crossing the Borderlands: Biology at Chicago, special issue of Perspectives on Science, with Gregg Mitman and Adele E. Clarke (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993) BOOK COVER
- The Expansion of American Biology, with Keith Benson and Ronald Rainger, (Rutgers University Press, 1991) BOOK COVER
- The American Development of Biology, with Ronald Rainger and Keith Benson, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988); republished in paperback (Rutgers University Press, 1991) BOOK COVER
- Defining Biology. Lectures From the 1890s, (Harvard University Press, 1986) BOOK COVER
- “Reflections on Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,” with James Collins and John Beatty, Journal of the History of Biology, special issue,(1986) v.19 #2
- "Introduction" in L. J. Blyakher's History of Embryology in Russia (Smithsonian Institution, 1982) BOOK COVER
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Articles
- “Stem cell research utilizing embryonic tissue SHOULD be conducted,” in Robert Arp and Glenn McGee, editors, Contemporary Debates in Bioethics (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).With Manfred Laubichler, “Developmental Evolution,” in Michael Ruse, editor, Darwin Encyclopedia (forthcoming).
- With Manfred Laubichler, “Charles Gillispie in the Digital Age,” in Jed Buchwald, editor, A Master of Science History; Essays in Honor of Charles Coulston Gillispie (New York: Springer, 2012), 37-48.
- “History and Philosophy of Science at Work: Making Regenerative Medicine Research Better,“ in Seymour Mauskopf and Tad Schmaltz, editors, Integrating History and Philosophy of Science Problems and Prospects (Springer, 2012), 201-220 BOOK COVER
- "Human Dimensions of Biology,” in William Sims Bainbridge, editor, Leadership in Science and Technology (Sage Publications, 2012), 504-511.
- “Evolution and Society,” in Michael Ruse and Joseph Travis, editors, Evolution: The First Four Billion Years (Harvard University Press, 2009), pp. 330-347
- “‘Organization’ as Setting Boundaries of Individual Development,”Biological Theory (2011) 6:73-79
- With Karen Wellner, “Competing Views of Embryos,” Science and Education (2011), 1-13.
- “Why Do Stem Cells Create Such Public Controversy?,” Spontaneous Generations (2011) 5:27-35.
- “Regenerative Medicine’s Historical Roots in Regeneration, Transplantation, and Translation,” Developmental Biology (2011) 358: 278-284.
- “Ross Granville Harrison (1870-1959) and Perspectives on Regeneration,” Journal of Experimental Zoology B (2010) 314: 607-615.
- "The Embryo Project: An Integrated Approach to History, Practices, and Social Contexts of Embryo Research,” with Manfred Laubichler, Journal of the History of Biology (2010) 43: 1-16.
- “Politics and Biology,” with Manfred Laubichler, Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (2010)
- “What is a Healthy Embryo and How Do We know?,” with Jason Robert, in Jeffrey Nisker, et al., editors, The “Healthy" Embryo: Social, Biomedical, Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
(Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp. 1-15. BOOK COVER
- "The Embryo Project and the Emergence of a Digital Infrastructure for History and Philosophy of Science", with Manfred Laubichler and Grant Yamashita, Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology, 2009 published; 2007 issue), 12: 79-96
- "Cloning and Stem Cell Debates in the Context of Genetic Determinism," Yale Journal of Health Policy Law and Ethics (2009) 9:565-584
- "Controlling Life: from Jacques Loeb to Regenerative Medicine," Journal of the History of Biology (2009) 42:215-230
- "Regenerative Medicine in Historical Context," Medicine Studies: International Journal for the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine & Allied Sciences (2009) 1:33-40
- “The Ethos and Ethics of Translation,” with Mary Sunderland, Rachel Ankeny, and Jason Robert, American Journal of Bioethics (2008, with response to commentaries) 8: 43-51
- “Evolution and Society,” with Manfred Laubichler, in Michael Ruse and John Travis, editors, Companion to Evolution (Harvard University Press, 2008)
- "Untangling Debates about Science and Religion,” in Nathaniel Comfort, editor, The Panda’s Black Box: Opening up the Intelligent Design Controversy (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007), pp. 83-108
- “Embryos, Cells, Genes, and Organisms. Reflections on the History of Evolutionary Developmental Biology,” with Manfred Laubichler, in Roger Sansom and Robert N. Brandon, editors, Integrating Evolution and Development, From Theory to Practice (MIT Press, 2007), pp. 1-24
- "What is an Embryo, and How do we Know?," in Michael Ruse and David Hull, editors, Cambridge Companion to Philosophy of Biology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp.324-341
- “The Endothelium in History,” with Manfred Laubichler and William C. Aird, in William C. Aird, The Endothelium: A Comprehensive Reference (Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 5-21. And “Conclusion,” pp. 1815-1816
- “To Evo-Devo through Cells, Embryos, and Morphogenesis,” in Laubichler and Maienschein, editors, From Embryology to Evo-Devo: a History of Evolutionary Development (MIT Press, 2007), pp. 108-121. And "Introduction" pp.1-12
- “Systems Bioethics and Stem Cell Biology,” with Jason Robert and Manfred Laubichler, Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (2006): 19-31
- “Introduction,” in Jane Maienschein, Marie Glitz, and Garland Allen, editors, Embryology at The Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology, A History of Development, Reproduction, and Genetics (Cambridge University Press, 2005): 1-20
- "Epigenesis and Preformationism,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (refereed online encyclopedia,
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epigenesis/ , 2005)
- "The Path to Experimental Embryology” as “Dall’embiologia sperimentale alla biologia della sviluppo,” storia della scienza (Istituto Della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2004), VIII: 733-743
- “Laboratories in Science Education: Understanding the History and Nature of Science,” report prepared for the National Research Council Committee on High School Science Labs posted to: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/HS_Labs_Resources.html (2004)
- “Embryology, Evolution, and Ernst [Mayr],” Ludus Vitalis (2004) 12: 237-245
- “The Path to Experimental Embryology,” Treccani's History of Science. (Istituto Della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2004)
- “Confidence Building: In What, for Whom, and Why?,” Jurimetrics (2003) 44: 153-160
- “Ontogeny, Anatomy, and the Problem of Homology: Carl Gegenbaur and the American Tradition of Cell Lineage Studies,” with Manfred Laubichler, Theory in Biosciences (2003) 122: 194-203. (translated into Russian by I. Y. Popov, for U. Hossfeld, et al., editors, Evolutionary Morphology: From Carl Gegenbaur to Present (Elsevier, 2004)
- “Biology and Society: Educating for the Future,” with Allison Whitmer and Ronald Rutowski, Journal for the Art of Teaching (2002) 9: 22-36
- “Innocent Reflections on Science and Technology Policy.” Technology in Society (2002) 24: 133-143
- “Advocating the History for Science,” in Garland Allen and Roy MacLeod, editors, Science, History, and Social Activism (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002), pp. 23-36
- “What's in a Name: Embryos, Clones, and Stem Cells,” American Journal of Bioethics (2002) 2:11-18; on-line “target” article (2001), with responses
- “On Cloning: Advocating History of Biology in the Public Interest,” Journal of the History of Biology (2001) 34: 423-432
- "Darwinismus and Entwicklung," in Uwe Hossfeld and Rainer Bromer, editors, Darwinismus und/als Ideologie (Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Bildung, 2001): 93-107. Translated from English
- “Why Study History for Science?,” Biology and Philosophy (2000) 15: 339-348
- “Competing Epistemologies and Developmental Biology,” in Biology and Epistemology, Richard Creath and Jane Maienschein, editors, (Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp. 122-137
- “Diversity in American Biology,” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (1999) 21: 35-52
- “Libbie Hyman at the University of Chicago,” American Museum Novitate (1999): 25-32
- “Biology and Law: Challenges of Adjudicating Competing Claims in a Democracy,” With James Collins and Daniel Strouse, report for National Science Foundation, 1997. Revised version in Jurimetrics (1998): 151-181
- “The One and the Many: Epistemological Reflections on the Modern Human Origins Debate” in G. A.Clark and C. W. Willermet, eds, Conceptual Issues in Modern Human Origins Research, (Aldine de Gruyter Publishers, 1997), pp. 413-422
- “Changing Conceptions of Organization and Induction,” American Zoologist (1997) 37: 220-228
- “Pattern and Process in Early Studies of Arizona's San Francisco Peaks,” Bioscience (1994): 479-485
- “It's a Long Way from Amphioxus” Anton Dohrn and Late Nineteenth Century Debates about Vertebrate Origins” History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences (1994) 16: 465-478
- “Cutting Edges Cut Both Ways,” Biology and Philosophy (1994) 9: 1-24
- “Why Collaborate?,” Journal of the History of Biology (1993) 26: 167-183
- “The Gene,” in Evelyn Fox Keller and Elisabeth A. Lloyd, editors, Keywords in Evolutionary Biology (Harvard University Press, 1992), pp. 122-127
- “Epistemic Styles in German and American Embryology,” Science and Context (1991) 4:407-427.
- “The Origins of Entwicklungsmechanik,” in Scott Gilbert, editor, A Conceptual History of Modern Developmental Biology (Plenum Press, 1991), pp. 43-61
- “T. H. Morgan's Regeneration, Epigenesis, and (W)holism,” in Charles Dinsmore, editor, History of Regeneration Research (Cambridge University Press, 1991), pp. 133-149
- “From Presentation to Representation in E. B. Wilson's The Cell ” Biology and Philosophy (1991) 6: 227-254
- “Cytology in 1924: Expansion and Collaboration,” in Keith Benson, et al., editors, The American Expansion of Biology (Rutgers University Press, 1991), pp. 23-51
- “Cell Theory and Development,” in G. N. Cantor, et al., eds., Companion to the History of Modern Science (Routledge, 1990), pp. 357-373
- “T. H. Morgan as Invertebrate Embryologist,” International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development (1989) 15: 1-6
- “Whitman at Chicago: Establishing a Chicago Style of Biology?,” in Rainger, Benson, and Maienschein, editors, The American Development of Biology (1988), pp. 151-182
- “Why Do Research at the Seashore?,” American Zoologist (1988) 28: 15-25
- “Arguments for Experimentation in Biology,” PSA 86 (1987): 180-195
- “H. N. Martin and W. K. Brooks: Exemplars for American Biology?” American Zoologist (1987) 27: 773-783
- “Heredity/Development in the United States, Circa 1900,” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (January 1987) 9: 77-91
- “Physiology, Biology, and the Advent of Physiological Morphology,” in Physiology in the American Context, 1850-1940 , ed. Gerald L. Geison (Bethesda, Maryland: American Physiological Society, 1987), pp. 177-207
- “Preformation or New Formation -- or Neither or Both?” in A History of Embryology , T. J. Horder, et al., editors, (Cambridge University Press, 1985), pp. 73-108
- “History of Biology,” Osiris , special volume on “Historical Writing on American Science” (2nd Series, 1985) 1: 147-162
- “Agassiz, Hyatt, Whitman and the Birth of the M.B.L.,” Biological Bulletin , (June 1985) 168 Suppl: 26-34
- “First Impressions: American Students At Naples,” Biological Bulletin , (June 1985) 168 Suppl: 187-191
- “Early Struggles Over the M.B.L.'s Mission and Money,” Biological Bulletin (June 1985) 168 Suppl: 192-196
- “What Determines Sex?: A Study of Converging Approaches,” Isis (1984) 75: 457-480
- “Experimental Biology in Transition: Harrison's Embryology, 1895-1910,” Studies in History of Biology (1983) 6: 107-127
- “Don't Stop in Carlisle: Reactions to Philadelphia's 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic,” John and Mary's Journal (1982): 3-16
- “Shifting Assumptions in American Biology: Embryology, 1890-1910,” Journal of the History of Biology (Spring 1981) 14: 89-113
- “Morphology and Modern Biology: Were the Americans in Revolt?” with Ronald Rainger and Keith Benson, Journal of History of Biology (Spring 1981) 14: 83-87
- “Cell Lineage, Ancestral Reminiscence, and the Biogenetic Law,” Journal of the History of Biology (1978) 11: 129-158
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Essays, Editorials, and Reference Articles
- “David Hull as Ishkabibble President: Setting the Values,” ISHPSSB Newsletter, 2011
- “Reflections,” Special Alumni Panel for 50th Anniversary, Indiana University HPS Department
Newsletter, 2011
- Rethinking Sarton’s Institute for History of Science and Civilization – Virtually,” Isis (2009) 100:94-102
- “Eloge. Philip Pauly,” Isis (2009) 100: 369-371
- “Stem Cell Research,” with Jason Scott Robert, Dictionary of American History, Dynamic Reference (2008)
- “What Difference does History of Science Make Anyway?,” with George Smith, Isis (2008) 99: 318-21
- “How Can History of Science Matter to Scientists?,” with Manfred Laubichler and Andrea Loettgers, Isis (2008) 99: 341-349
- “Thomas Hunt Morgan,” New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (2008)
- “BODYWORLDS as Education and Humanism,” with Richard Creath, American Journal of
Bioethics (2007) 7: 26-27
- “Development,”with Manfred Laubichler, New Dictionary of History of Ideas (Charles Scribners Sons, 2004)
- “Human Embryos and the Language of Scientific Research,” American Journal of Bioethics (2003) 4: 6-7
- “Understanding Science and its Implications,” Kansas Law Review (2003) 51: 303-306
- “Thomas Hunt Morgan,” Encyclopedia of Evolution (2002)
- “Staffing Science Policy-Making,” Science (2000) 290:1501 (read into Congressional Record, Senate of the 106th Congress, December 15, 2000)
- “Old Wine in New Bottles,” Nature (2000) 407:21
- “Marine Biological Laboratory” and “Edmund Beecher Wilson” in The History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia (2000): pp. 333-334 and 576-577
- “Who's in Charge of the Gene Genie?,” The World and I (2000): 180-187
- “Toward Neuroetho-evo-devo-ecology: one View of the Mountain,” International Society for Neuro-ethology Newsletter (November 1999)
- “Commentary: To the Future -- Arguments for Scientific Literacy,”with Undergraduate Students, Science Communication (1999) 21: 75-87
- “The Value of Practicing Practical History,” Endeavour (1999) 23: 3-4
- Science, Political Literacy and the 105th Congress,” AWIS Newsletter (1999): 26-27
- “Edwin Grant Conklin,” (3:330-332); “Ross Granville Harrison,” (10: 219-221); “Clarence Edwin McClung,” (14:883-884); “Henry von Peters Wilson” (23:582-583); and “Charles Otis Whitman” (23:273-275), American National Biography (1999)
- “Scientific Literacy,” with Undergraduate Students, Science (1998): 917
- “History and Philosophy of Science in Action,” History of Science Society Newsletter #4 (1998): 3
- “Program Essay/AAAS 150th Anniversary Meeting, (1998)
- “Introduction to the MBL's Second Century: Jacques Loeb,” in Robert Barlow, et al., editors, Centennial Lectures (Harvard University Press, 1993), pp. 1-4
- “Oscar Riddle,” and “Nettie Stevens,” Dictionary of Scientific Biography Supplement II (1990): 736-738 and 867-869
- “Neurobiology a Century Ago at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,” Trends in Neurosciences (1990) 13: 399-401
- “Evaluating Science Through History,” Columbia History of Science Newsletter (1988): 2-4
- “Alfred Huettner,” Collecting Net (August 1987): 4
- “Pigeons, Visions, and An Ideal Station,” M.B.L. Science (Summer 1985): 11-12
- “Resources at the Marine Biological Laboratory,” Mendel Newsletter (1984) 24: 4
- “Crucial Experiment,” “Development,” “Developmental Mechanics,” “Encapsulation,” “Entelechy,” “Epigenesis/Preformation,” “Germ Layer Theory,” “Induction,” “Mosaic Theory of Development,” “Metamorphosis,” “Organizer,” “Ovism/Animaculism,” “Recombination,” Oxford Dictionary of the History of Science (1981)
- “C.O. Whitman at the M.B.L.,” Mendel Newsletter (1976) 13:1-3
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