John Lynch
John M. Lynch (PhD, University College Dublin, 1993) has been at Arizona State University since 1994 and specializes in scientific, theological and cultural responses to evolutionary ideas. He is a Principal Lecturer and Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College at ASU and is also affiliated with ASU’s Center for Biology & Society, the History and Philosophy of Science Program, and the graduate program in Human & Social Dimensions of Science & Technology.
Since 1998 he has been involved in the fight to maintain strong evolutionary principles in K-12 science standards and this has resulted in him presenting on anti-evolutionism and creationism at many public, legal, educational and scientific gatherings countrywide. He served as chair of the Educational Committee for the International Society for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB, 2005 – 20011) and was also a member of the Committee for Education of the History of Science Society (2007 – 2011, chair 2011). Since 2007 he has been on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Zoology (Lond.).
Dr. Lynch has received a number of awards for his teaching and service: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award (2000). Barrett Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Service (2006), Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Service (2006), Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year for Arizona (2007), ASU Last Lecturer (2009), and Barrett Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching (2011).
Since joining Barrett in 2000, Dr. Lynch has served on over 45 honors thesis committees. Recently, one of his students – Jessica Joganic – received the Barrett Award for Best Research Thesis for her research into positional plagiocephaly in newborns, work that has subsequently been published in the journal Pediatrics [joganic2009].
Dr. Lynch has authored numerous scientific papers in the field of evolutionary biology, most recently on temporal bone morphology in extant and fossil hominins. Current historical research concentrates on various aspects of Victorian science and he is part of an international project to transcribe the letters of the Irish physicist, John Tyndall. He suspects that he was asked to get involved because of his Irish accent.
Since 1998 he has been involved in the fight to maintain strong evolutionary principles in K-12 science standards and this has resulted in him presenting on anti-evolutionism and creationism at many public, legal, educational and scientific gatherings countrywide. He served as chair of the Educational Committee for the International Society for the History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB, 2005 – 20011) and was also a member of the Committee for Education of the History of Science Society (2007 – 2011, chair 2011). Since 2007 he has been on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Zoology (Lond.).
Dr. Lynch has received a number of awards for his teaching and service: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award (2000). Barrett Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Service (2006), Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Service (2006), Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Professor of the Year for Arizona (2007), ASU Last Lecturer (2009), and Barrett Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching (2011).
Since joining Barrett in 2000, Dr. Lynch has served on over 45 honors thesis committees. Recently, one of his students – Jessica Joganic – received the Barrett Award for Best Research Thesis for her research into positional plagiocephaly in newborns, work that has subsequently been published in the journal Pediatrics [joganic2009].
Dr. Lynch has authored numerous scientific papers in the field of evolutionary biology, most recently on temporal bone morphology in extant and fossil hominins. Current historical research concentrates on various aspects of Victorian science and he is part of an international project to transcribe the letters of the Irish physicist, John Tyndall. He suspects that he was asked to get involved because of his Irish accent.
less
Related Authors
InterestsView All (6)
Uploads
Papers by John Lynch