Co-Authors 

William Bechtel, UCSD

Bill works in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, explanation in science, and on the history of cell biology.  We wrote a book chapter on alternatives to reductionism for a volume called General Philosophy of Science: Focal Issues.  We also did a fair bit of sailing.

Matthew K. Chew, ASU

Matt is a birder gone terribly wrong, and a recent Ph.D. from the Biology and Society Program here at ASU.  We've been working on a paper on the native/non-native distinction forever.

 James J. Elser, ASU

Jim does ecosystem ecology and ecological stoichiometry.  We collaborated on a paper, and are currently plotting a joint ASU/U of A workshop on the topics of scaling and stoichiometry in living systems.  We are also designing an innovative new course on pseudoscience and scientific illiteracy. 

Jennifer Fewell, ASU 

Jennifer is a behavioral ecologist who works on bees and ants.  She and I are working on a paper on the evolution of cooperation that focuses on behavioral ecology as an alternative to standard population dynamics.

Matthew H. Haber, U. of Utah

Haber and I have collaborated on several papers, grant projects, web sites, and courses.  We also once took and ill-advised drive from Sacramento to Ontario.  He's a philosopher of biology, especially systematics.

 Manfred Laubichler, ASU

Manfred works in developmental biology and is Co-editor of Biological Theory.  He and I are currently gestating a paper on homology, and we recently finished co-editing a book (with Jane Maienschein) on form and function in evolutionary developmental biology.  We are also working on workshop and grant together in connection with the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity here at ASU.

Quentin Wheeler, ASU  

Quentin is a beetle taxonomist who is also a sophisticated thinker about species concepts and methodology in systematics.  We have written a paper together (forthcoming in Isis) on the history of systematics that argues for the (continuing) importance of morphology.  We are also organizing a workshop on historical and conceptual foundations of systematics in connection with the launch of ASU's new International Institute for Species Exploration.