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University of Waterloo: Waterloo, CA

2024-07-01 to present | Professor (Knowledge Integration)
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Kathryn S. Plaisance

University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

2016-07-01 to 2024-06-30 | Associate Professor (Knowledge Integration)
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Kathryn S. Plaisance

University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

2009-07-01 to 2016-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Knowledge Integration)
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Leibniz Universität Hannover: Hannover, Niedersachsen, DE

2007-01-15 to 2009-05-31 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science (ZEWW))
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, US

2001-09 to 2006-12-29 | PhD (Philosophy)
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Madison, WI, US

1996-09 to 2000-05 | Bachelors of Science (Philosophy & Biology)
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Professional activities (4)

Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE): Waterloo, Ontario, CA

2013-03-30 to present | Co-founder & Board Member
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Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations: Toronto, Ontario, CA

2021-10-21 | OCUFA Teaching Award
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University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

2013-07-01 to 2019-12-31 | Associate Chair (Knowledge Integration)
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University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

2016-03-14 | Distinguished Teacher Award
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Works (14)

Making Collaboration Work: Fostering Positive Experiences and Attitudes around Psychological Safety, Diversity, and the Value of Teamwork

The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2024-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Christine Logel; Christopher Lok
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A Framework for Analyzing Broadly Engaged Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Science
2022-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-8248
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Kevin C. Elliott
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Pathways of influence: understanding the impact of philosophy of science in scientific domains

Synthese
2021-12-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Jay Michaud; John McLevey
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Show me the numbers: a quantitative portrait of the attitudes, experiences, and values of philosophers of science regarding broadly engaged work

Synthese
2021-05-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Alexander V. Graham; John McLevey; Jay Michaud
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Can a brief intervention alter genetic and environmental influences on psychological traits? An experimental behavioral genetics approach

Learning and Motivation
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexander P. Burgoyne; Sarah Carroll; D. Angus Clark; David Z. Hambrick; Kathryn S. Plaisance; Kelly L. Klump; S. Alexandra Burt
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The benefits of acquiring interactional expertise: Why (some) philosophers of science should engage scientific communities

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance
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Understanding “What Could Be”: A Call for ‘Experimental Behavioral Genetics’

Behavior Genetics
2019-03-13 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Alexandra Burt; Kathryn S. Plaisance; David Z. Hambrick
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Interdisciplinarity and insularity in the diffusion of knowledge: an analysis of disciplinary boundaries between philosophy of science and the sciences

Scientometrics
2018 | Journal article
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Contributors: McLevey, J.; Graham, A.V.; McIlroy-Young, R.; Browne, P.; Plaisance, K.S.
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Interactional Expertise: A Pluralistic Approach

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
2014 | Journal article
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Philosophy of Behavioral Biology

Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
2012 | Book
Part of ISBN: 9789400719507
Part of ISSN: 0068-0346
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Thomas A.C. Reydon
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Why the (gene) counting argument fails in the massive modularity debate: The need for understanding gene concepts and genotype-phenotype relationships

Philosophical Psychology
2012 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0951-5089
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Thomas A. C. Reydon; Mehmet Elgin
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The Philosophy of Behavioral Biology

Philosophy of Behavioral Biology
2011-09 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9789400719507
Part of ISSN: 0068-0346
Contributors: Kathryn S. Plaisance; Thomas A. C. Reydon
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Socially relevant philosophy of science: An introduction

Synthese
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78650202011

Contributors: Fehr, C.; Plaisance, K.S.
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Making Philosophy of Science More Socially Relevant

Synthese
2010-12 | Journal issue or edition
Part of ISSN: 1573-0964
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Kathryn S. Plaisance

Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for European journal for philosophy of science. (1)
Review activity for Synthese. (2)