The STS Futures Lab operates at the intersection of research and pedagogy, considering how each might inform the other. The Lab’s orientation questions the boundaries that often separate the two and that place greater...Read more
In the Co-Imagining Futures research project, our process evolves with each iteration, but generally we proceed as follows:
In the 2018-19 year, the STS Futures Lab operated in a temporary, shared space. At the end of the academic year, we put together a space proposal articulating our need and justification for a dedicated space. This PDF is the space proposal we submitted. We were subsequently granted a dedicated...Read more
This is a poster I presented on campus at our annual Teaching and Learning With Technology conference in which I present an experiment in using collaborative multimodal assignments to facilitate engaged STS learning in a STEM context. Students in the class were majoring in Integrated Science and...Read more
In the Integrated Science and Technology program at James Madison University, students are required to take a foundations course on "Technology, Science, and Society." In this course, learning objectives include learning some basic STS concepts (e.g., social construction...Read more
This class activity can be adapted with different cut-from-the-news topics, and is designed to introduced students to some basics of scenario analysis, design fiction, and ethical reasoning.Read more