Shobita Parthasarathy named president-elect of global social studies of science body

Shobita Parthasarathy named president-elect of global social studies of science body

Shobita Parthasarathy, a professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the University of Michigan, has been elected president-elect of the Society for Social Studies of Science. The global nonprofit association, known as 4S, promotes interdisciplinary research examining the social, political, and ethical dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. Parthasarathy will begin a three-year leade…