Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposal in Studies in Science, Technology and Society Program

论文学生Sara Tjossem;题目：“挑战极限： 雷切尔卡森与生态环境主义。" 美国生态学的发展包括界定 它对植物学和动物学等领域的影响， 生物过程，如发展，适应， 有机体的分布。 在整个领域的发展过程中 美国生态学会（Ecological Society of America）提升了它的地位。 作为一门科学学科，通过其期刊和科学 会议. 然而，对于一个社会来说， 吸引了受过不同训练的科学家 问题 产生了关于生态问题的正确方向和范围， 例如环境问题在研究中的地位。 这 学科界限的划分， 和应用研究。 雷切尔卡森强调了 通过篡夺科学权威来界定界限， 《寂静的春天》（Silent Spring） 卡森推广了 生态概念，并敦促将伦理纳入科学。 她在使公众认识到恐怖主义的危险方面起了重要作用。 然而，生态学家对她的反应却褒贬不一。 卡森从来就不是美国主流生态学的一部分， 影响了它的定义，引起公众的注意， 实践 乔森女士正在调查卡森 影响了整个生态科学的发展。

Dissertation student, Sara Tjossem; topic: "Defying Boundaries: Rachel Carson and Ecological Environmentalism." The development of American ecology involved defining the scope of its influence on fields such as botany and zoology by studying biological processes like the development, adaptation and distribution of organisms. Throughout the development of the field of ecology, the Ecological Society of America promoted its status as a scientific discipline through its journals and scientific meetings. There were difficulties in focus, however, for a society that attracted scientists with such disparate training. Questions arose about the proper direction and scope of ecological questions, such as the place of environmental concerns in research. This drawing of disciplinary boundaries drew distinctions between pure and applied research. Rachel Carson highlighted the problems of defining boundaries by usurping the authority of the scientific field of ecology with her book Silent Spring. Carson popularized ecological concepts and urged the inclusion of ethics in science. She was instrumental in awakening the public to the dangers of excessive pesticide use, yet her reception by ecologists was mixed. Carson was never part of mainstream American ecology and yet she affected its definition by drawing public attention to its practice. Ms. Tjossem is examining the process by which Carson affected the whole course of the science of ecology.