Alan H McGowan
Alan H. McGowan
Alan McGowan, former Associate Professor of Integrated Science at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, served as chair of the Science, Technology and Society program for four years, then was chair of the Environmental Studies Program for three. After stepping down from that position, he now teaches as an adjunct in the program, and runs its Alaska Program. Prior to coming to The New School, he founded and was president of the Gene Media Forum, an arm of the Newhouse School of Journalism at Syracuse University, a program that provided information on the social, ethical and scientific aspects of the genetic revolution to journalists. Previously, he was for twenty years the president of the Scientists’ Institute for Public Information, a major bridge between the scientific community and the media. He taught science for ten years at private high schools. A graduate of Yale University, he did graduate work in physics and chemistry at Tufts University and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Mr. McGowan, an executive editor of Environment magazine and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is on the board of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and was formerly on the boards of the Metcalf Institute, the Organization of Tropical Studies, and the Center for the Advancement of Health. He is chair emeritus of Student Pugwash USA, an organization devoted to the consideration of ethical issues in scientific and technical research. He was a pioneer in environmental education, sharing leadership of an EE program in the late 1960s. He has written extensively on science policy and public understanding of science issues. His research interests focus on the intersection between science and technology and social issues, including ethics, politics, and the economy.
Alan McGowan, former Associate Professor of Integrated Science at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, served as chair of the Science, Technology and Society program for four years, then was chair of the Environmental Studies Program for three. After stepping down from that position, he now teaches as an adjunct in the program, and runs its Alaska Program. Prior to coming to The New School, he founded and was president of the Gene Media Forum, an arm of the Newhouse School of Journalism at Syracuse University, a program that provided information on the social, ethical and scientific aspects of the genetic revolution to journalists. Previously, he was for twenty years the president of the Scientists’ Institute for Public Information, a major bridge between the scientific community and the media. He taught science for ten years at private high schools. A graduate of Yale University, he did graduate work in physics and chemistry at Tufts University and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Mr. McGowan, an executive editor of Environment magazine and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, is on the board of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, and was formerly on the boards of the Metcalf Institute, the Organization of Tropical Studies, and the Center for the Advancement of Health. He is chair emeritus of Student Pugwash USA, an organization devoted to the consideration of ethical issues in scientific and technical research. He was a pioneer in environmental education, sharing leadership of an EE program in the late 1960s. He has written extensively on science policy and public understanding of science issues. His research interests focus on the intersection between science and technology and social issues, including ethics, politics, and the economy.
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