Alan H McGowanBachelor of Engineering, Yale University, 1957
Associate Professor, Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Profile:I am primarily interested in the social impact of science and technology. This includes environmental, environmental justice, and racial issues. Having primarily been involved in running non-profit organizations for my career, I am also interested in the impact of the non-profit sector.
Courses Taught:- Genes and Race
- The Science and Politics of the Atom Bomb
- Does the Environment Matter?
- "Genes and Race in the Classroom," Journal of College Science Teaching, May-June 2005
- "Challenges for Environmental Studies," Environment, April 2004
- "Genomics: Perceptions of the Public and the Press," GeneLetter, January 2001
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
65 West 11th Street, Room B457
New York, NY 10011
Phone Number/Extension:212-229-5100 x2237
Email:McGowanA@newschool.eduResearch Interests:- Impact of race on health
- Biological conception of race
- Science and the environment
- Board Chair, Student Pugwash USA
- Board Member, Bermuda Biological Station for Research
- Executive Editor, Environment Magazine
- Board Member, Metcalf Institute for Environmental Journalism
- Elected Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Elected Member, Society of Environmental Journalists
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- The Non-Profit Sector, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, September, 2003
- Scientists as Rebels, Hastings Center for Bioethics, June 2003
- Einstein, the Man and the Myth, 92nd Street YMHA
- PBS, Genes on Trial, a Fred Friendly Seminar, aired nationally, January 2003
- Genes and Race: Science and Perception, at the Society of Literature, Science and Art, November, 2005
- Race and Medicine: Science and Perception, at the National Association for African American Studies, February 2006
- Teacher Recognition Award, American Association of Physics Teachers
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
